The Official Obama Handshake 0 comments
I felt the crowd down front tighten as many of us stood on our toes, stretched our bodies forward while reaching out to Barack. I noticed that a six foot tall guy who was standing in front of me had stretched far enough above the crowd and shook hands with Barack. As the guy drew back his hand I asked him, "You shook his hand didn't you?" Happily the guy said "Yes." I then said, "give me some of that" and the guy shook my hand with the same hand he had just clasped with Barack's. A woman friend of mine who was standing next to me saw me shake hands with the guy. I turned to her and said "He [the guy] just shook hands with Barack," to which she responded..."Hey, give it up." We then shook hands. She then turned to the person next to her and shook hands. This chain of hand shakes went on for about five or six more persons."The "BAM"...The OBAMA Handshake!" My.BarackObama.Com (Campaign Website)I did not know the tall guy in front of me; he is white, I am black. But at the moment we shook hands, I felt some solidarity with this stranger, consummated by a handshake and signifying some unspoken agreement presumably about Barack Obama and his core message of UNITY!
I call this hand-shake scenario the "BAM" because, descriptively, it takes a bit of Obama's name and it's the sound of a collision, of People Coming Together!
Supporters reach out to touch the hand of democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) after he spoke at a rally in Dallas, Texas February 20, 2008.
It was more like church 0 comments
Maybe it was the representation of youth in the crowd that lends the oft-cited air of a rock concert that has been attributed to Obama rallies.Life of the party: Obama's supporters rock Reunion Arena Dallas Morning News February 21, 2008.But that wasn't quite it, not entirely. It was more like church – not the stuffy kind, but roof-shaking soul church where people testify and dance in the aisles when the spirit's upon them.
"It's electric! Can't you feel it?" said one man, who told me he was headed for work at the IRS after the rally. I could feel it, because it's a fundamental element of crowd psychology that the expectation of "electricity" creates it. . . .
The main event, of course, was the speech, which I have heard before. I just sat back and felt the key phrases wash over the crowd: "new," "change," "Kennedy," "Scooter Libby justice," "wiretaps," "Katrina."
The lady sitting next to me dipped into a bucket of popcorn and murmured the phrases back: " 'If you believe.' 'The time is now.' That's right," she agreed.
She was a little disappointed, in fact, when the rally ended: "Why didn't he do, 'Yes we can'?" she asked a friend, as if a concert had ended, the biggest hit not performed.
. . . about a half-hour into a speech here, the Illinois Democrat announced that he had to take a quick break. "Gotta blow my nose here for a second," Obama said.John McCormick, The Baltimore Sun | Obama Blows His Nose, Crowd Goes Wild Video FootageOut came a Kleenex (or perhaps it was a hankie), and he wiped his nose.
The near-capacity audience at the Reunion Arena, which his campaign said totaled 17,000, broke out in a slightly awkward applause.
Obama will DEMAND that you shed your cynicism 0 comments
Barack Obama WILL REQUIRE YOU to work. He is going to DEMAND that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation and that you move out of your comfort zone. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage.Michelle Obama, campaign speech at UCLA (links to video, audio @ Protein Wisdom)
Barack will NEVER ALLOW YOU to go back to your lives as usual – uninvolved, uninformed – you have to stay at the seat at the table of democracy with a man like Barack Obama not just on Tuesday but in a year from now, in four years from now, in eights years from now, YOU WILL HAVE TO BE ENGAGED.
is trying to make a statement? 0 comments
In the last generation, a motivated, organized "religious right" has flexed its considerable muscle in both electing candidates and shaping American public policy.Sunday sermon cheers rise of Obama, by Graeme Morton, Calgary Herald. February 23, 2008.But what if God is trying to make a statement in 2008 through the meteoric rise of a new symbol -- a charismatic, eloquent senator from Illinois who is turning conventional American politics on its head? That food for thought will form the basis of Sunday's sermon by Pastor John Van Sloten at New Hope Church, . . .
Van Sloten admits he's become an unabashed fan of Barack Obama after watching his TV speeches and reading his book The Audacity of Hope.
"I know Obama has been criticized for being all about vague ideals and not about specific policies," Van Sloten says.
"But unless you have ideals, nothing is going to change. You have to be able to dream outside the box."
"... an almost mesmeric fervour ..." 0 comments
Mary Tyszko, a white, 50-year-old health worker, clutched her hands. “He has given me hope. I really believe in him. And I just trust him.”Tim Reid, The Times [UK] February 23, 2008.Then Mr Obama took to the stage. The noise was deafening, a long, exultant roar with all the force and overwhelming power of a jet engine before take-off. “Obama! Obama! Obama! Obamaaaaaaaaa!” they chanted
From four giant screens hanging from the ceiling, Mr Obama’s image could be seen from the farthest reaches of the stadium, waving, clapping at this adoring crowd, as they stared up at him with an almost mesmeric fervour. At one point in his speech, delivered in the religious cadence of Dr King, Mr Obama had to blow his nose. “Obama!” they chanted and clapped again, as their idol wiped his face.
This is a daily ritual for Mr Obama. Only 24 hours earlier, he appeared in a Mexican-American enclave of western San Antonio and drew a crowd as big as that which greeted Pope John Paul II when he visited the same area in September 1987. . . . he is greeted by massive crowds, never before seen during a presidential primary campaign, filled with young and old, black and white, men and women, steelworkers and fund managers, nurses and accountants. No wonder he believes the White House is now within his reach.
On Center Stage, a Candidate Letting His Confidence Show 0 comments
Mr. Obama is on an electoral roll, polls show him pulling closer in Ohio and Texas, crowds show him the Big Celebrity Love, what’s not to like? A touch of cockiness is discernable in his manner now; he is like a gambler convinced his every dice roll will come up double sixes.His rally in Austin, Tex., on Friday evening fitted his hoped-for-narrative. Fifteen-thousand people, maybe 20,000, jam into the streets in front of the soaring State Capitol, with the usual Obama-as-electoral-rave giddiness. University of Texas guys with painted faces flash the longhorn symbol with their fingers, red-white-and-blue beach balls bounce through the crowd, a band plays “Obama-alujah” and thousands stand in the chill night ready to be rapturous. . . .
