So Obama HAS read Harry Potter.

[KittyWampus]

there goes the extreme Fundie vote.

[Bicoastal]

1. ???

[uppityperson]

6. joke

[codjh9]

9. The fundies hate Harry Potter because MAGIC is used in the story... never mind that

it's FICTION! I think a lot of fundies can barely discern the difference between fiction and non-fiction. Like when they watch Fox News. :^)

[gypsylud]

13. bah-they're just a bunch of MUGGLES!

[ShadowLiberal]

21. I thought they hate Harry Potter because of a lack of mentions of God

I've read a news story a few years ago about priests and other super religious people who wanted Harry Potter books banned in schools and libraries that they believed the book taught a Wiccan religious point of view, with some saying it taught a godless view.

[five_horizons]

26. Actually there is quite a bit of Christian symbolism in HP, particularly Book 7

[Nydari]

34. They object because they really believe in magic

To them its not fiction. Haven't you heard the way they pray? Its like they are invoking the name of god for their own desires. Like they believe there is some 'godforce' power that they can tap into like its a magical force; like they are casting an actual spell.

My immediate family are fundies and while we have a no-god-talk policy, sometimes they get off a story or two before I hit my limit. My parents actually believe my dad gets good parking spots because he prayed for it and that my sister had a headache go away due to a "healing wind" (their words) from the tv when a fundie program was on.

[Eric J in MN]

14. In the infomercial, Michelle Obama says her husband and daughter read...

...Harry Potter books as a shared activity.

[Bicoastal]

17. Ohhh, that was the part I missed.

Phone call. x(

[mallOUf]

2. Sarah Palin is probally praying for him now...nt

nt

[bdamomma]

18. yea, didn't she try to take Potter books off the shelves.

what a sick woman.

[PermanentRevolution]

3. Because they were right there with us up until now...

:rofl:

[tekisui]

4. Like it was ever an option

:rofl:

He's just scaring them now!

[eshfemme]

5. Oh yeah... they hate Harry Potter, don't they?

Just one more sign that they are the ones who are the radicals and the fringe, rather than the mainstream. The fundies have been pushing a tyranny of the minority while Obama is going for the plurality that the Founding Fathers wanted rather than a simple tyranny of the majority.

[muntrv]

7. Oooohhhh!! The 700 Club is gonna be all over this one!!

[Jennicut]

8. Send them to Azkaban! I love Harry Potter! My daughters love Harry Potter!

So f*ck off fundies! Magic is cool.

[graywarrior]

10. Now I wish I could vote for him twice.

[Guava Jelly]

11. um

Bwaaahahahahahaha! :rofl:

[cynatnite]

12. It might get my RW mom's vote...

She loves Harry Potter.

[Cha]

15. I thought of that when Michelle told

us that..we've had evidence of that kind of thinking around here when there were objections to our co-op selling Harry Potter.

Not only that..he remembers everything!

[Rocknrule]

16. Obama is Gryffindor material!

It goes without saying who the Slytherins are...

[MANative]

22. And smart enough to be a Ravenclaw, too!

Endeared him to me even more - I'm a huge Potter fan. :)

[musicblind]

30. Hey! I like Slytherines! I'm so in love with Draco Malfoy... and so NOT in love with McCain

:-P

[fishwax]

19. I guess the rumors about him being a wiccan are true

:rofl:

[crossroads]

20. LOL... he never had the extreme Fundie vote to start with!

[Withywindle]

23. He'll make a wonderful Minister of Magic. n/t

[libby]

24. McCain is Voldemort...

Palin is Umbridge

[damonm]

27. No, McCain is Malfoy...

CHENEY is He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

[musicblind]

33. McCain is no Malfoy. Malfoy is HOT!

And deep down, in the end, Malfoy had a good speck hiding somewhere in his heart.

[musicblind]

31. Palin most certainly is Umbridge but I don't consider McCain Voldemort

I don't think McCain is evil at heart... just awfully misguided. Palin on the other hand... there is something really unsettling inside of her... and it is NOT something Christian.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

25. why is it that they (fundies) all seem to think HP is satanic, and yet,

The Lord of the Rings books are infallible? I've seen this from more than one fundagelical, and I don't get it. Of course, I live in a semi-rational world and I don't know that these types can be measured on the same scale.

[KittyWampus]

28. Oh NOES!

;)

[PA Democrat]

29. My neighbor told her kids I was a bad mother for allowing my kids to read Harry Potter.

They've had a McCain sign in their yard for quite a while. They also supported Man-on-Dog Santorum. Those folks have been wandering in the desert for many years.

[Jennicut]

35. What utter idiots. If I could cast a spell on people like that I would.

Although the crutacious curse might be a bit too much.

[Max_powers94]

32. People who hate Harry Potter books wasn't going to vote for OBAMA anyway