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krauthammer: obama prayer breakfast a ‘combination of the banal and the repulsive’
Breitbart ^ | 2/6/15 | Jeffrey Poor

Posted on 02/07/2015 6:18:01 AM PST by grimalkin

On Friday’s broadcast of Hugh Hewitt’s radio program, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to remarks made by President Barack Obama at Thursday’s National Prayer Breakfast.

Krauthammer criticized Obama primarily for invoking the Inquisition and the Crusades on the heels of the ISIS video showing the burning of a Jordanian pilot.

“I actually think he was doing it, he’ll trot it out when he does the Iran deal, but the more immediate thing was simply to dismiss the barbarism that we saw with the immolation of the Jordanian pilot, and to make everybody believe that this is really nothing out of the ordinary,” Krauthammer said. “I mean, here, and the bad, this is a combination of the banal and the repulsive.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: isis; jordan; krauthammer
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1 posted on 02/07/2015 6:18:01 AM PST by grimalkin
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To: grimalkin
"Banal and repulsive"

Surely he's becoming Will Ferrel.

2 posted on 02/07/2015 6:19:29 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: grimalkin

Okay, in case you never hear this from Obama, here is what muslims say when we arent around, this is what they REALLY think, in their own words:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e9b_1421092375


3 posted on 02/07/2015 6:19:44 AM PST by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for)
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To: grimalkin

More repulsive than banal.


4 posted on 02/07/2015 6:20:34 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: 9thLife
Surely he's becoming Will Ferrel.

No he's not, and stop calling him Shirley.

5 posted on 02/07/2015 6:22:09 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: grimalkin
to make everybody believe that this is really nothing out of the ordinary,

Obola's "new normal".

6 posted on 02/07/2015 6:23:11 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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7 posted on 02/07/2015 6:24:20 AM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: grimalkin
At least he's consistent about Something.

He did say....


8 posted on 02/07/2015 6:31:46 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: grimalkin

Neville Chamberlain.

‘Peace in our time’ speech with Hitler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO725Hbzfls


9 posted on 02/07/2015 6:42:37 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: grimalkin

Charles Krauthammer’s very descriptive words, “”Banal and repulsive” are still miles away from the truth...which “Billy” Graham, Jr. stated with particular truth and clarity when he explained Obama’s Muslim beginnings. Till the age of ten, Barack Soetoro was raised and schooled in the Islamic faith. Over looking that fact is over looking the obvious...somewhat analogous to “head in sand” a dangerous position for a Free Nation.


10 posted on 02/07/2015 6:49:21 AM PST by yoe
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To: grimalkin

You can see the evil come to the surface in this speech. He’s in full hate mode. All those years in Wright’s pews are coming home to roost.


11 posted on 02/07/2015 6:52:30 AM PST by clintonh8r (Death to islam.)
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To: Texas Eagle
at least he's consistent

April 11, 2008 Obama admonished "small town Midwestern farmers who cling to their Bibles and guns".

He does have that anti-Christian thing pretty bad.

12 posted on 02/07/2015 6:53:25 AM PST by grania
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To: grimalkin
The following paragraph is excerpted from the CENTENNIAL Thanksgiving Sermon, DELIVERED BY REV. B. W. ARNETT, B. D., AT ST. PAUL A. M. E. CHURCH, URBANA, OHIO 1876 - available in the "Library of Congress - Historical Collections" - "African-American Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection," 1820-1920; American Memory, Washington, DC.

This historical treasure is one which should be prominent in our national discussions, especially now, when our philosophical foundations are being challenged, and when the views of a learned man like Dr. Arnett--a Christian Minister and Legislator--delivered in the post-Civil War era, and celebrating the Declaration of Independence, might shed light on centuries-old ideas about America's history. His theme: Righteousness Exalteth a Nation, but Sin is a Reproach to any People."

"Withdraw from Christendom the Bible, the Church with its sacraments and ministry, and Christian morality and hopes, and aspirations for time and eternity; repeal all the laws that are founded in the Christian Scriptures; remove the Christian humanities in the form of hospitals and asylums, and reformatories and institutions of mercy utterly unknown to unchristian countries; destroy the literature, the culture, the institutions of learning, the art, the refinement, the place of woman in her home and in society, which owe their origin and power to Christianity; blot out all faith in Divine Providence, love, and righteousness; turn back every believer in Christ to his former state; remove all thought or hope of the forgiveness of sins by a just but gracious God; erase the name of Christ from every register it sanctifies—in a word annihilate all the legitimate and logical effects of Christianity in Christendom—just accomplish in fact what multitudes of gifted and learned minds are wishing and trying to accomplish by their science, philosophy, and criticism, and what multitudes of the common people desire and seek, and not only would all progress toward and unto perfection cease, but not one of the shining lights of infidelity would shine much longer. Yes, the bitterest enemies of this holy and blessed religion, owe their ability to be enemies to its sacred revelations - to the inspiration and sublimity of that faith which reflects its glories on their hostile natures. They live in the strength of that which they would destroy. They are raised to their seats of opportunity and power by the grace of Him they would crucify afresh; and is it to be thought that they are stronger than that which gives them strength? Can it be supposed that a religion which civilizes and subdues, and elevates and blesses will succumb to the enmities it may arouse and quicken in its onward march? Are we to tremble for the ark of God when God is its upholder, and protector, and preserver?”
Dr. Arnett, an A.M.E. Minister and Ohio State Legislator, was invited to publish this remarkable sermon commemorating the Centennial of the Declaration of Independence by the following method:

To:

Rev. B. W. ARNETT, B. D.

