could I get an opinion?

[Donna Halper]

At 11:13 AM 7/27/2008, Dan Billings wrote:
>Obama, like any politician who makes such a trip, did it for media 
>coverage. Though I find the printing of the prayer to be tasteless, 
>isn't it tasteless for a politician to use a religious experience 
>for political gain?

Umm, I don't wanna take this list into politics (again) but Dan, 
every politician does things for political gain.  And in this case, 
we have NO evidence that Obama was praying just for the 
cameras.  Those prayers are supposed to be private, and since he has 
both a pastor and a rabbi (true) in his family, we have no evidence 
that his desire to pray wasn't sincere.  Let's keep dislike for the 
candidate out of the question-- as I said, if I got a McCain prayer 
from somebody at the Wall, I'd feel just as conflicted about 
reporting it or broadcasting the contents.