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Obama and Wright

I refuse to judge a man’s character by the words or deeds of his friends and associates. I’ve always been this way. Guilt by association just doesn’t sit well with me. So I gave the “big news” about Senator Obama’s pastor spewing divisive and bigoted sermons very little attention.

Okay, maybe my belief that all organized religions are divisive and discriminating at their core anyway had something to do with my indifference to this story.

But, even if that wasn’t my position on organized religion I’d still feel that Jeremiah Wright’s words have nothing to do with Senator Obama’s character.

I have very close friends who think and say some really stupid things too, does the fact that I know these people make me equally ignorant or stupid? Of course not, it just means I accept the human faults of those I meet and befriend. I think that’s a good quality and I’ll continue to do so.

However, what has struck me is the Senator’s response. He denounced his pastor’s statements and claimed ignorance to Wright’s positions until recently.

Ignorance, really? After attending the pastor’s Church for twenty-plus years the Senator hadn’t caught on to Wright’s anger and intolerance?

Okay, I’ll accept that as truth. I have no reason to believe Senator Obama would lie about this or anything else.

But that makes me ask what should be the obvious question for everybody now, if the Senator completely missed the obvious, blatant and appalling [Senator Obama's own words] aspects of Wright’s nature that were seemingly common knowledge in South Chicago, doesn’t that end the Senator’s right to claim his judgement should trump Clinton’s experience in this campaign?

For a year now I’ve watched as Clinton touted her experience and Obama refuted that with the argument that he didn’t vote for the war in Iraq (nevermind that he wasn’t in a position to make any vote at that time), and that his good judgement should stand for more than Clinton’s additional experience.

Well, when you don’t see that your spiritual advisor is anti-American and racist after more than 2 decades of attending his sermons, seeking his council and being chummy enough to offer him a formal role in your campaign as a member of your African American Religious Leadership Committee… I can only say that creates a gigantic question about your vision and judgement.

Noboy can have it both ways. Either Senator Obama is oblivious to what’s around him–which makes his claims of good judgement seem a little silly–or the Senator is using the age old word games of politics to distance and disconnect himself from an embarrassing situation–which means he is just a politician who’ll practice politics as usual.

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  1. The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes three-strike laws and wants them to sing God Bless America. No! No No! God damn America … for killing innocent people. God damn America for threatening citizens as less than humans. God damn America as long as she tries to act like she is God and supreme. – Pastor Jeremiah Wright (April 2003)

    I can no more disown [Rev. Wright] than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother – a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe. – Senator Obama (March 2008)

    My question is…why did it take Senator Obama 5 years to address this issue? Why now? Why, as he running for President, is he still affiliated with this type of extremism? The same extremism that is the foundation for the terrorism we are fighting today. If he can’t disown this extremism, why are Americans still supporting him? The next quote is from a radio broadcast 19 Mar 2008…

    The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity, but that she is a typical white person. If she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know (pause) there’s a reaction in her that doesn’t go away and it comes out in the wrong way – Senator Obama

    A supposed Presidential hopeful slamming whites and his own grandmother to the nation he wants to run. Please, somebody explain this to me…

    Here are some more quotes…

    …I ceased to advertise my mother’s race at the age of twelve or thirteen, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites… – Senator Obama’s Book “Dreams From My Father” page xv

    Trinity [Church] embodies the black community in its entirety – Senator Obama

    My Rant…The Democrats will put our country in a downward spiral, just as Bill Clinton did during his term. More importantly they will open our country to terrorism, they will send the wrong message to the whole world and more importantly to them…they plan to slap the almost 4000 men and women that have died in Iraq by pulling out of Iraq and letting that country go to Iran, Al Qaeda and Muslim extremists. Bill Clinton and the democrats are to blame for the down sizing of our military and our intelligence community that led to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. President Bush didn’t have time to fix these issues…he only had time to react. President Bush also asked for the parties to unite…take a look today…there isn’t any unity on the hill. The democrats DO NOT GET IT and THEY NEVER WILL. The democrats were the first to jump on the issue of troops not having the proper equipment to fight a war, our troops were lacking proper armament and personal protection…who did they point the finger at…President Bush. President Bush had nothing to do with it. Bill Clinton is to blame…and Americans support another Clinton!! Amazing! On the flip side of the coin, we have never fought a war like we are fighting today and just as we did during all previous wars…we adapted. Unfortunately, lives are lost before weaknesses are realized. This is the nature of war…been there, done that. Still, the democrats point at the Republicans.

    What is that saying, “That birds of a feather will flock together”. The Clintons are married and are still married. Bill Clinton lied to our faces when he stated he did not have sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. I remember that broadcast, while he pointed his finger, pounded on the podium all while squinting his eyes at the camera. He was scalding the American people for questioning his behavior (behavior unbecoming an American President). By the way, questioning our elected leaders is not only a duty and but a responsibility of an American citizen. HE WAS LYING RIGHT TO OUR FACES!! So what makes people who support the Clintons think that Hillary will not lie to our faces also? “Birds of a feather will flock together”. Another quote…

    Our view is that if you can’t run your own house, you certainly can’t run the White House – Mrs. Obama

    My vote is for Mrs. Obama!! LOL, just kidding…see below.

    If anyone has had their patriotism tested, it has been Senator John McCain. During his 23rd bombing mission on October 26, 1967, a missile struck his plane and forced him to eject, knocking him unconscious and breaking both his arms and his leg. He was then taken as a prisoner of war into the now infamous “Hanoi Hilton,” where he was denied necessary medical treatment and often beaten by the North Vietnamese. He spent much of his time as a prisoner of war in solitary confinement, aided by his faith and the friendships of his fellow POWs. When he was released in accordance with the Paris Peace Accords in 1973, Senator McCain continued his service by regaining his naval flight status. He was a POW for 5 ½ years! His naval honors include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

    Senator McCain is a loyal and faithful patriot of our country. He came home to us honorably in 1973 and for that and for the love of his country, he has earned my vote as the next President of the United States. No other candidate compares.

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