Obama Using Cross Flyer In Kentucky

CBN's David Brody reports on a new Obama flyer in Kentucky showing the candidate in front of a large illuminated cross:

I have been telling Brody File readers for months that if Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee he will make a pitch to win over independent/moderate Evangelicals. Well, we now have evidence. ...

In Kentucky, he is making a direct appeal to Evangelicals with flyers that mention his conversion experience and they highlight a big old cross. Remember Mike Huckabee's supposed subliminal cross in his Christmas campaign ad? Well, the Obama campaign ditches the subliminal and goes for the in your face cross.

Here's a small version of the ad -- the full version is here:

Race42008.com's Doug Forrester, who obtained the flyer, writes:

Supposedly Barack Obama's not playing for Kentucky. You could have fooled me. He's got 16 offices in the state next to Hillary's 5. Hillary has no office west of Louisville. Barack Obama's offices go from the West Virginia border to the Mississippi River. I visited one of Barack's offices today. ...

This is how Obama is appealing to Kentuckians. I had just finished doing an undisclosed activity at Church and a friend asked me to check out Barack Obama. I couldn't say no to my Lutheran friend.

So I drive up to the Obama office and I noticed a crudely spray-painted image of Barack Obama and a cross. So my friend and I walked in. A cross on the wall and a tall black man (a Professor of mine) greeted me. Behind him were two elderly ladies wearing crosses.

So they launched into their pitch about how Obama would care for the poor and the "least among these."

Comments

[laurelnyc]

Ugh, this is the most repulsive and blatent pandering I've ever seen. Ok, I get it that he's trying to scream from the rooftop that he's a Christian, but does he really have to have such an arrogant and in your face ad with a him standing at a pulpit with a HUGE cross behind him!! He is not a pastor! It shows just how arrogant he is...maybe he should learn about some of Jesus' humility. The fakeness of this ad is so obvious, only a moron would buy it. I would've had more respect for it had the cross not been so HUGE and if he wasn't standing in a pulpit when he's NOT a pastor. Why not show him in a soup kitchen helping the homeless or something showing Christian deeds?

[mpflinn]

This has been made necessary by the circulated lie that Senator Obama is not a Christian. Will this get through to those who would believe this lie? I don't know, but it's worth the effort.

[smayhew]

To address your 'young evangelicals are open to "converting" to our party....' it's simple. The Obama campaign, perhaps schooled by 20 years of listening to Rev Wright, is an Evangelical campaign. The pseudo-religious fervor is there, something that the Republicans mastered with Bush 2 (another empty suit). Simon Woods explores this phenomenon in "We Are The Chosen Ones": A new hymn to Barack Obama. The singing not thinking is exactly what right-wing Christian kids do. You say anything about anything from the reality-based world and they start singing. They stand there and sing a Christian hymn about holding fast against the devil. The lure of religious certainty is especially strong for young people, and Obama knows that. That"s why his campaign has deliberately crafted its message to sound as much as possible like modern Christian outreach. Obama has created the impression that Clinton supporters, like the Pharisees in the temple, are obstacles to change: "I want to speak directly to all those Americans who have yet to join this movement but still hunger for change. They know it in their gut¦ But they"re afraid. They"ve been taught to be cynical."This message is worse than ineffectual; it"s repellent. I"m not fooled and I"m not interested in electing a self-proclaimed messiah. But to a lot of naive young people, it"s extremely compelling. "He"s infallible," one young Obama supporter is reported to have said. Campus Crusade for Christ, Hare Krishnas, Obamamania: variations on a theme.

[pleeezzze]

And a big AMEN to you smayhew .
Thank god and America not everyone is taken in by this Phoney jackass (Rev Wright ) wanna be !

[smayhew]

This is a riot! This guy truly has no shame. He's just a shabby con man with Madison Avenue pimping him Who DOES his marketing ??? This is getting really cheesy - but STILL - it does one better than Huckabee - its got a REAL cross in it. Check it out!!!
Is this as insulting as it seems to me? I'm not religious, but go to church some times probably when I'm feeling 'bitter'. is BO now trying to blow these people's minds by picturing himself in church????
Barry as Icarus, you're flying WAY too close to the sun with this one.
Maybe poor Barry is feeling low and wants everyone to know that he's capable of wowing people with a rousing sermon. But it's all been about 'wowing' anyway - the showmanship goes up proportionally to the lack of content.
Of course, he could pay Keith Olberman to do another hateful diatribe against Clinton - oh, right that's a permanent feature of 'Countdown' now - no worries - that's free.

[vsign]

Obama doesn't want to get his hands dirty.
He can't stand on his own two feet.
His supporters have to carry him,
Or he has to cling to a church pulpit.

