Obama Defends Libya Mission to ABC: ‘I Do a Lot of Praying’
- Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:23am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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What’s getting President Obama through these stressful, and trying, times? His prayer life.
In a new interview with Diane Sawyer, the president not only defends his actions in Libya, but he also takes time to reassure the country about his faith (something we’ve noted is on the rise lately), saying that it is a large part of his decision-making process (via Mediaite):
I do a lot of praying. Absolutely. Every night, right before I go to bed. You know, and I am praying that – I’m making the best possible decisions, and that I’ve got the strength to serve the American people well. And frankly as President of the United States, you know, your responsibilities extend beyond beyond our borders. And these decisions are difficult.
He also took time to defend his Libyan intervention:
I think that it is precisely because we organized an international coalition, we don’t have to shoulder this entire burden. I mean, the fact of the matter is it’s not going to be U.S. planes that are maintaining the no-fly zone. It is a NATO operation . . . what I didn’t want was a situation in which everybody else was a free rider on our U.S. military. I wanted to make sure you guys say this is important to you, make sure that you are actually putting some skin in the game.
That is only partially true. As the AP pointed out yesterday, NATO is a US-led organization, so NATO taking over is an indirect way for the U.S. to remain in control.
You can watch the entire interview below. The NATO part comes at about 8:00, while the prayer comments come at 11:30:
As a side note, the ABC story about the above interview quotes social-justice champion Jim Wallis about the president’s faith:
“Barack Obama is a Christian. He’s always been clear and unapologetic about that, and he’s comfortable with his own faith,” said Rev. Jim Wallis, an Obama friend and spiritual adviser. “But I think the president, particularly a president, needs the kind of pastoral care or spiritual counsel with people who don’t have a political agenda. And it’s hard for a president to get that.”
By the way, to hear what Obama really thinks of the Libyan mission, check out our other story.
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Comments (230)
BoilitDown
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:51amI seriously question the prayers of a man who misleads so deceitfully and lies with such flare. For him to declare his prayers gave me a bad feeling in my guts.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:35pmThe lier in chief is trying to convince us he has a conscience………..good luck with that!
Report Post »Barry Soetoro
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:49amWhere is he praying? On the golf course!
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:47am…facing Mecca.
Report Post »gr8photoman
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:46amPharisee.
Report Post »hogtrashhd
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:45amhe is so full of crap.. all he’s praying for is to not get caught before he can take this country down.. and I know he’s got money funneling somewhere for him and moochelle before he gets out of office.. he’s a despot..
Report Post »JWD
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:43amDidn’t the left call President Bush a religious zealot for saying the same thing? After their response over the Libyan situation I would say this is a moot point. Pray away Sir! It’s ok. Your a Democrat.
Report Post »Pat in PA
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:43amYes, he does a three way conference call with Bill Maher
Report Post »dsm
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:43amExactly who does he pray to? You can’t believe a word that comes out of his mouth.
Report Post »i want the truth
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:42amIs anyone putting pressure on the Terrorist we have in the WHite House?? We need to!! Please call your Representatives and tell them we want our Troops out of Lybia!! We should not be involved with helping them join a calaphate! Please we are the people who pay taxes. We have a say if we should be supporting Terrorist!!
Report Post »Malcom0983
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:42amI thought five times a day was pretty standard in his religion.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:42amCHINO! CHirstian In Name Only!
Obama, if you are a Christian, Mickey Mouse is a Muslim terrorist. Obama, you are a PUPPET and God help you on the day of judgment.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:55am@JEDI.KEP ~~~ “CHino” ~~~ LOVE IT!
Report Post »o2bme
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:37amLove it too!
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:42amIf the noman prays at all, it is the muslim rote praying.
This evil man does not know our GOD, but he’s getting ready to meet HIM.
Report Post »David Pasztor
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:29amAll Muslims pray to Allah right before they go to bed. Obama is a Muslim and that is why he is doing whatever he can do to ruin this country because like a true muslim he hates americans and he is just waiting for the One Billion dollars he is going to recieve for his re-election. Obama is nothing but a two-faced, double talking, liar whose main objective is to screw america.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:40amHe has no street smarts. So he is either praying he gets away with this, or he’s praying he can pass on a high political office to one of his offspring.
Report Post »dirtypolitics
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:39amWow, I am a Roman Catholic and knowing that Obama prays to God makes me want to VOTE for him on 2012.
