Notably religious president still hasn’t found a church after a year
posted at 7:59 pm on March 13, 2009 by Allahpundit
I knew there was something I liked about him.
Dude, the t-shirts are coming.
The delay reflects how the economic crisis has crowded out some personal considerations since Obama’s inauguration in January, but it also underscores the complexities of this personal decision by a public man.
Past presidents have grappled with how and where to worship, but Obama’s pick is especially guaranteed to provoke interest and scrutiny…
As America’s first black president, Obama faces another unique conundrum: whether to join a historically black church.
Then there are standard logistical concerns: What churches could accommodate frequent presidential visits without seriously disrupting the existing congregation’s ability to attend services? Which can the Secret Service best secure? Which routes work well for a motorcade?
What church could possibly be good enough for a man at the center of his own religion? Exit question to D.C. residents: Any congregational recommendations for The One? We’ll want to make sure he feels at home, so pastors who think the government invented AIDS and are known to run Hamas propaganda in the church bulletin are a plus.
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Oh, c’mon, aren’t there any Marxist, black-separatist, anti-American churches in DC?
stonemeister on March 13, 2009 at 8:02 PM
When he find a Church that worships him, he’ll stay.
Montana on March 13, 2009 at 8:02 PM
T-shirt idea:
Godless, but the “o” is the Obama o.
myrenovations on March 13, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Obviously, his supporters in DC need to found the Church of Obama, so he will have somewhere appropriate to worship.
Realist on March 13, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Give the man time. He just decided what kind of dog to get.
First things first for the Obamas.
Wethal on March 13, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Whadduhyamean? He needs to find the nearest Mosque, close the White House down on Fridays and pray five times a day to allah.
Mojave Mark on March 13, 2009 at 8:05 PM
What treacly garbage. I’d say he hasn’t picked a church because it isn’t politically important right now.
ddrintn on March 13, 2009 at 8:06 PM
The Annointed One doesn’t FIND a church. They are built FOR Him.
TugboatPhil on March 13, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Following in the footsteps of Jesus, The Messiah’s role to to establish a new church, not to go to an old and busted one. Besides, being a former resident there, none of the DC churches I know of are big enough (for his ego).
Exit question: Who is “the Rock”/St. Peter for the Risen Obama?
Wineaholic on March 13, 2009 at 8:06 PM
WaPo’s offices are nearby.
ddrintn on March 13, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Awwww come on – he has his own church. It’s a new one. The White House – worship Washington we rule you and we determine your destiny. This guys is trouble with a capital “T”. Meanwhile…. because of the dummies we sit in our own pew (puuuuu) and have to put up with this idiot. Enough. States are organizing for a Constitutional Congress. It’s about time. Let’s take the Country back to the people. They report to us, not the other way around.
suzyk on March 13, 2009 at 8:07 PM
The delay reflects how the economic crisis has crowded out some personal considerations since Obama’s inauguration in January, but it also underscores the complexities of this personal decision by a public man
Hasn’t the man already taken two “work breaks” now?
Lots of churches offer Wednesday services, but it seems Wed. nights are booked solid at the White House.
Techie on March 13, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Hasn’t found his church? He’s living in it!
Jim Treacher on March 13, 2009 at 8:08 PM
That doesn’t even make sense. If anything additional stresses of high office would drive a man of faith, which the filthy liar has never been, into finding a church sooner rather than later. The problem is that he spent 20 years in a place of hatred of white people at Trinity Lutheran and he doesn’t dare practice that faith with so many white people looking on.
highhopes on March 13, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Question answered. Thread closed.
AUINSC on March 13, 2009 at 8:09 PM
What “vetting” process do you need to pray to God………?
…………….Oh, I forgot, there will be the need for the “Holy Teleprompter”.
Seven Percent Solution on March 13, 2009 at 8:10 PM
They are all the way up on 17 street. The Teamster’s tabernacle, however, is right across Lafayette Square.
highhopes on March 13, 2009 at 8:10 PM
News alert…. Obama heard your pleas and he is visiting mosque’s.
suzyk on March 13, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Whatever you do Obambi, please don’t choose a church around Logan Circle.
How about choosing a church in Ward 8 or something. Thanks.
