Did I hear that right? In front of a Jewish audience Thursday in Florida, Obama said the following:
Two campaign aides for John McCain's tell The Brody File that outreach to the religious community is well underway with weekly meetings between McCain staffers and pro-family leaders. There are roughly ten people on the call from the Evangelical and social conservative world including prominent McCain backers Gary Bauer and former Senator Dan Coates. The focus of the weekly meeting is to gauge the temperature of the grassroots, keep a dialogue open and make sure they know that the McCain camp is
In the end, it was just too much. John McCain said farewell to Reverend John Hagee today after new comments surfaced where Hagee basically said Hitler was fulfilling God's will by chasing the Jews away from Europe. The audio and more information is here. John McCain's statement is below:
What would Muslims do if the Koran were burned? Or what would world reaction be by Jews if the Torah went up in flames? Well just last week here in Israel, New Testaments, the book revered by Christians worldwide, were rounded up and burned.
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Here's your Mid-Week edition of the Morning Five:
1. Prayer Plane
Here’s an inspirational story for you from New Zealand. Two pilots began desperately praying after an engine went out on their plane. Call it divine intervention, but the pair found a safe landing spot right next to a large that said “Jesus is Lord.”
2. Shrouded in Mystery
Houston Rockets star Yao Ming might be in the U.S. recovering from a foot injury, but his heart is in China with the victims of the earthquake.
It is always tempting to blame others for our distress. We can clearly see what we think others are doing to us, but have a much more difficult time seeing our role in the problem.
I receive dozens of emails every day from people complaining about their circumstances. People from every walk of life, with every problem imaginable. People suffering from marital infidelity, drug and alcohol abuse, gambling and sexual addiction, as well as emotional abuse in marriage.
When I was a young boy and visited my grandparents in South Georgia each summer, I was always struck by the picture of a soldier that was prominently displayed in their living room.
It's been over a week since an earthquake devastated China's Sichuan Province, leaving over seventy thousand dead, missing, or buried in the rubble. More than forty thousand have lost their lives, but many parents have lost something they consider even more precious: their only children.