Obama lacks moral substance

And Sharon-in-VA’s comment below is absolutely false:

“I have been stunned by the words coming out of the mouths of the
Republican candidates’, and more stunned that they have all too
frequently ignored the calls from their rally participants who have
said, “Kill him!” or the like. “

The Secret Service has denied the validity of the report claiming someone yelled, “Kill him!“ It’s become an urban myth already, perpetuated by a media that’s in the bag for Obama.

Even if it were true, Sharon, would you sacrifice the lives of millions of unborn babies (knowing full well that Obama is pro-abortion and will name pro-abortion justices to the Supreme Court) because of a few fools that would say things like “kill him”?

With all due respect, Ms. Kamienski, there are many Christians who
have thoughtfully weighed all the issues in this complex election. I
have come to support Obama as I have been totally disheartened—as a
Christian—by the way that the Republican candidates have conducted
their campaign.

Where, for example, is the McCain who, in 2000, took this stand?

“Senator John McCain, in a provocative and politically risky speech,
sharply criticized leaders of the religious right on Monday as ‘agents
of intolerance’ allied to his rival, Governor George W. Bush, and
denounced what he said were the tactics of ‘division and slander.‘
Specifically, Mr. McCain singled out the evangelists Pat Robertson and
Jerry Falwell as ‘corrupting influences on religion and politics’ and
said parts of the religious right were divisive and even un-American.“

Palin’s ultra conservative views and her connections with James Dobson
from Focus on the Family are of serious concern to me and to many
other Christians.  Thomas Jefferson wrote of the need for a “wall of
separation” between church and state, and yet Focus on the Family’s
position on this matter is that the separation of church and state is
unconstitutional.

I have been stunned by the words coming out of the mouths of the
Republican candidates’, and more stunned that they have all too
frequently ignored the calls from their rally participants who have
said, “Kill him!“ or the like.

If abortion is wrong, how can talk of murder be right?

Where is the McCain who, in 2000 said, “I am going to keep fighting
clean.  I am going to keep fighting fair”?

Over 100 years ago, Mark Twain said the following: “Man is the
religious animal…He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as
himself and cuts his throat, if his theology isn’t straight. He has
made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his
brother’s path to happiness and heaven.“

Like many Americans, I was shocked when I first heard the sound bites
from Rev. Wright’s sermon, but as with most issues that have been
brought up during this election, I’ve wanted to know what was behind
those comments.  Taken in context, I still find it disturbing, but I
came away with a greater understanding of Wright’s message. The theme
of his sermon was that people are looking to government for what only
God can give.

Excerpted from http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com is the following:

“We can see clearly the confusion in the mind of a few Muslims, and
please notice I did not say all Muslims, I said a few Muslims, who see
Allah as condoning killing and killing any and all who don’t believe
what they don’t believe. They call it jihad. We can see clearly the
confusion in their minds, but we cannot see clearly what it is that we
do. We call it crusade when we turn right around and say that our God
condones the killing of innocent civilians as a necessary means to an
end. WE say that God understands collateral damage. We say that God
knows how to forgive friendly fire.“

“We say that God will bless the shock and awe as we take over
unilaterally another country, calling it a coalition because we’ve got
three guys from Australia, going against the United Nations, going
against the majority of Christians, Muslims and Jews throughout the
world, making a pre-emptive strike in the name of God. We cannot see
how what we are doing is the same thing that Al-Qaeda is doing under a
different color flag – calling on the name of a different God to
sanction and approve our murder and our mayhem.“

We must all vote as our hearts and minds dictate, but this year I
cannot limit my focus to one issue.

“So let’s rededicate ourselves to a new kind of politics – a politics
of conscience. Let’s come together – Protestant and Catholic, Muslim
and Hindu and Jew, believer and non-believer alike. We’re not going to
agree on everything, but we can disagree without being disagreeable.
We can affirm our faith without endangering the separation of church
and state, as long as we understand that when we’re in the public
square, we have to speak in universal terms that everyone can
understand. And if we can do that – if we can embrace a common destiny
– then I believe we’ll not just help bring about a more hopeful day in
America, we’ll not just be caring for our own souls, we’ll be doing
God’s work here on Earth.“ ~ Barack Obama, June 23, 2007