Video: Democratic congresswoman holds “prayer vigil” on health care
posted at 7:13 pm on August 7, 2009 by Allahpundit
Remind me, which prayer is it that involves ranting about the stimulus bill and demanding single-payer health care? Was that the one Jesus taught the crowd when he gave his sermon on insurance premiums? This sure sounds like a town hall dressed up as a “vigil” in order to discourage protesters from challenging Sanchez — note the conspicuous restrictions placed on the crowd at around 1:10 in the interests of “reverence” — but to believe that, you’d have to believe that Democrats would select venues specifically designed to avoid facing angry dissent from their constituents.
And you don’t believe that, do you?
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Don’t recall ever needing that douche.
thomasaur on August 7, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Sorry your over qualified. Any young lady that would take on the childbirth of 3 children and set out to raise them as productive citizens is just way over qualified.
chemman on August 7, 2009 at 7:56 PM
No, she is quite correct to ask for Heavens help…
Because under the current plan, it WILL take an act of God to work…
And it will only cut costs if they can get Jesus to come down and heal the sick, for free…
Romeo13 on August 7, 2009 at 7:57 PM
He’s not a Preferred Provider under their plan.
infidel4life on August 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Misquoting the Bible is not good.
thomasaur on August 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Yeah, but with the downturn in the economy, his Capentry business will have problems making money…
And he’s about the only one who could make money based on what Medicare is going to be paying (less than now).
Romeo13 on August 7, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Dare I say it. Yep I will
They must lack something in the IQ department. This is a white women who married a hispanic male to get the Sanchez last name so she could run in a hispanic district. They voted her in so I don’t really have any sympathy for them now.
chemman on August 7, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Er, what country was this held in?
WisCon on August 7, 2009 at 8:03 PM
As a Catholic, I find this “prayer vigil” for health care to be shamelessly sacrilegious. And as an American, I’ll share what a truly great American would say about Obama’s tactics:
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
— Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1915), 26th President of the United States of America
Loxodonta on August 7, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Separation of church & state!!!! The democrats are trying to force religion down our throats…no, wait…
mizflame98 on August 7, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Rep Mike Thompson from District 1 in California is doing the “telephone town hall” thing… coward can’t face his own people.
So his the Rep from Vancouver WA, cos they’re afraid.
silverfox on August 7, 2009 at 8:08 PM
And then there is this more recent quote…
“We need to stand up and say we’re Americans, and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration.”
- Hillary Clinton
infidel4life on August 7, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Um, why are the two people both reading in English in the beginning? Couldn’t one person accomplish that?
She’s awfully excited about her stimulus vote, too. Could make for a decent ad next year.
BadgerHawk on August 7, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Silly! Obama is god so church and state are finally united. All is well.
JellyToast on August 7, 2009 at 8:08 PM
hepcat on August 7, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Bob Dornan was one of the truly good guys in my opinion.
fourdeucer on August 7, 2009 at 8:09 PM
This girl knows absolutely nothing about health care.
ThackerAgency on August 7, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Fixed.
infidel4life on August 7, 2009 at 8:15 PM
It is from when Jesus spoke with St Elswhere. I saw it on TV.
cobrakai99 on August 7, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Isn’t she the congressional slut? I’m not kidding. Her rep is that she has slept with everyone.
Blake on August 7, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Dear God who heals the sick, tell the sick to render unto Caesar.
Steve Z on August 7, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Google this: “loretta sanchez” slut
The prayer thing is a nice cover. LOL
Blake on August 7, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Paging the ACLU!
maynila on August 7, 2009 at 8:36 PM
What happened to seperation of church and state?!
lwssdd on August 7, 2009 at 8:37 PM
The one thing I’ve learned from all this – is what cretins and bottom-feeders we have serving in Congress. It’s worse than I thought.
I mean – most of these guys and gals are just psychologically “not there”. They live in some child’s world. If the British had seized Congress and resolved to kill all of the Founding Fathers – I can see them marching bravely to their deaths for the ideals they believed in.
But if the same thing happened to this group of idiots – I think I would be ashamed to be an American once the stories of their cowardice got out.
These are the people we elected.
HondaV65 on August 7, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Dear loretta,
I have been praying daily, several times daily, since Jan. 09. I have been asking my God to help protect our Republic from bho, team, and the dc bunch. We will see.
