Reply #34: Not in South Carolina, and probably not elsewhere either.

[Straight Shooter]

Obama is the one proclaiming himself to be a devout, "committed Christian," with pandering brochures of himself in prayer mode, stained glass windows in the background, heavenly light surrounding his silhouette.

Mike Huckabee has been widely criticized for his overt religious appeals to win votes. One of the most criticized aspects of his campaign was a television ad he ran in Iowa and South Carolina pointedly describing himself as a “Christian leader”:

Today, Greg Sargent posted a brochure which the Obama campaign is distributing in South Carolina which seem to include religious appeals at least as overt and explicit as anything Huckabee has done. The center page of the brochure proclaims — in the largest letters on the page — that Obama is a “COMMITTED CHRISTIAN,” and includes three pictures of Obama, all of which show him praying or preaching in a Church, and also includes a fourth picture: of the interior of a Church with a large cross lurking in the background. The page also says that Obama is “guided by his Christian faith” and quotes Obama saying: “We do what we do because God is with us.”

That same page prints Obama’s views “on the power of prayer,” and — using the same language George Bush has frequently used as a signifier to evangelical voters — says that Obama is “Called to Christ,” “Called to Bring Change” and “Called to Serve”:

Similarly, the front page of the brochure shows Obama in a chin-on-hand contemplative posture and underneath, it reads: “Answering the Call.” The last page shows two more pictures of Obama in Church, proclaims him again in large letters to be a “COMMITTED CHRISTIAN,” and describes how he “felt a beckoning and accepted Jesus Christ into (his) life.”


http://www.trueblueliberal.com/2008/01/21/barack-obama-committed-christian-called-to-bring-change/

Enough said!