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| B. Hussein Obama's Wright Stuff |
| 2008-03-18 |
| Given my background, my politics, and my professed values and ideals, there will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation are not enough. Why associate myself with Reverend Wright in the first place, they may ask? Why not join another church? And I confess that if all that I knew of Reverend Wright were the snippets of those sermons that have run in an endless loop on the television and You Tube, or if Trinity United Church of Christ conformed to the caricatures being peddled by some commentators, there is no doubt that I would react in much the same way But the truth is, that isnt all that I know of the man. The man I met more than twenty years ago is a man who helped introduce me to my Christian faith, a man who spoke to me about our obligations to love one another; to care for the sick and lift up the poor. He is a man who served his country as a U.S. Marine; who has studied and lectured at some of the finest universities and seminaries in the country, and who for over thirty years led a church that serves the community by doing Gods work here on Earth - by housing the homeless, ministering to the needy, providing day care services and scholarships and prison ministries, and reaching out to those suffering from HIV/AIDS. Like other predominantly black churches across the country, Trinity embodies the black community in its entirety - the doctor and the welfare mom, the model student and the former gang-banger. Like other black churches, Trinitys services are full of raucous laughter and sometimes bawdy humor. They are full of dancing, clapping, screaming and shouting that may seem jarring to the untrained ear. The church contains in full the kindness and cruelty, the fierce intelligence and the shocking ignorance, the struggles and successes, the love and yes, the bitterness and bias that make up the black experience in America. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #9 Somebody on Belmont Club nailed it this AM: "Obama's speech said Black racism is OK. And if you criticize it your are a racist. And that he is the Messiah who will "fix" racist blue collar whites. And that, oh by the way, AmeriKKKa is racist. He's toast. And so are Dems." Yep. Got it in one. Get used to saying "President McCain." |
| Posted by: Pancho Elmeck8414 2008-03-18 18:41 |
| #8 I don't think that's going to feed the bulldog. The things I saw that guy say on video are fairly damning and If he wants to associate himself with that, he's sunk. Of course there isn't anything he could have said to make me vote for him anyway, so I guess he's no worse off in that respect. The nuts will still vote for him at any rate. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-03-18 17:42 |
| #7 Thanks, TW. But I think my real problem is this: Ideally, with a two party democracy, the party that is not in power is supposed to challenge the party that is in power. They are supposed to keep the other party honest. They are supposed to ask questions and maintain an honest discussion about the issues that face the nation. They are supposed to be the loyal opposition. The Democrats have failed. Election after election they nominate these losers. And even when they elected Bill Clinton it stank. He disgraced himself, he disgraced our country and he buckled in the face of threats from the likes of Osama bin Laden. Some staunch Republicans might think that's a good thing but it's not. The problem is that it frees up the Republicans to nominate people like John McCain who has some very real problems of his own. It makes the Republicans less honest than they should be. It fails to give voters a viable alternative when we are unhappy the likes of Bush and McCain. Republicans and Democrats wink at each other while they're doling out the pork. Yes, I believe in the way Bush has handled Iraq and I guess I have to trust him on Iran and Pakistan because I'm sure he knows things about these places that I don't. But on illegal immigration and trade with China I'm pretty sure he's wrong and he's wrong for the wrong reasons and it's very worrisome to me. But I have no alternative. I certainly can't turn to Obama. It makes me frustrated and angry. I could use some of your tea but I guess I'll just go back to work and forget it for awhile. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque (aka Ebbang Uluque6305) 2008-03-18 15:20 |
| #6 Probably good enough for the socialists and University-profs-for-world-govt to bring out the Kool-aid again; however, many of the mainstreet crowd and the soccer moms and the NASCAR dads and the suburban quietists will get the feeling that 'something isn't quite right here' we'll see |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-03-18 13:16 |
| #5 Here, Abu Uluque, dear. A cup of chamomile tea with valerian will help with that calming down thing... and if not I imagine I can dig up some valium somewhere. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-18 13:14 |
| #4 Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition. Politicians routinely exploited fears of crime for their own electoral ends. Talk show hosts and conservative commentators built entire careers unmasking bogus claims of racism while dismissing legitimate discussions of racial injustice and inequality as mere political correctness or reverse racism. Take a deep breath, Abu. Count to ten. Calm down, now, before you have a stroke. He's just a politician and he can't win. OK. OK. But how about this?? This time we want to talk about the crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children and Asian children and Hispanic children and Native American children. How about the American kids in California whose school budgets are gonna be slashed because they spend so much money on illegal aliens? Watcha gonna do about that, Hussein? Huh? You frickin' hypocrite!!! What??? OK. OK. I'm fine. I'm good. I'm calm. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque (aka Ebbang Uluque6305) 2008-03-18 12:48 |
| #3 You don't have to - just believe that BO is the rosetta stone for all those crazy uncles you just are not bright enough to understand: Joe, Mao, Ho, Jeremiah. Otherwise you just end up like me, scratching your head thinking, "Wow what a incoherant rambling of a speech." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-03-18 12:27 |
| #2 I wasn't gonna vote for you anyways, Barack. All the "Reverend" did was give me another reason why to think that's the right decision. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-18 12:20 |
| #1 Okay - it doesn't quite parse into any logical statements. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-03-18 12:07 |