On Center Stage, a Candidate Letting His Confidence Show New York Times February 24, 2008.
They were awaiting the messianic figure of a presidential candidate who had just added two more wins to his victory column and who the night before had ignited a crowd of about 20,000 in Houston.
Barack Obama was coming to town. . . .
Inside the arena, the unprompted crowd was yelling, "O-BAM-A! O-BAM-A! O-BAM-A!" a full 90 minutes before the candidate would appear. And just like at sporting events there in days gone by, one section spontaneously led the others in the "wave."
"Old" warriors such as longtime community leader Rene Martinez and activist Roy Williams marveled at the enthusiasm among the diverse audience and said they had never seen anything quite like this.
"If I died today, it would be all right," Williams told me, indicating he was witnessing something he never expected he would live to see.
Parents had taken their children out of school because they were keenly aware this was a special moment in history. Some high school kids from Fort Worth had skipped classes and taken the early train to Dallas.
When finally taking the stage, Obama basked in the outpouring of affection as his followers stood in awe of the man whom they had waited so long to behold. He was well into his speech when he thought to remind the crowd that it was all right for them to sit down as he delivered the rest of his comments.
Some have made fun of his charismatic nature, inspirational tone and continual reference to hope. Many wonder if that wonderment and glorified exuberance can last through the rest of the campaign.
Well, based on what I saw, this movement won't peak until November.
"Barack Obama is the Hope of the Entire World" 0 comments
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Sunday that presidential candidate Barack Obama is the "hope of the entire world" that the U.S. will change for the better.A Spry Farrakhan Sings Obama's Praises Associated Press. February 24, 2008.The 74-year-old Farrakhan, addressing an estimated crowd of 20,000 people at the annual Saviours' Day celebration, never outrightly endorsed Obama but spent most of the nearly two-hour speech praising the Illinois senator.
"This young man is the hope of the entire world that America will change and be made better," he said. "This young man is capturing audiences of black and brown and red and yellow. If you look at Barack Obama's audiences and look at the effect of his words, those people are being transformed."
Farrakhan compared Obama to the religion's founder, Fard Muhammad, who also had a white mother and black father.
"A black man with a white mother became a savior to us," he told the crowd of mostly followers. "A black man with a white mother could turn out to be one who can lift America from her fall."
"I Have a Pint-Sized Obamaphile" 0 comments
. . . I have a pint sized Obamaphile — or should that be Obama-bhakta (bhakta in Sanskrit means devotee) in deference to her Indian roots? — in the household. These days, he is included in J’s morning prayers, which is an honor normally reserved for things and people closest to her heart. She has been following his fortunes in the primaries for a while now and has managed to suck me into it as well.Underage Obamaphilia BlogCritics.org. February 23, 2008 | Matthew 18: 3-4Obamaphilia is quite contagious as it turns out. Thanks to my daughter, I keep an eye on CNN for the latest on Obama because J’s need for information on him is insatiable. . . .
Obamamania has done what the combined inducements of PBS, Discovery, Cartoon Network, and, I will grudingly admit, Netflix, failed to do. I asked her a few days ago if the timing of the debate coincided with the weekend of her play date which one she would pick. “The debate of course,” she replied. “Why?” I asked incredulously. “Because it is so interesting. Play dates are all the same,” she explained like it should have been self-evident to me.
And it is not only debates she likes. She has had me dig up old Obama speeches from YouTube. The man just has to talk and J is all mesmerized. She sits transfixed and watches him like she were in a hypnotic trance. . . .
As for me, I can't wait for this to be over so J can go back to being the kid who loved High School Musical and waited all week for Friday to come along so she could have a play date. Life would return to normal – maybe in Obama-speak that would be “business as usual” and not the change that he exhorts everyone to be and participate in. Until then I will have to cope with J chanting “Go Obama” the best I can.
Elsewhere: "Obama Babies" on YouTube
He's All Things to All Men, Amen 0 comments
"He's All Things to All Men"
. . . scattered attempts so far to take a detailed tough look at Obama's career have "barely caused a ripple."The Canadian Press, February 26, 2008They included a Time magazine piece on Obama's penchant for sidestepping issues in the Illinois senate by voting "present" and a look at how he watered down a bill affecting a nuclear power company that contributed to his campaign.
It's hard to imagine that any new such revelations would put a dent in the feverish support of many who find it hard to explain his grip.
"Obama has this almost irrational following and I myself can't sometimes explain why I'm supporting him," Noah Norman, 25, recently told the Washington Post.
"He's all things to all men. At least that's how I put it."
"He's running a THEOLOGICAL campaign . . . at some point, he took off his arms, and grew wings 0 comments
DAYTON, Ohio – As Barack Obama got into the meat of his speech Monday at a packed arena, he sounded more like preacher than politician.
"My bet has been paid off. My faith in the American people has been vindicated," he said as a few audience members yelled "Well!" and "Preach, brother!"
Throughout his Ohio tour, he's averaged crowds of 14,000. He had 17,000 at Reunion Arena in Dallas and 18,000 at the Toyota Center in Houston.
Many had come just to hear him speak. Some cried. Others just waved their hands.
"He's running a theological campaign," said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who ran for president in 1984 and 1988. "At some point, he took off his arms and grew wings."
"He's very inspirational and he's very credible," said Nicole Baptiste, a 26-year-old Dayton resident who works for an information and news database company. "In our country, it's exactly what's needed."
Victor Iseli, a 77-year-old retired General Motors worker from Dayton, said Mr. Obama is more than a hope peddler.
"What he says, he will do as president," said Mr. Iseli, who spoke to Mr. Obama in a native Indonesian language after a rally."Many Hopefully Devoted to Obama The Dallas Morning News February 26, 2008.
Obama is inspiring us like a Desert Lover 0 comments
Barack Obama is inspiring us like a desert lover, a Washington Valentino. We who have felt apathetic, angry at two (likely) stolen elections, K-Street hegemony, the "pornography of the trivial" in journalism and culture; we who are heartbroken over a war we knew was wrong, we who thought (especially after Baby Bush got in a 2nd time) that America got what it asked for; we who stopped wanting to participate 'cause it doesn't matter whether we do or don't; we have a crush. We're talking about it; we're getting involved, we're tuning in and turning out in numbers we haven't seen in ages. My musician friends and I are writing songs to inspire people and couples all over America are making love again and shouting "yes we can" as they climax!Lili Haydn, Huffington Post February 29, 2008.
