Obama's Pastor: 'God Damn America!"

Sharon,

Thanks for your resource-rich post on Wright. For some time now, and recently on Townhall.com, I've been voicing concerns about Wright and his influence on Obama's views.

For example, please see:

http://mhucao.blogtownhall.com/2008/03/13/obama_*must*_expl ain_his_position_on_wrights_separatism_and_reparations.thtm l

http://mhucao.blogtownhall.com/2008/03/07/obama_must_explai n_wrights_influence.thtml

(I updated the former post to include a link to your post, which helps to reinforce my position - if you object, I will remove the link)

This isn't an issue of guilt by association, but of Obama's associations making necessary reasonable inquiries into Obama's beliefs on those topics dear to Wright, including balck separatism (under the guise of black liberation theology) and slavery reparations.

It is not enough for Obama to distance himself from Wright. He needs to explain his views.

http://rycksrationalizations.blogtownhall.com/2008/03/13/th e_race_wars_begin_hillary_and_obama_both_play_the_race_card .thtml

[1] This insulates Obama from Hillary attacks. all she can do is blubber and moan. She probably cannot win the nomination as this guy will howl for decades.

[2] This sinks his ability to win in November.

Both are good news.

rycK

This is the one Jeremiah Wright sermon that I've listented to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4WMqlfiQKo .

This is not hate. This is not racism. This is not the politics of division. Wright is politicking here. He is speaking to his black congregation. He is saying that Obama understands what is to be black in America. He is saying Hillary Clinton does not really understand what it means to be black in America. And he is saying to his congregation: Therefore, if you are black, vote for Obama, not Clinton.

The Reverend Wright makes a very persuasive argument to black people to vote black. Notwithstanding his logic (which I do not fault) I find his combination of cadence and passion and religion to be really quite moving. It is no wonder to me that he is considered to be one of the most influential black pastors in America.

And to white people: What is wrong with what Wright is preaching? Should black people pretend that being black in America does not matter? Should black people overlook their history of slavery and discrimination. Should they forget that a mere 40 years ago there was an Alabama Governor named George Wallace who also ran for the presidency? Should black people aspire to such an elevated level of political correctness that they pretend Obama is not black?

C'mon... Obviously black people should vote for Obama.

I believe that there are many reasons to vote for Obama because he is black; here is one: This is a world divided between haves and have nots. The politics of terrorism takes root in the soil of poverty. Like it or not, you cannot escape the fact that most blacks are have nots. Who better to reach across this divide of poverty and of colour than a black President of the United States?

Obamanation - A Poem To Make One Shudder
This presidential campaign is anything but presidential.
It is -- an Obom-i-nation.

O- Bomb-A-Nation?

Obama goes to church for twenty years
And sits and listens with those huge ears
Yet, expects us to believe he doesn't hear?
That's an Obomanation.

And have you noticed how close a name
Can be to a person's lifetime game?
Like Hitler's name's a clue - A. Hit.
And that's an Obomanation.

I get a bad feeling when I hear
The name that goes with those big deaf ears,
That pray upon our racial fears,
I hear an Obomanation.

Goodbye to hope and peace and change
Obama's sainthood is most profane
Please do not laugh at my explanation
Oboma is an Obomanation.

It seems like God is sending us a clue
To protect our red, white and blue
From false prophets, the likes of who
Bear clues - It's Obama, Nation!

His preacher-monster, hateful bigot,
Spews death and blood like an open spigot
Don't join the ranks of foolish exaltation
I believe he'll lead us to O', say it, Bomb A Nation.

The devil assumes a pleasing shape
While teaching hatred of whites, that is spiritual rape,
What's in his name that excites my imagination?
I believe he wants to O', say it, Bomb Our Nation.

He wants to bomb America, that's right, with "change"
Whatever that means, it is horrifyingly strange
To preach hatred of whites should bring condemnation
Especially when the name's an Obamanation.

Obamanation - A Poem To Make One Shudder This presidential campaign is anything but presidential.
It is -- an Obam-a-nation.

O- Bomb-A-Nation?

Obama goes to church for twenty years
And sits and listens with those huge ears
Yet, expects us to believe he doesn't hear?
That's an Obamanation.

And have you noticed how close a name
Can be to a person's lifetime game?
Like Hitler's name's a clue - A. Hit.
And that's an Obamanation.

I get a bad feeling when I hear
The name that goes with those big deaf ears,
That pray upon our racial fears,
I hear an Obamanation.

Goodbye to hope and peace and change
Obama's sainthood is most profane
Please do not laugh at my explanation
Obama is an Obamanation.

It seems like God is sending us a clue
To protect our red, white and blue
From false prophets, the likes of who
Bear clues - It's Obama, Nation!

His preacher-monster, hateful bigot,
Spews death and blood like an open spigot
Don't join the ranks of foolish exaltation
I believe he'll lead us to O', say it, Bomb A Nation.
(spelling corrected)
The devil assumes a pleasing shape
While teaching hatred of whites, that is spiritual rape,
What's in his name that excites my imagination?
I believe he wants to O', say it, Bomb Our Nation.

He wants to bomb America, that's right, with "change"
Whatever that means, it is horrifyingly strange
To preach hatred of whites should bring condemnation
Especially when the name's an Obamanation.