Does not disavow hate-filled racist pastor
The last thing I needed this morning was to be preached at on the issue of race relations (full text of the speech here). Especially from a guy who has surrounded himself (and even married) some of the most hate-filled, separatist racists I’ve heard spew forth in quite some time.
If Barack Obama wanted to preach the story of unity and racial harmony, perhaps he should have started with his own Reverend and his own wife. I doubt that he did, though. I doubt it would have done much good, either.
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In the speech, Obama said that he can no more disown the “white America” hating Wright than he can disown his grandmother who, he says, “occasionally uttered racial epithets”.
Which is utter bullshit. He didn’t choose his grandmother. But he did choose to associate himself (extremely closely) to Rev. Wright. He can disown Rev. Wright. He won’t do it though. Can’t and Won’t don’t mean the same thing, Barack.
And again, I don’t buy the lies that he just recently learned that his spiritual adviser, mentor, and close friend Rev. Wright is a white-hating, America-hating, hate-fille, anti-Semitic race hustler.
Barack has known this since day one. 20 years ago.
From Barack’s own mouth today: “Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes.” Contrast that with his words from just a few days ago when he lied to the American public, “I have never heard Rev. Wright preach hatred of America.”
Was he lying then, or is he lying now (we know the answer is “then”)? Does it matter which time he lied to us?
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OTHERS
Paul at Powerline: “The rest of us now should have the courage to take Obama at his word and decide whether it is acceptable to elect as president of the United States someone who carries Rev. Wright around as part of him, and who takes his ranting seriously.”
NOTE: I won’t accept him or his associations with Rev. Wright.
Kathryn Lopez sums up the whole speech quite succinctly: “Damn straight, Rev. Wright is angry. That’s how I wound up at his church. That’s why I stay there. I’m mad too, I just control it better. Now let’s get [on with] electing me president so we can all feel good.”
Mary at Freedom Eden: “Rather than saying he won’t be associated with Wright and his message, rather than admitting that he made a mistake in choosing him as a spiritual mentor and financially supporting a church that preaches hate, Obama told America he won’t abandon Wright. He won’t change.”
NOTE: Obama’s new campaign slogan: “Change for thee but not for me.”
AJ at Strata-Sphere: “What is telling is Obama admits he was not truthful when he claimed not to know about Wright,” which is what I’ve been saying since the moment that Barack opened his lying pie hole about this matter.
Kate at Small Dead Animals:
So, he’s shuffled from “he doesn’t exist” to “I didn’t hear him” to “I didn’t agree” to “my white grandmother was racist, too, and look how I turned out”.
Perhaps Obama doesn’t two-step so much as he slithers.
and just to celebrate while we’re still being entertained by this sinking ship…i attended this morning’s “dog ate my homework” profession. yes i actually drove to philly, and no i wasn’t on the list. i’ve actually been wanting to see the museum and the liberty bell and independence hall and franklin’s grave. this was all within 1/4 mile.
the senator may not be qualified, he may be defeated, he may be marginalized by many (if not most), but he aint giving up. there were some rabid disciples too, but these nuts would try and defend a pedophilia-filled past if it were discovered. lucky for me too; they were so busy being pc, they didn’t notice when i jedi mind tricked em!
obamamaniacs: “you’re not on the list!”
me: “yes we can, yes we can, yes we can…find me on the list…
obamamaniacs: yes we can find you on the list…wanna buy some death sticks?”
me: “you don’t want to sell me any death sticks; you want to go home and rethink you’re life!”
no seriously, i may have given them an old nickname i happened to have seen that may have been on one of their 4 admission lists. woops! truth be told, they were just so excited about the appearance of obamesiah that they wouldn’t have discriminated against osama bin laden if he claimed his name was hank aaron. so the battered but not broken flock were really cool until the divine climbed up on the soap box, i took my jacket off, and exposed my new shirt.
[Editor --- funny you should mention that t-shirt. I just designed my own Obama t-shirt. It reads, "I wouldn't vote for Obama if he was white."
It's designed to throw people off with it's duel meanings --- 1) I am voting for Obama because he is black, or 2) I'm not voting for Obama, and it's not because I'm a racist. My reasons for not voting for him have nothing to do with his race.]
Left by adam on March 18th, 2008 at 2:15 pm