Archive for May 17th, 2008

Obama Adds Faith to Hope and Change

17th May 2008 with 12 Comments

This is part of a flyer Barack Obama is using in Kentucky:
The words in the inset proclaim:

My faith teaches me that I can sit in church and pray all I want. But I won’t be fulfilling God’s will unless I go out and do the Lord’s work. Barack Obama.
On the rear of the flyer is [...]

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