Obama Prays to Jesus Every Night

For nearly eight years, the liberal elite have depicted President George W. Bush as a nutjob because he doesn't hesitate to speak of how his faith in Christ impacts his life.

Theophobe Frank Rich has been positively obsessed with Bush and his Christianity.

Madeleine Albright wrote a book about Bush and God, The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs.

From Aljazeera:

George Bush's religious absolutism is alienating Muslims worldwide and making US foreign policy difficult for many countries to accept, according to a former secretary of state.

Madeleine Albright said the president's use of Christian rhetoric and belief in the "absolute truth" was worrying.

"Some of his language is really quite over the top," she told Reuters on Sunday during a trip to London to promote her book, The Mighty and Almighty, which examines religion and world affairs.

..."When he says 'God is on our side', it's very different from (former US President Abraham) Lincoln saying, 'We have to be on God's side'."

"I worked for two presidents who were men of faith, and they did not make their religious views part of American policy," she said, referring to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both Democrats.

Bush hasn't made his religious views part of American policy, certainly no more than any prior president.

Maybe an argument could be made that Carter's religious views weren't part of American policy; but that would be because under the disastrous Carter presidency, there basically was no policy.

And let's not get into Clinton's exploitation of faith when it suited him.

Is Clinton parading before the cameras while carrying a huge Bible Albright's idea of what it means to be a man of faith?

Bush, a Republican, has said that his faith informs his decisions as president. He says, for example, that he prayed to God for guidance before invading Iraq.

"President Bush's certitude about what he believes in, and the division between good and evil, is, I think, different. The absolute truth is what makes Bush so worrying to some of us," Albright said.

I'm glad that Bush prays and is guided by a moral framework that is universal.

I prefer that to a president that is morally-challenged.

So Albright trotted around decrying the danger of George Bush the Christian.

During an appearance on Charlie Rose, Albright kept insisting that Bush has a "certitude," that he believes God is instructing him. Some of her statements not only mocked Bush's faith, but the faith of all believers.

And now, here we have Barack Obama telling every person within earshot that he, too, is a devout Christian.

From the Associated Press:

The Illinois senator also sought to ease lingering Internet-fed concerns about his religion, in particular whether he was a closet Muslim.

"I am a devout Christian. I have been a member of the same church for 20 years. I pray to Jesus every night," he declared at an earlier appearance in the rural southern Ohio town of Nelsonville. He said he wanted to halt "confusion that has been deliberately perpetrated."

That has to make the libs squirm a bit.

Obama says he prays to Jesus every night.

Every night.

That's a lot. Obama not only declares himself to be a Christian, he declares himself to be a DEVOUT Christian.

If he became commander-in-chief, do you think he'd pray to Jesus to guide him, like Bush did before giving orders for the war in Iraq?

Or, does Obama keep Jesus out of everything that has to do with his political career?

Has he prayed to Jesus for guidance during his very brief time as a U.S. Senator? Does he have a "No praying on the job" policy?

I wouldn't think a self-proclaimed devout Christian would be able to keep Jesus out of the Oval Office.

Obama has been a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ for 20 years.

We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community.

The Pastor as well as the membership of Trinity United Church of Christ is committed to a 10-point Vision:

1. A congregation committed to ADORATION.

2. A congregation preaching SALVATION.

3. A congregation actively seeking RECONCILIATION.

4. A congregation with a non-negotiable COMMITMENT TO AFRICA.

5. A congregation committed to BIBLICAL EDUCATION.

6. A congregation committed to CULTURAL EDUCATION.

7. A congregation committed to the HISTORICAL EDUCATION OF AFRICAN PEOPLE IN DIASPORA.

8. A congregation committed to LIBERATION.

9. A congregation committed to RESTORATION.

10. A congregation working towards ECONOMIC PARITY.

That's the devout Obama's church.

Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. was pastor of the church for 36 years. He retired about three weeks ago, on February 10.

In January 2008, Richard Cohen shed some light on Wright.

From the Chicago Sun-Times:

Following a column in Tuesday's Washington Post noting that a magazine linked to Obama's minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, honored Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, Barack Obama said he condemned "the anti-Semitic statements made by Minister Farrakhan" and disagreed with a decision to honor him.

The column, by Richard Cohen, said Trumpet Newsmagazine gave the Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Trumpeter Award to Farrakhan last year because he "truly epitomized greatness."

Cohen made clear that Obama has nothing to do with Farrakhan's anti-Semitic views. Cohen, however, called on Obama to distance himself from the award because, Cohen wrote, Obama had an obligation to speak out because he could be the next president. Cohen also wondered where Obama's "sense of outrage" is.

Of course, Obama has made it very clear that he doesn't share Farrakhan's views.

He has also made it clear that he is not a Muslim.

Obama declares himself to be a devout Christian. He prays to Jesus every night.

In that respect, he's like George W. Bush.