Believe Again Obama Banner 0 comments
Obama Campaign online banner advertisement for the Houston Chronicle February 29, 2008. (Credit: Terry Ann Online)
Obama the "Next Lincoln"? 0 comments
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present," that young "inexperienced" politician, another tall thin native of Illinois (who became our greatest president) once said. "As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we can save our country."As Abraham Lincoln experienced in his time, this nation is again at a crossroads. We again need a president who is above all authentic, who points us confidently toward that future, a leader with real character, like Obama, who calls upon each and every one of us to heed what his predecessor from Illinois called "the better angels of our nature" and not our basest fears. I am confident that Obama will be that kind of president. It is time for real change.
Ken Burns (endorsing Barack Obama) Concord Monitor January 1, 2008.
"He is not the Word made flesh, but the triumph of word over flesh" 0 comments
. . . Obama's finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They don't even really inspire. They elevate. They enmesh you in a grander moment, as if history has stopped flowing passively by, and, just for an instant, contracted around you, made you aware of its presence, and your role in it. He is not the Word made flesh, but the triumph of word over flesh, over color, over despair. The other great leaders I've heard guide us towards a better politics, but Obama is, at his best, able to call us back to our highest selves, to the place where America exists as a glittering ideal, and where we, its honored inhabitants, seem capable of achieving it, and thus of sharing in its meaning and transcendence. . . .
"Obama's Gift", by Ezra Klein. January 3, 2008.
A Quantum Leap in American Consciousness, Deepak Chopra 0 comments
Sen. Obama has written eloquently about his search for identity, and those who have met him personally come away believing that he knows himself deeply, sincerely, and truly. With such grounding in self-awareness, Obama gave himself something that can't be gained from the outside: the ability to evolve personally and the flexibility to adapt quickly as the times demand.In essence Sen. Obama's speech said, "I am America," and amazingly enough, people from all walks of life, political persuasions, faiths, and ethnic backgrounds believe him. . . . Obama made himself both lighthouse and lightning rod. (I imagine some part of himself quakes to think on what he's done.) Watching cynical reporters and political commentators believe in him almost instantaneously is breathtaking. . .
I'd suggest that the X factor which sets Barack Obama aside as a unique candidate is his hard-won self-awareness. If we are lucky, we will wake up and begin the journey back to self-awareness as a people. . . . If Barack Obama makes it all the way to the White House, it will represent a quantum leap in American consciousness and a promise to restore America's position in the world.
Deepak Chopra, Huffington Post January 5, 2008
Germany: "Lincoln, Kennedy, Obama!!!" 0 comments
... The Berliner Morgenpost over the weekend ran with the headline, "The New Kennedy." The tabloid Bild went with, "This Black American Has Become the New Kennedy!"Barack Obama's popularity soars - in Germany, by Nicholas Kulish. International Herald Tribune January 6, 2008
An editorial in the Frankfurter Rundschau went one historic president better with a headline that read simply: "Lincoln, Kennedy, Obama," adding that "hope and optimism" are "the source of the nation's strength." ...
"Believers Flock to see Obama in the Flesh" 0 comments
Barack Obama is nearly two hours late when he takes the stage, flashes that smile, and says in that instantly recognisable baritone: "Good afternoon, believers."And they do believe: teenage girls pressing against the crowd control barricades to take pictures with their mobile phones; middle-aged couples carrying copies of Obama's memoir for signing; fathers with children perched on their shoulders, getting an early lesson in politics.
Everybody wants to say they have seen Obama - up close . . .
Believers flock to see Obama in the flesh Suzanne Goldenberg in Derry, New Hampshire. The Guardian January 7, 2008.
"The Hour is Almost Upon You" 0 comments
"A Nation HEALED . . . A World REPAIRED . . .
Obama Recast As MLK, Jesus, Leading Spiritual Youth Movement 0 comments
By evening, on this primary day in New Hampshire, I'm expecting the waters of the Merrimack River to turn to wine.
After Obama's speech on the night of his Iowa victory, pundits began to speak about his ascension to Democratic frontrunner in terms of a veritable movement. But witnessing his campaign stops here, this movement seems less like a political one than a religious one. Earlier in his campaign, Obama spoke quite openly about his belief in Jesus Christ, reaching out to Christian voters with tales of his conversion and the role faith has played in his life.
In New Hampshire, this week, he's talking to people about salvation as well. But this time it's our salvation, and the messiah's word he's spreading is his own. And it's this godly fervor, not a political one, which may well be galvanizing the grassroots youth effort not just in New Hampshire, but across the country.
Obama's sermons setting forth his own transcendent leadership are not accidentally Christian in nature. He's internalized this practice so deeply that he's already joking about it in his stump speech. Like a pastor who asks first-time church-goers to raise their hands at the beginning of the sermon, he requests a show of undecided voters and beams his kilowatt smile upon them, saying "A light will shine down from somewhere. You will experience an epiphany." In the chortles of the crowd, you can practically hear the angels sing.
It's not his own resurrection Obama preaches, but that of the country, and that of ourselves. His litany on hope has basically nothing to do with politics and everything to do with incandescent inspiration. You want to know about his health care policy? He tells the crowd they can take a look at the 25-page report on his website. The members of the Obama crowd aren't here for policy talk. They can get that -- competently, fluently, impressively -- from Hillary Clinton at any one of her competing rallies. Policy is what the apostles tried to carry out on behalf of Jesus. A messiah speaks to something far bigger than the nuts and bolts; a messiah speaks to the soul. Policy is for Washingtonians who have already seen their own lights extinguished under a mountain of failed bills and anguished compromises. The candidate says his opposition warns, "Obama hasn't been in Washington long enough," and that they say he won't be ready to lead the country until they "boil all the hope our of him 'til he sounds like us," those damn Pharisees.
