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Obama absolves Thanksgiving turkey with the Sign of the Cross
Washington Examiner ^ | 11/21/2012 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on 11/21/2012 11:54:53 AM PST by theruleshavechanged

While pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey today, President Obama absolved it with what he called a "special dispensation," making the Sign of the Cross over the gobbling turkey.

It appears that Obama made a left handed, backward sign of the cross.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aclumia; antichristian; bho44; chat; churchandstate; cross; liberalbigot; notbreakingnews; obama; obamaandgod; pardon; signofthecross; thanksgiving; turkey; whitehouse
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To: COBOL2Java
No, just another shining example of how to him, nothing is sacred, except his own mutilated sense of self-esteem.

I was thinking the same thing. He seems utterly clueless about most things and how they might be taken by other people (who aren't dedicated lefties).

He is basically mocking something that Catholics have a spiritual connection to; and, I'm just not sure he understands that. But, if he doesn't, why doesn't someone in his staff let him know that what he just did was offensive to some of his fellow citizens.

I think Peggy Noonan wrote an article about Zero and how he is an "alien"; meaning, someone who just doesn't get America. He is not American, in the sense that most people think of themselves as American and understand our traditions. He is a foreigner, and the fact that we elected (and then re-elected!) someone who just doesn't understand the country or the people he is supposed to be representing to the world, just astounds me.

61 posted on 11/21/2012 12:43:42 PM PST by LibertarianLiz
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To: LibertarianLiz

Obama: we can count on you to be an ass again.


62 posted on 11/21/2012 12:45:41 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: donna

He intentionally covered up the cross for his Georgetown speach.


63 posted on 11/21/2012 12:46:35 PM PST by reagandemocrat
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To: LibertarianLiz

If he wanted to do something “Catholic” why not wave a medal of St. Francis or something in THAT vein. What an ass. Christ did not die for literal turkeys.


64 posted on 11/21/2012 12:47:10 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: Lucky9teen

That’s not the sign of the cross.

It’s the sign of the axe!


65 posted on 11/21/2012 12:47:39 PM PST by Lady Jag (If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
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To: silverleaf

al Qaeda is in the White House, basically.


66 posted on 11/21/2012 12:48:02 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: jersey117

No arrogant condescending “freepers” to tell us that the video was posted backwards yet?

Ah, election is over, so no need for them to waste bandwidth here anymore.


67 posted on 11/21/2012 12:48:31 PM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Prince of Space
I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall at the White House.

I was wondering about the fact that Michelle wasn't in that photo op. And, when was the last time we saw them together? Certainly, not on the latest trip to Thailand and Burma where he was kissing up to the ladies (literally).

I have made a prediction to my hubby since early in his first term. I believe he may be the first POTUS to end up divorced from a First Lady. Anybody else see that writing on the wall?

68 posted on 11/21/2012 12:48:40 PM PST by LibertarianLiz
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To: LibertarianLiz
But, if he doesn't, why doesn't someone in his staff let him know that what he just did was offensive to some of his fellow citizens.

I think he and his staff just don't care.

We saw that evident in his Burma visit, when he manhandled Aung San Suu Kyi and repeatedly called the country Myanmnar.

69 posted on 11/21/2012 12:49:40 PM PST by COBOL2Java (The GOP-e said "Beat a Marxist with a Liberal!" What a colossal blunder.)
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To: jersey117

“He doesn’t know the proper way to do it because he’s not a Christian. Every Christian knows you make the sign of the cross with your right hand.”

Have you ever heard of Protestants?


70 posted on 11/21/2012 12:49:40 PM PST by Skylab
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To: jersey117
Every Christian knows you make the sign of the cross with your right hand.

Well, every Catholic, probably. I've never made the sign of the cross, so I don't know the proper procedure.

71 posted on 11/21/2012 12:51:09 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Slyfox
Mocking Catholics, still?

Exactly. Much like this site.
73 posted on 11/21/2012 12:54:50 PM PST by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: GeronL

Now? You mean still.


74 posted on 11/21/2012 1:00:46 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: theruleshavechanged

If George Bush had done this the public would have sh*t.


75 posted on 11/21/2012 1:03:07 PM PST by Venturer
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To: theruleshavechanged
Four more years of Captain Ass-clown?...
76 posted on 11/21/2012 1:07:11 PM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Eagles6

lol.

I’ve seen him mock Christians in general, but not Catholics in particular


77 posted on 11/21/2012 1:12:41 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: NCC-1701
savior 2
78 posted on 11/21/2012 1:12:51 PM PST by baddog 219
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To: theruleshavechanged

Blasphemy!!! Where is the Spanish Inquisition now that we need it?


79 posted on 11/21/2012 1:16:28 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Don Corleone

80 posted on 11/21/2012 1:18:01 PM PST by dfwgator
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