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Romney Chokes Up Explaining How He Met Former SEAL Killed in Benghazi Attack

Oct. 9, 2012 3:54pm Erica Ritz

Mitt Romney Chokes Up Describing Navy SEAL Glen Doherty, Killed in Benghazi Attack

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Mitt Romney is often described as too stiff, lacking any sense of humor, and “out of touch” with the “average” American. On Tuesday, however, the Republican nominee continued to show new depths to his character while giving a moving speech about one of the former Navy SEALs killed in the attack on our consulate in Benghazi last month.

The speech began with a humorous anecdote, but just a few minutes later made Romney choke up as explained how he once met the SEAL, confirmed by the campaign as Glen Doherty. The whole thing ended with a mark of patriotism, and a reminder of how America is needed in the world.

The video really must be seen to get the full impact:

Beginning with an account of how the Romney family was invited to a neighborhood party through a letter in the mail, Romney explained how– though they didn’t originally intend to go– they changed their minds after seeing all the lights and cars just across the street.

He related what a good time they had, how they were fed and met new people, before saying with laughter: “Turns out this wasn’t the neighborhood party…This was a family, having a party with their friends.”

At that party, though, Mitt Romney was able to meet a man from his home state of Massachusetts, a former Navy SEAL.

“You can imagine how I felt out when I found out he was one of the two former Navy SEALs killed in Benghazi on September 11,” he continued, choking up, “and it touched me, obviously, when I recognized this young man that I thought was so impressive lost his life in the service of his fellow men and women.”

Romney continued, saying he heard Doherty and his colleagues were actually across town when the violence began.

“They didn’t hunker down where they were in safety – they rushed there to go help,” Romney concluded with emotion. “This is the American way – we go where there’s trouble. We go where we’re needed. And right now we’re needed– right now, the American people need us.”

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RuthAnn
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 8:17pm
This to me is some sort of divine intervention. He goes somewhere he is not planing on going, and its not the even the correct place, he meets Glen Doherty, a former Navy SEAL, who was killed in Libya, and because he meet him, he speaks emotionally about him, and it shows his compassion; both of which the media has been saying he doesn’t have. All I can say is wow!

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- kalli
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 8:36pm
  Romans 8:28
  
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- Uranium Wedge
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 12:27am
  Obama is probably wondering, “how the hell does he do that without a teleprompter?”
  
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- AmericanPatriot
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 2:21am
  Brought a tear to my eye. This is no auto-man. This is a man who can not only laugh at his own foobars, but get emotional when hearing of the death of a man he had talked to once and thought held so much promise. I’m liking him more and more and will be happy and proud to vote for a man with so much character.
  
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blackfeather
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:54pm
…I just can’t wait to see Ryan chew biden a new ********* in the debate either.

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- PoliticiansRCrooks
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:22pm
  choked up? Wow Romney is such a fraud. He puts these seals in danger. War mongers.
  
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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 8:46pm
  @ Crock – you do know who the current Commander-in-Chief is right??
  
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- HI_Don
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 9:01pm
  @Crook
  He, you must be speaking of Obama, you know the guy who’s administration kept our folks in Libya when the U.K. high tailed it out saying it was too dangerous. The guy who ignored the attack on the U.K. dignataries. They guy who downgraded the consolates security forces not once, but twice in strength until they had vertually none. The guy whose administration ignored the consolates fears expressed about their safety. The guy who ignored the calendar on the wall announcing 9/11 was just around the corner. They guy who didn’t take the phone call announcing the underway attack because he was busy resting for campaigning. They guy who did NOT order any response from forces to investigate, or assist despite reports the ambasodor was missing. The guy who authorized the cover story of the “July YouTube clip” never seen as the reason for a September civil uprising. The guy who authorized that cover story despite Libya’s reports of the sophistication and planning and terrorist involvement. The guy who wouldn’t cancel a fundraiser or a TV appearance. The guy who sent form letters to the families. The guy who insists the middle east is safer and they love us more than ever.
  That guy? I lost track was that Bush or Romney?
  