L
letget on August 7, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Call them and complain about this vile woman being allowed to be the quest of honor. THIS is disgusting.
http://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Loretta_Sanchez_Abortion.htm
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 8:40 PM
If this is the same Van Tran that ran against her last time, this is more of the same incompetence he showed by sending “did you know Illegals can’t vote?” mailers to everyone in the district with an Hispanic surname. I’ll still vote for him (or anyone who runs against her), but after initially winning in the 90′s based on illegals voting, I don’t hold out a lot of hope.
hindmost on August 7, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I just called the Church in Ca where this woman spoke. I nice fellow on the phone was not aware of it but he only seemed tow work there. The Priest was in Mass and the Pastor was on vacation.
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Prayer will be an important method of treatment under ObamaCare. If you’re old, maybe the only treatment.
Cicero43 on August 7, 2009 at 8:48 PM
A baby killer praying to Our Lord, what an abomination!
A baby killer endorsed by a priest?!
A baby killer that supports killing the non-perfect.
A baby killer that supports killing the old too.
May her soul rot in hell forever.
May the priests soul rot in hell forever.
Jeff from WI on August 7, 2009 at 8:49 PM
I wonder how well Loretta Sanchez sleeps at night knowing half this country despises her for hiding behind religion.
She makes the worst prostitute look like Mother Theresa
Jeff from WI on August 7, 2009 at 9:02 PM
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, PLEASE.
Good Lt on August 7, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Social justice trumps dead babies among today’s catholics.
Blake on August 7, 2009 at 9:11 PM
We can always count on your special interdenominational spirit and team building efforts for victory against ObamaCare, retaking Congress in 2010, and defeating Obama in 2012.
Loxodonta on August 7, 2009 at 9:23 PM
BTW, she’s only oooooone of the six, did you guys get that? Oh yeah, and, “President Boosh say no, but I vote yes!” She admits that?
Alden Pyle on August 7, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Now the Democrats are doing it, too. Great.
RightOFLeft on August 7, 2009 at 9:29 PM
PaFrickenPlease…. they have always done it.
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Boycott Catholics
Jeff from WI on August 7, 2009 at 9:31 PM
I am willing to bet that among Church going Catholics. You know the ones that go to Church every week and on the Holy Days Obama and those that support abortion have a positive rating of about 10 percent.
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I doubt it. They swallowed the kool-aid like everybody else. Hell, I know nuns that voted for Obama.
Blake on August 7, 2009 at 9:41 PM
I said regular churchgoers.
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Bunny Sanchez was my Congresswoman until I moved into Dana Rohrabacher’s reliably Republican district in 2003. She has been most fortunate in her election opponents who have not been very strong since Bob Dornan. What an embarrassment she is. She lost against Dornan the first time when she ran under her married name, Loretta Brixley, and then finally she lost her husband. Before Dornan, a Democrat named Jerry Patterson held the same seat. The district has been redrawn several times, often comically, and it currently includes Little Saigon and areas densely populated by Hispanics.
Still, an elected Democrat in stubbornly red Orange County is usually smart enough to point out her votes in common with her neighboring Republicans instead of drawing attention to their differences. That she is doing this despite a nationwide Democrat meltdown shows what a dumb bunny she is.
Terrie on August 7, 2009 at 9:48 PM
blockquote>PaFrickenPlease…. they have always done it.
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Does Ann Coulter know about this?
RightOFLeft on August 7, 2009 at 9:49 PM
I stand by my original statement, which got lost somehow.
TexasJew on August 7, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Kinda reminds me of Muqtada al-Sadr and the Mahdi boyz hiding out in that mosque.
The Zoo Keeper on August 7, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I’ve had my fill of this nonsense about ‘catholics’ voting for the obamanation. I try to avoid going into somebody’s house and telling them just who they will and will not have in their family. While I generally avoid apologetics, I’m going to make an exception for two of the yahoos further up the page.
Catholics live by rules.
Here’s one: If you support abortion or tolerate someone else supporting abortion, you’re not Catholic. [notice the period?][I like to call it the self-eject rule]
Here’s another: You go to Mass. [no wimping out allowed]
I am tired of you bozos painting me with the same brush you use to wipe Pelosi, Biden, and Kennedy.
It works like this, just because some loser says they’re catholic doesn’t make it true. Just because some loser says they’re republican doesn’t make it true. Get a grip on reality.
Blacksmith8 on August 7, 2009 at 10:32 PM
This video pretty much explains why California is as F’d-up as it is. This is the trough where the welfare bottom feederes congregate.
