INSIDE JUNE
Eloquent Speech, Troubling WorldviewBarack Obama just gave an eloquent speech, but one thatdoes not address the underlying nature of Senator Obama'sbeliefs. Rev. Jeremiah Wright, like Mr. Obama, believes ina state-centered 21st century form of big-governmentsocialism. This 21st century form of socialism is at theheart of the Liberation Theology Rev. Wright preaches fromthe pulpit. Today, Mr. Obama again made it clear, with allhis eloquence, that he still embraces these beliefs thatwould require dismantling the free-market system that hasmade our country's economy the most prosperous in all ofhuman history.In contrast to Liberation Theology, the Christianorthodoxy teaches about the nature of God, the nature ofman, the relationship between the two in this life, andabout the hereafter. Liberation Theology, on the otherhand, is a belief system about political agendas,socialistic economic policy, and redistribution of wealth. Proponents of Liberation Theology, like Rev. Wright, teachthat God commands us to form a government that willsupervise our economy to create government-subsidized jobsunder central-government planning; guarantee healthcare andeducation by having government control both; and achieve'economic equality' by redistributing wealth throughmassive taxes on the affluent and massive governmententitlements for the poor. And it advocates replacinggovernments that do not embrace this socialistic agenda. Those are the beliefs of Liberation Theology. Those arethe offensive root beliefs underlying many of Rev. Wright'ssermons. And though Barack Obama does not embrace Mr.Wright's offensive language, he does embrace thisgovernment-solves-everything-through-socialism worldview.His speech was magnificent in its elegance and rhetoric,but today Mr. Obama reminded me yet again of his worldviewthat embraces, among other things, partial-birth abortion,military weakness, and economic socialism. Thank God forreligious liberty, free market, and free elections!
Tom DeLay is the former House Majority Leader, the second ranking leader in the United States House of Representatives, and co-author of No Retreat, No Surrender: One American's Fight.