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According to WND’s Aaron Klein, Sen. Obama’s camapaign staff plastered the barricades at Jerusalem’s Western Wall with campaign signs:

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.”

This is disgusting behavior. Treating one of the world’s holiest sites as a campaign site isn’t acceptable. It’s an exercise in elitism of unprecedented proportions. We’ve known for quite some time that Sen. Obama has a ‘the world revolves around me’ attitude.

After all, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen Sen. Obama’s elitist side. Let’s not forget Jeremiah Wright’s ’sin’ against Sen. Obama. It wasn’t the racist, hateful things Wright said from the pulpit. It wasn’t his US KKK of A diatribe. Sen. Obama didn’t throw Wright under the bus until Wright dissed him personally at the National Press Club. That, Obama said, was too much.

Obama’s disgusting behavior at this Jewish holy site is just another episode in his narcissistic behavior. Here’s a picture of Obama’s garish poster:

Here’s Reuters’ caption:

Supporters of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) hold a banner printed with his name in Hebrew as they wait for his arrival at the Western wall in Jerusalem July 23, 2008.

What’s odd is that this was a surprise visit. How did Obama’s supporters know they should show up with a banner long before sunrise? After all, Sen. Obama visited at about 5:00 am.

Obama arrived at about 5 a.m. Jerusalem time. He wore a Jewish skullcap and placed a prayer in the wall he said had written. He bowed his head while a rabbi read a psalm calling for peace in the holy city.

According to media accounts, one worshipper repeatedly heckled Obama, chanting: “Obama, Jerusalem is not for sale” and “Jerusalem is our land.”

This won’t help Sen. Obama’s image. He’s already having difficulty with Jewish voters. This won’t help win their confidence. This might just cement their image of him being a show horse, not a workhorse for Jewish issues.I certainly couldn’t blame devout Jews for abandoning him after this incident.

Cross-posted at Let Freedom Ring. Comments welcome.