I wonder how many feel the way I do?
If a lot, were screwed.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:25amI bet his base hates it.
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:48amHe wants US to pray to HIM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »delhoghe
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:26pmRoman Catholics claim to be Christians. That is more deceiving than anything Obama has put on the table.
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:38amI pray that someday soon, while Obamma is praying, that God tells Obamma not to run again ‘OR ELSE’
Report Post »Tusker
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:37amThis guy turns my stomach every time I see his mug on tv. Is there no end to his lies?
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:53am@TUSKER ~~~ nope! As long as he draws breath, he will lie. Just because that’s who and what he is.
That in itself is sad, is it not? Maybe we really should start praying for him. I don’t believe anyone else is.
Forgive us, LORD, where we have failed YOU in this because it is hard for us to pray for those who betray us and who do not return our love, support our dreams, keep us safe. LORD, if YOU really want us to pray for this man, this betrayer of all things AMERICAN and CHRISTIAN, we will…. Aghhhhhhh, that’s hard to do. My heart is not in this prayer, LORD, but once again I will do as YOU have told us~~~ “give thanks in all things” Again, I weep while thanking YOU for such desolation:
LORD GOD, we thank YOU for this poor, poor soulless, lost little man who is in way over his head. We thank YOU for the damage he has done to our country and to the world. LORD, we thank YOU for his controllers who abound in evil. LORD, YOU know our hearts are breaking and our faces are streaked with tears begging YOU for our country. JESUS, we thank YOU that YOU hear us, that YOU know our hearts, that we truly repent and that we ask YOUR forgiveness for demanding our way rather than YOURS. I love YOU, LORD. I stand with YOU FATHER GOD, and I stand with Israel. I thank YOU that YOU are working in our lives beyond our ability to see with these earthly eyes. In JESUS’ PRECIOUS NAME, amen.
Report Post »Tusker
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:04amKickagrandma, you’re right, we should pray, we should pray this evil idiot doesn’t get re-elected!
Report Post »rubydee
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:06pmKickagrandma,
Report Post »I love your prayer. I pray like this as much as I can but it is sooooo hard. I work hard not to feel hatred for all of these traitors but I’m only human. I pray that God understands. He knows what’s really in my heart and I hope he forgives me.
aaak
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:36amHe’s channeling George Bush now?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:46amMost likely channeling George Soros.
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:35amI do a lot of praying. Absolutely. Every night, right before I go to bed. You know, and I am praying that – I’m making the best possible decisions <—————— This is just code for Barry telling the New World Order hes siding with them. He aims to destroy Isreal and capitalism period. Hes about as christian as Louie Louie and Jerimiah Wright…
Report Post »crossdraw
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:34amHe may pray but it’s to Allah. Destroy this economy Allah.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:33am“I do a lot of praying. Absolutely.” Five times a day facing Mecca!
Report Post »muzzleloader
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:33amI‘m sure it’s five times a day towards Mecca.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:06pmWith his forehead firmly planted on his prayer rug . The perfect position to get what he has coming to him. Stinking Muslim!
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:33amJim Wallis doesn’t have a political agenda?!?!? What is all of this “Social Justice” jargon from this “spiritual advisor” who identifies himself as a “radical”????
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:31amFor whom the bell toll?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:53amUnless God interveins, the bell is announcing the death knell for America…or at least that is what the POTUS and his cronies are hoping to achieve. God may have something else, with His people, to say about that of course.
Report Post »mill
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:43amSNOWLEOPARD…
You are soooooooooooooo right. It’s disgsting to watch what is going on in our country. The worse part is, no one appears to care to stop it. Obama should have been reemed on the Libya crap..but,…we have become a nation of whimps and I personally have no answers
Many say ” prepare’…and we are listening and heeding. My gmother, mother lived through the depression and said they are worried , and very little phases these ladies.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:30am“your a marxist like me right” – Jim Wallis
Report Post »Handsome Pete
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:56amI thin it was “YOU’RE a Marxist like me”…
Report Post »cosette
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:02pmI think it’s think.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:24amRight, anyone who believes Obama prays before bed, don’t respond to this article. 2012 coming and all of a sudden God, soldiers and their families are important. What a hypocrite.
Report Post »Highland
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:33amYes, but will Allah forgive him for slaughtering his fellow Muslims?
