C-Span2: National Prayer Breakfast: President Obama LIVE 8:50-9:20

[flpoljunkie]

National Prayer Breakfast Committee: President Obama
LIVE Airing Time: 8:50:00 AM - 9:20:00 AM

http://www.cspan.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/

[Vinca]

1. It drives me nuts when this cult is given legitimacy.

[flpoljunkie]

3. Wonder if Rachel Maddow will talk about 'The Fellowship' and the National Prayer Breakfast tonight.

[ladjf]

4. It just verifies that our political system is retrogressing. It is more

harmful than just wasting time. Religious crap is (1) teaching people to stop thinking objectively and (2) replacing valid, objective thinking with a "book of truths" made up and supported by those who want to manipulate the gullible. It works, unfortunately for the manipulators.

[phleshdef]

18. That must be some regression. They've been doing this gig since Eisenhower.

[MahatmaOlbermann]

21. Now what cult do you think your speaking of friend? n/t

[Vinca]

27. "The Family."

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[Vinca]

37. Read Jeff Sharlet's book. If not a cult, very cult like.

[jefferson_dem]

32. Hideous bigotry...

:thumbsdown:

[ladjf]

2. It is discouraging to see that the President is swimming in the

backwaters of old time religion. Screw all of that superstition. He needs to pay attention to the Country that elected him.

[flpoljunkie]

5. Am interested in whether he will speak about Egypt and what he says

[ladjf]

15. Personally, I have totally lost interest is what he says. He has

shown himself to be, at best, a political opportunist, at worst, a right wing ideologue.

[ProSense]

16. "shown himself to be, at best, a political opportunist, at worst, a right wing ideologue."

Obviously, this is not a fact-based opinion.

[ladjf]

22. OK. In my opinion. Happy now?

[ProSense]

25. Quite. n/t

[jefferson_dem]

33. "a right wing ideologue..."

That Obammmmer... He's jest like Booooooooosh!!!!!!11 :crazy:

[Bluenorthwest]

6. Hypocrisy: Breakfast of Champions...

"When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites ; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 6 "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 7 "And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. 8 "So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him." From the Gospel of Matthew

What do you make of people who reject the teachings of their 'savior' and replace them with whatever whim suits their agenda? Add to that the fact that these same people will pick at another teaching by another person, not Jesus, and demand that other people go without equal rights because that teaching is so important. But they pray like they want, not like that jerk Jesus said, and that strikes me as bogus in a rather spectacular way. Jesus said don't pray in public. So they cover their prayers on television.

[golddigger]

7. Disgusting.

[flpoljunkie]

8. C-Span 2 coverage of the Fellowship Foundation National Prayer Breakfast has begun.

[flpoljunkie]

9. President Obama now speaking.

[flpoljunkie]

10. He prays violence will end in Egypt and rights, aspiration of its people will be realized

[flpoljunkie]

11. Rep. Gabby Giffords' husband Mark Kelly will be giving the closing prayer

[flpoljunkie]

14. C-Span cut away to cover the Senate gaveling in for today's session.

[Ninga]

12. I think his remarks are stunning, powerful, moving, and humble. The problem

is that his words will fall on deaf ears.........

I hope this speech is played over and over a million times.

[Ninga]

13. A rec for our President using this occasion to speak truth to power.....

[ProSense]

17. It doesn't matter

Everything this President does sparks venomous outrage. The very first time this breakfast was ever protested was when Obama took office.

"Every U.S. president since Dwight D. Eisenhower has participated in the breakfast"

[Vinca]

19. To be fair, I don't think people were all that aware of "The Family"

until Jeff Sharlet's book came out in 2008. I don't think it has anything to do with Obama.

[alsame]

23. And lots of coverage from Rachel Maddow. That's when I first

heard of them.

[Bluenorthwest]

20. Some expect Bushes to be hypocrites tossing religious imagery

about for their own personal gain, but of course voices have always been raised about this event. Much more attention has been paid the last couple of years because of the book about the Family, which opened the eyes of many who did not wish to see. Also, the involvement in Uganda of American Evangelicals some with Family Ties is a fresh development which for those not soaked in anti-gay dogma seem to call for a change in the message coming form the faith community as a whole. Last year, we had to shout like mad to prevent David Bhati, the author of the 'kill the gays bill' in Uganda, from attending that event, with the President. They had invited that man to their prayer show. So last year, that was why there was an uproar, Pro. Look him up. The entire nation should have been outraged at that.

[ProSense]

24. Outrage is fine and the

fact that the protests are happening during this Presidency is fine too. It's likely that there were invitees in the past who should have sparked outrage. Still, no better time than the present.

What's bogus is trying to use the occasion to attack the President's character.

[Bluenorthwest]

29. In what way did I do that, Pro?

I know it does not anger you to see the likes of Bahti invited to pray with Obama, but those of us who were pissed stopped it from happening. Sad that we had to. But we did.

[ProSense]

30. Please don't pretend that you know me. n/t

[Gin]

26. I listened to part of his remarks....reminded me he is in campaign

mode...too much Jesus talk for me..

[flpoljunkie]

28. I found the 'pray for his daughter's skirt to get longer on the way to the dance' remark crude.

And, unpresidential. Obviously, someone thinks these kind of crude comments appeal to the masses. Perhaps they do.

[BklnDem75]

38. Why?

[flpoljunkie]

39. Interesting, these tasteless remarks are not in the official transcript provided by the White House.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/02/obama-at-national-prayer-break.html

[jenmito]

35. Imagine that-"Jesus talk" at a PRAYER breakfast!

:rofl:

[polmaven]

31. Thank you...

well said.

[jenmito]

34. I thought it was a great speech, and I'm an atheist until/unless I'm proven wrong. Not only

did he drive the birthers/teabaggers crazy, he was funny and humble while connecting with people who I'm sure could relate.

[otohara]

40. You'd Think

but no, they are just as nasty towards this president no matter what he says. I read some comments in The USA Today regarding this story and they were fugly, ugly.