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- Rachel C
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 2:59pm
  To Mr. PoliticianCrooks- Your comment that Romney puts Seals in danger. Um….are you “drunk blogging”?? You DO realize that Romney is not the President (yet) and hasn’t sent Navy Seals anywhere, RIGHT? Or are you one of those idiot Obama voters who isn’t aware that Obama has been President with a four year record of one failure after another…and blood on his hands (in Libya, Afghanistan, and in Mexico w/Fast & Furious)
  
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KidCharlemagne
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:23pm
America’s Founding Fathers were truly amazing….this is exactly the sort of thing that they tried to warn future generations of Americans about:

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“The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, & most prone to it. It has accordingly with studied care, vested the question of war in the Legislature. But the Doctrines lately advanced strike at the root of all these provisions, and will deposit the peace of the Country in that Department which the Constitution distrusts as most ready without cause to renounce it.”
-James Madison, Letter to Thomas Jefferson, April 2, 1798

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NILAP
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:15pm
When I started reading this the first image and thought – Ronald Reagan.

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- damon_k
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:22pm
  Unlike the President, Mitt Romney doesn’t just see dead Americans as, “bumps in the road”. Read more insights at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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- kalli
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:37pm
  DAMON-K, thanks for the link which I’ve bookmarked. Enjoyed reading the blogs…spot on!
  
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ambrosia
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:13pm
Very bittersweet.
I hope somewhere Doherty & Breitbart
are kickin’ back, taking this all in…they are working their wonders
beyond this planet.

Romney & Oblameo are like day & night.
Accountability is everything to Romney, means NOTHING to the “Liar King”.
He’s too busy trying to cling to abusive power
to even give a single thought to the Libya tragedy
and if he does, it’s only steeped in maintaining the coverup.

It will be so great to have a Leader, once again,
who respects America
and gives America solid reason to respect him back.

Romney/Ryan !

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LetUsReason
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:41pm
I like this story. Honesty. Humor. Compassion. Loyalty. Romney will make a president that those who follow years later will want to emulate.

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- Mike Benton
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:20pm
  And he would not send some damn form letter to the family….
  
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- dugbru
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 8:55pm
  more to the point of how Obama truly is… can you imagine Obama after he’s out of the White House , greeting returning troops as he and Laura did? No fanfare just a gracious ex president and 1st lady showing compassion and love for returning troops. Nothing to gain just being who they are..
  
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- idarusskie
  Posted on October 10, 2012 at 12:58am
  NO I think he just sent the form of a letter with this speech the family would expect of Romney their neighbor.
  
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christos
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:03pm
….They where “Given” as Human Sacrifices,to appease the enemies this was “Preplanned”.

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nesmond
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:56pm
I just vomited after reading the Godless liberal puke’s comment. Please go away you satanic P.O.S.

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HKS
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:52pm
When these people needed us, Obama went to Las Vegas and had a good time and that bothered me a lot. I would never run for such an office as president, I just could not turn my back on any situation like that. I hope Obama sleeps well at night but I suspect that those demons will win in the end. This was our failure to those people and Obama is where the buck stops.

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HKS
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:42pm
Maybe Obame will send him one of those form letters.

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- Baja
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:13pm
  Obama probably sent Bin Laden’s family a form letter.
  
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iblvingd
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:39pm
Pray for the Americans who have been deceived by the current administration…..that their hearts and minds be opened…to see the light!

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Verceofreason
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:37pm
Mittens is just shameless, shameless.
Part of those mooching 47% are VETERANS and their children.
Or as Pauly calls ‘em “TAKES” not makers!
I could just vomit!

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- biohazard23
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:50pm
  Would you like some phenergan and a bit of ginger ale? Not that I care about your tummy troubles or anything but…..
  
  I guess to you it’s okey dokey to refer to Glen Doherty and the other 3 victims as “bumps in the road” on the road to perdition, er, Odumber’s Utopia. That figures, salaud sans cœur. Shameless, indeed.
  
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- HKS
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:56pm
  You missed that point.
  
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- BetterInformed
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:01pm
  We saw your vomit in the first 3 lines here.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:06pm
  @CURSEOFTREASON
  That comment was full of vomit, I can’t imagine there being any left.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:37pm
  Very good PERCYVERCY…now do your “my white grandmother” impersonation of Obama.
  