It's not Pastor Mike Huckabee who talks about his work in churches on the stump, as Obama does. Nor does he translate the "warriors for Christ" language that inflected his evangelical sermon Sunday into a Christian-tinged secular message: it's Obama who is calling on us to be "happy warriors for change." Likewise, Obama, not Huckabee, suggests Christ's teaching to love one's enemies, when he speaks in broad strokes about his plans to meet with opposing national leaders. "The people of Iowa vindicated my faith," he has exclaimed from podiums across this state, asking his new minions in New Hampshire today to do the same.
Despite his references to John F. Kennedy, the only political figure (other than our current president) who appears in his stump speech, it's Martin Luther King who he quotes most, and whose oracular patterns he adopts out on the trail. Obama's speech yesterday resonated with the same. "In one day's time," he'd say, opening up a new theme -- on change, on hope, on uprooting the status quo, on "repairing" not just America, but the world -- building to a vocal crescendo and then and circling back to that same clause, "in one day's time."
It's like listening to that scratchy recording of King delivering his most famous speech from the Lincoln Memorial, to which Obama refers frequently on the campaign trail, when he defends his concept of "hope" from the barbs of those "reality" naysayers. From the stump, Obama asks us to imagine Dr. King standing on those steps, looking out over the crowd and the reflecting pool, across to the Washington monument, and saying, "Sorry guys. False hope. The dream will die."
But King didn't run for political office. He didn't ask for votes. He stayed remarkably far away from the inner chambers of Washington, for a man with such a profound political effect on our nation's history. His job, most principally, was to preach. And yet, it's no wonder that listening to Obama speak, it feels like he's carrying us all along with him to the mountaintop. I've spent a lot of time in churches, reporting on faith in America. I'm used to being the atheist crying in church. I can handle that. But despite my skepticism and my pragmatism, when Obama speaks, it doesn't even feel shameful to be the reporter tearing up in the press stands.
When towards the end of his speech, Obama says, "I'm running because of what Dr. King called the fierce urgency of now. I believe that there's such a thing as being too late. That hour is almost upon us." I know this is cultivated. I know it's intentional. All the same, I practically feel an "Amen" threatening to escape my throat. This is what it feels like. It's feels like the opposite of every other candidate's campaign rally I've attended here. It feels like the ghost of Otis Redding is about to rise up behind the podium and sing "A Change is Gonna Come," while we all about to join hands.
This, dear reader, is what is galvanizing the youth vote, and sending packs of dewy-faced volunteers out to the street corners of the state to hoist Obama signs high over their heads today. I have traveled all over the country talking to the 18 to 30 set about what they are hungering for in a nation they say feels broken. They speak about the leadership they desire, the experience they crave, in spiritual terms, not political ones. The least politically engaged of them, don't talk about their crushing disappointment in their society in terms of political particulars, or even concrete ideas, they talk about what they want to feel. It's a spiritual search, not a political one.
This is the reason the Evangelical church has been able to attract and organize 25-30% of the country, by offering a feeling of change, of leadership, of salvation. Obama has been demonstrating that his brand of campaign spirituality can motivate a base, enlisting "warriors for change" in much the same way. Young people aren't going to organize en masse for policy initiatives. They're in this for a personal and national reformation. In those terms, you can understand why volunteers have driven from Texas and Arkansas and Illinois to tramp down cul de sacs in the melting snow to get out the vote, to sleep on floors by night and staff phone banks during the day, or why, in a mock election yesterday, 78 percent of Concord High School's Democrats chose Obama as their next president. It takes religion -- even a secular one -- to develop and organize a youth grassroots base in America today.
But will it last? Think back to who you fell in love with when you were eighteen or twenty. The deeper your initial infatuation, the higher the stakes. The greater number of nights you pissed off your roommate during too-vocal sleepovers during that first month, the greater the risk of getting your hopes crushed. And when your young lover presented his or her human weakness -- or unpreparedness for the relationship -- you'd be at the bar making grandiose statement about the opposite sex (if you swing that way), swearing never to date again: "they're all the same." Youthful love is fickle and delicate, and difficult to sustain for a few months, much less eleven of them. After you fall in love with how someone made you feel, and you stop feeling it, you might be tempted to announce your celibacy, or perhaps to choose your next date based on what he or she does, rather than how that person makes you feel.
In other words, what is happening today in New Hampshire is profound, to be sure, the stuff of love stories and conversions. The question is whether the love can last, and if it does, if Obama may be looking at his schedule next year from his desk in the Oval Office asking himself, WWHD -- what would Hillary do?
Obama to Disciples: "You will experience an epiphany" 0 comments
"My job is to be so persuasive that if there's anybody left out there who is still not sure whether they will vote, or is still not clear who they will vote for, that a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany ... and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama"
Lebanon Opera House, New Hampshire. January 7, 2008.
There is some dispute as to the original version of this Divine Prophecy. Following are the results of our investigation (-- The Obama Seminar):
- "Obama: For Now, Perspiration Over Inspiration", by Andrew Romano Newsweek January 31, 2008:
Reading the recent flurry of stories about Barack Obama--the Clinton-slayer! the youth candidate! the next Kennedy!--it'd be easy to imagine that his campaign is all inspiration and little perspiration at this point, with rainbows and starshine bursting from the tailpipe of his tour bus. Obama both lampoons and slyly encourages the perception. In New Hampshire and South Carolina, for example, the senator was fond of telling audiences that "at some point in the evening, a light is going to shine down and you will have an epiphany and you’ll say, ‘I have to vote for Barack.’" Next up: levitation.
- "Is Obama's Constitution Strong Enough?", by Nat Hentoff Village Voice:
Once in a while, Obama makes a passing reference to our diminishing individual liberties, but hardly ever in his stump speeches. At an early-morning rally the day of the New Hampshire vote, he told some 300 students at the Dartmouth College gym: "My job this morning is to be so persuasive . . . that a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany, and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Barack."
- "Seeing the Light in South Carolina" Columbia Journalism Review January 26, 2008:
The local field coordinator, Kevin, a short white guy with glasses and a goatee, got so excited that even his warm-up speech sounded southern fried. “We’ve been told too many times to wait,” he screamed. “That our time had not yet come!” [...] When the senator did arrive, he gave a pitch-perfect stump speech, surfing the enthusiasm of the pulsating gym. When he took the stage he said, “At some point in the evening, a light is going to shine down and you will have an epiphany and you’ll say, ‘I have to vote for Barack.’”
