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Obama considers himself to be a spiritual person and though I don't at all understand how he can have some of his positions, I don't make it a point to question anyone else's faith. In fact, if I were Obama, I can imagine what I'd be praying right now. I'd be praying for my opposition to listen to the suggestions of the pundits who have influenced the process through this point in time. Here's a snippet of what I would expect Obama to be praying:
Grant me this year the serenity to have my message of "change" accepted. Grant not my opponents the courage to change from bad tactics to good ones - or the wisdom to know the difference.
I pray that many of those who oppose me will waste the next four months making fun of my middle name and taking personal shots at my wife. This way I shall be spared from having to give answers for my positions on late-term abortion, domestic oil drilling, and tax increases. In this I take comfort.
May my opponents become so blinded in their dislike of me that they do nothing but verbally attack me - from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same. Let them play rhyming games with my last name. Talk about my former church. Spread unproven rumors. Voice various insults. May they become so focused on attacking me the person that they both lose favor with the public and also forget to challenge me on the issues. Lest the manifold problems with some of my positions be laid bare before all.
I pray that the other side will forsake their first love - the Evangelicals. May they forget them who helped the party to win five of the last seven elections. May they assume that these voters will vote for them no matter what. And if they should ignore this great multitude, may enough of them stay home that I might prevail. Or even, if possible, I pray, may some of them vote for me.
May the desires of the other side to win new territory grow so great that they should forget to protect their own. May their dreams of turning Michigan red be so great that they forget about keeping Georgia and Mississippi from going blue.
I also request that they assume that all black voters will vote for me. May they act on this false belief so that they refuse to even ask for their votes. And may this not only become a self-fulfilling prophecy, but may the perception it causes also alienate many white voters as well.
May they give heed to the advice of the conservative media establishment, whose abode is in states that I shall win handily. May they follow all of their advice in how they choose to engage me, how they choose to campaign and how they choose to complete the ticket.
And I give many thanks for those in the other side's establishment and media. Their actions have filled my heart with joy. They spared me from facing an opponent who could easily beat me in a debate, who is every bit as charismatic but has much more experience and less baggage. Yes, they sheltered me from someone who could have given me a serious run for my money in every demographic category. They treated him with spite and even now hurl insults at him. I pray that they are successful in keeping him off the ticket as he makes the other side look pleasing to the eyes of the voters who will decide this election. (Amen!)
May they become so eager to please their media pundits that they pair my competitor with someone with no more experience in government than I. Or someone unknown. Or a "safe" pick - someone who pleases their media. I pray that our team will face my worthy opponent paired up with someone who pleases the National Review, the Washington establishment and others who spend less time with their voters than even I do.
And, lastly, may the voters - all voters - trust not in their own research but in what the media suggests. Let them trust what the liberal media says about me and what the conservative media says about how to defeat me. If this happens, I will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
Amen!
Grant me this year the serenity to have my message of "change" accepted. Grant not my opponents the courage to change from bad tactics to good ones - or the wisdom to know the difference.
I pray that many of those who oppose me will waste the next four months making fun of my middle name and taking personal shots at my wife. This way I shall be spared from having to give answers for my positions on late-term abortion, domestic oil drilling, and tax increases. In this I take comfort.
May my opponents become so blinded in their dislike of me that they do nothing but verbally attack me - from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same. Let them play rhyming games with my last name. Talk about my former church. Spread unproven rumors. Voice various insults. May they become so focused on attacking me the person that they both lose favor with the public and also forget to challenge me on the issues. Lest the manifold problems with some of my positions be laid bare before all.
I pray that the other side will forsake their first love - the Evangelicals. May they forget them who helped the party to win five of the last seven elections. May they assume that these voters will vote for them no matter what. And if they should ignore this great multitude, may enough of them stay home that I might prevail. Or even, if possible, I pray, may some of them vote for me.
May the desires of the other side to win new territory grow so great that they should forget to protect their own. May their dreams of turning Michigan red be so great that they forget about keeping Georgia and Mississippi from going blue.
I also request that they assume that all black voters will vote for me. May they act on this false belief so that they refuse to even ask for their votes. And may this not only become a self-fulfilling prophecy, but may the perception it causes also alienate many white voters as well.
May they give heed to the advice of the conservative media establishment, whose abode is in states that I shall win handily. May they follow all of their advice in how they choose to engage me, how they choose to campaign and how they choose to complete the ticket.
And I give many thanks for those in the other side's establishment and media. Their actions have filled my heart with joy. They spared me from facing an opponent who could easily beat me in a debate, who is every bit as charismatic but has much more experience and less baggage. Yes, they sheltered me from someone who could have given me a serious run for my money in every demographic category. They treated him with spite and even now hurl insults at him. I pray that they are successful in keeping him off the ticket as he makes the other side look pleasing to the eyes of the voters who will decide this election. (Amen!)
May they become so eager to please their media pundits that they pair my competitor with someone with no more experience in government than I. Or someone unknown. Or a "safe" pick - someone who pleases their media. I pray that our team will face my worthy opponent paired up with someone who pleases the National Review, the Washington establishment and others who spend less time with their voters than even I do.
And, lastly, may the voters - all voters - trust not in their own research but in what the media suggests. Let them trust what the liberal media says about me and what the conservative media says about how to defeat me. If this happens, I will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
Amen!
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