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hi
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:35pm
The truth is that the Navy Seals who died were not on duty protecting the consulate. They were on another mission trying to locate missing weapons when they heard the shots from nearly a mile away. They ran to the consulate to help and rescued 20 people. They are true heels and Omana is distorting the truth saying they were on duty. Another Obama lie.

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- Simonne
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:12pm
  I didn’t realize there weren’t there to start with. Talk about courage. The humorous part is Romney thinking it was the neighboring party but it was a family get together party. It would be something I would mistakenly do so I can relate, just so funny.
  
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Individualism
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:28pm
shut up troop killer neo con, you and your masters are sending them off to die in wars they don’t have to, your using them as disposables and account them as statistics. Curse this fascist goverment for taking advantage of desperate poor people seeking opportunity in this bad economy and putting them in harms way for anything other than defense of this country. the people doing this should end up hanging like Saddam did for his crimes against humanity. by the way Romney is a chickenhawk, draft dodging neo con that has no problem sending other kids off to fight endless wars. I hate Obama and his foreign policy but theoretically he hasn’t put a mass of troops to occupy another country. But this man wants our troops in Iraq for 100 years and wants to put them in Iran. you people supporting this man are troop killers. GJ 2012 or FTT

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- justangry
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:43pm
  They censored me. I went after the “That’s what Americans do…” coming from someone that hid out in Paris from Charlie. This disgusts me.
  
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- Buddynoel
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:52pm
  You are a disgrace. As a former airborne with the 24th INF, you appear to know nothing about our military and should be careful at offending the work they do. Calling them poor people is offensive and ignorant.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:02pm
  A lot of them are suffering, dude. How do explain the rise in suicides? Or the 18 veterans a day that are killing themselves?
  
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- 101stIraqVet
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:03pm
  “Curse this fascist goverment for taking advantage of desperate poor people seeking opportunity in this bad economy and putting them in harms way for anything other than defense of this country.”
  
  Last time I checked, we weren’t drafting people into the Military.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:20pm
  Maybe we should be, so people that volunteer don’t have to go over the 2-6 times. Vietnam vets only had to spend a year in theater. How much does the poor guy that has no other options have to spend over there these days? I know I was there twice with 1 year 11 mos and 29 at sea in 3 years and 4 mos of service. Think the madness would stop if rich kids had to die for oil too?
  
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- Midwestgirl1116
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:03pm
  The military is all volunteer or have you forgotten that point.
  
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Mahtoska
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:24pm
You know, its real simple – fear comes to all of us and there is no shame in being afraid; its what you do with it; do you run away from the fight or run to it? Thank you Mr. Romney.

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- Shasta
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:43pm
  The more I learn about Mr. Romney, the more convinced I become that he will make a terrific president.
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:19pm
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Mitt Romney is the new Ronald Reagan. I love this guy.
He is a man of God. He loves America. He will work for World peace.
Americans will feel safe again, under his leadership.

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- Paydert33
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:36pm
  I agree totally with you……LEADNOTFOLLOW……Romney loves our troops totally. I watch Mitt when he is on C-SPAN. He always tries to mention our troops and he ask everyone to thank our troops at his campaign stops. He is a great person!
  
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Ducky657
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:13pm
I am not surprised by this story. No matter what ABC, CBS, CNN, or NBC would like us to believe Governor Romney is an honorable man who associates with honorable people. Even though he was not my idea of the ultimate candidate he will never be confused with Barack Hussein Obama or any other progressives.

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truthoverlies
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:12pm
God bless you Governor Romney, I am praying you win the election for the sake of all of us.

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- BelievinginAmerica
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:24pm
  Ditto & AMEN!
  
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Cherianne
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:10pm
It is about time the mainstream media started covering Romney…it’s sad to say but even though I read political blogs and go to political webites such as Breibart, the Blaze, Politico (just to get to check out the opposition) & many others…I NEVER really saw Romney speak other than a few sound bites here & there until last week’s debate. I have to admit, I was kind of lukewarm in my support up until then and now…I’m Romney all the way, I truely think he will make us a great President. Hopefully he will have that opportunity!

