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Why couldn't Scott Walker agree that President Obama is a Christian?
Los Angeles Times ^ | February 24, 2015 | Michael McGough

Posted on 02/24/2015 2:35:52 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

"....In Walker's defense, Tim Graham of the Media Research Center (“Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias”) offers this exegesis: “Walker, the son of a Protestant minister, hears the question very differently: asking if someone is a Christian is a very personal question, asking whether someone has committed themselves to Jesus in their heart. It’s like asking if he knows how often Obama prays. His reluctance to answer for someone he doesn’t know is not a ‘No.’ "

Nice try, but the political context of the question was clear and it’s the one Milbank mentioned: the conviction that “Obama is a Muslim from Kenya.”.....

Based on the public record, Walker should have been able to affirm personally what his spokeswoman did: that Obama identifies as a Christian -- and not just a "social justice" liberal Christian. In an interview with Christianity Today in 2008, Obama said that “accepting Jesus Christ in my life has been a powerful guide for my conduct and my values and my ideals.”.......

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If Obama was a Christian his followers would abandon him in a flash.


41 posted on 02/24/2015 3:17:00 PM PST by marron
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

He ain’t Christian.

If he was he would be able to explain, proudly, his transformation and the effects in his life.

I’m being vague because I don’t want to to give this Moslem Sympathizer any good answers to suddenly come up with.

If he were a Christian I would think he would procaliam as much on the town square, like he did with his fake birth certificate.


42 posted on 02/24/2015 3:17:16 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Because communists are invariably atheistic?


43 posted on 02/24/2015 3:17:55 PM PST by jwalsh07 (E)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Because Obama is not a Christian.


44 posted on 02/24/2015 3:18:04 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The left has always sought to redefine the meanings of words - patriotism, charity, bravery, marriage, normalcy, etc.

Now those who've spent three generations throwing Christians out of public life want to tell everyone what a Christian is.

Up your's, leftists.

Not very Christian of me, I know.

45 posted on 02/24/2015 3:20:15 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The bottom line is, no one can declare anyone a Christian, that will be decided, not by man but by God. An idiot question and by not answering, Walker exhibited more understanding of his faith than most. Being a Christian can mean many things. One may go to a Christian church, one may not go to church but yet believes in Jesus Christ as the savior. One may declare they are a Christian and faithfully attend church but lives a life far from Christianity.


46 posted on 02/24/2015 3:21:41 PM PST by Toespi
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Why couldn't Scott Walker agree that President Obama is a Christian?

Because he's not stupid?

47 posted on 02/24/2015 3:23:23 PM PST by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise. .)
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To: marron

Dana got his panties in a wad over “creationist” Christians.

Ask Barack Obama if he believes God created the universe. If not, ask him if God(s) sprang forth from the Big Bang, if God was surprised by the Big Bang, or if God doesn’t really exist.

If you believe in God, you are most likey a “creationist”.


48 posted on 02/24/2015 3:24:26 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Toespi

Fred Phelps was a fraud and a tool. A Democrat tool used to smear the religious ‘right’.


49 posted on 02/24/2015 3:25:29 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

More exactly, A Christian is compelled to proclaim Jesus as Lord and Saviorm...


50 posted on 02/24/2015 3:26:48 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Keep it up, mediots - the more you attack Walker, the more attention you draw to the issue.


51 posted on 02/24/2015 3:27:53 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Ragnarok" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5nD7-qsEw)
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To: Vendome

He could only must up “God is in the mix” in being able to denounce same sex marriage.

When his wife spoke about those who pray for the Obamas, she said something about how they keep the evil spirits away.

http://mediamatters.org/research/2010/10/15/right-wing-and-a-prayer-michelle-obama-attacked/172033
OBAMA: So, once again, we have the power. We’ve got this man in office. I think we’re all proud of Barack and his accomplishments. Everybody I know in our communities are praying for us. Every day we feel that. And let me just tell your listeners that it means all the world to us to know that there are prayer circles out there and people who are keeping the spirits clean around us.

TOM JOYNER (host): Yes, they are.

OBAMA: So, that means a great deal. So, we’ve come a long way, but we got to keep it coming.


52 posted on 02/24/2015 3:28:23 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

How in the world would Scott Walker know?

Maybe the Times should pray for more guidance on this one...


53 posted on 02/24/2015 3:29:10 PM PST by eyedigress
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

???! What does he think that prayer is FOR?


54 posted on 02/24/2015 3:30:07 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Ragnarok" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5nD7-qsEw)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Did Obama ever claim to be a Christian?
55 posted on 02/24/2015 3:31:49 PM PST by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The great Cham of Literature Samuel Johnson once spoke of a certain infidel, Foote, “I do not know, sir, that the fellow is an infidel; but if he be an infidel, he is an infidel as a dog is an infidel; that is to say, he has never thought upon the subject.” Ditto, I can assure you that Obama has never really thought upon the subject except in a very superficial way and as a necessary expedient to fool his horde of sycophantic lickspittles.


56 posted on 02/24/2015 3:37:27 PM PST by donaldo
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Awww, is the L.A. Slimes upset?

How is that print media workin’ out these days?


57 posted on 02/24/2015 3:38:29 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Reno89519
Does he personally know Obama, has he asked Obama?

And, isn't that what Walker said; that he had never had a conversation with him about this subject, so he couldn't say. It sounded like a reassonable explanation to me.

58 posted on 02/24/2015 3:38:41 PM PST by LibertarianLiz
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To: a fool in paradise

Why does he wear a ring that says that there is no God higher than Allah? I think I got that right or close.


59 posted on 02/24/2015 3:39:58 PM PST by freebird5850 (Barry, just how are you going to lie out of this one?)
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To: freebird5850
Why does he carry a fistful of assorted religious charms?



60 posted on 02/24/2015 3:42:28 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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