Obama throws his chin in the air,
And looks down at us.
When he isn't reading a telepromter,
He stumbles and stutters with his words.

Who is the real Obama?
What can he really DO?

Who does he think we are?
Sweeties? Consumers? Just ready and able to serve him?

What does he think America is?
57 or 58 states?

[snesich]

Why don't you just say you want McCain to win. Be honest about it.

Also, was that supposed to be "poetry"? If so, don't enter any competitions.

[OriginalScreenName]

Of course Obama has to do a flyer like this in Kentucky - 20% of the population there think he's a Muslim, even though there's nothing wrong with that. This is not pandering. This is the type of language needed in Kentucky to get the truth out.

[tene]

It's just really a shame that in America in 2008 that anyone would need to prove his or her Christianity in order to be considered for the position. There's something really un-Constitutional about that. But i guess there are SOME people (you know who you are) who just can't bring themselves to vote for anyone who doesn't pass the Christian test. Sad, but true I guess.

(By the way, I'm Christian, too, but the president is supposed to be president of ALL citizens of the United States, not just the Christians.)

[riley85]

Why doesn't Obama just send a Trinity newsletter to Ky so they can learn the about his church? We can all learn about his new pastor Rev Moss. There'a a great 2007 edition with Lous Farrakhan's picture on the cover. Let's learn all about the church Obama chose to find himself and his faith.

[smayhew]

great one , riley85... I would like to know about Rev Moss and it was enlightening to realize that AIDS was invented to kill black people ..

[WFV]

I have to admit this is the first thing from the Obama campaign that has bummed me out.

This, coupled with the new love for the flag pin, make me concerned Obama is succumbing to the pressure to reassure voters he is patriotic and Christian, which I don't think he needs to do.

Stick to your guns, Barack! Don't let the media make you change your course.

[BassMent]

But, he IS a patriotic Christian! Are you suggesting that this is somehow something to be ashamed of? That being patriotic or a Christian is somehow contrary to a progressive agenda?

Let's turn to the teachings of Jesus Christ:

Lift the poor out of poverty.
Feed the hungry.
Clothe the naked.
House the homeless.
Care for the sick.
Visit and console those who are imprisoned.
Don't solve disputes with violence, but choose forgiveness.
Be fair and just in all of your dealings with other people.
Don't give up your soul or your life in pursuit of material things.
Tell the truth.
Let kindness drive your every action.
Value love above all other things.

While it's true that certain evangelical groups have perverted the teachings of Christ to prop up their neo-con creed of hatred, bigotry, greed and violence, anyone who truly follows those teachings is a liberal.

So why does Obama's liberalism bum you out?

[smayhew]

No - I'm saying it's manipulative and opportunistic from a con man who hasn't had the integrity to own up to his own religious choices.
It's an abomination and any Christian would be insulted by the crass use of these symbols.
How come everyone mocked Huckabee when he has his own 'cross' ad... was it because he was white???

[pleeezzze]

Pandering ,Pandering, Pandering, Selfrightious, FOOL !

Most organized religions have perverted teachings of Christ and nearly every other thing in the Bible .
I don't think Rev Wright used the same bible as most .

[pleeezzze]

qdog ...you can bad mouth me all you want . What Obama is doing with his Pulpit is PURE PANDERING .
How the hell do you know and infer I am a biblical scholar ?

What I said (incase you cannot comprehend is) I believe all organized religions are Phony ,based on their own meaning ,not having anything to do with what is actually printed !

Kinda like you just did to me .

[qdog112]

FIRST YOU INDICATE ORGANIZED RELIGION IS CRAP - THEN YOU INFER YOU ARE A BIBLICAL SCHOLAR. Contradiction?

[tene]

This isn't about Rev. Wright. This is about the fact that Barack Obama is indeed a Christian (not that that should matter when choosing a president of the United States). So for all of those folks who still insist that he's a Muslim, have a gander.

[vsign]

His strategy all along has been to organize in churches like the religious right did to elect Bush. Obama is the 3rd Bush term. He likes rigid ideologues backing him. They do not see through his shiny veneer as long as he has a crusaders cross behind him.

Enough with religion in politics! The religious left is as dangerous as the religious right. How dare Obama bring the white hating Rev Wright into our public life and how dare he masquarade as a Christian. He is a mere hater like his adopted father. No one will believe the truth because the masses want a messiah so badly. The masses will do whatever Obama tells them to do. They will stone women and behead the white men who don't grovel at his feet.

We have a dictator on our hands Americans.

[flydoghead]

more of the blue ones,
less of the little green ones

[CindyM2008]

"The masses will do whatever Obama tells them to do. They will stone women and behead the white men who don't grovel at his feet."

