Quote of the Day

ht/MyPetAJawa

Sorry, juggling this blog and the other one is hard especially when you are taking your mother to the dentist weekly.

Anyway The Jawa Report calls this the quote for the duration of the Obama Administration, It's pretty good:
"One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists of establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary."

—Ayn Rand, 1975

I Hope I'm Wrong, But

ht/MyPetJawa

I've been in a pissy mood since it was obvious that Barack Obama would win. I tried to watch a movie--no good and it was Colin Farrell even. Then some time after watching the President Elect's speech I started to feel better then I saw this:



Was it prophetic? Now I'm all scared again. And that awful black and red dress--it wasn't Cruella Deville but something like her. It just seemed wrong for the occasion, and it was like someone stepped up and doused her with red paint.

Words Obama Can't Take Back

ht/Pax Parabellum

A little bit of recorded history has cropped up again. This is Obama in his own words telling the listeners on Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ, how the more liberal Supreme court --the Warren Court--did not go far enough in basically redistributing the wealth. It's not good enough for Barack Obama that African-Americans were given equal rights by the Warren Court, plans should have been put in place to redistribute wealth.





I majored in history--if I had had money to get into a better school and if at the time the Wall in Berlin hand't been coming down. I would have continued to study the Soviet Union and Marxism at the Graduate Level. Not that I'm an expert, but I bet I at least understand it better than the average Obama Supporter, who thinks this is a good idea.

Yeah, why work for anything when they government will give you what you need. "From each according to his abilities to each according to his needs." This scares me to death since in the end no one has anything. It's class warfare, folks, sanctioned at the highest levels of our government.

The Price of Chicago Politics

ht/Villainous Company
Cross Posted: Pax Parabellum

I've been hiding out under the bed in a fetal position what with all the Eeyores and their certainty that the Obamamessiah will be the chosen one as he is elected on November 4th. I do hate polls as I think it deters voters on both sides from bothering to vote. I don't guess we could outlaw them? Guess it would put too many people out of a job, eh? Anyway as the last few days have been a haze of watching television and trying to find things that had little to do with politics, I have been lax in my political reading--but I found this interesting tidbit that says loads about Obama and his character or lack of character. Oops can I say that?
This tidbit is so good the whole thing bears repeating:

WASHINGTON---The Obama campaign is putting a hefty price tag on the best camera and reporting positions for news organizations covering Barack Obama's outdoor election night activities in downtown Chicago. If a reporter wants access to the file center--which will be the best place to find Obama officials and spokesmen--be prepared to write a check for $935. The cheapest place a reporter could stand on a riser with a view is $880.

That $935 covers one reporter in a heated file tent, power, cable tv, internet and food. I am told by an Obama spokesman who did not want his name used that this just covers costs and they are not turning a profit on this. The planners could have built in more al a carte options for Grant Park coverage.

This is an outrageous pay to play plan that caters to national elite outlets with deep pockets.

I am not asking for a free ride--news outlets pay for plane seats, other transportation organized by the campaign, hotel rooms, plus associated costs for filing centers.

But this Election Night list is pricey and does not take into account some reporters won't need power, cable, internet or food but will crave the access more than the food. As I was talking to this unnamed spokesman about this enormously expensive set-up, he did say--that a news outlet could rotate people in and out of the tent on that one credential. Great.

A general media area will be created where a reporter could watch for free, but the set-up is separate, unequal and clearly second class when it comes to getting top access to campaign people.

The campaign could not have made going to the free space more unappealing. If will be "outdoors, unassigned and may have obstructed views. General Media Area credentials do not include access to riser positions, satellite truck parking or the press filing center."

UPDATE To be clear: no one is asking for anything to be free for the press. It's just that the package of services packaged by the campaign is expensive and includes things not every outlet needs.
Obama's top donors--not the masses who donated the $5, $10 and $25 the campaign brag about--will have VIP access throughout election night and received an early heads up a week ago to plan to spend Election Night in Chicago.

Here's a story about this posted by Greg Hinz at Crain's Chicago Business.

. . .

FROM THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN....