Dear Pastor:

Will you please prepare your “Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon” for publication: together with whatever matter pertaining to the colored people of this city, you deem worth preserving.

We make this request of you, believing that the publication of such matter, will be of benefit to the present and succeeding generations.

Yours Respectfully,

J GAITER
J. DEMPCY
C. L, GANT
Trustees W. A. STILGASS, W. O. BOWLES

Urbana, O.

December 7th, 1876

J GAITER, J. DEMPCY, C. L, GANT

Trustees W. A. STILGASS, W. O. BOWLES

Yours is at hand, requesting me to prepare my "Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon" for publication. If you think that my words will be of any advantage to you, and those whom you have the honor of representing, I am willing to leave it to your judgement and will prepare my feeble effort for the press: hoping that, if there is nothing new in it, at least I may awaken some one to follow "the Moccasin tracks of Righteousness, and the Foot Prints of sin on the sands of time," and be better prepared for the duties they owe to themselves, their families, their country, and their God.

I am, yours,

BENJAMIN W. ARNETT

____________________

At another point in his long "Thanksgiving Sermon," Dr. Arnett made the following assertion about America and "wherein lies its greatness":

"Let us see what it is that makes us so great; wherein lies our strength. What has made us one of the greatest powers of the earth, politically and intellectually? Have we come to the conclusion that it is Righteousness that exalteth a nation? We have met to-day at the request of the President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and also the Governor of our beloved State, Rutherford B. Hayes. For what? Why call us from our homes? Why come to the house of God? Why not go to the hall of mirth and to the places of amusement to-day? No that is not what they want us to do. We are commanded to go to our 'several places of worship, and there offer up thanks to Kind Providence which has brought our nation through the scenes of another year, and blessed the land with peace, plenty and prosperity.' Then as Americans we have reason to rejoice and congratulate ourselves on the greatness of our beloved country; at this the close of the first hundred years of experimental government of the people, by the people, and for the people. To be a citizen of this vast country is something, and to share in its privileges and duties is more than something." - Dr. Benjaming W. Arnett, St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Urbana, Ohio, Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon, November 1876

The entire "Sermon" deserves wide circulation and reading in this critical time in our nation's history.


13 posted on 02/07/2015 6:54:14 AM PST by loveliberty2
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To: generalissimoduane

ping


14 posted on 02/07/2015 6:57:24 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: grimalkin

Why would anyone think or believe that this evil and corrupt muslim could say anything worthwhile or that made sense?


15 posted on 02/07/2015 6:57:39 AM PST by mulligan (I)
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To: Texas Eagle

Obola’s “new normal.”

He doesn’t want Americans to know that the Crusades stopped muslims from taking over the mid-east and Europe because that is what he is letting ISIS do now. He says ISIL because the Levant included Israel.

He will allow Iran to get nuclear weapons to destroy Israel and the USA. Valerie Jarrett (Iranian-anti-American) has been dealing with Iran secretly, that is one reason Obama doesn’t want anyone from Israel to address Congress on Mar. 3. WWIII is being set up.

We must keep fighting the barbarians even if what is happening is God’s plan to bring about Armageddon. Pray for the Rapture, and make sure you are ready. The Tribulation that follows will be awful to behold even from Heaven when God’s wrath is poured out on the Earth. Read Revelation, the last book in the Holy Bible, for details.


16 posted on 02/07/2015 6:59:48 AM PST by charlie72
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To: yoe
Yep. Overlooking the obvious, for fear of seeing the TRUTH, and realizing that WE (not "us" particularly on FR, but the thousands of idiots who voted for him *TWICE* for various reasons; and also worth mentioning are the fraudulent votes cast in favor of Zero)... we allowed this to happen!!! We are no different than the Germans who slept while Hitler and the SS carved their way through Europe.
17 posted on 02/07/2015 7:02:30 AM PST by fivecatsandadog ( OBAMA - IMPEACH HIM NOW. Worry about it later.)
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To: RaceBannon
There is a woman in the video clip you posted, the camera shows ( off and on), wearing a Hijab and blue jeans in the front row.....isn't that the same woman caught on Fox News camera leaving the White House? Not often seen are Blue Jeans (pants) and Hijab worn together at such identifiable place. Anyone else see that clip....
18 posted on 02/07/2015 7:07:58 AM PST by yoe
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To: onyx
Repulsive...enervating....and SURREAL..that's our Barry!






19 posted on 02/07/2015 7:08:47 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: grimalkin

Who wrote Obama’s speech anyway? John Cleese?


20 posted on 02/07/2015 7:11:04 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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