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'We are God's partners in matters of life and death' (Obama says)
Politico ^
| 8/19/09
| Ben Smith
Posted on 08/19/2009 2:14:54 PM PDT by pissant
A reader points out that President Obama's call with the rabbis today -- as recorded in Rabbi Jack Moline's and other clerics' Twitter feeds -- freights health care reform with a great deal of religious meaning, and veers into the blend of policy and faith that outraged liberals in the last administration.
"We are God's partners in matters of life and death," Obama said, according to Moline (paging Sarah Palin...), quoting from the Rosh Hashanah prayer that says that in the holiday period, it is decided "Who shall live and who shall die."
The president ended the call by wishing the rabbis "shanah tovah," or happy new year -- in reference to the High Holidays a month from now.
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To: pissant
Odumbo went of the telepromter again.
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posted on
08/19/2009 2:38:37 PM PDT
by
razorback-bert
(We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.)
To: Joe 6-pack
I knew someone would beat me to it!! LOL! Actually, OB1kNOb trumped us both in post #20.
42
posted on
08/19/2009 2:39:37 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: Shermy
Deutchland Uber Allies as the on hold music?
That’s not a mistake, that’s a message. That song is so tightly bound to the NAZIs that it is never played anymore.
Imagine if Robert Byrd (former Klan member) used “Dixie” as the on hold music for a phone meeting of african americans? Everyone would know it wasn’t an accident.
Either Obama arranged it to send a message, or a miracle occured and God is trying to send a warning to these rabbis.
Accident? No.
43
posted on
08/19/2009 2:39:58 PM PDT
by
Brookhaven
(http://theconservativehand.blogspot.com/)
To: Talisker
His arrogance is matched only by his hypocrisy.
44
posted on
08/19/2009 2:41:40 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: pissant
45
posted on
08/19/2009 2:43:17 PM PDT
by
khnyny
("Giving government money and power is like giving car keys and whiskey to a teenage boy")
To: green pastures
By the way,
Is there really such a prayer saying “partners?”
I am seeing things about God and a Book of Life, but not “partners” as in decision making.
46
posted on
08/19/2009 2:43:24 PM PDT
by
Shermy
("disregard for the facts as understood by the mainstream media"..That's me!!)
To: 1000 silverlings
I don't think he can wait that long
47
posted on
08/19/2009 2:43:29 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Obama acted stupidly...and that's after knowing all the facts.)
To: Joe 6-pack
His arrogance is matched only by his hypocrisy. Indeed. Evaluating him is like watching the Soviets fighting the Nazis and trying to decide who to root for.
48
posted on
08/19/2009 2:44:37 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: Brookhaven
it’s craziness, wonder if it was some kind of threat?
49
posted on
08/19/2009 2:45:56 PM PDT
by
1000 silverlings
(everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
To: workerbee
only G-d decides who will live and who will die. We’re not partners in this. this is a very scary thing for obama to say...
50
posted on
08/19/2009 2:47:28 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Obama acted stupidly...and that's after knowing all the facts.)
To: green pastures
Seriously, can anyone recall ever being on hold to Deutschland uber Alles? Surreal.
51
posted on
08/19/2009 2:48:45 PM PDT
by
FourPeas
(Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
To: isthisnickcool
and in front of reform rabbis.
Epic fail
52
posted on
08/19/2009 2:49:12 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Obama acted stupidly...and that's after knowing all the facts.)
To: Zionist Conspirator
Care to add your thoughts?
53
posted on
08/19/2009 2:50:28 PM PDT
by
murphE
("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." - GK Chesterton)
To: 1000 silverlings; Brookhaven
its craziness, wonder if it was some kind of threat?
My bet would be it was some little punk a$$ 20-something staffer who thought it was a real hoot. You know, the type of professionals that Obama surrounds himself with at the White House./s
54
posted on
08/19/2009 2:52:55 PM PDT
by
khnyny
("Giving government money and power is like giving car keys and whiskey to a teenage boy")
To: 1000 silverlings
I thought maybe this was a satire article when I saw that. Deutchland Uber Allies? Must be satire.
But no, apparently it is real.
God help us.
55
posted on
08/19/2009 2:53:15 PM PDT
by
Brookhaven
(http://theconservativehand.blogspot.com/)
To: ari-freedom
Were not partners
He's riding a fine line, and IMO, it's better not to take the bait. He is trying to appeal to the large nr of Jewish seniors in blue states.
In Jewish tradition, no Jew is to live in a city w/o a physician, because physicians are God's partners in restoring life, God's gift, to the sick.
Oh-blah-blah wants us to start hollering to get the Jewish seniors back on board.
To: pissant
We can assent to God’s will or we can dissent. We aren’t “partners”. Our Lord doesn’t need our input as to what is right or wrong. He doesn’t take advice from us. We don’t get a vote on His Law.
This world has been made hideous by the works of men who thought of themselves God’s “partners” (or surrogates).
57
posted on
08/19/2009 2:54:10 PM PDT
by
scory
To: khnyny
I think it is a general tactic, it was deployed against Hillary Clinton in the primary.
BTW, my link at 19 is a Jewish paper and it does not say that the “partners” part is part of a prayer.
58
posted on
08/19/2009 2:54:48 PM PDT
by
Shermy
("disregard for the facts as understood by the mainstream media"..That's me!!)
To: Brookhaven
God will help us, the perpetrator(s)is/are clinically insane
59
posted on
08/19/2009 2:56:08 PM PDT
by
1000 silverlings
(everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
To: Brookhaven
It’s so funny, because when you read the prophets, they refer to themselves as ‘The Slaves of Christ’. For all the esteem we hold Paul, Elijah, Ezekiel, and Jeremiah in, they had a very tough life.
The rest of us get to choose, by contrast, on whether to do God’s will or not.
The concept of partnership with God is such a foreign one from the standpoint of Christian Apologetics.
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