The following coverage resource packages are available for purchase:

* Main Riser Position - $935 (Includes 4 Main Riser Credentials, 5'x8' Slot on Covered Main Riser and one 20 amp circuit)
* Main Riser Position with Telecommunications - $1870 (Includes Main Riser Position services, PLUS two unlimited long distance/local phone lines and one wired high speed internet connection)
* Cut Riser Position - $880 (Includes 4 Cut Riser Credentials, 5'x8' Slot on Covered Cut Riser, one 20 amp circuit)
* Cut Riser Position with Telecommunications - $1815 (Includes Cut Riser Position services, PLUS two unlimited long distance/local phone lines and one wired high speed internet connection)
* Press File Seat - $935 (includes 1 Press File Credential, seat in heated Press File Tent, Power, Cable Television, High Speed Wired Internet Service, Catering)
* Satellite Truck Position - $900 (includes 35'x20' parking position and 100 amp electrical service)
* Radio Position - $715 (includes table space and chair behind the riser, power and an ISDN BRI line for radio -- comes with two credentials)

Billing information must be submitted at as part of the request. Your credit card will not be charged until the campaign confirms your coverage resource package request.

(a link deleted)

Additional services may be purchased a la carte:

* Unlimited Long Distance Phone Line - $300
* High Speed Wired Internet - $275
* One 20 amp circuit - $165

For telephone service internet connectivity and additional power, orders must be placed by October 23rd, 2008. For questions on pricing or additional telecommunications assistance, please contact. . .

. . .

Credentials to access the General Media Area are available at no cost. Please note that the General Media Area is outdoors, unassigned and may have obstructed views. General Media Area credentials do not include access to riser positions, satellite truck parking or the press filing center.

Don't you just love capitalism where even a socialist can over-charge. Oops, can I call the Messiah a socialist?

Obama's Change We Can Believe In?

ht/moonbattery

Dr. Slogan has a real knack for making eye catching graphics that are worth a thousand words, and so many will still not understand.

Is Obama a US Citizen?

ht/hillbuzz

this is more credible than most



Hmmmm, why won't the Messiah produce the real document?

Clinton Supporters Uniting with Republicans Against Obama

Cross posted/PaxParabellum

ht/Ace

According to HillBuzz there is a documentary called We Will Not be Silenced by Gigi Gaston that documents the Obama Campaign's tactics during the primaries. Tactics that veteran campaigners say are the worse they have ever seen--worse even than those used during the 1972 election year.

Republicans and centrist Democrats are joined together on this effort to get the truth out about Obama before the November election. We firmly believe in McCain’s victory and do not believe it hinges on any developments with RICO. The polls, in our opinon, are wrong, and the internal numbers we see coming out of NC, VA, PA, OH, IN and FL show McCain wins in all of those states (there is no mathematical possibility for Obama to win without taking PA, OH, or FL). We believe after McCain’s win there will be a continued prosecution of Obama and members of the Democratic party for voter fraud under RICO statutes in the months and years ahead. ACORN and leftist Democrats have gone too far this time — for years ACORN has engineered deliberate election fraud using taxpayer dollars funneled to it by Democrats. This time, with both Democrats and Republicans joined against them, ACORN Is going down…and we believe it will ultimately take Obama, Axelrod, and most of today’s Democratic leadership down with it.

The article goes on to say:

There IS a RICO investigation of ACORN and the Obama campaign underway - this has now been established by the mainstream media. Right now it’s rumored here in Chicago that Patrick Fitzgerald is heading it (confirmation on that has not come yet). There is a lot of activity in Chicago right now, with a lot of IRS agents looking into the finances coming in and out of this city, and across state lines (this was established on Monday when the GOP issued emergency press releases that much of Obama’s campaign contributions could very well be illegal foreign contributions - what appears to be deliberately poor record keeping designed to hide the true identities and monetary sources of online donors is at issue here). We see in 15 states now that ACORN is being busted for attempted voter fraud, and for fraudulent, illegal voter registratons in the hundreds of thousands, if not a million. The article below states, and we have confirmed this with people who know for sure, that the people who gathered evidence of Obama’s fraud and voter intimidation techniques during the primaries against Hillary Clinton are sharing everything they have with the Republican Party and the federal government.

What’s happening here is something we have never seen before: centrist Clinton Democrats and Republicans are working together to expose the DNC and Obama campaign’s illegal activities and orchestrated, coordinated fraud. Both parties are working with federal agents to investigate ACORN, which has been funded with upwards of $800,000 in questionable donations from the Obama campaign (in what appears to be the expressed and explicit direction to engineer voter fraud in the general election). The tactics being employed now in the 15 states currently under investigation are the VERY SAME TACTICS we saw on the ground in Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Nebraska, Indiana, and other states working for Hillary Clinton in the primaries.

