Media: Maybe Obama Should Go To Church More

[Grassy Knoll]

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UnFucking Believable .

[bluestateguy]

1. And if he went to church more often....

Blitzer: Coming up in our next segment, IS President Obama spending too much time in church when he should be thinking about the economy?

:eyes:

The Georgetown Cocktail Party Media is so predictable.

[Chakab]

5. And it would play out like this:

Conservative Political Operative: This is pure political theater on the part of the Obama Administration. They're proving once again that the President is a tone deaf socialist-Maoist-statist-Marxist-fscist who's out of touch with the common man. Americans want jobs, and the President should reach across the aisle to work on making the Bush tax cuts permanent in order to properly stimulate the economy and create jobs instead of pretending to be a Christian.

Liberal: Well,I think that...


Blitzer: And we'll have to leave it there. Coming up next. Is Michelle Obama an elitist snob who hates America? We'll discuss it with our panel.

[spin]

2. I would say that it's his choice ...

I feel most politicians pretend to be religious just to get some votes.

[dflprincess]

3. May I turn the media's attention to Article VI, section 3 of the Constitution

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

I suppose the Republicans will decided to we need an amendment to change that clause.

[SkyDaddy7]

7. I bet it is coming in the NEAR future!

The American People are far to pius and I honestly think this plays a HUGE role in why so many Americans believe such outlandish stuff without a single shred of evidence! It is reaching alarming proportions!

The Republicans are showing their cards...They want to dramatically change America into a Christian Nation & anyone not deemed not their kind of Christian to folks who simply are not Christian will be second class citizens if not worse! They want to change what our kids learn in school to the Constitution in order to officially turn America into a Theocracy instead of a Semi-Theocracy like we are now!

[dflprincess]

11. I don't think most Republicans leaders give a damn about religion

They don't care if American is a Christian nation or not and they aren't really interested in Theocracy - they just want nothing to threaten the plutocracy they've been building.

Religion is just a very useful tool to divide people and keep the masses inflamed over wedge issues so they don't notice their pockets are being picked.

[SkyDaddy7]

12. I agree for the most part however,

You are also very correct in saying they use religion as a TOOL! As long as the country is as pious as they are now it sure does make it easier to get folks to believe in PURE BULLSHIT and be distracted by it.

A Corporate controlled Theocracy would be the best scenario for the Republicans...It would be paradise for both the religious & the Corporatist within the party!

[Grassy Knoll]

4. Why polls suck......

They asked 3000 people this question, of the 3000 , 540 people said they THOUGHT he was muslim,
About 1300 people didn't know. 1000 of the pollsters came from cell phones, now unless you know me personally
you would have to do a ridiculous search to find me, so are the calling their friends ?
What a bullshit poll.

http://pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Growing-Number-of-Americans-Say-Obama-is-a-Muslim.aspx#1

[JDPriestly]

6. Obama has two school-aged children.

You can take it for granted that he takes them to church as regularly as he can. He probably attends church a lot more regularly than the average Fox News commentator.

[tanyev]

8. Empty Pew

Most Americans are aware that George W. Bush is a religious man. He is, after all, the man who presided over a religious revival of sorts at the Republican National Convention. He is the man who has pioneered what could be called cardio-diplomacy, judging world leaders--and, at times, entire nations--by their "hearts." He is the subject of at least four spiritual hagiographies currently in bookstores, and one religious documentary ("George W. Bush: Faith in the White House"). Most famously, Americans know him as the man who, when asked to cite the philosopher who had the greatest influence on him, named Jesus Christ.

What most--including many of the president's fiercest supporters--don't know, however, is that Bush doesn't go to church. Sure, when he weekends at Camp David, Bush spends Sunday morning with the compound's chaplain. And, every so often, he drops in on the little Episcopal church across Lafayette Park from the White House. But the president who has staked much of his domestic agenda on the argument that religious communities hold the key to solving social problems doesn't belong to a congregation.

It should be a politically intriguing story. Bush is one of the most explicitly religious politicians in American history. Both of his presidential campaigns have used religion to appeal emotionally to voters. The entire philosophy behind his signature slogan, "compassionate conservatism," rests on the belief that religious communities have a unique ability to tend to the nation's social ills. And yet, after the flood of coverage around Bush's first--and only--visit to a neighborhood church during inauguration weekend in Washington, D.C., no one has bothered to report on the president's whereabouts on Sunday mornings.

Around Washington, D.C., it's considered bad form to point out that Bush doesn't regularly attend church. "You don't have to go to church to be a good religious person," argue his defenders. And they're right. They have made much political hay, however, over polls that indicate Democratic voters attend church less frequently than Republicans, so even the most brazen feel compelled to offer explanations for Bush's absence from church membership rolls.

http://dems.tribe.net/thread/577ea6b9-9ff9-4753-a5ec-02fa2062d86b

[TEXASYANKEE]

10. Yes!

I've known this for a long time. And it annoys me no end when the media people (John King, especially, last night) talk about Bush being the MOST religious leader we've had in a long time. Why? Because he TALKED about religion a lot. Good grief, forehead slap.

With this current media, we are all screwed.

[LiberalFighter]

9. I'm sure those media fugwags are good christian people. NOT!!!