- Obama, McCain win New Hampshire's first votes CNN Political Ticker 10:23am January 8, 2008. The original story read:
... Among Democrats, a CNN/WMUR poll found Obama with a nine percentage point lead over Clinton, 39 percent to 30 percent. Edwards, who edged out Clinton for second place in Iowa, ran third with 16 percent.
At a morning rally, Obama praised the student volunteers working for his campaign and gave them one last mission: to persuade undecided voters to cast their ballots for him.
My job is to be so persuasive that if there’s anybody left out there who is still not sure whether they will vote, or is still not clear who they will vote for, that a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany … and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama, the Democrat said in Hanover.
Clinton has tried to turn the tide by emphasizing her record as a change agent, as a senator and as first lady. ...
The original quote was removed entirely from the article in later publication, but we offer as evidence this reposting of the CNN article in full on January 28th by blogger 'Fair Proxy Web'; as well as cited by Roberto Davila-Loyola in January 8th, 2008 1:16 pm ET responding to original with this commentary:
"My job is to be so persuasive that if there's anybody left out there who is still not sure whether they will vote, or is still not clear who they will vote for, that a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany … and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama," the Democrat said in Hanover.
The above words by Senator Obama as reported by CNN are troubling as they show Senator Obama believing that he has the power to cause a divine manifestation to the undecided voters of New Hampshire which will show them that he is the chosen one. Alternatively, he is contemptuosly using as political rhetoric the Christian concept of what happened on the Feast of the Epiphany (just celebrated on January 6,) when a divine manifestation (the Star of Bethlehem) announced the birth of the Baby Jesus.
This version of the quote is likewise attributed to CNN campaign coverage by "Mike in Kentucky" on 1/08/08. - "Riding the Wave" ABC News: Politics. January 8, 2008:
"There's something stirring around the country," Obama said in a stump speech today. "It started in Iowa and now it's happening here in New Hampshire."
"I'm going to be so persuasive that a light will shine through the clouds and say I must vote for Barack and you'll have an epiphany," he told voters in Lebanon.
- CNN CNN Newsroom. Aired January 7, 2008 - 11:00 EST. Transcript (of video of Obama himself?):
That's his job, get you to the polls, vote for Obama. My job is to help him do his job. So I am going to try to be so persuasive in the 20 minutes or so that I speak that by the time this is over, a light will shine down from somewhere.
It will light upon you. You will experience an epiphany. And you will say to yourself, I have to vote for Barack. I have to do it.
- CNet.com:
"My job this morning is to be so persuasive...that a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany, and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Barack," he told a crowd of about 300 Ivy Leaguers--and, by the looks of it, a handful of locals who managed to gain access to what was supposed to be a students-only event.
- Washington Post ("Swept up in the Obama Moment") "The Trail" Campaign Blog. January 6, 2008:
An Obama event is not a friendly place for cynics, skeptics, or the chronically unimpressed. This is revival-tent stuff. The senator from Illinois used the metaphor of a religious conversion: "I am going to try to be so persuasive, so that those of you who are still wavering...will suddenly come to the conclusion -- a light beam will shine through -- will light you up -- and you will experience an epiphany -- I have to vote for Barack!"
- Obama's Cocky Messianism", by Christopher Beam Slate January 6, 2008:
Inside the gym, packed to capacity with 2600 people, Obama was describing to the crowd how his speeches generally work: “At the end—or maybe somewhere in the middle—a shaft of light comes through and hits you and you experience an epiphany: I have to vote for Barack.”
Obama has attracted Jesus comparisons since announcing his candidacy. He’s been described as the party’s savior. A Chicago art gallery displayed a sculpture depicting Obama crowned with a neon halo. Slate’s Timothy Noah kept tabs on these and other revelations in the "Obama Messiah Watch."
But now, with Iowa as his witness, Obama is he starting to sound like he believes the prophecies, too.
"Believe in Obama" 0 comments
We will transform THE WORLD! 0 comments
"We will transform THE WORLD!"
"... If we get rid of the fear and the doubt and the cynicism, nobody can stop us from creating the changes that America needs. If you stand with me, if you vote for me, if you crave the kinds of changes that America is ready to see happen, I promise you this, I will not just win an election, I will not just win, but more importantly you and I together, we will transform this COUNTRY, and WE WILL TRANSFORM THE WORLD!"- Barack Obama. Florence, SC. January 25, 2008 (Video)
My blackberry starts going off like crazy everytime this man speaks . . . and do you know what they say? 'I believe'! 0 comments
During the post-South Carolina primary coverage last night on MSNBC, Joe Scarborough used a very interesting metric to evaluate the popularity of Barack Obama: Blackberry buzz. "My blackberry starts going off like crazy every time this man speaks, and it is from Republicans," said Scarborough. "It is from conservative Republicans, it is from independents, it is from Democrats, and do you know what they say? 'I believe.' I've never seen anything like this before."Huffington Post January 27, 2008.
Carolyn Kennedy To Obama: "I Believe!" 0 comments
Sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a special ability to get us to believe in ourselves, to tie that belief to our highest ideals and imagine that together we can do great things. In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible. . . .I want a president who understands that his responsibility is to articulate a vision and encourage others to achieve it; who holds himself, and those around him, to the highest ethical standards; who appeals to the hopes of those who still believe in the American Dream, and those around the world who still believe in the American ideal; and who can lift our spirits, and make us believe again that our country needs every one of us to get involved.
I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president — not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.
A President Like My Father, by Carolyn Kennedy. New York Times January 27, 2008.
"Creative Imagination coupled with Brilliance" 0 comments
In thinking carefully about the strengths of the candidates, I stunned myself when I came to the following conclusion: that in addition to keen intelligence, integrity and a rare authenticity, you exhibit something that has nothing to do with age, experience, race or gender and something I don't see in other candidates. That something is a creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom.Toni Morrison to Obama The New York Observer January 28, 2008.Wisdom is a gift; you can't train for it, inherit it, learn it in a class, or earn it in the workplace--that access can foster the acquisition of knowledge, but not wisdom.
When, I wondered, was the last time this country was guided by such a leader? Someone whose moral center was un-embargoed? Someone with courage instead of mere ambition? Someone who truly thinks of his country's citizens as "we," not "they"? Someone who understands what it will take to help America realize the virtues it fancies about itself, what it desperately needs to become in the world?
