Election Hail Mary: Obama Finally Discovers ‘By Their Creator’
**Written by Doug Powers
On the campaign trail in the past few weeks, whenever President Obama quoted (paraphrased is more like it) from the Declaration of Independence, he omitted “by their creator” as being the source that endows us with our unalienable rights. This left the onlooker free to decide for him or herself who exactly endows them their rights — be it a tree, a god, 1972 Buick Skylark, or most importantly, an all-knowing, all caring, all-giving federal government.
However, similar to the old saying “there are no atheists in foxholes,” being on the verge of an election slaughter has its way of getting politicians to re-focus on the Creator:
Now, just a few days later, Obama is still on the trail, but he has changed his speech. At rallies in California and Nevada Friday, he included “Creator” in his remarks on the Declaration. “They said in their Declaration, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal,’” Obama said at a rally at the University of Southern California, “‘that we are all endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’” Later, at a Las Vegas rally for Sen. Harry Reid, Obama said, “‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’”
Suddenly, the “Creator” has appeared in the president’s speeches. And each time he discussed the Declaration, “Creator” included, his quotations were met with enthusiastic applause. Barack Obama has learned that Americans like to be reminded of their founding documents — even the passage that explains the ultimate source of those inalienable rights.
It’s not yet clear if Obama intentionally decided to include “by their Creator,” if the guy who types the words into the teleprompter decided it would be a good idea, or if the inclusion is a desperate attempt by the president to distance Democrats from MSNBC with the midterm elections just over a week away.
If things on November 2nd go as badly for Democrats as it appears they might, time will tell if “by their Creator” will remain intact, or dismissed like a Slurpee-sippin’ wingnut who drove the car into the ditch.
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It is one thing to say it and it is another to actually believe it.
Somehow I really don’t think bho really belives this. But, better late than never saying it.
L
Congratulations to the speechwriter.
Halleluia!! Obama has seen the light!! He has been saved! (“Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition”.)
/sarc. off
I posted this on another thread, but that thread might be done. I think this is worth re-posting.
Off topic…
I just received this in my e-mail. I contributed to Ruth McClung, so I now get e-mails from her campaign.
We are dealing with widespread corruption and fraud perpetrated by the progressives, who are slimy weasels. They will stop at nothing to keep their power. We have to fight this with everything we have! They fight dirty. We have to do the same.
There are SO MANY very very close races going on! After seeing what Al Franken’s goons did to steal the election here in Minnesota, I know what dirty tricks look like. If they start seeing ballots show up in people’s trunks, and they ALLOW THEM TO BE COUNTED, you can be sure there is something amiss.
I’m not sure how to combat this. I do believe the ONLY way the progressives will keep Congress is by cheating. The American People do not want them in Congress. If they win, it will be by cheating.
Obama saw the result of those “unintended consequences” they are so famous for. So he changed his tactic. Too late Odumbo. We are already on to you. Honestly, they pull these stupid moves out of their butts, thinking that we are idiot sheep who don’t even notice what they are doing. Then they realize that maybe they weren’t such good ideas. Regressives do this all the time! i.e. cash for clunkers, making communist Van Jones a czar, and more recently the Juan Williams firing. Wow. And they call US stupid!! This bunch has a collective IQ of 50!
The sign of a desperate liberal!
Shouldn’t that read: “Past couple years”?
I agree with you except on one point; NEVER stoop to their level and fight “dirty”. Doing so would put you in the same slimy league and legitimately damage your reputation (as opposed to falsely assassinating your character, which is their normal MO).
Expose the liars and theives. Shine the Light on those filthy cockroaches. But stand firm on your principles and NEVER give in to their wicked ways.
I see a Victory in November and a new battle beginning. The progressives will not stop their lies and criminal methods to ‘save’ their power, but I will win with Truth, Honesty and Faith.
Elmer Gantry would be proud…
Speaking of bho, from Drudge on the trip after the election with mo.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Barack-and-Michelles-Mumbai-darshan-plans/articleshow/6797379.cms
Think of this, they will have the entire Taj Mahal Hotel, 570 rooms! This should make bho and mo feel a tiny bit better after the d’s getting creamed on Nov.2! Gads, these two make me tired!
L
He thought he could get away with not wearing an American flag lapel pin, and not saluting the flag during the National Anthem, as well. He “reacts” only when his failure to act makes him look bad.
Obama shows his true nature, thinking himself ‘mainstream’, until the critizism flows. Don’t make the mistake of thinking Obama 2.0 will be tacking to the center…he and his fellow Marxists feel that they are so close to complete domination, there will be no backtracking, nor reformulation now. There will be only more obfuscation, misdirection, demogoguery, and outright lies….only it will be uttered by new faces in the administration.