Lance Murdock on March 13, 2009 at 8:11 PM
The White House is the one’s church.
getalife on March 13, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Good for you. That was a little funny.
sherry on March 13, 2009 at 8:14 PM
But he sure crowded in those Wednesday evening soirees!!
ctmom on March 13, 2009 at 8:15 PM
the Messiah doesnt need to attend church…. DUH!!!!
alexraye on March 13, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Allah, why would you, an atheist, care if he goes to church or not. For you this should be a non issue.
Joe Pyne on March 13, 2009 at 8:15 PM
He worships Himself.
What part of that don’t you get?
seejanemom on March 13, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Aww… You are a nice girl afterall.
myrenovations on March 13, 2009 at 8:17 PM
I wonder if they are vetting the churches as well as the Cabinet?
Wineaholic on March 13, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Ever been to D.C.? What you described IS D.C.
SouthernGent on March 13, 2009 at 8:17 PM
he lives in his Church….
Soetoro converted to racially tinged marxism from Islam, not any form of Christianity I know….
sven10077 on March 13, 2009 at 8:18 PM
I’m sure Calypso Louie Farrakhan could recommend one or quota-perfesser Cornel West. President Zero will have to find a red bow tie, master a shifty gaze and practice his sneering a bit. With Zero’s arrogance the last bit should come naturally as would the shifty glances. Zero could call it teleprompter practice.
viking01 on March 13, 2009 at 8:19 PM
His precious little spawn can’t go to a DC public school.
Why do you think that a. He believes in any God before Himself, and if he did, b. Why would any church in darkest DC attended by REAL, LIVE BLACK FOLKS be good enough?
seejanemom on March 13, 2009 at 8:19 PM
He never left Wright’s church in spirit.
Twenty years of that drivel doesn’t easily wear off.
JammieWearingFool on March 13, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Obama’s body is his temple. He worships himself.
jencab on March 13, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Obama has a vetting process? I guess the church that preaches pay-for-play and taxes-are-optional will get the nod.
innominatus on March 13, 2009 at 8:20 PM
How soon you forget. (Yes I know you’re joking.)
And it’s not as if they can comfortably attend the local Black Liberation Theology church in the open. At least not yet.
Prepare to surrender your whiteness, AP.
baldilocks on March 13, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Any church will have to be near the Potomac so that Obambi can do the walk on water bit on occasion.
Percy_Peabody on March 13, 2009 at 8:21 PM
I often attend the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception downtown. I bet a lightning bolt would strike Obama if he entered it. The guy thinks he is a god on earth, and plus if he can’t attend the mosque on Massachusetts Avenue, where he would surely attend if it would not bring negative press, I guess he won’t go to any church. It is his way of letting the Islamic world know where his true loyalties are.
Gabe on March 13, 2009 at 8:22 PM
I don’t think she meant it to come out that way. I think in her zeal to be the blog contrarian, she stepped in it.
Joe Pyne on March 13, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Don’t be silly. BO don’t need no stinkin’ “church” now like he needed the TUCC years ago. Barry has already reached the pinnacle of his political career. As AP notes BO is the centre of his own universe…. at least for the time being.
Besides, there are too many parties to attend, too many conga lines, too many socialites to schmooze, so much bling and glittering objects to grasp. And in the meantime Barry needs his naps.
This is a guy who can’t focus on domestic economic policy, foreign affairs or anything else for more than ten minutes. Does anyone think religion is on his mind? Nah.
Cody1991 on March 13, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Plus he needs to find a “Christian” church that doesn’t celebrate Christmas.
AZCoyote on March 13, 2009 at 8:24 PM
He didn’t really want one of those either.
Connie on March 13, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Communists don’t believe in God. Makes sense to me.
katy on March 13, 2009 at 8:25 PM
You know, as I read this graph by ALLAH…I think I love him again.
A hint of Anti-Christian bouquet, tempered with true Conservative snark, with a backhanded, double dismount of red blooded ATHEISM.
