Posted on 09/19/2011 1:16:41 PM PDT by smoothsailing
Kate Shellnutt
September 19, 2011
Ahead of the 2012 elections, it’s not just Gov. Rick Perry and the GOP candidates who are mentioning God.
Facing declining approval ratings, President Barack Obama too is ‘ramping up his God talk,’ a group of political scientists told USA Today’s Faith & Reason blog.
Americans are more likely to believe Perry than Obama, who people continue to suspect is Muslim, despite his Christian affiliation, they said.
Obama has recently quoted Bible verses and echoed the refrain of “God Bless America” during 9/11 memorials.
From the post:
Voters think Perry is sincere. Whether they agree or they are terrified by his rhetoric, they think he means it. But, says (University of Washington professor David) Domke, when Obama — the first multi-cultural, multi-racial president and the only one to mention unbelievers in his inaugural address — speaks of God, in any setting, his authenticity is suspect.
Forget that he stepped on to the podium in Springfield, Ill. In 2007 to announce his candidacy for the presidential race after a Gospel choir sand and that his opening words gave glory to God. Forget that he’s spoken of his personal salvation in churches and prayer breakfasts. Says Domke,
‘For a Republican, you need a prayer rally. For a Democrat, you just need an opening prayer and more than that makes liberals nervous.’
The prayer rally reference likely is one to Perry, who gathered an estimated 30,000 people at an event last month to pray for God’s favor on America.
Although explicit talk of religion hasn’t been a big part of the debates so far, it informs policy perspectives for candidates and voters on the right.
“While debate moderators and election commentators focus on...
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I have no skepticism.
I know what god he is speaking of and it not my God who is a jealous and recognizes no others before him or beside him.
Amen to that.
ping.
Obama thinks he’s god.
Obama cannot convincingly say “I believe in God” even when he is reading the words off a teleprompter. What else does an American need to know about this phony?
Governor Perry—watch your step.
God is sovereign.
Facing declining approval ratings, President Barack Obama too is ‘ramping up his God talk,’
hmm not such a good idea
http://select.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/opinion/06kristof.html?_r=1
Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it’ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”
Anyone who has the guts to claim that social security is a ponzi scheme is the real deal, in my book. Everyone else is just a gutless coward.
Amen to that. We’ve got enough of that with Obama.
I wonder how many times Obama has attended church services in his tenure as POTUS.
I would suspect very few.
Obama is unraveling before our eyes. Question is, can we get rid of him before he destroys everything.
Should read
‘ramping up his God god talk,’
Yes it should!
Expect more phony religious rhetoric from the Marxist Muslim as well as superficial pro-Israeli comments, as his ratings sink.
But if Christians and jews take this liar on his word and re-elect him they truly deserve what they will get in his uncontrolled second term.
He is the extra-constitutional President. He operates outside Constitutional restraints and the media covers for and supports him.
2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
The sooner we vote him out of office, the faster we can get to work reversing the destruction he leaves in his wake.
Attending and Worshiping are two very different things.
Exactly.
His teleprompter faces Mecca.
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