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KickinBack
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:07pm
The MSM will tout this as being staged, part of their “Who is the real Mitt Romney” attack campaign…Complete with a couple of shout outs to Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch…

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:15pm
  Of course they will, that is just more proof of the ever growing desperation from the leftists.
  
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nesmond
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:07pm
I hope I get to see obama cry on election day.

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- hillbillyinny
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:40pm
  If OB looses you will never see him! Axelrod will come out and make a speech about a “mistake” and a “recount” and a “stolen election” while OB will be hunkered down doing as much to cause trouble as he can during the lame duck session. . .
  
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karenm
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:06pm
Mitt Romney is a man of character.

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- Seabass82
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:15pm
  I couldn’t agree more!
  
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- Verceofreason
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:40pm
  He’s just doing his Boehner impression.
  Mitt is clueless, This is all his now campaign strategy.
  He still has no use for YOU if y’all ain’t rich.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:40pm
  PERCYVERCY…and what’s Obama’s campaign relegated to now? Oh yes..”liar, liar pants on fire”. Now that’s presidential…..
  
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- Verceofreason
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:35pm
  He does lots of characters,
  his Bette Davis is to die for.
  
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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:05pm
What to say? He could have used this as political fodder weeks ago, but didn’t. Honorable gentleman.

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- justangry
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:56pm
  Don’t fall for it. This is political fodder of the worst kind. I’m reluctantly voting for Josh Mandel who is using the service for political gains too because Sherod Brown is a commie that voted away our rights. Vote for him if you have to as the lesser of two evils, but he is using us, and if he wins he’ll continue to do so. Neoconservative think very little of us.
  
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biohazard23
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:04pm
Dear Leader thinks Glen Doherty and the other 3 Americans are just bumps in the road. He had no feeling for them nor any compassion. How could he? He had to go party with Jay-Z and his wife, whatever her name is. “99 problems but dead Americans ain’t one…”

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- Obama Snake Oil Co
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:13pm
  We saw his contempt during the debate as Obimbo stared at the floor for Romeny and the American conservatives. Well, its over for him. After that debate, his chances will end up with Jimmy Carter, a fatal loss in shame.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:26pm
  BIOHAZARD…Obama doesn’t give a tinker’s cuss about the armed forces.
  Look at what he did to our honored fallen coming home to Dover? Against the families’ wishes he allowed a cameraman to take a photo of him saluting our fallen..and then the picture was “photo of the day” on the Whitehouse website. Bear in mind..these were members of the same SEAL Team that took out OBL. You know..the bumper sticker that Biden and Obama crowed about “Bin Laden’s dead and GM is alive”?
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:59pm
  @AvengerK, I know. It’s pathetic, isn’t it? All of those “corpsemen” are just a “great photo op”.
  http://radioviceonline.com/obama-steps-in-it-claims-troops-a-great-photo-op/
  
  Then he has the unmitigated gall to blame that stupid YouTube video for getting the troglodytes over there all riled up, causing all of this, then turns around and spikes the OBL football again. Like you said, “OBL is dead and GM is alive” It’s good for me but not for thee.” It’s good statesmanship when Dear Leader does it, it’s a crime against humanity when it’s someone else. He’s a complete and total failure on every level.
  
  BTW, notice how you haven’t heard the usual suspects trolling on the Libya cover-up stories? Hmmmmm…… :)
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 5:24pm
  BIOHAZARD..even the lefty trolls that infest this site can’t defend the debacle in Benghazi. It’s just too clear that Hillary’s state department really effed up on security over there. And four Americans died needlessly for Hillary’s incompetence. That’s why the “you tube movie” was the first thing Obama’s white house ran with..they hoped it would be enough to distract from what truly happened there. Hillary was among the first to jump on the “blame the movie” line. The story is finally starting to break into the mainstream, the enemedia can no longer block for Obama on this one.
  
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kickagrandma
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:00pm
He is so right!

PRAY, y’all. Beg GOD for protection of HIS kids all over the world.

We are standing in the of prayer, healing, restoration!

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:14pm
  Amen.
  
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