Our future is ripe, outrageously rich in its possibilities. Yet unleashing the glory of that future will require a difficult labor, and some may be so frightened of its birth they will refuse to abandon their nostalgia for the womb.
There have been a few prescient leaders in our past, but you are the man for this time.
Kennedy passes "Treasured Covenant" to Obama 0 comments
I am convinced we can reach our goals only if we are "not petty when our cause is so great"-- only if we find a way past the stale ideas and stalemate of our times - only if we replace the politics of fear with the politics of hope - and only if we have the courage to choose change.Barack Obama is the one person running for President who can bring us that change.
Barack Obama is the one person running for President who can be that change.
I love this country. I believe in the bright light of hope and possibility. I always have, even in the darkest hours. I know what America can achieve. I've seen it. I've lived it--and with Barack Obama, we can do it again.
Excerpt: Ted Kennedy's Endorsement of Barack Obama January 28, 2008
"In the civic religion that is Democratic politics, the most treasured covenant was passed to the young Senator from Illinois."
I couldn’t recall a single thing that he had said, and the speech dissolved into pure feeling, which stayed with me for days 0 comments
It was the day before the primary, and Obama began to improvise a theme, almost too much in the manner of Martin Luther King: “In one day’s time.” It carried him through health care, schools, executive salaries, Iraq—everything that Clinton had invoked, except that this was music. Then came the peroration: “If you know who you are, who you’re fighting for, what your values are, you can afford to reach out to people across the aisle. If you start off with an agreeable manner, you might be able to pick off a few folks, recruit some independents into the fold, recruit even some Republicans into the fold. If you’ve got the votes, you will beat them and do it with a smile on your face.” It was a summons to reasonableness, yet Obama made it sound thrilling. “False hopes? There’s no such thing. This country was built on hope,” he cried. “We don’t need leaders to tell us what we can’t do—we need leaders to inspire us. Some are thinking about our constraints, and others are thinking about limitless possibility.” At times, Obama almost seems to be trying to escape history, presenting himself as the conduit through which people’s yearnings for national transformation can be realized.Obama spoke for only twenty-five minutes and took no questions; he had figured out how to leave an audience at the peak of its emotion, craving more. As he was ending, I walked outside and found five hundred people standing on the sidewalk and the front steps of the opera house, listening to his last words in silence, as if news of victory in the Pacific were coming over the loudspeakers. Within minutes, I couldn’t recall a single thing that he had said, and the speech dissolved into pure feeling, which stayed with me for days.
Disciples Share Obama Stories 0 comments
. . . But the clincher came on March 17, when she met the Democratic contender face to face. She describes how he lit up the room with his wide smile, shook her hand and thanked her for volunteering."He looked at me, and the look in his eyes was worth 1,000 words," said Mack, now a regional field organizer. Obama hugged her and whispered something in her ear – she was so thrilled she doesn't remember what it was. [...]
"Values are not just concepts, they're feelings," Ganz said. "That's what dropped out of Democratic politics sometime in the '70s or '80s." [...]
"Just follow Barack's lead and be honest with them," [Obama's] site advises. "You don't need to debate policy or discuss the day's headlines. You have a very personal reason for investing your time and energy in this campaign – that is the most compelling story you can tell."
Indeed, participants in the Saturday morning precinct-captain training were already adept at telling their Obama-conversion stories.
Libbie Coleman, a 61-year-old microbiology teacher at McClatchy High School, read Obama's books last spring.
"I've been a voter for 40 years," she said. "I feel like I've been needing to hear these things for 40 years."
Precious Children Sing to Our Glorious Leader! 0 comments
Sing for Change chronicles a recent Sunday afternoon, when 22 children, ages 5-12, gathered to sing original songs in the belief that their singing would lift up our communities for the coming election. Light, hope, courage and love shine through these nonvoting children who believe that their very best contribution to the Obama campaign is to sing.
We are offering the video to everyone, the Obama campaign and all media with high hopes that we can all join together to Sing for Change."
WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE WORLD
We're gonna spread happiness
We're gonna spread freedom
Obama's gonna change it
Obama's gonna lead 'em
And rearrange it
We're gonna change the world.
Prepare your heart to fill with hope; Prepare your mind to embrace the change! 0 comments
"Prepare me a Sanctuary,
pure and holy,
tried and true."
This version of the worship hymn "Sanctuary" by Scruggs and Thompson is performed by Asheville, NC singer/songwriter, Billy Jonas.
Courtesy of ManifestObama.com:
Between now and November 4...
Let's spend one minute a day...
Envisioning Barack Obama...
As our President...
Prepare your heart to fill with hope...
Prepare your mind to embrace the change...
Envision Barack victorious on election night...
...Taking the oath of office...
On Inauguration Day...
Believe that this great moment in American history is already a reality...
Say the words to yourself...
To your family...
To your friends and neighbors...
Say it to the world...
Your vision is a sacred trust...
You are a sanctuary of a sacred vision for a renewed America...
Envision it...
Say it...
Feel it...
Believe it...
Make it our reality...
Manifest Obama, America!
OBAMA BE THY NAME! 0 comments
OBAMA BE THY NAME!
OBAMA BE THY NAME
THY CHANGE SHALL COME
THY WILL BE DONE ...
Barack Obama: Bigger Than Jesus 0 comments
Former Clinton White House mouthpiece Dee Dee Myers just called Barack Obama "the most famous living person in the history of the world." Whatever! What about, like, The Pope? Or Tom Cruise!
It is probably actually Tom Cruise!
And that construction is so odd. "The most famous living person in the history of the world" means he is the most famous person currently living? More famous than than any other person in history during his lifetime? Like, Jesus is maybe the most famous person ever (or Abraham or something), but Obama has the edge because he didn't become superfamous thousands of years after his death? What about Napoleon? Or is it because there are just more people in the world now, thus making Obama more known to more people?
And hey, what about George W. Bush? The entire world just spent eight years hating him! He represented our entire nation, and we are the most famous nation on Earth! People have been cursing Bush's name and hanging him in effigy across the globe, and honestly they only just got to know this Obama character. Surely news hasn't yet reached some far-off places where the name Bush still gets a laugh.
