Is there nothing that Obama can’t do?
…a Maariv spokesperson says that publication of the note was pre-approved for international publication by the Obama campaign, leading to the conclusion that the “private” prayer was intentionally leaked for public consumption.
Skip: “All of this fuss begs a bigger question: Why would Obama be so presumptious as to leave a note at the Wall in the first place? The Wall is a Jewish icon, not a Christian one. Last I heard, Obama-san wasn’t Jewish, and as the Jewish divinity has indicated, his privacy issues at the wall hold somewhat less value than it might to Jews.”
“Laura Bush departs the Western Wall after inserting a prayer in the wall and taking a tour of the model of Mount Moriah Sunday, May 22, 2005. White House photo by Krisanne Johnson”
– whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/images/20050522-4_p44900-365-515h.html
arthur – would you please stop with the crap and take a look at the situation.
Everything about this story has been a boon to Obama, from the violation of his privacy, to his innoncent proclamation to God.
Are you really that daft to think that this all happened by mere chance?
Are you that naive??
Do you really beleive that there is such a thing as privacy for a presidential candidate (especially given past campaigns)?
When Mccain’s privacy is violated in the upcoming months (as it surely will be), will you claim moral outrage over that? I highly doubt it!
You are helping to give legs to a story that should have died within 2 days , instead Obama is given even more free (and good) coverage.
So just who is being morally dubious and who is being duped?
ldd: “Why can’t it be both scenarios?”
Right. So Maariv had copies of the content of the letter, but their editors decided, “You know what? Rather than printing the prayer right away, let’s wait a while, see if someone tries to steal the original from the wall, attempt to sell it to us, and in doing so stir up an international incident! Let’s not mention from the get-go that Obama’s team gave us copies beforehand, so that in the off-chance that someone actually does steal the prayer and even smaller chance that s/he sells it to us, we can pretend that we only have the one original. That way, after we publish it, we can invite waves of withering condemnation from within and without the international Jewish community, not to mention threats of legal action for publishing a private prayer! That sounds like a great plan!”
BUT WAIT! Maybe it was an Obama staffer DRESSED as a seminary student!
Yeah, that’s it! That explains EVERYTHING! That’s GOTTA be it!
– web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/13025.htm
Frenchie77 if the “story” died two days ago, all we would know is that a paper claimed it was authorized to release this and Obama’s campaign claimed they were not.
Clearly, the reactions in the comments above and in the comments on newsbusters show that the initial story – the point at which you wished it was dropped – was not in any way a boon to Obama. Now, for many people whether or not this particular story is true won’t affect how they feel about Obama. That’s fine.
For me its not about how it makes me feel about Obama. It’s about how wrong it was for the paper to print the note. If the Obama campaign gave them authorization to print it then I would adopt a move along, nothing to see here attidue. If on the other hand they just printed it, I would think they are lying scumbags. I’d feel this way if they printed McCains note, or my note. So, the truth of the story matters to me.
If the truth doesn’t matter to you then fine, say what you like about Obama. I don’t care. If the truth does matter but won’t affect how you feel, then that’s fine too.
The fact is thought that Marriv’s claims were a bit absurd on the face of it, and so I wanted to see if they could be backed up. A few days, and almost a hundred posts later the answer seems to be, no one has provided a link backing up marriv’s initial claims. I’ve gotten two now that contradict their initial claims.
It seems to me that we’ve almost arrived at the truth of the situation. Marriv published it, there was local outrage and so they tried to justify it by lying, and now they are backing off the initial claim that they had permission.
This makes sense to me, but we’ll see if there are anymore updates in the coming hours and days.
Yep, QE given the media’s past tactics, it would not surprise me at all.
After all you’re convinced, and everyone who subscribes to these media sources is sold as well.
Publicity stunt.
Plain and simple.
7 News the Israel National News …
Synopsis of the affair….
Did actually see someone use CNN as a reference above….?
Arthur why waste yr time? These are not rational normal people yr dealing with on here. Facts and truth mean nothing to them. smears, defamation, lies, are what SDA commenters are all about. Mostly just a bunch of Heritage Front losers and paranoid ignorant, dittohead shut-ins trying to feel like they belong.
Hmmmm, why is it that troll’s always consider themselves to be rational normal people, but no-one else ever is?
todd – a job awaits you at your local HRC! No brains needed for immediate employment!
Confirmation:
http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/jerusalem/2008/07/obama-western-w.html
To sum up: Note was stolen. Obama campaign did not authorize it’s release. Marriv does not claim they had permission from Obama camp. Earlier reporting that they claimed Obama camp gave them a copy is false. Untrue. Wrong.