Posted on 08/17/2009 12:34:55 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
The Obama White House is abuzz with talk of witchcraft by first grandmother, 72-year-old Marian Robinson, who lives in the White House residence. A close friend of Michelle Obama says the president is furious at his mother-in-law after learning that she was practicing Santeria, an African spirit cult, in the White House.
"The president is quite upset about this on two different levels. First, he is a committed Christian, no matter what his critics say about Reverend Wright. He is adamant that Sasha and Malia be raised with Christian influences. He does not want them to be involved with African voodoo. And secondly, he is worried about the political fallout if his enemies get wind of this. Rev. Wright was bad enough, but this would be political suicide," a close friend of Michelle’s confided.
Religion took center stage during the campaign last year when videos showed the Rev. Jeremiah Wright shouting "God damn America." Obama was forced to distance himself from the since-retired pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where he worshiped for 20 years. Many people were shocked by the videos and questioned Obama’s fitness to be president. Since taking office, Obama has avoided worshiping in public and now prefers the chapel at the presidential retreat at Camp David.
This is how it happened. Marian Robinson became increasingly frustrated as her husband, Fraser Robinson, was hobbled by multiple sclerosis in the late 1980s. The family pastor prayed with her and counseled her, but "she turned to Santeria in a desperate hope," Michelle’s friend said. "Michelle put her foot down when she heard that her mother took her dad to ceremonies where they did spells and trances, and sacrificed animals, chickens and goats I think. But Marian was desperate and kept going anyway, even when her husband was to sick to go with her. I don’t think the president knew anything about this earlier because it was before they met. Michelle and Craig (her brother) wanted to close the book on this and never talked about it again after their father died in 1991."
The first grandma appears to be worried about her health now, even though doctors pronounce her in good shape. "Marian invited an old friend from Chicago to visit her at the White House, and she performed a Santeria ceremony in the residence. When Michelle saw this woman, a voodoo priestess she recognized her from when her father was sick, she had a fit. When she told the president about it, he blew up and said, ‘No voodoo in the White House. Absolutely. I don’t care what you call it.’ As far as I know, it only happened once," the friend said.
The president was "totally in favor" when his mother-in-law moved into the White House as a live-in babysitter for 11-year-old Malia and 8-year-old Sasha. Obama reportedly told Michelle that her mother will have to go back to Chicago if she does not "stop this witchcraft mumbo-jumbo immediately" and ordered the Secret Service to not allow Marian’s friend to return to the White House.
We don’t need sourceless gossip in our fight. Besides - wouldn’t most Americans merely see it as superstitious pap? Neither better nor worse than Nancy channeling or paying astrologers or whatever she did? Non-believers don’t take these things seriously.
Google it...and check out Yoruba while you’re at it.
Amen.
Remember this:
In “The Choice,” Bob Woodward wrote: “In the first month of the Clinton Presidency, Hillary had said publicly that she had imaginary discussions with Eleanor. ‘I thought about all the conversations I’ve had in my head with Mrs. Roosevelt this year, one of the saving graces that I have hung on to for dear life,’ Hillary had said February 21, 1993...
According to Bob Woodward, Jean Houston [a leading figure in the cross-cultural study of New Thought spirituality and ritual processes] helped make this imaginary conversation possible. Bob Woodward also described Hillary playing the part of Eleanor Roosevelt in this conversation.
This is gossip, plain and simple. Republicans will be seen as fools if this starts getting spread around.
thank you for a very good post and I like your tag line
No, the conservative base would say all this is why America is failing.
>> It would explain the lack of church attendance by the Obama’s<<
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I don’t care if Obama attends church or not or his family flies around on brooms — it’s none of my business.
However, I do like for him to fully identify himself — the country has the right to know who he really is.
It is a mix of Catholic and mystical Native beliefs. I think the basis of the religion did start in Africa but I'm pretty sure it is called something else there.
This sounds suspicious to me. I’d want to have it checked out thoroughly before I give it any credence or publish it. It’s the sort of thing someone might make up. If it can be credibly confirmed as true, fine. But until it is, I’d be very cautious passing it along.
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“... she held seances to try and contact her dead son,...”
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Any success?
No No No, Hillary was a crafty witch. Totally different.
Well .... it's like the dear leader said ..... we're all going to have to sacrifice.
I have not heard or read about anyone in the media asking when he was baptized.
Oh dear, I am REALLY dating myself by admitting I could hear those lyrics playing in my head!
“No voodoo in the white house!”
Bwahahahaha! Why? Because it might interfere with the effectiveness of the Chicago Thuggery being practiced.
I think this story has been debunked but it sure is funny.
Yeah, 9 months and he hasn't found a church yet!
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