As I’ve said here many times in the past, I’m a big fan of Dafydd ab Hugh’s Big Lizards blog. Perhaps it’s because I share his cynicism about politicians.

In a post from Sunday, Dafydd writes about Obama’s Wailing Wall prayer and its subsequent release by an Israeli newspaper:

Having read the so-called prayer, I am completely convinced that Obama fully intended for it to be “intercepted” and published… and may even have arranged for it. The “prayer” is impersonal and vague, yet contains the perfect code phrase designed to help Obama with evangelicals; I do not entertain the slightest doubt that he wanted it to be published — and published in a way that makes him out to be the “victim” of a spiteful invasion of his privacy. (In fact, Maariv says that the Obama campaign itself released the prayer to the media before the supposed theft.)

I’m agnostic, and it still infuriates me.

The whole thing is worth a read.

If Obama’s prayer was sincere, then whoever stole and released it should be ashamed. On the other hand, if he went out there with the intent of making it public, he should be ashamed.