This is systematic study of all the methods that the Obama campaign is using still to make sure the Messiah wins the election. The article continues:

All of this is still developing and we do not know how many more breaks in this story will come before November 4th. We do detect a purposeful breaking of something new in this story every few days. Monday was the reports of illegal contributions to the Obama campaign from overseas that tied into the $800,000 given to ACORN by Obama. On Wednesday, all Hell broke lose in 15 states with ACORN offices left and right busted for massive voter fraud operations. We don’t know about other cities, but lawyers here in Chicago are talking about something BIG going down. On in-trade, someone short-sold Obama and bought $140,000 in shares for a McCain win on November 4th, dropping Obama’s intrade price from roughly $75/share to $64/share or so.

. . .

Whenever a storm brews for Obama, the media ratchets up its cheerleading, and those in the tank for him do whatever they can to protect him. That’s why we’ve also noticed the polling companies changing their party ID samples in the last two or three weeks, upping Democrats’ party ID to 50% in some polls, and dropping Republicans down to just 20%, with 30% Independent. If you look at this critically, you’d see that Democrats have never enjoyed more than a 4% historical party ID advantage. In 2006, a year that Democrats RAGED against both Bush and the sex-scandal plagued GOP (Mark Foley, Larry Craig, and other characters), Democrats had just a 3% party ID advantage. All of this means polls should be using samples with 39% Democrats, 35% Republican, and 26% Independent.

Their theory on the MSM and the polls:

The polling samples are manipulated to give Obama higher poll numbers than he really in fact has, as reflective of support in the electorate. Some people believe this is all being done as cover for the voter fraud — so that Obama polls higher than he should in states where ACORN’s activities are meant to pump illegal votes in to push him much higher than he would be in an actual, legitimate election. The polls, in essence, are thus showing that ACORN is expected to deliver that 11% party ID advantage to Democrats, by bringing the dead, ineligible felons, and homeless multi-voters to the voting booths. The polls thus seem rigged to produce the results Obama wants…and ACORN is the muscle to make sure results are delivered to match the established polls.

That’s one theory.

Another is that the polling companies and networks are working independent of the Obama campaign, but that the networks, which fund the polls, demand good Obama poll numbers because those drive ratings. MSNBC, in particular, will most likely go under when Obama loses — they are so in the tank for his campaign, and are behind so much of the mischief of the past year, that when Obama loses we are certain Jeff Zucker, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, and others will lose their jobs, with the network collapsing a year or two later. MSNBC is already in last place. Republicans and centrist Democrats won’t touch it. The only people left watching it are Obama supporters (or sadomasochistic Eeyores who enjoy watching propaganda engineered specifically to depress them,and in turn cause them to depress everyone around them with “We’re all doomed! Obama is unstoppable! The TV told me this and now I need be constantly reassured otherwise so I will drain the energy from all those around me!” woe). Obama supporters disappear when MSNBC is not providing enough cheerleading for him. And Obama supporters are all MSNBC has left.

So, in our opinion, the media and the polls are linked, since both depend on Obama followers remaining loyal viewers, never becoming disillusioned in his campaign. His support in polls is thus inflated for network business reasons, with Potemkin Vilage idiots like Matthews and Olbermann reading from Jeff Zucker’s predictably pro-Obama script. Manupulation and propaganda like this happen all the time.

You can read the rest at HillBuzz.

Money, where's Barack Going to Get it Now?

HT/ Pax Parabellum

The Tennessee GOP put together this video. Barack isn't going to change his spending plans--recession or not.

Some People Think for Themselves

HT/Moonbattery
Crossposted: Pax Parabellum

The World Wants Obama, Can We Send Him Over There?

HT: MyPetJawa

Obama's New Coin

H/T: The Astute Bloggers


That's right folks, the Obamamessiah has his own coins (well 300 or so for now). It seems that a firm in Birmingham, England got this idea to make the coins from something Meryl Streep said. They then made the coin and contacted some Democrats that liked the idea and ordered a bunch for top dems. More will be produced if the Egomanaic is elected

Why Obama Can't Postpone the Debate

I posted another version of this on another blog, but today I've been thinking that what I posted yesterday says a lot about why Obama can't agree to postpone the debate. Here's the promo for the debate.

The video:



And here's a copy of the email Michelle sent to subscribers on the Obama Website:

[Your Name Here]--

This Friday, we'll reach another milestone in this campaign -- the first debate of the general election, on September 26th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Millions of Americans will tune in to watch Barack debate John McCain about America's foreign policy and our role in the world.