Nicely said, Allah. For once.
seejanemom on March 13, 2009 at 8:26 PM
You are probably right.
myrenovations on March 13, 2009 at 8:26 PM
He will go to the church that’s the most politically advantageous for him. Since he’s already President, what’s the point? Maybe for a photo-op or two for his permamnent campaign, but that’s about it.
brak on March 13, 2009 at 8:27 PM
You know Regan didn’t attend any specific church while he was President? He didn’t start attending again until he left the office of President. But no one questioned his faith in God.
Again an (AllahPundit) snipit I find nit picky.
I guess what I am saying is, if Obama went his whole term without picking a church to attend, I don’t really care. But…if he were to attend a church similar to Wright’s with the same sermons being preached then I would find that interesting.
lwssdd on March 13, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Wait a minute. He was a Senator for two years. What was his Washington church then, or did he only go in Chicago?
flyoverland on March 13, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Wow. I never thought you were capable of any form of sardonic wit, or any wit at all for that matter. Then again, you may have been following Treacher’s lead.
Whatever. It was a sign of life. Congrats.
Cody1991 on March 13, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Probably right. Wait five minutes and the vile will be spewing. I try not to make eye contact with their ilk but this one deserved a little shout out.
sherry on March 13, 2009 at 8:28 PM
The hypocrisy here is that the filthy liar suggested he was a deeply devout Christian. Yet that “faith” disappeared when he couldn’t worship at the altar of hatred of whites.
As President, the filthy liar has all sorts of options open if he doesn’t want to go across Lafayette Square like most recent Presidents have done. He could go to the National Cathedral (the “nation’s church”). He could invite faith leaders in to worship in private. He could even head up to New York Ave. Presbyterian where Lincoln worshipped.
Fact of the matter is that faith never really played a part in the filthy liar’s life. He kept attending Trinty Lutheran because that is where the “First Ho” felt most comfortable since she clearly is an out-and-out racist.
highhopes on March 13, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Meh.
Seeing as all our generally accepted “founding fathers” took issue with the bible and the clergy both eloquently and often, this development doesn’t bother me in the least.
ernesto on March 13, 2009 at 8:31 PM
That’s because he didn’t belong to a white supremacist church before being elected. Obama adhered to a black supremacist theology. Therein lies the difference.I
The president didn’t drop his beliefs when people noticed that they were black supremacist. He simply dropped the trappings.
baldilocks on March 13, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Anyone want to lay odds on when Michelle’s breeder’s hips start functioning as designed, and not merely to fill out the latest overpriced “Cocktail Gown of the People”.
First Lady is pregnant by midterms.
She’s 44 and those eggs aren’t refridgerated, you know.
My best POLITICAL guess would be a baby bump in February 2012…but MEDICALLY, I say by midterms.
Wagers?
seejanemom on March 13, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, 1306 Vermont Ave NW.
It’s practically within walking distance for him. Everyone is welcome, because all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Check it out, my friends.
ss396 on March 13, 2009 at 8:33 PM
I know a church run by a Messianic Jew with Zionist leanings. Perhaps he could try something new……
ernesto,
I’m pretty sure nothing the One ever does is wrong in your eyes…
mjk on March 13, 2009 at 8:35 PM
ss396…
Bama don’t WALK, man…..he shucks.
seejanemom on March 13, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Given the schedules and demands of office, I can’t recall a single modern president who has attached himself with a specific congregation in DC. Not even Jimmy Carter who was supposedly a devout Baptist.
My only criticism is Bill Clinton who used his faith like a prop. We only saw him going to church when he was caught screwing that fat ugly intern and then he had the audacity to wave his Bible at us on the way out of services. He also told us that Jesse Jackson was his “spiritual advisor” in dealing with his infidelity up until the time it was learned that Jackson was trying to keep his bastard daughter’s mother happy and quiet.
highhopes on March 13, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Depends on who Obama is going to be running against…
myrenovations on March 13, 2009 at 8:37 PM
So glad you approve.
I’ll alert the Press.
seejanemom on March 13, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Um… That is true of any Christian church. If the filthy liar is not welcome it is not because of his sins.
highhopes on March 13, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Things the one does wrong in my eyes:
-supports card check
-supports cap and trade
-will not release wording of tentative multilateral copyright/IP treaty
-will not support marijuana legalization
-will not support vouchers in DC
-supports assault weapons ban
i can go on. but thats not the point. the point is this business about our leaders being christian is silly.
ernesto on March 13, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Hey! What did I ever do to you?
