United Press International
Houston – U.S. President George Bush’s spiritual adviser, the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, has decided to support the presidential bid of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
The leader of Houston’s Windsor Village United Methodist Church said Obama’s “character, confidence and courage” inspired him to support his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Houston Chronicle reported Sunday.
“I have been in contact with the Obama campaign team,” Caldwell said. “I will be making visits on his behalf.”
The pastor did clarify that his support of the Illinois politician was based entirely on his personal beliefs and did not represent support from his United Methodist church.
Caldwell’s spiritual relationship with the Republican president has included performing the benediction at both of Bush’s inaugurations.
Caldwell told the Chronicle he had informed Bush of his decision to back Obama and that the president accepted his decision.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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posted January 22, 2008 at 5:27 pm
I can’t say this makes me feel better about Obama.
posted January 22, 2008 at 6:28 pm
And this would make me what to vote for him because????
posted January 22, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Nice to see the Christian right finding a little more Jesus–a little less Leviticus, in the teachings of the Bible.
posted January 22, 2008 at 6:59 pm
correction: “And this would make me WANT to vote for him because??”
posted January 23, 2008 at 1:34 am
correction: “And this would make me WANT to vote for him because??”
I wasn’t aware that this story suggested you would (or should) want to vote for him. Just because a Christian votes for you doesn’t mean you’re not making sense.
posted January 23, 2008 at 11:42 am
JM:
If I had been considering a vote for Obama, I’d start to worry when I found out that Bushe’s “spiritual advisor” supported him. My opinion of our so called “leader” is in the minus numbers, and started there in his first term …and as is probably obvious, I certainly didn’t vote for him…either time.
posted January 24, 2008 at 4:26 pm
That reprobate Dumya has gone through a list of spiritual advisors. His mom even called Billy Graham. It seems that every televangelist on TBN has laid claim to this beastly blunder. I guess it’s a relief to see that one of them had the good sense and great taste to cut Dumya on loose to support a candidate for whom English is a first language. Still, I fail to see the importance of these candidates’ religious institutional affiliations. Jesus would not be running for the Presidency of the United States of America, were He here today. America is not a Christian nation, but a nation that boasts a great many theists, deists, agnostics, and Christians.
posted January 30, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I would be very wary of voting for a man raised Muslim in these times – his front is belonging a “Christian” church, but his roots are in Muslim religion. I don’t want a Muslim running our country.
posted February 1, 2008 at 2:51 pm
mystery poster:
Are you actually falling for the lies being spread about Obama? He was not raised a Muslim. He met his father once. His mother was an atheist or agnostic.(not sure which). He is a Christian. Don’t fall for the junk being spread about him. It is a slander campaign. IF indeed he was still a Muslim, religion shouldn’t play into how a president runs a country…super Christian, Mormon or any other religion.
I’m not a big supporter of either Democratic candidate…but am leaning to Hillary. However if Obama was the candidate…I’m not likely voting another Republican into office. The born again one has screwed up enough.
BTW, all Muslims aren’t out to get us or anyone else. They’re not too happy with the over- the -top, fanatical idiots doing the killing etc. There are fanatics in ALL religions. Muslims don’t have a monopoly on crazys in a religion. Hey, Christians used to use Crusades to kill/convert the “heathans”, and the Catholics used to kill those that weren’t Catholic. Christians came to this country and decided the Native Americans needed “GOD” and decided that all the beautiful beliefs they had were wrong. All religions have nut cases.