No, sorry, Dee Dee, we know you have a magazine to sell, but we're not buying it. The most famous living person in the history of the world is George W. Bush, which is why we are in this mess.
Video: The Barack Obama Jesus 0 comments
Forget that old chocolate Jesus controversy. The new chocolate Jesus has arrived.
A piece of art showing Senator Barack Obama as Jesus Christ is now on display at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
No other flavor has yet been reported.
In Kenya, Barack Obama Is Jesus 0 comments
Sad reality is that in the US of A, many foolishly feel the same way too… Times Online UK
“This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?” If Barack Obama’s spin doctors have been trying to lower expectations since his election victory, the message clearly has not reached the land of his father.
Millions of people around the country thronged giant TV screens or crammed into bars to watch the inauguration of a man viewed as Kenya’s best hope of a prosperous and happy future.
“Now he is president we will get food and jobs,” said Ben Ochieng, as he danced to the traditional music that replaced the planned show.
All week Kenya had been gearing up for Mr Obama’s moment of glory. Newspapers have published souvenir editions, countless goats have been slaughtered for the party and a popular local brew, Senator beer, has been renamed President for the occasion.
The Kenya National Theatre even revived its hit show Obama The Musical, which wowed sell-out audiences during the US election last year. It uses parallels with the Bible Story and Mr Obama’s own struggles with racism and drugs — documented in his memoir Dreams From My Father - to portray the incoming President as a saviour for downtrodden peoples of the world.
“This is an incredible opportunity for us, because a lot of investment will come,” said 20-year-old Faith Achieng. “It’s already thanks to him we have electricity and water.” Not bad for a man trying to play down his tag as the “chosen on
Is Obama Jesus? 0 comments
"He's been sent by God. I'm not saying he's Jesus, but he could fill Moses' shoes.'
clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk
So when the downtrodden had come together, they asked Obama, ‘Obama, is this the time when you will restore the fortunes of our Great Nation?’
He replied, ‘It is not for you to determine the times or periods of the elections. But you will receive power when the elections have been scheduled; and you will have the opportunity to vote for me, in all of the US and its territories, and to the ends of the earth where Americans reside.’
When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
While he was going and they were gazing up towards the sky, suddenly two men in tuxedos stood by them. They said, ‘Men of America, why do you stand looking up towards the sky?
This Obama, who has been taken away from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go to heaven.’
And now, my friends, his time has come…
Obama More Popular Than Jesus, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. 0 comments
President Obama topped a new Harris interactive poll that asked 2,634 Americans who they admire enough to call a hero.
In Feb. 7, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., is silhouetted by a light as he speaks at Tulane University in New Orleans.
John Lennon once claimed the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Now President Obama has evidence that he's more popular than both.
Obama topped a new Harris interactive poll that asked 2,634 Americans who they admire enough to call a hero.
Jesus came in second on a list that includes God, Mahtma Gandhi and George Washington.
Other historic or notable figures making the top 10 were Martin Luther King Jr., Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain, John F. Kennedy, U.S. Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger and Mother Teresa.
Participants named the heroes randomly instead of being shown or read a list of people to choose from. The poll was conducted online between January 12 and 19, 2009.
At the 16th spot in the poll, George Washington, Bill Clinton and Colin Powell tied.
Other politicians who made the poll's top 25 include Hillary Clinton (12), FDR (13), Condoleezza Rice (12) and Sarah Palin (21).
God ranked 11th, between Mother Teresa and Hillary Clinton.
Of the multiple reasons participants gave to explain their choices of heroes, the ones most cited is, "Doing what's right regardless of personal consequences" with 89 percent, "Not giving up until the goal is accomplished" with 83 percent and "Doing more than what other people expect of them," with 82 percent. Also popular were "Overcoming adversity" and "Staying level-headed in a crisis."
In the first Harris Poll asking this question in 2001, Jesus came in first, followed by the Rev. King, Powell, John F. Kennedy and Mother Teresea.
Obama joked last year at a roast that contrary to rumors, he was not born in a manger but on the planet Krypton. Apparently, Obama is even more popular than Superman, who didn't make the cut.
"Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done..." 0 comments
"Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done..."
Prominently displayed poster at Obama's campaign headquarters in Lake City, Fla.
(Photo: Bruce Hoster; source: World Net Daily)
(Photo: Bruce Hoster; source: World Net Daily)
"No one saw him coming ... like Jesus being born in a manger" 0 comments
"Lord, we have again come to you in prayer, and you have heard our cries from heaven, and you have sent us again from the state called Illinois, a man called Barack to heal our land," said Younginer, a 62-year-old retired information systems worker at Coca Cola in Atlanta. "We pray that you will build a hedge around him that will protect him from those who would do him harm."
Younginer, like many others, is convinced that Obama was destined to be president. The mere fact that he won the presidency against the odds has caused some Christians, particularly African-Americans, to see the hand of God in his victory after so many years of struggle.
[...]
[Lawrence Carter, dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel] said many people look for a sign from God when times are turbulent. And, he said, there are many elements to Obama's win in which Christians can find spiritual significance.
"It is powerful and significant on a spiritual level that there is the emergence of Barack Obama 40 years after the passing of Dr. King," said Carter. "No one saw him coming, and Christians believe God comes at us from strange angles and places we don't expect, like Jesus being born in a manger."
"The similarities between Obamian hope and biblical hope are extraordinary" 0 comments
Obamian hope moves beyond the past and seeks to proactively conceptualise and create the future. It does not just wait for the future to come; it contributes to its shaping and coming. It pulls the future to itself and pushes itself towards the future.Biblical hope is similar. Like Obamian hope, it speaks to the matter of the future being pulled into the present in the Kingdom of God. In a real sense, the Kingdom of God respects but moves beyond the past and, in the present, it realises the future, in a preliminary sense. Biblical hope also, in a sense, propels the one in whom it is found toward the future consummation of this kingdom. Like Obamian hope, biblical hope knows that the present is just a platform on which the future is being built and experienced. This is powerful.
In addition, Obamian hope rises above the fray of the mundane, the dehumanising, the frivolous and the conventional. It shifts from the periphery to the centre of human history. It is a hope that escapes attempts at suppression and obliteration by 'unhope' and the forces thereof. . . .