This Loretta Sanchez person represents the other problem with Congress. The abject stupidity of these people. These are the people that don’t read bills, that vote for Stimulus bills because they see dollar signs, that will vote for healthcare so that illegal aliens can get free meds.
She and John Conyers should go grazing together in the Field of Stupid.
EMD on August 7, 2009 at 10:35 PM
American Power tracked-back with, “Missouri School District Cancels Claire McCaskill Event – Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez Holds ‘Prayer Vigil’ Instead of Town Hall!”:
http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/missouri-school-district-cancels-claire.html
Donald Douglas on August 7, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Blacksmith8 on August 7, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Good point about your situation. Perhaps if either the local dioceses or Rome actually removed these self proclaimed abortion supporting Catholics,rather than allow them to remain members with the full rights of the sacraments, there would be more sympathy for Catholicism.
Jeff from WI on August 7, 2009 at 10:55 PM
test
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Yes because Coulter wrote that book that means I am wrong.
She was talking about some liberals and not all Dems are liberals there thinking man./sarc
Oh and of course they cannot be godless as they go to Church right?
Obama, Hillary, Ted Kennedy, Jesse all have campaigned in Churches.
Google dimwit
I think you have been PWND
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 11:07 PM
1. http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-campaigns-from-pulpit-of-new-church
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 11:08 PM
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18272156
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 11:09 PM
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/hillary-campaigns-in-a-black-church-again
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 11:09 PM
HMM even Al Gore in 2000
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Yeah, well, when a nun tells me she’s Catholic, I tend to believe her. And my neighbor goes to mass every day and she voted for Obama. In fact, out of everybody I know who is Catholic, only one did not vote for Obama. Your church, your problem.
Blake on August 7, 2009 at 11:12 PM
LMFAO
RobCon on August 7, 2009 at 11:13 PM
I think you hang around the wrong ones in your little world.
There are a lot lib women and men who snuck into the Church and there a very few nuns left. So you know one of those liberal nuns and that means what? I can find nuns who believe they should marry or date does that mean the majority do? Oh and your neighbor …now that is scientific. You need a lesson in logic. Again I bet all of those Catholics you know do not go to Church regularly and you know it.
Not my problem not my Church . Your immature “snarkiness ” leads me to believe you likely are a bigot. Just guessing.
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Should make an interesting discussion.
“I’m Catholic, but I support butchering babies.”
Jeff from WI on August 7, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Funny the true church going Catholics I know all are against Obama. Hmm. My little world I guess.
CWforFreedom on August 7, 2009 at 11:24 PM
A Democrat congresswoman publicly praying? At a public, government type event? Thought they were against that sort of thing.
/will wonders never cease
AZfederalist on August 8, 2009 at 12:10 AM
I think you write very well for a 12-year-old.
RightOFLeft on August 8, 2009 at 12:34 AM
WE’VE been praying for a long time that God would bring the lies to the light of truth.
I think He is answering our prayer!
Christian Conservative on August 8, 2009 at 12:52 AM
Gee I recall how they had a cow over Palin asking for prayers for the troops during CHURCH.
ohellno on August 8, 2009 at 1:05 AM
A Congressman woman who has 100% support by abortion supporters holds a prayer vigil. Ironic.
V-rod on August 8, 2009 at 1:20 AM
“If Sarah Palin had done this”…
You know the rest.
evergreen on August 8, 2009 at 1:23 AM
I notice that neither the parish nor the diocese has an email contact. I guessed they learned from the Father Pfelger fiasco. The idea that parish priests are sitting on a stage…in a Catholic church of all places….and allowing this farce of a prayer vigil to take place run by a woman who couldn’t be any more pro-abortion unless she actually performed them herself is simply disgusting.
The worst part is that this is somehow justified under social justice. A single payer health care system is not required for social justice. When the Vatican calls for better treatment of the poor, including health care, there is no requirement that all must have the exact same thing. Social justice is not socialism, plain and simple.
Those priests know it and you can be sure the Bishop of Orange county knows it. This has no business in a Catholic Church, not in Central America and not in Orange County.
Rocks on August 8, 2009 at 1:37 AM
Baby killers praying for a health care bill that will not only provide taxpayer funding to kill even more babies but also will provide the “final solution” for millions of old folks too as an additional “bonus”.It is ironic praying for murder-doubly ironic since the politicians pushing for it will never use such rotten coverage themselves. It is really just a scam to get a few million extra Democratic votes from naturalized illegal aliens at the cost of the best health care in the world. A few thousand politicians and their cronies will have excellent health care and 300 million Americans can just “eat cake.”