This stinky fish needs to be gutted on November 2nd.
And he re-discovers the Slurpee!
USC says 37,500 turned out for Obama rally
I agree with you completely. I talk about fighting dirty but I actually wouldn’t know how!! I am a Christian, I read the Bible, and I know that we win in the end!
James 2:19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
Just because he starts saying it now doesn’t mean he REALLY believes it. He CLAIMS to be a Christian, but;
Matthew 7:16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
We have heard one political hack after another tell us they have now given us, the ungrateful proletariat, another new right-be it health care, jobs, food or housing. The Progressives patron saint George Barnard Shaw wanted to set up commissions to decide if we were Life Worthy or Unworthy of Life. Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle came close in his book “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis “.
Republican Rep. Knollenberg: “It is not your money”. No indeed it is not just a case of Democrats–these power encased fools truly believe they are the origins of all that is good, they are quite comfortable in the role of creator god. Let it go on long enough, let them grab enough power and we too will see the gulags, concentration camps, Katyn Woods. Read our Founders words–they had such thoughts in mind when they wrote the Second Amendment.
But I am glad Obama Finally Discovers ‘By Their Creator’-many political hacks only mention God when they drop something on their foot.
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Let your sidearm be like American Express:
Don’t Leave home without it.
I read the article in your link. It talks about how the populace will be totally inconvenienced while they are there…the traffic, the security, etc. Reminded me of what my husband, daughter and grandson are enduring right now, as we speak! We have season tickets to the Minnesota Gopher football games. There is a home game today at 11:00. My husband is taking our daughter and her 6 year old son to the game. They are there now.
Some of you may know that Obama is here in Minnesota today. Did you know that he is on the U of M Campus? Did you know that he is just a few blocks from the football stadium? Yes, he is “inconveniencing” thousands of football fans so he can rally the students to vote for Mark Dayton, the most insane candidate for Governor we have ever had! I’m sure he will put in a few jabs about Michele Bachmann while he is here. We are fortunate that we have a permanent parking space for the season, otherwise, forget about being able to park! I imagine the van will be searched. I imagine the traffic jam after the game will be horrendous.
Seems that Barack and Co. don’t care about the peons and how much they have to put up with. He is above all that. I really loathe and despise him and everything he stands for.
Obama is a “political mirage” I don’t get why people don’t get it?
He’s a blank movie projection screen – people project onto him what they want to see.
Nothing has changed from 2008 to 2010 well nothing yet….
Too bad. I had less disrespect for him when he at least had the courage of his convictions.
This guy always goes for 100% disappointing. When he was elected I was saying maybe he would at least do one right thing and get us out of those ridiculous nation building ‘wars.’
I should have known better. And those of you who think continuing our wars to build strong Islamic nations is such a good idea should at least seriously recheck your reasoning on the subject when you see Obama thinks so, too.
At least on good news today on bho, his poll on Rasmussen is -19 strong disapprove today. It is going down daily and I hope it continues. Sorry to hear about your family happyscrapper having to deal with bho visit. I really think he gets a kick out of all he puts people through just have him go anyplace.
L
Taqiyya
No doubt there was pressure to rewrite the prompter script.
BTW: Second time ’72 Skylark is mentioned. Guessing Doug owns one
Obama Suggests Jesus Christ Not the Only Way to Heaven
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
Progressives do believe man is perfectible through institutions such as eugenics while Christians know and believe we are made perfect through Christ. Colossians 1:28
This is a divide that can not be reconciled. The
Serpent in the Garden knew and acknowledged God.
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When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house,
his possessions are undisturbed.
On October 23rd, 2010 at 11:09 am, right_on said:
+1
Obama 2.0 will be focused on subjects that are not yet being discussed except in the financial community. Most notably, Geithner’s just announced commitment to “rebalance” the global economy (concentrate power among an undemocratically appointed global elite and redistribute wealth).
It’s not clear to me how committing America to such a scheme gets done. Is it a bureaucratic detail that doesn’t require Congressional approval? If it does, do we have the right “Republicans” in Congress who will contest this without the need for our having to first figure it out for ourselves and then holding a gun to their heads to stop it? Again?
We are so far along on the road to one-world corporatist globalism (euphemistically called “open markets”) that I fear the only way it will be stopped is when the system inevitably breaks down into widespread local insurrections and rebellions that the centralized global authorities won’t be able to handle. What does “one world” do when order breaks down on the local level and the chaos spreads? The entire system is predicated on a new social contract among the elites without consensus of the vast majority of the ruled.
World war may already be inevitable (or global tyranny). Do we have the will to make the necessary sacrifices? I don’t know but freedom isn’t free and we seem to be surrendering our freedom without a real fight. If you are holding your nose, you aren’t fighting.