Fundamentally, the similarities between Obamian hope and biblical hope are extraordinary, striking and intriguing. Like biblical hope, Obamian hope inspires the United States of America and the world.
Obama Wows Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Meditators 0 comments
Obama had positioned himself in alignment with the rotation of the earth, in accordance with the teachings of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whose followers moved en masse to this small Iowa city more than 30 years ago.
The Maharishi’s transcendental meditators, along with vacationing pilgrims from the East Coast, turned out in large numbers in the town’s traditional green square to hear the Illinois senator deliver his stump speech on the night of July 3 — more people, Fairfield’s sheriff said, than had come out to greet a sitting president.
“I saw him and I thought, ‘Oh my god, this is somebody who could lead us into a new era,’” said Nancy Watkins, an international student adviser at the Maharishi University of Management.
“The memorable part for me about the connection we have to each other,” said Keith Ratzlaff, a creative writing professor from nearby Pella who was a Kucinich delegate. “That’s not something we’ve heard from the other candidates.”
Obama: "I can be an Instrument of God" 0 comments
During the nearly two hour service that featured a rock band and hip-hop dancers, Obama shared the floor with the church's pastor, Ron Carpenter. The senator from Illinois asked the multiracial crowd of nearly 4,000 people to keep him and his family in their prayers, and said he hoped to be "an instrument of God."
"Sometimes this is a difficult road being in politics," Obama said. "Sometimes you can become fearful, sometimes you can become vain, sometimes you can seek power just for power's sake instead of because you want to do service to God. I just want all of you to pray that I can be an instrument of God in the same way that Pastor Ron and all of you are instruments of God."
He finished his brief remarks by saying, "We're going to keep on praising together. I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth."
"His Election to the Senate was Divinely Ordered" 0 comments
Mr. Rush has an explanation for Mr. Obama’s emergence after the dark days of 2000 as a political star four years later. He vanquished a field of multimillionaires, some more experienced and better known, and benefited from fortuitous domestic scandals that sidelined two opponents and left him facing a Republican widely seen as unable to win.In 2000, a Streetwise Veteran Schooled a Bold Young Obama, By Janny Scott. New York Times September 9, 2007“I would characterize the Senate race as being a race where Obama was, let’s say, blessed and highly favored,” Mr. Rush said, chuckling. “That’s not routine. There’s something else going on.”
What was he suggesting?
“I think that Obama, his election to the Senate, was divinely ordered,” Mr. Rush said, all other explanations failing. “I’m a preacher and a pastor; I know that that was God’s plan. Obama has certain qualities that — I think he is being used for some purpose. I really believe that.”
"A Tongue Dipped in Unvarnished Truth" 0 comments
For the very first time in my life, I feel compelled to stand up and to speak out for the man who I believe has a new vision for America, . . . I am here to tell you, Iowa, he is the one. He is the one!"- Oprah Winfrey ("Messianic Rhetoric Infuses Obama Rallies", by Ben Smith and David Paul Kuhn Politico Dec 9, 2007)."We're all here to come together – to appreciate our uniqueness and to treasure our diversity, and we're here to evolve to a higher plane . . . The reason I love Barack Obama is because he is an evolved leader who can bring evolved leadership to our country. . . .
. . . When you listen to Barack Obama, when you really hear him, you witness a very rare thing. You witness a politician who has an ear for eloquence and a tongue dipped in the unvarnished truth...
Obama "Radiates Truth and Goodness" 0 comments
. . . For his part, Obama has the capacity to summon heroic forces from the spiritual depths of ordinary citizens and to unleash therefrom a symphonic chorus of unique creative acts whose common purpose is to tame the soul and alleviate the great challenges facing mankind.
For their part, each citizen has within the potential to respond to such a heroic calling. When they do, noble qualities are unleashed from the very depths of the human spirit. When they do not, a politics of fear ensues. In either event, the choice is ours to make.
Unlike other candidates, Obama is an inspired leader. He is authentic and truthful. He radiates truth and goodness. He possesses charisma and exercises sound judgment. For this reason, he serves as a catalyst to awaken the better part of ourselves. His campaign is about calling America to exercise the noblest human qualities on behalf of the common good.
-- "Obama: On Toughness and Success in Politics by Gerald Campbell. First Things Firth December 22, 2007.
"We need politicians who can BE The Truth" 0 comments
Obama's wife, Michelle, opened the rally with a description of her husband that could, at moments, have been a description of Jesus Christ.
"We need a leader who's going to touch our souls. Who's going to make us feel differently about one another. Who's going to remind us that we are one another’s keepers. That we are only as strong as the weakest among us," she said, echoing biblical passages.
Winfrey also touched on Christian themes that had not been highlighted in Iowa.
"It's amazing grace that brought me here," she began, adding that she was "stepping out of my pew" - television – to engage in politics.
It isn't enough to tell the truth, Winfrey said. "We need politicians who know how to be the truth."
"I do believe I do today we have the answer to Miss Pittman's question – it's a question that the entire nation is asking – is he the one?" Winfrey said. "South Carolina – I do believe he's the one."
"We're all here to come together – to appreciate our uniqueness and to treasure our diversity, and we're here to evolve to a higher plane," she said. "The reason I love Barack Obama is because he is an evolved leader who can bring evolved leadership to our country."
Source: Messianic Rhetoric infuses Obama Rallies, by Ben Smith and David Paul Kuhn. The Politico December 11, 2007.Is Barack Obama Jesus Christ? 0 comments
I saw this ad today and it made me wonder how many people are aware that Jesus has returned Through Barack Obama. People are waking up all over the world to this, and under his reign the kingdom of god will be a magnificent place. Barack is the messaiah. Barack is jesus christ. Give yourself to Christ during these hard times and you'll do fine. Jesus is back, Jesus is here. And he's leading us all most importantly.
A prayer for our new king 0 comments
Unto or lord Barack Obama..
Watch over the flock as a Shepard to the field..
Sew the seed of peace on earth in new birth of our king
Show us your glory now that you have risen again, back from the dead
free and willing to glow with the love of saints virtue
In Jesus Name
He is Risen 0 comments
alleluia he has risen and is lord over the earth
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