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:35amThey profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Report Post »ISeeDanger.com
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:36amDo they know what direction is East in the Whitehouse?
http://www.ISeeDanger.com
Report Post »sonnetswan
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:39amIn my opinion, weighing his deeds instead of his words, I believe Obama is a Muslim pretending to be a Christian.
cemerius
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:42amI hope his prayer rug gets infested with fleas.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:45amMorning Grandmaof5, if Obama the Self Annointed Delusional One prays for anything it may be along these lines:
“Dear God, let me destroy the nation, create chaos in the world, rule the caliphate to come…”
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:45amyeah, I’m sure he prays every day and night. grab that old prayer rug, and face Mecca huh Obama?
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:46amDoes he face Mecca? He is awfully good at bowing you know.
If he’s a Christian, I’m the Easter Bunny.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:53amIsaiah 1
They have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands in prayer,
I hide my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
I am not listening.
Your hands are full of blood!
16 Wash and make yourselves clean.
Report Post »Take your evil deeds out of my sight;
stop doing wrong.
oregonrr
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:55amAs I read, I just thought: “huh?” Obama is just fascinated with the baritones of his voice. Sawyer was as perplexed by him, visibly, as all of us.
Report Post »Handsome Pete
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:55amRemember how the left used to react every time Bush mentioned prayer? Mock him for “talking to God” and all that?
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:59am…I’m making the best possible decisions, and that I’ve got the strength to serve the American people well.
Your prayers have been answered, you’ve disserviced your country, YOU FAILED.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:03amAnd God is telling him maybe he should arm the rebels?
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:04amDoes he pray in front of a mirror?
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:04am@Hauschild Worse, there kool-aid drinkers out there (69 million+) that believe him.
Used to believe him. Obama’s failures are the glue that hold the political center together.
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:07amnext to his holiness I feel like a brood of vipers.
Meanwhile, here and abroad innocent blood is being shed on his watch. “And the Lord knew them before they were formed in the womb {prison}.”
Report Post »six6six
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:14amTypical responses from the “Christian’ right.
Report Post »ConsiderThis
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:18amThere was a small window of opportunity during which Quadaffi could have been defeated and all these deaths wouldn’t be happening – but Obama went golfing and then off to Latin America.
Report Post »Obama dithered and now look what we’ve got!
Gypsy123
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:22amI agree he may be praying but it is not the GOD that christian folk rely on
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:24amPraying to Allah doesn’t count Mr. President. We don’t want a filthy, lying, foreign born Muslim in the Whitehouse anymore.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:32am@SIX6SIX – Christian Left are Liars
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:32amAnother aspect of this war not explained: i have read that the rebels are actuall an ancient tribe of North Africa against the khadaffi tribe. Can we assume if we aid one side, that the saide we aid will not kill, torture and rape members of Khadaffi’s tribe?
Report Post »psst
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:39am@Bluegold who wrote:I wonder what Allah tells him
Report Post »Um
Allah told him to hurry up and destroy the Infidels and their country.
Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:39amWhy is Glenn so gross where alex jones is concerned?
What he did to the Charlie Sheen thing was sick Glenn is becoming a hypocrite a corporate one.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel
Glenn don’t be a dick to fellow liberty lovers.
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:40amObama ‘the great divider” strikes again. Notice how he “prays” only when his poll numbers drop?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nTMaT_9QGo
BetterDays
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:43amGrandmother :
Report Post »I thought about not replying, lol……BUT I do think he preys, note spelling…….he preys upon conservite values, he preys upon our republic, he preys upon justice ( upholding written law), he preys against truth, ………….I think we all get it….We are his prey.
poverty.sucks
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:48am@Barack Hussein Obama II – you’ve just discredited yourself, “I do a lot of praying. Absolutely. Every night, right before I go to bed.”
We Christians pray prior to/during/after important decisions, meetings, and especially at times we’re thankful. Christianity isn’t a bed time fantasy.
Report Post »GODBLESSOURCOUNTRY
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:52amWhat…5 times a day on his knees toward MECCA?
Report Post »exdem
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:53am@SNOW
Report Post »You forgot -and bless George Soros
mill
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:06amAllah commands that Obama acts like a regular American so that he can continue to dupe the idiots that elected him in the first place
Report Post »1959
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:28amCrypto-Islam is the secret adherence to Islam while publicly professing to be of another faith=Obama pretending to be Christian.