MaiDee on August 8, 2009 at 1:39 AM
Removed them from what?
Anyone who has, performs or aides an abortion is automatically excommunicated unless and until they repent and confess. Nothing else need be done. They can go to Mass 4 times a day and receive communion and it makes no difference.
Rocks on August 8, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Thank you for speaking up on behalf of people who are not your problem and not your church. That was a very noble thing of you to do.
They came first for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up
because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up
because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak up
because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time
no one was left to speak up.
— New England Holocaust Memorial: Inscription (October, 1995)
Original 1976 version attributed to Martin Niemöller (1892-1984)
Loxodonta on August 8, 2009 at 1:48 AM
Didn’t satan quote scripture to Jesus in the wilderness?
daesleeper on August 8, 2009 at 1:49 AM
This is a link to a letter from Bishop Murphy on behalf of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Including:
Read the entire thing, notice what is being said. Affordable health care, people are expected to pay for their health care. Legal immigrants. Yes there should be help for the poor from those who aren’t poor but nowhere does it suggest that all must have the same thing and they certainly are not mandating a single payer system. The Church wants universal health care, it could care less if it’s a single payer system run by the government.
Rocks on August 8, 2009 at 2:14 AM
From the OCregister story on this:
Why the hell is there a “guest of honor” for a prayer vigil???
You’ve got it all wrong there lady. You had a baby, your dreams just took a back seat to that, including paying for your child’s health care. It isn’t someone else’s job to insure you can pursue your own dreams.
Rocks on August 8, 2009 at 2:54 AM
All this confusion over a simple spelling error. They’re not gathered to PRAY. They’ve banded together to PREY.
Steven on August 8, 2009 at 4:52 AM
Entertainment before the service:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2K-_2AHYh0&feature=related
Jeff from WI on August 8, 2009 at 7:28 AM
I ripped you to shreds after providing several examples among many of Dems working the Churches and you come up with that response????
CWforFreedom on August 8, 2009 at 7:56 AM
Loretta Sanchez was originally “elected” via illegal alien votes. After the election, votes were found in quantity enough to elect her that were made by ineligible voters (Mexicans). She was allowed to stay in congress anyway, and obviously has gained a lifelong position.
bradley11 on August 8, 2009 at 8:37 AM
That was offensive..hiding behind God? masking her townhall as a “prayer vigil?
she needs to go too.
becki51758 on August 8, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Who is that dude wearing the pope costume?
mizflame98 on August 8, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Don’t project, cupcake.
I know a lot of nuns and people who were born catholics, who attended catholic grade and high schools,and who voted for Obama. I know one person who attends mass daily who voted for obama. I know a lot of people who attend mass every Sunday and on Holidays who voted for Obama. A large percentage of Catholics voted for obama. Deal with it. And don’t give me this crap that they aren’t catholic. No one has or is going to excommunicate them.
More scientific than your bullshit. And I never said they support abortion. I said almost all the catholics I know voted for Obama. You need a lesson in honesty. Deal with it a$$hole.
No, a$$hole, it was yours and others immaturity and snarkiness that only now drew a similar response. And it is your church, not mine. Not only are you blind to the fact that a large catholics supported obama, your blind to the actual catholic haters who piped in – in support of your position. That makes you an idiot.
Blake on August 8, 2009 at 9:05 AM
I’ve been praying that I’ll win the powerball lottery….
My strategy is likely to work just as well as Sanchez’s.
Relying on blind luck just isn’t working.
thgrant on August 8, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Do a google search of catholics who voted for obama. Tell us how they all snuck into the church, are lying, or don’t attend mass regularly. We need a good laugh.
Blake on August 8, 2009 at 9:20 AM
How about having recall petitions to sign at all these town hall meetings.
albill on August 8, 2009 at 9:22 AM
There seems to be a ridiculous misunderstanding on this board about excommunication. It is automatic for certain sins. It’s entirely brought on by the sinner. No group of priests stands around with 6 foot long candles and chants in Latin like in the movies. Public announcements of individual excommunication are almost solely reserved for renegade nun, priests and bishops and that is done to insure that the public knows they no longer have any authority to speak for the church.
