Posted on 06/10/2008 11:05:30 AM PDT by aruanan
NEW YORK: It's unusual. But, it's a fact. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic party's presidential nominee, is seeking the blessings of Hanuman in his battle for the White House.
The 46-year-old senator from Illinois, who defeated his rival Hillary Clinton in an epic 17-month long electoral battle for Democratic party nomination, carries a "tiny monkey god" apparently representing "Hanuman" with him for good luck.
A recent photo posted on Time's White House Photo of the Day collection shows the first ever Black-American nominee of a major US party for the Presidential elections carries with him a bracelet belonging to an American soldier deployed in Iraq, a gambler's lucky chit, a tiny monkey god and tiny Madonna and child.
That "tiny monkey god," of course, appears to be a statue of the Hindu monkey god, Hanuman, says the posting but editors and the photographer has not identified it as such.
Obama, whose father was a Kenyan and mother a white woman from Kansas, spent initial days of his life in Indonesia where Hinduism is a popular religion.
In addition to a lucky penny, Republican candidate John McCain carries a lucky nickel, and a lucky rubber band, which he wears around his wrist. He also has a lucky sweater and a lucky hotel room in New Hampshire, says the caption on his photo.
"People give Clinton lucky items all the time on the campaign trail," said a Clinton spokesman.
"Recently, for example, she's received a lucky coin, a lucky handkerchief that a woman in Texas gave to her that she sometimes keeps in her pocket, and a lucky bracelet that a woman in Ohio gave her that she wears every day. She keeps all of them."
Well I admit I think Hinduism is a very strange religion, but I think we should avoid making fun of it too much. Indian people in the US are hard working people who mind their own business, and if McCain picks Jindal for his VP, they will be Republican voters in the fall. So we probably shouldn’t make fun of their gods too much. There’s freedom of religion here and at least their religion isn’t about blowing anything up and they don’t try to kill their relatives who convert from it so Hindu people can always make up their own minds when they learn about Christianity.
I always say, if you don't have the blessing of the monkey god, you can forget being president.
Shri Ganesh post to follow...
Somebody obviously has got this all wrong, that is in fact a statue of Curious George!
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So, how'd that work out for you, Hillary?
Here's a little secret: If someone gives you something and says it'll bring you luck, keep in mind that there are two kinds of luck.
Barry may want to keep a little Shri Ganesh (hindu god of knowledge) charm on hand. But then again, he may have carried him around pre-Hillary suspension, as he is also the "remover of obstacles."
I have a lucky .45 I carry with me everywhere. It’s a S&W Scandium 1911 commander model. I have several other handguns as well, but the S&W is the lucky one.
I don’t have a problem with Hinduism or any other religion aside from Islam.
Its just that this guy is so unbelieveable. If he’s Christian, why the Hindu God?
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