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Come Rain And Floods To Drown Out Obama, Pray Christians
London Times ^
| 8/13/08
Posted on 08/13/2008 10:15:32 AM PDT by steve-b
A Christian fundamentalist group is praying for a deluge to drown out Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in two weeks' time.
Focus on the Family is asking for "abundant, torrential" downpours to flood Denver and silence Senator Obama when he accepts the Democratic Party's presidential nomination on August 28....
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; democrats; denver; flood; focusonthefamily; fotf; prayerrequest; weather
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posted on
08/13/2008 10:15:34 AM PDT
by
steve-b
To: steve-b
It was a joke!
Dumb liberals...
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posted on
08/13/2008 10:16:38 AM PDT
by
griswold3
(Al qaeda is guilty of hirabah (war against society) Penalty is death.)
To: griswold3
3
posted on
08/13/2008 10:19:14 AM PDT
by
Natchez Hawk
(What's so funny about the first, second, and fourth amendments?)
To: griswold3
Right...same sort of thing has been suggested here on FR a number of times.
4
posted on
08/13/2008 10:24:17 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
To: steve-b
It would definitely stifle the anarchist riots in the streets and rain would throw a wrench into Obama’s Naziesque outdoor coronation rally.
Besides the hippies could use a shower.
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posted on
08/13/2008 10:27:59 AM PDT
by
weegee
(Hi there.)
To: steve-b
“See what happens when you let the masses in flyover country cling to their bibles?”
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posted on
08/13/2008 10:29:26 AM PDT
by
weegee
(Hi there.)
To: steve-b
75 people.
Hmm, they must be referring to the number of ***LIBERAL, RADICAL*** items in the Democrat Party Platform. That means all 75 of them.
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posted on
08/13/2008 10:32:06 AM PDT
by
Ben Reyes
To: steve-b
LOLOLOL!
How about a bolt of lightening instead?
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posted on
08/13/2008 10:32:44 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(The Party of Darkness prefers to have the lights out. - Go Fierce 50!!!)
To: Natchez Hawk
No, no, no not prayer. The statement...
“Focus for the Family pulled its video clip 24 hours after it was posted, but it can still be seen on the internet. In a statement Mr Shepard said that the video was intended to be “mildly humorous.”
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posted on
08/13/2008 10:34:08 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(The Party of Darkness prefers to have the lights out. - Go Fierce 50!!!)
To: netmilsmom
Oh, got context after posted. Saw the clip on news other night, it was certainly not offensive.
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posted on
08/13/2008 10:36:49 AM PDT
by
Natchez Hawk
(What's so funny about the first, second, and fourth amendments?)
To: steve-b
Could happen. Our afternoon and evening shower season came very late this year. :-))
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posted on
08/13/2008 10:51:51 AM PDT
by
colorado tanker
(Number nine, number nine, number nine . . .)
To: Natchez Hawk
No worries. I think all of us have done that at one time or another.
Many a time a FReeper retraction has come off my fingers!
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posted on
08/13/2008 10:57:09 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(The Party of Darkness prefers to have the lights out. - Go Fierce 50!!!)
To: steve-b
Hillary may do more damage than rain.
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posted on
08/13/2008 11:09:48 AM PDT
by
pallis
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