Barack will share his plan to bring the change we need -- to restore our place in the world, ensure security at home and abroad, and reestablish the United States as the world's economic leader.

This is a great opportunity for you to learn more about the issues. And it's also a great opportunity for you to share Barack's message of change with your friends, family, and neighbors by attending a Debate Watch Party.

Watch the debate with friends and supporters, and talk about how you can get involved in this movement.

I recorded a brief message about these parties. Please take a moment to watch the video and sign up to attend a Debate Watch Party in your community.

Many Americans are still learning about Barack and this movement for change.

They don't know about his plan to restore the middle class, cut taxes for 95 percent of American families, provide health care for every American, achieve energy independence, improve our schools, and responsibly end the war in Iraq.

Many people also don't know that John McCain has voted with George Bush more than 90 percent of the time -- including to continue Bush's failed Iraq policies, not investigating the government response to Katrina, not supporting children's health care, not supporting college benefits for returning veterans, and passing tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the middle class.

This debate is a chance for Americans to hear directly from Barack. And with just a few weeks left before Election Day, it's more important than ever that we bring people together and talk about the issues that matter in our communities.

I hope you'll watch my short message and sign up to attend a Debate Watch Party:

http://my.barackobama.com/firstdebate

Thank you for all that you're doing,

Michelle

As you can see, a lot of plans have been made for this debate. Obama plans it would seem to lay out his entire campaign (ad nauseam if you ask me).

And what about this changing in the polls. I just don't see how anyone can trust Obama. I've been vaguely sick at my stomach all day just thinking about an Obama Presidency because the voting public is so easily scammed.

Obama and What He Really Thinks About Guns

H/T: RightWingSparkle and NRA


Barack Obama is a smooth operator. He has a sing song style of talking that lulls a person into believing whatever he is saying at the moment is true. And with guns, Obama isn't any different. He claims he is all for people keeping their right to bear arms--even when his record tells a different story:

FACT: Barack Obama opposes four of the five Supreme Court justices who affirmed an individual right to keep and bear arms. He voted against the confirmation of Alito and Roberts and he has stated he would not have appointed Thomas or Scalia.

FACT: Barack Obama voted for an Illinois State Senate bill to ban and confiscate “assault weapons,” but the bill was so poorly crafted, it would have also banned most semi-auto and single and double barrel shotguns commonly used by sportsmen.

FACT: Barack Obama voted to allow reckless lawsuits designed to bankrupt the firearms industry.

FACT: Barack Obama wants to re-impose the failed and discredited Clinton Gun Ban.

FACT: Barack Obama voted to ban almost all rifle ammunition commonly used for hunting and sport shooting.

FACT: Barack Obama has endorsed a 500% increase in the federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition.

FACT: Barack Obama has endorsed a complete ban on handgun ownership.

FACT: Barack Obama supports local gun bans in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and other cities.

FACT: Barack Obama voted to uphold local gun bans and the criminal prosecution of people
who use firearms in self-defense.

FACT: Barack Obama supports gun owner licensing and gun registration.

FACT: Barack Obama refused to sign a friend-of-the-court Brief in support of individual Second Amendment rights in the Heller case.

FACT: Barack Obama opposes Right to Carry laws.

FACT: Barack Obama was a member of the Board of Directors of the Joyce Foundation, the leading source of funds for anti-gun organizations and “research.”

FACT: Barack Obama supported a proposal to ban gun stores within 5 miles of a school or park, which would eliminate almost every gun store in America.

FACT: Barack Obama voted not to notify gun owners when the state of Illinois did records searches on them.

FACT: Barack Obama voted against a measure to lower the Firearms Owners Identification card age minimum from 21 to 18, a measure designed to assist young people in the military.

FACT: Barack Obama favors a ban on standard capacity magazines.

FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory micro-stamping.

FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory waiting periods.

FACT: Barack Obama supports repeal of the Tiahrt Amendment, which prohibits information on gun traces collected by the BATFE from being used in reckless lawsuits against firearm dealers and manufacturers.

FACT: Barack Obama supports one-gun-a-month handgun purchase restrictions.

FACT: Barack Obama supports a ban on inexpensive handguns.

FACT: Barack Obama supports a ban on the resale of police issued firearms, even if the money is going to police departments for replacement equipment.

FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory firearm training requirements for all gun owners and a ban on gun ownership for persons under the age of 21.