Obama forgot this part:
In no uncertain terms,the American people are about to repudiate the abominations that Obama and his cohorts in the Democratic controlled congress have perpetrated on this country since January 20, 2009. And “…with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence…” the mission will be completed come January 20, 2013.
Obama: One and Done!
I’d like to hear him recite that quote in its larger context:
Our government was instituted to secure (protect) our God-given (Creator-endowed) unalienable rights, among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Our government should be securing the unalienable right to Life.
Yet Obama did exactly the opposite… he supported the practice of leaving born alive infants to die in a linen closet. Obama argued against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act as an Illinois Senator in 2002.
Part of that link shared this little gem:
I would imagine that there will be a free flowing exchange of acquired knowledge on techniques and skills between the ladies of India and a legendary one of our own.
The largest and most recongized signature on the Declaration of Independence is that of John Hancock.
But most people are not familiar with a document that John Hancock (and several others) consented to less than four months earlier…
Take a serious look at this and compare it to today.
On October 23rd, 2010 at 11:55 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:
Isaiah 64:6 All of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
Psalm 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Ephesians 2:8-9 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast.
Hi mother, unfortunately, is not in Heaven. Being good won’t work.
Why anyone would believe anything coming out of this Marxist’s mouth is beyond me.
Hannibal#28,
I thought it was a bit odd that mo would be visiting ‘sex workers’ myself. I would have thought mo would go more for an elephant ride. I can hardly wait to see all the really out of this world outfits mo drags along for this visit!
L
Interesting comments about Obowmao’s new profession of faith. He does what every politician does and that is- say anything he needs to get a vote. He’s not fooling many but oddly, he is still fooling some. When can we be finished with this charlatan? I’m weary of hearing his name.
Obama entered the presidency as a man believing himself to be on his way to bigger things than the presidency. He will leave as a very small man who failed for being woefully inadequate and ill-prepared.
His next act will be more closely resemble that of community organizer than of ex-president. Maybe he can learn how to use a hammer like Carter.
I’m betting he got some real backlash on this one, and it finally sunk into their thick skulls that not everyone agrees that the Declaration of Independence would have been better if Obama had edited it to suit himself.
Which, a friend pointed out to me, needs an all powerful public employee union to “protect” the employees from that all caring government. England is laying off 500,000 federal employees, France and Greece having riots in the street. Can we please start learning from history and not trying so hard to get the epic failures that are policies from Europe, to work here?
Obama probably had to take dramamine in order to get those words out. He must have had to rehearse to keep from gagging.
I think that, instead of going to India, Obama should go to Paris. It is a very romantic city and I hear it is beautiful this time of year. He would need to dodge the tear gas and rubber bullets, but he just might learn something!
So as the election approaches, Obama had his “come-to-Jesus-moment,” eh? One day, Obama (like the rest of us) will have a real come-to-Jesus-moment. And it had better be more than our language that has changed before then!
One day, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess.
TOTUS still got it wrong “inalienable” is not in the Declaration of Independence. May be a small quip but the word used is “unalienable” Obama, w*t d***m, you do the math.
It’s pathetic, really, that Obama is talking about unalienable rights when the only thing he’s been talking about, up until about a week ago, was what people were entitled to, as endowed by their lords and masters in Washington, DC. You have to be completely blind and stupid to believe ANYTHING that is uttered by this sock-puppet.
*Maybe his inner Imam is showing and he is referring to “Allah”!
*Don’t ever forget, with P-BO it is all politics, all the time, and as to faith, his heart has been darkened by one Rev. Wright; There is still hope for him to see the way, the truth, the life, but it is as of now a distant hope!
Obama clearly favors Islam over Christianity as he has travelled the world giving speaches praising Islam, while condemning and mocking Christians and Christianity.
Furthermore, his “brand” of Christianity is not. He has associated with racists in a so-called “Chuch” which spewed invectives rife with hate speech and racism, and promoting “Black Liberation Theology,” which is NOT Christianity.
He is clearly uncomfortable and embarassed when he speaks of Christianity and Christian faith.
Can anyone say Narcissistic Charlatan?
Of course it will, as long as it included intent ….. and as long as it actually was good, not just the feelgood and politically correct garbage leftists tend to think is the same as good.
However, Obama’s mother? That slut who bounced around from rotten man to rotten man, and who abandoned her son?
That “good woman?”
Poor Obama has got a seriously twisted view of how ‘good’ women and mothers behave. No wonder all of his thinking is so screwed up.
That is why people should just ‘follow Jesus,’ leaving the figuring out right and wrong stuff up to him.
Some people giving speeches with these words understand what they mean and truly believe what they are saying. Others, like Urkel and many others on the left, toss them into a speech because they think it might make them sound patriotic. Urkel mouthing these words tell me he or his speech writer are too intellectually lazy to come up with anything better.
