Letters to the Editor
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The Tar-Baby
So...how should we judge Barack Obama after his close financial ties with Mr. Rezko are exposed with its sweetheart dealings? What should we think when his spiritual advisor and pastor spouts anti-American and anti-white garbage? How should we assess him when he complains about having the so-called race-card played against him while he simultaneously plays one himself? The answer is that we tend to judge people by the company they keep and by the kinds of people with which they surround themselves. Br'er Rabbit must be his political advisor.
Obama, by his relationships with Rezko, the Rev Wright, et al, is either hopelessly naive or is a world-class liar. In either event, I have serious doubts about Obama as a candidate, as a person and as a symbol of so-called "change".
In the vernacular, Obama looks more and more like the "same old same old." Pah!
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What?
Anti-white garbage? There were some rash remarks from rev. Wright, but "anti-white" wasn't one of his preaching points. Maybe you're wishing there was, but wishing won't make it so.
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..and AnaHadWolves...
Just who the fuck do you think you are...Uncle Remus?
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The Rise and Fall of the American Dream
It is episodes like this that signal the decline of the American Dream, which was not about a house in the suburbs and three kids (or maybe now two), but the freedom to dream and take action that bring these dreams to fruition. If the reaction to Wright’s sermons led to suggestions that he was too liberal, that would be fair enough, depending on the yardstick one used for such measurements. But to brand him ‘anti-American’ or ‘America-hater’ asserts that he has no right to say what he is saying, that there can be no purpose big enough to legitimise his action, that there are no moral lessons to be gained from our past behaviour.
What has Wright actually said, albeit in colourful phrases? That there is racism in America. That we cannot be complacent in attracting the favour of God? That the US Government sometimes does things we would like to disown? Shock - horror. Sure there are some statements that are high on the hyponet, like the origins of HIV as a biological weapon. And, of course, ridiculous claims that our past foreign policy in the Middle East could have any part in our present dilemma. But are these any wilder claims than other candidate’s ‘spiritual advisors’ claiming that 9/11, Katrina etc. were a result of displeasing God?
Whatever Wright had in mind in for his sermons, it is clear that he intended these to develop, heal, and help, not destroy. He was acting out his American dream. We don’t have to play, but the increasing tendency for all sides of the political body to declare others as evil, and not simply wrong, not only prevents us from achieving any kind of national purpose, but any capacity to move forward as a nation. We can no longer dream with any hope of achieving that dream.
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It isn't about race...at least for me
Obama s showing his colors. One doesn't become your spiritual mentor by expounding terribly negative ideas about the country without at least tacit support of the student.
Obama has no more a place in the White House than does David Duke at this point. Which the reverend as a center of influence we need to support anyone but Obama.
If there's race baiting its from his side. It seems that any difference of opinion with Obama's thinking leads back to race. How convenient.
Obama, you can't hide your self serving tactics for much longer, nor your alignment with ideas that are the underpinnings of a hope to destroy the ideal, what ever is left of it, that is.
No, it isn't race, sir, it is hatred of the country you intend to lead by your confidants. You scare me...and it isn't about race.
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Running the asylum
Has anyone else noticed that this article is quite crazy?
Starting off with "B. Hussein Obama" -- meant (heh, heh) as a jocular reference to the stupids (whom the author will exceed) -- and then on to signal the radicalism of Obama's Church by its signage: there was a "Free South Africa" sign on the lawn!
An early peak is reached when we learn of the horrors of Obama's neighborhood. It is "liberal unto the point of lefty" and features a bookstore with a section on epistemology! There is a ... university near by!
I'm out of here.
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Black American's fantasy about Jews
The vile anti-semitism among American Blacks is equal to and sometimes worse than the hatred of Jews in Arab countries. Jews account for less than 2% of the population in America. They are teachers, lawyers, accountants, doctors, salesman, computer programmers, etc., etc. Jews do not head the oil companies, pharmaceutical companies, automobile companies, or major manufacturers and are normal, every day citizens in normal every day jobs. The President and Vice President are not Jews, neither is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the Speaker of the House of Representatives. There is no candidate running for President who is Jewish, but yet Blacks intensely hate Jews FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. When Tim Russert asked Obama about Farrakhan Obama did respond correctly about healing the breach between Blacks and Jews but how can you heal the breach when you sat there for twenty years hearing your pastor attack Jews and you kept silent? If Hillary Clinton or John McCain were enthusiastic members of a church for twenty years that constantly and openly demeaned and debased Blacks with vile hateful rhetoric do you really believe the Democratic and Republican parties would allow them to be their nominee? There is a double standard and the Pied Piper of Chicago is getting away with something no white politician who sat idly by while their pastor`s anti-semitic rantings continued without end would ever be granted a pass on.
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@ manos99
Wishing that the Rev Wright didn't engage in any anti-White and anti-Hillary diatribe or commentary doesn't make it so. I have the DVD of ALL his remarks...watching it start to finish several times...and find his remarks to be egregious, patronizing, racist and divisive. You, finding those remarks to be "okey dokie", are part and parcel of the same hypocritical bullshit-chorus that is the Obama crowd in general.
You can keep on doin' that "Obama-is-good-and-Hillary-is-evil" tapdance till the election; it won't change the hypocritical bullshit that spews from the Obamatons ad infinitum. The truth is that your candidate isn't perfect, has associates/friends who are con-men, rabble-rousers and flim-flammers, talks a good game but is short on specifics and has a plethora of supporters who seem blind to his faults and short-comings.
Obama plays it both ways: too good to get down and dirty with divisive actions/commentary AND getting down and dirty with divisive actions/commentary. What YOU are so angry about is that I, and others, are not drinking the Obama Kool-Aid and buying into the hype as we expose the bifurcative bullshit of the Obamatons.
I'm a Progressive. I've been a Democrat for twenty-five years since college. I am not, however, a sycophant; I vote the person, regardless of party affiliation. In this instance, I will NOT be voting for Obama...whether is the presidential candidate of the Democratic party or emcee of amateur night at The Apollo in Harlem.