By: Ben Smith

Even as McCain tries to tamp down some of the anger, hostility to Obama runs deep.

The Iowa Independent reports that the invocation, delivered before McCain arrived at his Davenport event today, suggested Obama was the candidate of the non-Christian faiths.

“I would also pray, Lord, that your reputation is involved in all that happens between now and November, because there are millions of people around this world praying to their god—whether it’s Hindu, Buddha, Allah—that his opponent wins, for a variety of reasons," said the minister delivering it. "And Lord, I pray that you will guard your own reputation, because they’re going to think that their God is bigger than you, if that happens. So I pray that you will step forward and honor your own name with all that happens between now and election day."

Also from the Iowa Independent: "A national reporter in front of me is bored and surfing icanhascheezburger.com."

UPDATED with verbatim quote and audio, below.

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