A Family Affair: Barack, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

All you really need to know:

Worth Repeating

Vote for Who the Europeans Want or Else

h/t: Moonbattery

It seems shocking to me that the Europeans who have their own problems seen to be obsessed of late with who we elect as our next president. Not only are they obsessed with who we elect, some are going so far as to suggest that if we don't elect Barack Obama, the Europeans won't like us anymore:

For Obama has stirred an excitement around the globe unmatched by any American politician in living memory. Polling in Germany, France, Britain and Russia shows that Obama would win by whopping majorities, with the pattern repeated in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. If November 4 were a global ballot, Obama would win it handsomely. If the free world could choose its leader, it would be Barack Obama.
. . . .

If Americans choose McCain, they will be turning their back on the rest of the world, choosing to show us four more years of the Bush-Cheney finger. And I predict a deeply unpleasant shift.

Until now, anti-Americanism has been exaggerated and much misunderstood: outside a leftist hardcore, it has mostly been anti-Bushism, opposition to this specific administration. But if McCain wins in November, that might well change. Suddenly Europeans and others will conclude that their dispute is with not only one ruling clique, but Americans themselves. For it will have been the American people, not the politicians, who will have passed up a once-in-a-generation chance for a fresh start - a fresh start the world is yearning for.

Who are the Europeans to say who we vote for, or how our country is run. The article goes on to say in almost a veiled threat:

And the manner of that decision will matter, too. If it is deemed to have been about race - that Obama was rejected because of his colour - the world's verdict will be harsh. In that circumstance, Slate's Jacob Weisberg wrote recently, international opinion would conclude that "the United States had its day, but in the end couldn't put its own self-interest ahead of its crazy irrationality over race".

Even if it's not ethnic prejudice, but some other aspect of the culture wars, that proves decisive, the point still holds. For America to make a decision as grave as this one - while the planet boils and with the US fighting two wars - on the trivial basis that a hockey mom is likable and seems down to earth, would be to convey a lack of seriousness, a fleeing from reality, that does indeed suggest a nation in, to quote Weisberg, "historical decline".

American Thinker has some thoughts on how the Europeans feel about Sarah Palin in this same vein.

Well, I am ashamed that I had intended to vote against what my brethren in the Old Country would have me do. I guess now that I have been told of the consequences, I will have to vote for Obama. LOL, ROTLMAO

Invesco Field Today --Wear Your Sunscreen

First, don't drive there--the parking lots are charging exorbitant rates if you can even get there. Fox News' crew said they were just asked to pay 2000 dollars today to park or they couldn't have the space.

Security is going to be a nightmare--so if you don't get there early, you might not get in. It opens at 1pm Denver time and unless you have VIP seating--it's first come, first serve--so you better be there at 1 (and that is 8 hours till Barack speaks--I've seen different tallies but he doesn't speak until 8pm Denver time ). But wear lots of sunscreen because you are not allowed to bring umbrellas, nor food or drink --so bring lotsa money--here's a list from the Denver Post:

WHAT NOT TO BRING: Outside food, beverages or coolers

Umbrellas (raincoats or ponchos are allowed)

Large bags, suitcases or backpacks

Noisemakers, air horns, whistles, cowbells, horns, bull horns or other voice enhancement devices.

Signs, banners, flags or any other items that would either obstruct the view of a patron or serve as a security risk

Any and all unauthorized merchandise, including unapproved pamphlets, handouts, advertisements, etc.

Knives of any size, razor blades or sharp and/or pointed objects like scissors, knitting needles, etc.

Mace/pepper spray or aerosol containers

Fireworks

Weapons of any kind, including toy weapons, or any article that might be used as a weapon and/or compromise public safety as well as canes, chains, sticks of any length

Screwdrivers or Leatherman brand or similar tools

Dangerous or hazardous items or materials including chemical, biological, radiological, etc.

Animals (except service or guide dogs)

Folding chairs

Laser devices

Tripods

Bikes, inline skates, skateboards, scooters, shoes with wheels

Illegal drugs and any other illegal substances

Frisbees or inflated balls of any kind

Strollers or baby seats (these cannot be left at entrances)

CAMERA POLICY: Cameras with lenses less than 75mm and small hand-held video cameras are permitted, provided they do not obstruct the view of other attendees. Professional cameras or any other audio/video recording equipment are not allowed without appropriate Convention press credentials.

