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BeachDem11/22/2014 4:58:11 pm PST

re: #14 Dark_Falcon

No, I Googled his name and found this article:

I make no apology in saying “When someone named Bassem Masri tells police officers he praying for their deaths, then I’m going to be extremely hostile to Mr. Masri and I am certainly going to wonder aloud about his real motives.”

Then you’re probably equally hostile/hoping for the FBI to look into a whole lot of right-wingers, from pastors to right wing politicians who’ve been praying for Obama’s death. Or is it more about “someone named Bassem Masri.”

‘Non-Political’ Prayer Breakfast Welcomes Pastor Who Prays for Obama’s Death
rightwingwatch.org

Wiley Drake Prays For Obama’s Death
rightwingwatch.org

Kansas GOP speaker’s prayer for President Obama’s death
dailykos.com

Diana Butler Bass at Beliefnet explains that Psalm 109 is one of the “imprecatory” prayers, “a lament in the form of petition to destroy one’s enemies.” While perhaps intended to be a joke, she notes that the psalm actually “entreats God to destroy the president”:

thinkprogress.org

Christian Conservatives Praying for God to Kill Obama
gawker.com