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Amid Crises, President Obama Prays 'a Lot'
ABC News ^ | March 30, 2011 | Devin Dwyer

Posted on 03/30/2011 7:32:13 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

President Obama says he's been doing "a lot of praying" in recent weeks while faced with tough choices on Libya and other crises at home and abroad.

"I am praying that I'm making the best possible decisions, and that I've got the strength to serve the American people well," he said in an interview Tuesday with ABC News' Diane Sawyer.

....Despite Obama's public professions on religion and spirituality, many Americans continue to doubt the president's faith.

Nearly one in five Americans incorrectly believes that Obama is a Muslim, according to a poll by the nonpartisan Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released late last year.

The poll found the number surveyed who knew correctly that Obama is Christian actually declined, from 48 percent in March 2009 to 34 percent in August 2010. Forty-three percent of Americans now say they don't know what Obama's religion is at all.

The president has defended against the skepticism, and said that his faith has helped him endure the difficult questions....

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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His religion is belief in the power of the state.
1 posted on 03/30/2011 7:32:20 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

He’s a f*ing liar.


2 posted on 03/30/2011 7:32:57 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Five times a day....facing Mecca.


3 posted on 03/30/2011 7:33:24 AM PDT by Howie66 (I can see November (2012) from my house.)
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Five times a day....

Facing the mirror.

4 posted on 03/30/2011 7:34:36 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: samtheman

f*ing liar he is!


5 posted on 03/30/2011 7:34:40 AM PDT by DooDahhhh (hH)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

My question is, praying to who or what?


6 posted on 03/30/2011 7:35:19 AM PDT by wxgesr (I want to be the first person to surf on another planet.)
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"He’s a f*ing liar.",/p>

Well, he didn't state exactly WHO he was praying to....

7 posted on 03/30/2011 7:35:19 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (“Too often, Republicans have the fighting instinct of sheep"...RUN SARAH RUN!!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Obama saying that he “prays a lot” is like watching Bill Clinton walking out of church carrying that big study bible he used to carry - nice prop.


8 posted on 03/30/2011 7:35:33 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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“I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me. Amen.”


9 posted on 03/30/2011 7:35:37 AM PDT by Casie
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Obama said: “I do most of my praying on vacation. Didn’t you see me with that big dude in Brazil?”


10 posted on 03/30/2011 7:35:52 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Obomba lies more than he prays.


11 posted on 03/30/2011 7:36:04 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (TOTUS knows how to give a speech. Obama knows how to read.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

He’s in campaign gear. 2012 is coming


12 posted on 03/30/2011 7:36:24 AM PDT by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com)
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Forty-three percent of Americans now say they don't know what Obama's religion is at all.

I read about this idiot every day and I don't even know what he claims is his religion.

13 posted on 03/30/2011 7:36:27 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (No blood for Oil-Qaeda.)
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Didn’t seem to do much for his NCAA bracket crisis.


14 posted on 03/30/2011 7:36:27 AM PDT by edpc (Tagline under construction: Your American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars at work.)
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To: tsowellfan

15 posted on 03/30/2011 7:37:14 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Prays to Lucifer.


16 posted on 03/30/2011 7:37:54 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Yah...like THIS:
17 posted on 03/30/2011 7:38:06 AM PDT by NordP (COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVES - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Prays every Sunday in the Back Nine Chapel


18 posted on 03/30/2011 7:38:06 AM PDT by silverleaf (All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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Lessee who he suckers into believing him this time.

'Cept this time he's got a record to run on.

19 posted on 03/30/2011 7:38:42 AM PDT by skeeter
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“Nearly one in five Americans incorrectly believes that Obama is a Muslim,”

How about this... I will drop my belief that Obama is a muslim when I watch him on al jazerra , eating a pulled pork sandwich, while drawing cartoons of Mohamed wearing a yamaka.


20 posted on 03/30/2011 7:39:06 AM PDT by Walkingfeather
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