White House says Obama is Christian, prays daily

[skepticscott]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100819/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_poll_obama_s_religion

Show of hands for everyone who thinks it's wonderful that we live in a country where this parading of religiosity is necessary.

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Not me.

[madrchsod]

2. nope..jesus said ya ain`t suppose to parade it in the street

[FiveGoodMen]

3. Jesus wouldn't stand a chance if he ran for office in America

His "followers" would be his biggest detractors.

[darkstar3]

4. That was the worst possible way they could have chosen to respond to

the "holy shit! Muslims!!" mentality currently sweeping the country.

To illustrate the ridiculous and ham-handed nature of this show of religiosity, an analogy to a hypothetical situation...

Headline: PETA suicide bombers target nation's largest cattle ranch.
WH Response: The president is a devoted meat-eater who consumes steak weekly.

And just like that particular response would be a big 'ol "fuck you" to anyone who didn't eat beef, this idiotic religion parade is a big 'ol "fuck you" to non-christians.

[LAGC]

9. Precisely.

[charlie]

10. You don't need an analogy

Just recall that comedy between Kay Hagen and Liddy Dole 2 years ago -- how DARE you call me an ATHEIST. Hagen filed suit, charging Dole had defamed her, maligned her character, and sought "restoration of her good name and reputation."

As long as Dems accede to the hyperreligiosity in American politics, they'll continue to have Bozo moments like these.

I thought this prez was savvy enough to know he should never be put on the defensive.

Good evening my fellow Americans, plus Teabaggers. I have two words for you tonight: Jeremiah Wright.

Thank you. Good night and God bless.

[piratefish08]

5. then he's not a very good one - Mark 6:5-6

why can't Christians follow their own rule book?

[skepticscott]

6. Maybe because

life would kinda suck if they always did everything god told them to and never did anything god told them not to.

[struggle4progress]

7. Public journalism is pretty much dead in the US: there was a time when folks

like Izzy Stone actually read through government docs to try to piece together what was really happening, but nowadays the stenographers just show up to ask nitwit questions and transcribe the nitwit answers

[cleanhippie]

8. It makes me want to vomit.