Historic Day

Yea essssssss and hallelujah tonight we have nominated the first black man as the candidate for president for the Democrat party.

pausing: to wipe the tears from my eyes ---o the humanities, let me fall on my knees and praise God (o and I might could actually see the Obamamessiah King Zeus etc etc when he comes to town in --well it's the 2nd debate)

But here's the problem--ObamaZeus (for his temple backdrop tomorrow night) is the most left of center man in the senate. I wouldn't vote for him as dogcatcher and certainly not as president. There is nothing he can say that would convince me to vote for him.

I worried watching the repeat of Michelle's speech on CSPAN and seeing the crowds reaction---these people are enveloped in a spell---they can't see how bad ObamaZeus is because the MSM is too busy being the spreader of that very spell--the people supposed to be objective are perhaps the most mesmerized by ObamaZeus.

hopeychangeyhopeychangey---O mighty Obama the one we've been waiting for--hopeychangeyhopeychangey---O glorious Obama who will save us.
hopeychangey hopeychangey---O wonderous Light Bringer and Blessed one
hopeychangey hopeychangey--Come amoung us now and make us see the error of our capitalist ways hopeychangey hopeychangey--Come and show us how to serve You and our country.
hopeychangey hopeychangey--Come take our money to spend as you the Chosen One knows best what is needed to make this nation anew and in your likeness--hopeychangeyhopeychangeyhopeychangeyhopeychangey

Biden Obamamessiah's Running Mate

It's official Joe Biden will be the Obamamessiah's VP (ever think that Fox's Major Garrett has become one of Obama Minions--he sure sounds like one of the chosen lately).

The news broken a little before 1 A.M. Eastern Time as someone close to the Obama campaign let the MSM know it was official that Joe Biden was the VP--long before the text message is supposed to go out sometime later this morning.

A good clue was the Secret Service showing up earlier at Biden's Delaware home.

Now of course the 24 hour news channels are scrambling about their normal reruns in the early morning hours as well as revamping what will be seen on Saturday's shows. Obamamania has struck once again and he owns the airwaves. WhoooHoooo.

I always kind of thought Obama was hesitant of Biden because Biden actually may have a bigger ego than Obama and might show up the Obamamessiah.

The Obamamessiah Less than Respectful at the Western Wall

h/t: WorldNetDaily
a little late but--
It seems that the Obama roadies couldn't resist plastering the the Western Wall with campaign paraphernalia. They have no shame obviously.

Obama camp plasters posters at Western Wall
Advertises Democrat candidate's website, official slogan at Judaism's holiest site
By Aaron Klein

JERUSALEM – Sen. Barack Obama's campaign plastered the entrance to the Western Wall – the holiest site in Judaism – with official campaign posters, WND has learned.
Jerusalem police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld confirmed to WND posters that adorned police barricades erected at the Western Wall plaza for Obama's visit were distributed by the presidential candidate's campaign.
"These posters were his campaign and not the doing of the police," said Rosenfeld, whose police department coordinated security and provided protection for Obama's visit today to the holy site.
Asked if it was traditional practice for politicians visiting the Western Wall to bring along posters or campaign materials, Rosenfeld replied, "No."
Obama campaign posters can be seen in media footage of the Illinois senator's early morning surprise visit to the Western Wall.
His visit reportedly was not on the official campaign schedule.
The posters display Obama's name in Hebrew. One poster erected on the main police barricade used by Obama to enter the holy site boasts the official red, white and blue campaign "O" symbol and advertises the candidate's campaign's website.
A second poster also displays Obama's name in Hebrew and contains an image of Israeli and American flags.
Reuters posted images of the Obama campaign posters showing a handful of people waiting behind the police barricades.
Reuters images had the following caption:
"Supporters of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) stand behind banners printed with his name in Hebrew as they wait for his arrival at the Western wall."
The caption implied supporters brought along the pro-Obama material.
But an eyewitness speaking to WND tells a different story.
"The kids waiting for Obama may not even be Obama supporters. No one knew Obama was coming in advance. We saw the police barricades erected. We saw Obama's face on the posters, and some police said Obama was on his way. So a few people gathered by the barricades and waited for Obama," said the witness.
Obama's media relations department in the U.S. did not reply to a WND phone call request for comment.
Obama arrived at about 5 a.m. Jerusalem time. He wore a Jewish skullcap and placed a prayer in the wall he said he had written. He bowed his head while a rabbi read a psalm calling for peace in the holy city.
According to media accounts, one worshiper repeatedly heckled Obama, chanting: "Obama, Jerusalem is not for sale" and "Jerusalem is our land."