It is not done for Catholic politicians because everyone knows they do not speak for the church and a public excommunication would only give the impression they did at one time.
Even in this meeting the group of people at the table are various religious. The only Catholic at the table is the Vietnamese Bishop. That is how they got away with this to begin with. It’s supposedly a inter religious forum with Sanchez as the guest speaker.
Rocks on August 8, 2009 at 9:43 AM
I think the reverence is supposed to be for Congresswoman Sanchez.
ronsfi on August 8, 2009 at 10:00 AM
On what planet did she think she could get away with this transparent gimmickry? Oh, that’s right…planet media.
Somebody here seems to be suggesting that Mrs. Sanchez is the town bicycle. That’s not nice. Do you have evidence of that, i.e. photos, affadavits, motel receipts?
SKYFOX on August 8, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Loretta Sanchez’s despicable “prayer vigil” ploy is tantamount to Hamas shooting at IDF soldiers (and random civilians) from the cover of a mosque.
Has the same effect, and she’s probably channeling the same “god”, too.
bluelightbrigade on August 8, 2009 at 10:24 AM
OK, so she is a disingenuous moron. Query, Who elected this dip to office? The problem is not that we have so many mentally deficient, ego-maniacs in office, it is that there are voters who obviously think they belong there!
pgrossjr on August 8, 2009 at 10:57 AM
What the OCCCO really stands for;
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupprofile.asp?grpid=7482
Jason58 on August 8, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Isn’t she the same Congresswoman Sanchez that took a half a million dollar “global warming” junket to Antarctica staying in luxury hotels in New Zealand and Hawaii on the way and snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef on the way back? Sorry am I being irreverent? That mealy mouthed weasel Carnahan went along as well.
ronsfi on August 8, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Here’s where conservatives who are Catholic try to pretend that their church isn’t chock full of leftism starting from the top down.
Too bad… from the “Living Wage” to the moral equivalence with Hamas and Hezbollah to open borders to “Debt Forgiveness” to social programs… etc… the RCC is top-heavy leftist… and you are taught to “submit will and intellect” to both Pope AND bishop in areas of faith and morals on which they clear;y and repeatedly teach (not my rules, but theirs).
Gay marriage and abortion… there endeth the right wing.
[Here is where you start with the "bigot" and "Catholic basher" comments]
mankai on August 8, 2009 at 11:25 AM
They don’t give a flip for her arguments… all they want to here is “Bush” so they can boo… and “FREE” (and/or “Universal”) so they can pretend that Utopia has arrived.
She could just sit there and say “Bush!” and “Free health care!” and she’d have that crowd in the palm of her hand.
mankai on August 8, 2009 at 11:28 AM
here = hear
mankai on August 8, 2009 at 11:29 AM
Blake, I may need to post my rules for debating Catholics again. You need to be aware that any Catholic who votes lefty (as in almost every single RC I know) is dismissed as “not a mass-attending” RC or as a “cafeteria” RC.
You will also note that actually pointing out RC doctrine or statements from Popes, bishops or councils will quickly be tagged “Catholic bashing” (I know, I haven’t figured that one out yet). “Being called a “bigot” neutralizes any facts put forth.
Most of the rules have to do with arguing certain things one day and then the opposite the next. Example: if you’re not a Catholic, you’re just an idiot and you have no idea what you’re talking about… if you happen to be an educated former Catholic, you have an ax to grind and you are dismissed on that account.
I’ll spare the other “rules” for now… but take heart, I was banned from an on-line religious forum for entering a RC discussion and merely QUOTING relevant Papal and Conciliar declarations. I was turned over to a RC-Protestant group of moderators and determined to be a “basher” and banned.
mankai on August 8, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Why do we have to hear this load of crap in every thread that mentions Catholics in even the most tangential way?
Rocks on August 8, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Thanks for reminding me why I go to Mass EVERY Sunday.
[This is where you respond to my smuggness with your own inane mocking]
btw: I’ve got my fingers in my ears. LA-LA-LA-LA. I can’t hear you.
Blacksmith8 on August 8, 2009 at 12:05 PM
When I saw the HA headline for this, my first thought was “If she is supporting obama’s health care disaster, she must be praying to the guy with the horns, pitchfork and pointy tail”
bullseye on August 8, 2009 at 12:48 PM
This skank stole her seat with illegals voting. Never forget that!
bill30097 on August 8, 2009 at 1:05 PM
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