Jim Treacher on March 13, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Obama is Godless and belongs to The Church of Liberalism
Kini on March 13, 2009 at 8:40 PM
I’m not taking that bet. Michelle Obama just isn’t likeable. She comes off as cold, graceless, and unpolished. Nobody is going to give the filthy liar a bump in popularity because of whatever devil’s spawn is in the womb of the “first Ho”
highhopes on March 13, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Good point about Reagan. As for BO he lied about Wright and the TUCC. After the 2004 election I checked out their website doing some research on my own about BO. Most of the information that was available on their site at that time has been scrubbed. What I saw was standard issue BLT similar to what I saw during my college years on a big campus. BO’s association with that church for 20 yrs convinced me of many things, but basically it confirmed my view that this is man who does not embrace mainstream American ideals and should never be president of this country.
Cody1991 on March 13, 2009 at 8:42 PM
And due to her age, the chances of a Down syndrome baby increase. Suppose, just suppose, she gives birth to a Down syndrome child – then what will the media meme about mothers over 40 look like, hmmm?
Captain Scarlet on March 13, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Michelle o will be the one to finally choose a church for the family to attend.
jeanie on March 13, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Anyone (ogabe) that believes that babies born alive during botched abortions should be left alone until they die, or that children are a “punishment” to be offed at one’s convenience, can worship only at one altar: satan’s a@@hole.
Ris4victory on March 13, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Ahhh, Unfortunately Christianity already has a messiah
Amadeus on March 13, 2009 at 8:45 PM
The White House is the one’s church.
getalife on March 13, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Good for you. That was a little funny.
sherry on March 13, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Through all of the incredible efforts of many of the blogger’s here, I think there is hope for you, getalife.
tigerlily on March 13, 2009 at 8:45 PM
You obviously like to dream big….
Hog Wild on March 13, 2009 at 8:47 PM
There, I fixed it for you.
Gwillie on March 13, 2009 at 8:47 PM
And I would counter with the comment that it isn’t about our leaders being Christian (the word is capitalized even if you hate them).
It’s about being grounded with a faith. The filthy liar could be Jewish, Muslim, or even Druid and it wouldn’t matter so long as the resident of the White House is guided by a higher being and that reflects in their everyday life. The filthy liar claims to be a Christian despite the fact he has spent 20 years in a church that is CHINO (Christian in name only) because the word of God is secondary to a hatred of white people. I guess I need to explain to you that Christ didn’t teach racial hatred.
The filthy liar in the White House has only one faith and that is the atheism of the socialist movement. God doesn’t even enter the bastard’s mind when he is considering issues. He is truly evil.
highhopes on March 13, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Um, what’s the word that comes to mind. uh, um, uh, OH, I know! FRAUD. When he starts running again and needs to look religious, he’ll find a church. F R A U D
Seriously though – I guess they don’t have a radical-enough Black Seperationalist, racist church in DC. “We needs our reparations! The white man invented AIDS to kill African Americans”, etc etc etc.
lol
marklmail on March 13, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Hey! What did I ever do to you?
Jim Treacher on March 13, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Nothing. lol. I just meant that you might have given him/her an idea (for a change).
So sad, really. ;))
Cody1991 on March 13, 2009 at 8:49 PM
DANG.
That’s COLD.
AND SPOT DEAD ON.
No bump for a bump.
You are probably right.
Though I don’t call her the First Ho, I just call her ZIRA, like all the nice Hillary lovers over at HuffPo.
seejanemom on March 13, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Is this pregancy thing something y’all think she would do to give his Presidency a lift? I have no argument with her wanting another child, but do not think that should be her reason. Otherwise, I see it as their choice and their business.
jeanie on March 13, 2009 at 8:49 PM
They’ll talk about how brave the “First Ho” is by rushing off and getting an abortion in the third trimester.
highhopes on March 13, 2009 at 8:51 PM
I am guessing this is truly a toughie. Can he walk away from his own roots in the black churches?
I sincerely think this is probably a problem for him.