Report Post »lylee
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:58amHe likes lying, is in his nature! If he were not to lie then you would have a news story.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:08amGood morning, Grandma (it’s still morning)!
The headline:
Obama Defends Libya Mission to ABC: ‘I Do a Lot of Praying’
My first thought:
Report Post »“He does a lot of lying, too.”
watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:09am@ SIX ……typical comment from a lefty…..I would also say that it is typical because Obama tries to play the same ole song and dance so the response is always the same.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:13amWell if he prayed to the one true God in Heaven things would be different
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:28am@TXPilot
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:24am
Praying to Allah doesn’t count Mr. President. We don’t want a filthy, lying, foreign born Muslim in the Whitehouse anymore.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We didn’t want that in the White House in the first place!
Do you get the impression lately that he’s more like an actor playing a part? He’s lost his “mojo.” He used to speak with some kind of enthusiasm, but now he’s just reading his script; and he’s not convincing anymore.
Donald Trump’s “stunt” with the birth certificate seens (to me) to have knocked him off balance. Michele Bachmann has mentioned that she has a birth certificate, and there will no doubt be others. Somewhere down the road, on national television, like in a debate of some sort, he is going to be put on the spot about his citizenship and loyalties, and his followers are going to ask themselves, “WTF?!” That’s probably their mentality. Personally, I think the Progressives know he‘s not a citizen but JUST DON’T CARE. As long as he can get them what they want, he’s just fine. It‘s the American people he’s afraid of.
Report Post »snidley-whiplash
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:52amSorry to go off subject a little. Are you watching the liar president speak to the idiots at george town.
Report Post »This is the end of america as we know it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God save America,pray for her with all your heart.
He does eat turd sandwiches………………………….
Get a spine congress IMPEACH OBAMA
pajamash
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:13pmHere we go! He is already sowing the seeds, “hey gang we may be in there awhile”.
Oh please Ms. Sawyer. Every President has had periods of great challenge. Obama is not under any worse period/cycle or whatever you want to call it. He wanted the job. He got it. DEAL WITH IT!!!
“Obviously I didn’t take that much time completing my bracket”. Interesting how you seemed to know more about the majority of players than most scouts. C’mon Mr. President. Fess up! You spend a couple hours a day watching college games, reading newspapers/magazines, etc.
Report Post »delhoghe
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:08pmWhat if you get to Heaven and find out that Pres. Obama is a Christian like he says he is , and he prays to God like he says he does ? Didn’t the left wingers question Pres. Reagan’s claim of being a Christian as well ? Should someone question your spiritual claims ?
Report Post »pilot007
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:44pmRight on Grandmaof5. I believe if he prays it is to Satan. This guy resembles the antichrist in Left Behind movies! Just ;like the movie the antichrist has his fawning followers. They include for our demon in the whitehouse…ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, et al, .oh yes, lets not foirget the Union leadership and the able bodied blood suckers on the dole.
Report Post »Wayner
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:47pmWhat will Lawrence O’Donnel (or whatever) have to say about the president praying to a god? ( I meant to use the smaller g because I don’t know if Obama prays to God)
Report Post »pilot007
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:49pmI agree with you GRANDMA OF 5. If this guy prays IT IS TO SATAN.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:17pmSNOW, afternoon to you. Maybe Obama is setting himself up to be the 12th Imam, afterall, he is planting his people all over the Middle East. If they can create the chaos, then they can quell it in the name of Obama.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:24pm“Liar in Chief”…
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:16pmObama will do anything to please his Jihadi masters. Stand up for freedom in Iran, Mr. Pres., the only country where Islam will not benefit in a revolution. The war is against Islam and its totalitarian ideology. Anything else is a LIE.
Get the facts from this eye-opening historic interview on Israel National Radio which reconciles ancient history and gives clear vision. http://www.marcrubin.com/judean-eve.ivnu
Report Post »graywolf11
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:37pmNo one asks who is is praying TO. We assume Jesus; a Christian God–how do we know??? We don’t ; and there in lies the rub.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:01pm@ Povertysucks,“Christian left” = oxymoron
Report Post »Dale
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:35pmAlthough mentioned previously, I think that if he prays it is to the “first radical”, the father of lies (John 8:44).
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