One can only wonder who might have placed this story in the LA Times.
Posted on 03/15/2007 5:52:16 PM PDT by melt
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — As a boy in Indonesia, Barack Obama crisscrossed the religious divide. At the local primary school, he prayed in thanks to a Catholic saint. In the neighborhood mosque, he bowed to Allah.
Having a personal background in both Christianity and Islam might seem useful for an aspiring U.S. president in an age when Islamic nations and radical groups are key national security and foreign policy issues. But a connection with Islam is untrod territory for presidential politics.
Obama's four years as a child in Indonesia underscore how dramatically his background differs from that of past presidential hopefuls, most of whom spent little, if any, time in other countries. No one knows how voters will react to a candidate with an early exposure to Islam, a religion that remains foreign to many Americans.
Obama's campaign aides have emphasized his strong Christian beliefs and downplayed any Islamic connection. The candidate was raised "in a secular household in Indonesia by his stepfather and mother," his chief spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said in a statement in January after false reports began circulating that Obama had attended a radical madrasa, or Koranic school, as a child.
"To be clear, Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian who attends the United Church of Christ in Chicago," Gibbs' Jan. 24 statement said. In a statement to The Times on Wednesday, the campaign offered slightly different wording, saying: "Obama has never been a practicing Muslim." The statement added that as a child, Obama had spent time in the neighborhood's Islamic center.
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One can only wonder who might have placed this story in the LA Times.
When Missus Bill Clinton is through with this guy I'm going to feel bad for him.
I know he's a far left socialist liberal statist, but he's not unsympathetic.
Does not matter who - he's a waste of political oxygen anyway. And who, on what pretext, and how - all these accidentals are of secondary importance.
In a way, I'm kinda glad he's out there to keep putting kinks in the red carpet that the SeaHag was expecting to stroll down.
But it's fun to watch them throttle each other's necks...
And I like the way he half dismissed John Edwards by saying "he's kind of cute".
Yes he dissed Edwards big time.
Story tonight on Brit Hume's show about BHO's Muslim faith as a child. The segment concluded with a statement from his office saying he has always been a Christian.
so cute is the obamma euphemism for gay... is that it???
Here it comes. This will be spun as part of an "All things to everyone, many paths to the same place" presentation that will make the Oprah crowd gaga.
Meet your next President.
I don't believe it.
I don't either, so why is he denying it? Why not embrace it and be the multi-spiritual candidate?
obama won't get the jewish vote because he's pro-pali.
"To be clear, Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian who attend the United Church of Christ in Chicago,"
http://www.tucc.org/about.htms
Islam, a religion that remains foreign to many Americans.
No, we have learned a great deal about Islam in the last five years..
If this lib gets elected America could move into the "Dar al Islam" column.
No thanks.
Sorry. Here's the fixed link of Obama's church.
http://www.tucc.org/about.htm
I guess my sarcasm was not clear.
I guess my sarcasm was not clear.
Now that is funny Miss Didi, your post was the first one that mentioned Islam in the manner that I was thinking about, I was writing generally and not specifically at you so to speak.
LOL a simple misunderstanding on my part.
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