Posted on 08/15/2009 9:04:56 PM PDT by Velda
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.
Trying to discredit conservative sites at once. I suggest flagging it over there, too
Note to Kathleen Parker: The Democratic Party has its own “oogedy-boogedy wing”!!!
Code Pink used witchcraft for Obama.
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/2168251/posts
Maybe these guys are for hire...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnu5H3YJxSw
How many people are living in the White House with the Obamas?!!!
Eleanor “Mama Kaye” Wilson, godmother to Sasha and Malia, is Robinson’s yoga partner, and their instructor is her younger brother, Stephen Shields, 57.
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Santería is one of the syncretic religions. It is a system of beliefs that merge the Yoruba religion (brought to the New World by slaves imported to the Caribbean to work the sugar plantations) with Roman Catholic and Native American traditions. These slaves carried with them various religious traditions, including a tradition of a trance for communicating with their ancestors and deities, animal sacrifice and the practice of sacred drumming.
There have been some horror thrillers about the religion, such as the 1987 movie, The Believers based on the 1982 novel The Religion, and the 1997 Spanish-Mexican-American movie Perdita Durango, which portray Santería beliefs and practices as sorcery (incl. mind control) and worship of various gods/goddesses, encompassing human sacrifice and criminal amorality.
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Euless to ask court to rehear Santeria animal sacrifice case
06:50 AM CDT on Monday, August 10, 2009
Euless plans to ask the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear the appeal of a man who the court said could sacrifice animals at his home.
The court’s decision last week allowing animal sacrifice in Euless as part of a religious practice under the Texas Religious Freedom and Restoration Act could adversely affect cities across the state, associate city attorney William McKamie warned.
The case, decided by a three-judge panel, involved the right of Jose Merced, an adherent of a Caribbean religion called Santeria, to slaughter four-legged animals such as goats and lambs, as well as other animals such as chickens and turtles, in his Euless home as part of religious ceremonies.
Don’t bite, FReepers. You have been warned.
I knew I smelled a rat. Who was the source for this story and why would they disclose this info if they believed the info would be "political suicide"? And why would they give such info to a "conservative" blogger? As I said before, both the blog and this Newbie poster smell like a rat.
She’s got legs! But “Honk for Clean Energy?” Gag me with a compost rake.
I know exactly who he is (was?), Captain Tuttle, that’s who Obama is.
One day no one’s ever heard of him, the next day he walks on water, when the jig is up he gets a reprieve by flying off, alone to his death for all mankind; I’m serious, I saw it on M.A.S.H.!!!
Exactly! Stay Focused, People!
I think you nailed it.
Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark.....
Oh my God that is a funny pic/gif.
Whew, I love the smell of fresh burned gunpowder.
Here is an interesting link to Sotomayor and Santeria
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=49870
This was the giveaway to it being a fraud:
“First, he is a committed Christian, no matter what his critics say about Reverend Wright.”
That voodoo
That you do,
So well.
Velda, we hardly knew ye.
Who will you sign in as tomorrow?
>>> I suspect this story is one of those let’s infilitrate FR threads.
Awesome tune link!
yeah, I don’t care if it’s true or not...
I wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot spear.
I hope I’m not a racist for laughing at the “alleged” quote.
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