Now now, vsign. Remember, you're supposed to share. Let one of the other patients at the asylum have a turn on the computer now.

[qdog112]

Yeah - go get your jello.

[donkat]

Take a valium, you've gone over the edge. Get your facts correct before you launch into an irrational tirade. You must be a Clintonista - they talk like this all the time.

[pleeezzze]

donkat...maybe you should get Off the Drug you're on .
In Obama Camp ,it's like Follow The LEADER.

This is the Biggest PANDERING crap he's sunken to yet .
If they buy it ,may the real God help us all .

What a PHONY !

[pleeezzze]

It damn sure was'nt her racist preacher ,obviously unlike YOU .

You and your fool Obama can ,shove your disgusting ( Hate) as your religion .

No it is Not called Politics in America ! It is however called Pandering !

[qdog112]

I think they call it politics. Makes me wonder what attracted you to your candidate? Care to share?

[MrKINOKO]

ROFL...did you...did you just say what I thought you did???

[go4thegold]

Vsign... I must need another cup of coffee. You think Obama is another Bush term? What do you put in your coffee? Obama will be so far removed from the evangelical movement, allowing for religious freedom in the country without the risks the Bush regieme has pursued... You're not Amercian, according to them, unless your a Christian... Their type of Christian. D.

[BassMent]

I have to remember to swallow my coffee before I read your comments, vsign. You are freakin hilarious! But the coffee up my nose really hurts!

LOL LOL LOL LOL

[BassMent]

As a devout Christian, I have to say, "It's about time!" The story of Obama's faith journey is a deeply moving one. His faith is reflected in his character and his policies, and most of all in his concern for the downtrodden of this world.

I've been reading recently about the leftward political movement of evangelicals in this country, and as a liberal Episcopalian, I find this very encouraging. It makes me think that maybe these people are really reading, and understanding, and absorbing and attempting to LIVE the teachings of Jesus Christ. Because anyone who believes what he said is obliged to be a liberal/progressive. There's simply no alternative; you cannot, even applying the most far-fetched interpretation, reconcile greed, hatred, war-mongering, opportunism and social Darwinism with the New Testament.

[vsign]

What a chameleon Obama is. One day he wears a flag pin after saying it is false patriotism and next he wears a cross. Is the cross false Christianity Obama?

I always saw Obama has the preacher man. When he gets to the white house he wants to tear out the bowling alley. I think he should build himself a big arena with a gigantic pulpit so he can give us all those BIG speeches he is so good at. All this while we are groveling at his feet for bread and clean water.

I also see him as a dictator like Americans only imagined in foreign countries. He is the king of censorship. He is very weak minded as a character and will need lots of props to encourage him that he is the GREATEST. Maybe there will be lots of "sweeties" dancing at his feet.

He will truly be the one who takes us back in time.

[qdog112]

WOW!

[WFV]

Obama will take us back in time? Now I am choking on my coffee!

Hillary has done her best this week to drum up Civil War II, to a population who still lives like we are in the 1800s - those folks in West Virginia.

Give me a break.

[MrKINOKO]

Actually, if you knew anything about the Bible, you would know that technically, even the cross is a "false idol", not to be worshipped. And I'm not even a Christian, yet I know that. For him to shrewdly use a device that resonates with the drones of middle America, because they obviously care more about the Bible than gas prices, not being at war, or even eating...then he's even smarter than I gave him credit for. LOL...Hillary is the QUEEN of Censorship...just look at all the "sunshine and butterflies" on her website. Reminds me very much of Hitler in his bunker in Berlin, still convincing himself it could happen for Nazi Germany. Oh, and it appears he is the "Greatest"...and our next President as well.

[pleeezzze]

Admit it ....He's being a Pandering Phony !

[donkat]

Oh, will we ever recover...no bowling alley?

Censorship? What are you talking about? Now, Bill Clinton did nothing to stop the massive media consolidation started by Reagan - that's a fact. Do you know anything about that?

He isn't wearing the cross, by the way, it's hanging behind him.

[riley85]

Yes, lets talk about Obama's religion and his choice of churches. One of the most radical churches in Chicago...know to be at times racist and anti-American. Lets talk about why he, for 20 years, didn't have the backbone or decency to speak up or walk out. I'm not sure Obama wants to bring this subject up. Hard-working Americans in KY can spot a phony. It's called common sense.

[WFV]

riley: would those be "hard working white Americans"?

Figures.

[pleeezzze]

WFV
Only a true racist believes there are only Whites and Blacks in our society !

[CindyM2008]

60% of KY'ers voted for Bush in 2004.