Obama will not visit the Kotel this trip

According to Keith Koffler at White House Dossier, while in Israel The Won will not speak at the Knesset and will not visit the Kotel. The latter, at least, is good news... because the last time he was there he desecrated our most holy site, Obama-style.

 

"Obama's note was published in Maariv and other international publications following his authorization to make the content of the note public.

Obama submitted a copy of the note to media outlets when he left his hotel in Jerusalem [that is, before he even reached the Kotel].

 

Perhaps you remember Israel Insider 's conclusion:

... the Obama campaign "managed the event brilliantly, if deceptively, getting the double benefit of appearing to be victimized by the invasive Israeli press and prayer-thieving Jew while at the same time leaking out his humble Christian plea to the Lord." 

... by the week's end, "a (relatively) slick video appeared on YouTube that blended Obama's Western Wall prayer with various church scenes, crosses aplenty, a dove of peace, and a soundtrack based on Amazing Grace. The video close[d] with a "vote" button and an invitation to visit the official campaign website."

 

 

 

AUGH & GRRR...

Comments

[Mannie Sherberg]

There's a Yiddish term of contempt -- "a shande un a kharpie" -- often applied to the brazenly opportunistic or the shamelessly insolent. It translates into "a shame and a disgrace." The phrase was coined, of course, long before Obama was born, but it does seem like a coinage that's been waiting for someone who would turn a visit to the Kotel into a pitch for votes.

[Elan]

I am sure Obama would respond that it's not fair to blame him for an expression coined before he was born. As for his second coming to Jerusalem, Israel, it will feature neither a visit to the Kotel nor an appearance before the Knesset -- the shrines of Jewish religion and Israeli democracy, the survival of each a combination of ancient and modern miracles -- but rather a campaign-style event at a convention center, before a carefully-selected audience. How small, how pedestrian, how different from the last visit of an American president five years ago.

[Penny Toothman]

Long ago Christians were instructed to pray privately in a secret place to be rewarded openly in due time, but that if you pray to be seen by men you have already received your reward. Not that you should not pray in public but our hearts have to be right. Unfortunately we are also instructed to pray for our leaders, something that is hard to do, so this is a good prayer for us to pray on O's behalf so that we may live peaceful and quiet lives no matter what.