Reminded of our founding documents? No. All it reminds me of is how much Urkel and the left have stomped on those rights for many years solely to pursue power.
Except some are more smelly than others right Dingy Harry?
I find it self-evident that Dingy Harry is a self-dealing crook and a weasel who thinks he is well above his “equal” constituents.
Not to sound too cynical but, all it took for Bubba Clinton was to start carrying an oversize Bible…..
It truly is a self-evident truth that we are created by our Creator.
You would never look at any man-made item of any complexity (from a watch to an IPhone to a car), deny that it had a creator, and try to explain how it came to be from a series of random mutations and natural selection.
We are infitely more complex than any of those things, yet some people try to deny that we have a Creator, and try to explain how we came to be from a series of random mutations and natural selection.
Natural selection can explain a loss of genetic information (for example, white moths on black trees get eaten while black moths on black trees survive, so less of the DNA for white moths survives). This is commonly referred to as “micro-evolution”.
But natural selection cannot explain a gain in genetic information (a prerequisite to the “evolution” of a more complex species from a less complex species). This is commonly referred to as “macro-evolution”.
Micro-evolution, the loss of genetic information, does occur and is consistent with the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
Macro-evolution, the GAIN of genetic information, does NOT occur and would be inconsistent with the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
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It takes more faith to believe in evolution than creation.
And, like all leftist propaganda, it cannot survive an honest intellectual debate and competition. Instead, it survives by trying to silence the opposing view. That’s what the movie Expelled showed.
And in the blog post about it at HotAir, where the leftists could not silence the opposing view, that post had over 2,300 comments, which was a record for HotAir at that time (April 2008…since that time, more people have registered to comment, and posts pass that record fairly frequently).
Please – you didn’t just say this did you? I will leave the jokes to the reader. heh.
bho does what he needs to do to pander to each of the groups he needs supporting him. This is such a lose-lose for him since he stands for lies and deception. The American public has had enough of that.
How did he utter those words and not have his tongue turn sebelius (necrotic) and fall off?
I want to know how he could utter those words and not have his tongue turn sebelius (necrotic) and fall off?
weird double post sorry. first one didn’t show up so I tried again.
Quoting stuff from the Declaration? Good thing he only supports non-white intimidated voters and non-white potatoes, or people would think he was a tea-bagging racist.
UNALIENABLE
Sheesh, he re-inserts the part he left out (intentionally) but still gets it wrong. It’s like he’s a Kenyan who grew up in Indonesia or something……
Too late. I came to the conclusion long ago that he is faking it. He has as much “faith” as he thinks he needs to get by, especially when speaking to a crowd. Maybe it would roll of his tongue easier, and more often, if he were saying “They are endowed by Allah…” instead.
He still can’t say the words ” WE are endowed by our Creator”. He said: and THEY said we are endowed by our Creator.
He still can’t bring himself to say WE are endowed, like anyone would say if they believed it and were part of The American culture/experience. He said it third person, referring to the Declaration.
On October 24th, 2010 at 5:40 am, mhrepub said:
EXCELLENT Observation!
Very telling, isn’t it?! Subconsciously, he doesn’t see himself as part of the American experience. He is, at heart, a foreigner, who has come to fundamentally transform this nation into a more Socialist union.
Yep! This is why the poll officials in Texas are right in not allowing voters wearing an Obama T-Shirt to vote. Obama is a partisan political campaigner, all the time. There has been no let up. He cannot claim otherwise!
He clearly sees himself as an outsider here in the U.S. of A.
Let’s do whatever it takes to make him an outsider.
That’s not the worst of it. An American Expat in Southeast Asia sounded the alarm way back in August 2007 with this:
Many of Obama’s earliest memories are of growing up in Indonesia, not in the United States. He speaks Bahasa Indonesia. He knows that “his” book was published with a different title, and a different meaning, when it was published in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation.
He’s not just an outsider who feels closer ties to Indonesia and Kenya than he does to the U.S.A., he sees the U.S.A. as an “imperialist” “oppressor” of other nations. He is on a jihad to “fundamentally transform” this country and bring “an Empire to its knees”.
And what is Barack’s faith? He has never publicly confessed with his mouth “Jesus is Lord”, but he HAS publicly confessed with his mouth the Islamic confession of faith:
Barry might want to read the preceding sentence or skip ahead to the part about the long train of abuses.
Have you seen Chris Muir’s
Quite similar, is it not?
On a related note, many of the Founding Fathers were ordained clergymen. Just one example: the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, whose signature appears on the Bill of Rights along with the signature of the President of the Senate (a.k.a. the Vice President of the United States) John Adams.
Not recent, but still noteworthy: