http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080052436&ch=6/9/2008%208:04:00%20PMI thought this was another wonderful story about Obama's connection with our soldiers... however, knowing the ignorant-right-wing-prick-squad, they will probably try and spin this as another reason to fear the evil Obama man. So I thought it would be good to post this in case you run across someone who has been spun an inacurate version of this story - here's the story and photo:
Press Trust of India
Monday, June 9, 2008 (New York)
It's unusual. But, it's a fact. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic party's presidential nominee, is seeking the blessings of Lord Hanuman in his battle for the White House.
The 46-year-old senator from Illinois, who defeated his rival Hillary Clinton in an epic 17-month long electoral battle for Democratic party nomination, carries a ''tiny monkey god'' apparently representing ''Hanuman'' with him for good luck.
A recent photo posted on Time's White House Photo of the Day collection shows the first ever Black-American nominee in the race to the White House carries with him a bracelet belonging to an American soldier deployed in Iraq, a gambler's lucky chit, a tiny monkey god, tiny Madonna and child.
That ''tiny monkey god,'' of course, appears to be a statue of the Hindu monkey god, Hanuman, says the posting but editors and the photographer has not identified it as such.
Obama, whose father was a Kenyan and mother a white woman from Kansas, spent initial days of his life in Indonesia where Hinduism is a popular religion.
In addition to a lucky penny, Republican candidate John McCain carries a lucky nickel, and a lucky rubber band, which he wears around his wrist.