LA Times: 'Obama Has Been a Regular Church-goer For Decades'
Over at PJ Media's Tatler section, Roger Simon caught Alana Semuels at the Los Angeles Times in what has to be a lead candidate for the NOn-Eric Holder howler of the day.
In running down the degree of religious seriousness of a few more recent presidents in an article portraying GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's heavy involvement with Mormonism, Semuels wrote (bold is mine):
George W. Bush is a born-again Christian; President Obama has been a regular church-goer for decades; Jimmy Carter taught Sunday school. But no previous president or serious candidate can rival Romney for the time and energy spent in running a religious organization and ministering to its members.Story Continues Below Ad ↓
This statement opens up a two-pronged problem, which Simon duly notes:
Let’s leave aside the eye roller that with “regular” church-going Obama was still somehow able to miss the multiple racist and anti-American excrescences of his pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright (or so the then candidate assured us) and cut straight to the chase – the life of our president since he has been in the White House.
Simon goes on to cite a Time Magazine item from December 2009, i.e., eleven months into Obama's presidency, called "No Church-Going Christmas for the First Family," in which Amy Sullivan wrote that "The Obamas have attended Sunday services in Washington three times this year." To understate, most pastors wouldn't call a congregation member who has shown up three times in eleven months a "regular."
Simon also notes that in September 2010, Ben Smith at the Politico wrote of the First Family's quite infrequent church attendance, observing that "Since arriving in Washington as president, Obama — who was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago — has largely chosen not to attend public church services because of the possible disruptions his presence, and the increased security, would cause a congregation."
In other words: Regular, schmegular.
So why would the LA Times so brazenly misrepresent the President's church attendance record? Simon's theory:
... they lie or gild the lily or prevaricate or whatever you want to call it to protect their man, even in relatively monitor situations like this. It is engrained in them. They are probably not capable of writing or even seeing the truth.
Sounds about right.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
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Yeah, Boy Barry was so
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 10:28pm.
Yeah, Boy Barry was so 'regular' for 20 years at Jeremiah Wright's chuch/hate-America and all whites-chapel that he NEVER heard any of those incendiary and over-the-top sermons that the good Reverand so eloquently delivered!!!! And even though Barry had crappy grades in his earlier school career, apparantly he was really adept at quoting the Quran, which he now denies knowing much about!!
I'm absolutely astonished - every day - by the total bullsh*t that is being thrown at us - non-stop!!!!
A CHURCHIN' OBAMA GOES
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 10:34pm.
Obama goes to church, as noted by Time Magazine and Politico. Time to send Jesse Watters undercover for a sting operation.
The msm full court press to
Submitted by gopsteve on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 10:35pm.
The msm full court press to get Obama reelected is already sickening...it's only going to get worse folks.
I agree, gopsteve
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 10:40pm.
Listening to the idiots over at bizarro world, M.S.S.R. (MSLSD), they all had a collective obamagasm over his "Death to America as we knew it 7/4/1776 - 12/7/2011" speech. I am really getting sickened by this marxist-in-chief saying the worst trash about this country on significant anniversary days of this country.
Really?
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 10:45pm.
What Church has he been attending?
Obama worships at the Church of Obama.
Submitted by HelloDare on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 11:39pm.
Obama worships at the Church of Obama. He's extremely devout.
Obama does not need to go to
Submitted by jkwtrading on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 11:46pm.
Obama does not need to go to church. he believes all church goers are praying to him.
Tom . . the whole Front page Morman piece was a howler..
Submitted by Gary Hall on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 11:53pm.
First of all one has to understand that this strategically placed (above the fold - front and center, with a rather unflattering picture of Romney) 2,013 word rambling article - had a completely different headline in the print edition, than on-line: "Romney's Mormon faith is absent from campaign." The by-line: "He served as a church bishop and later presided over 12 congregations, roles he tends to keep quiet."
Wait a second here. Our national MSM (inc. the LAT's) does not like politicians that flaunt their religion. So? Romney's not been flaunting his religion. The LAT's sensing that it's loosing out on it's God-given pat opportunity to use the expected Romney provided Mormon flaunting religion in order to put front page stories (and editorials, etc) in the paper to attack him for doing just that, decides that they'd better get the upper hand - and create a story out of thin air.
Goodness sakes. Are they completely delusional?
So what do they use the piece for (other then promoting lies about how church going Obama is)? Yep - how Romney flaunted his religion, and flip-flopped on abortion. In fact, how he went from making a good [acceptable] decision, to a very bad evil one. Not only that, but he suckered a non-Mormon spouse into the faith, by suckering him into it.
And, they were quick to point out, how "People in his campaign wished he'd never been a Mormon leader."
Well, certainly after reading the news today.
In all fairness, the story is not all that bad; it's about a man and his faith, and it does give the over all impression that he has been deeply committed and very generous and wonderfully warm, at times. However, implanted and inserted throughout the piece are bits of what the paper, and the writer, know are the usual red meat for the liberals.
"He was appalled at the arrogance of Romney."
Maybe that was the line that the staff writer, Anana Semuels, was given, and told, "Find a way to use this against him."
(;~/ gary
Obama isn't religious. He
Submitted by forest on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 12:26am.
Obama isn't religious. He joined that idiotic church for political reasons. He still pretends to believe in God because atheists don't get elected, but he doesn't go to church because he doesn't have to. The media will keep up the appearances for him.
You call that a church?
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 1:27am.
A vile, hate spewed house of "God"? Really?
Kinda like a
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 3:42am.
Kinda like a moooooooooooooooooslem mosque,huh NJ???? I'm sure the moooooooooooooslems would've been impressed with Jeremiah Wright's 'sermons'..............I think the guy USED to be a mooooooooooooslem, to tell you the truth. And even though Boy Barry lays claim to being a 'Christian'..............I don't think that he's fooling too many people..
I think he attended church, killa...
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 3:46pm.
At the Church of the Poisoned Mind, with him playing the part of Boy Barry! And I call you killa, cause you slayyy me!
Nobama
Submitted by Kleenex on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 5:57am.
The first poster is correct. He went to Rev Wright's church for 20 years but even that was only to build political connections and give him street cred, but then again he does believe the USA is evil and must be punished just as Rev Wright does.
They're trying to cover for the fact that this president
Submitted by jakee308 on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 9:44am.
has shown more favor to celebrating and praising Islamic holidays than actually attending any Christian ones.
This, in my opinion, crypto Muslim has shown an inordinate amount of attention to and accolades for the religion of Islam.
He was raised a Muslim. That is a fact. He was taught to be a Muslim in Indonesia. That is a fact.
It is also a fact that Islam believes that once you have made two specific declarations and a ritual cleansing, then you are a Muslim. Obama has made those declarations.
Once someone becomes a Muslim, they are considered a Muslim from then on and cannot revert. (if they do, they are considered apostate but still Muslims)
The Muslim world generally considers Obama to be a Muslim. Why does he try to hide it? The answer is obvious; for then some of his actions and motivations for some of his actions would then become clear and the American people would reject him immediately.
We have had a foreigner inflicted upon us as our leader and he is leading us into chaos and destruction.
A church-goer?
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 10:31am.
Maybe.
Goes to church regularly? I don't think so.
Goes to a "regular" church (Trinity United Church)? Hardly.
Former Muslim Wright's
Submitted by celator on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 11:21am.
Former Muslim Wright's "church" was a hotbed of Black Nationalist and Black Liberation Theology. It had nothing to do with teaching or promoting Christianity in any traditional sense.
The president of the United States
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 12:21pm.
can hold services in the White House. I believe Reagan and a few other Presidents did.