AnninCA on March 13, 2009 at 8:51 PM
It’s a church across the Potomac, in Alexandria. I think by Easter time he’ll have the walking on water thing all worked out.
ericdijon on March 13, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Well, alright. I just don’t want anybody to blame me for that thing’s littering.
Jim Treacher on March 13, 2009 at 8:55 PM
You mean she might not keep the terrorist cyst bump? OH NO HE DIH-INT
Jim Treacher on March 13, 2009 at 8:57 PM
To a certain extent that privacy disappears with high public office. I’m not suggesting that the public should weigh in on whether or not to have a third child or be present for the actual act of conception. But, this normally private moment is just as public as one of the Ford kids getting caught with pot, Amy Carter misbehaving on a field trip, Chelsea Clinton seeing somebody at Berkeley, or the Bush Girls drinking underage.
I suspect the idea of a third spawn of the devil in the White House is moot. They are too old and they’ve cranked out the family necessary for high public office. Michelle Obama is not a nester. Her womb is closed.
highhopes on March 13, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Im glad you were able to gather all that with your surface knowledge of his personality let alone his actual beliefs. You’re quite the silly commenter.
ernesto on March 13, 2009 at 8:57 PM
dear leader is still trying to get Rev. Wright to relocate to Washington, D.C.
HornetSting on March 13, 2009 at 8:57 PM
He’s got a church. He just can’t admit which one it is just yet.
JellyToast on March 13, 2009 at 8:58 PM
After Wright, it’s hard to find a lower hate.
christene on March 13, 2009 at 8:58 PM
I think it’s even more primal than that: Power.
Jim Treacher on March 13, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Perhaps the local Mosques are full up at the moment?
-Dave
Dave R. on March 13, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Frown when you say that, pardner!
Jim Treacher on March 13, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Don’t see anything wrong with the black churches either as long as they do not have Rev. Wright’s philosophy. This is one area where I wish them luck and success in their choice.
jeanie on March 13, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Somewhat off-topic —
I was watching one of the networks when Obama announced that he was going to run for president. I’m sure I heard him describe himself as a pro-life Christian, because my ears perked up when I heard that. I keep my eyes peeled for pro-life Democrats because they are so rare.
Anyway, I have not been able to find any video of this, so I wonder if I am misremembering. Anybody know about this?
SheofTwoMinds on March 13, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Why bother? The filthy liar has spent so much of our great grandkids wealth on “shovel ready” projects he’ll just have somebody build a bridge.
highhopes on March 13, 2009 at 9:00 PM
So, he can find time to go on vacation (see survey) but not to find a church.
No wonder this economy is in the sh*tter.
madmonkphotog on March 13, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Any church that incorporates the “belief” of “Global Warming/Climate Change”, along with “Social Engineering”, and “Slave Reparations”, that damn the United States of America, and hope more “Chickens will come home to roost…”, along with the before mentioned “Holy Teleprompter” will do just fine……….
Seven Percent Solution on March 13, 2009 at 9:02 PM
seejanemom on March 13, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Eewff… MO always looks like she’s 4 mos. prego. She’s built that way. That’s why the MSM freaks are talking about her biceps. There isn’t much else that anyone could compliment. Anyway, I doubt that MO will pop out another one or even a litter for political purposes. She’s too self-absorbed. After a one term presidency for that fool she’s married to she has plenty of career opportunities to look forward to.
Cody1991 on March 13, 2009 at 9:04 PM
“What church could possibly be good enough for a man at the center of his own religion?”
Maybe The Goracle can make a suggestion. Of course, there’s always Flip Wilson’s “The Church of What’s Happenin’ Now”.
GarandFan on March 13, 2009 at 9:04 PM
You saying he’s voting present? Or something more sinister?
In all honesty, I have never seen the filthy liar as devout in any faith. He attended Trinity Lutheran because it looked good for his constituency and his racist wife felt at home among her own (think a black version of the KKK without the hoods). The liar himself is too politically ambitious with too much of an ambiguous faith background to ever latch on to one particular faith. Hell, some of his kinfolk on his dad’s side are probably being held at Gitmo under whatever term has replaced enemy combatant.
highhopes on March 13, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Can’t we just impeach him and let him go back to Rev. Wright?
msmveritas on March 13, 2009 at 9:09 PM
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