BARACK'S LIES
Barack Obama handled the potential criticism when the consistently racist preaching of his pastor, Jeremiah Wright Jr. came to light, by changing the subject. Somehow his speech was received with admiration by many who breathed a sigh of relief that their hero was out of trouble. All he did, however, was to change the subject, not usually a cause for praise. Praise for a liar?
Barack told the American people that he hadn't been aware of his long-time pastor's racial remarks. Hasn't anyone asked themselves how that could possibly be true? It can't, you know, unless he slept through the sermons which is just as unlikely. And even if he hadn't heard them because he couldn't join his wife and family at church because he had urgent business to attend to, why wouldn't Mrs. B. tell her husband about the obnoxious toxic preaching she heard that day? Do we want a first lady who will willingly sit through such incitement to hate and then tell the public abut the first time she was proud to be an American? How could any American be proud of her behavior? She could have discussed with her husband whether they should leave that church if it did not stop. I don't think Americans would be proud to have a first lady like that.
Obama says he can't turn his back on his old preacher for such disastrous remarks. I can see not turning one's back on an elderly or alcoholic or deranged relative for making such remarks. But we are talking about a preacher who, over many years, fed racist remarks and outrageous lies to generations of congregants. Not the same thing at all as distressing a few relatives.
Obama should have spoken in private to his preacher and told him that it was time to publicly apologize and correct his ways or else Obama would cease to attend his church and be ready to leave if his pastor refused.
Barack Obama also defamed his white grandmother for making hurtful racist remarks, comparing that to Wright's racist speech. But in the past Obama had praised his grandmother. This means to me that he is just digging the hole deeper for himself; if he lies about his own grandmother to please some voters, what wouldn't he do to get elected?
Of course, he's just being consistent if he is still attending the same church, because Wright's successor, Otis Moss III, defends and praises his predecessor, referring to his preaching style as "interesting rhetoric" and an "art form."
One last word about the candidate's wife: when confronted by reporters about her "pride" remark, she seemed to be blaming the audience for not understanding what she really meant. She is an educated woman -- why didn't she say what she "really" meant in the first place? She looks more and more like a liability to her husband.
http://www.nysun.com/blog/latest-politics/michelle-obama-clarifies-remarks-pride-america
http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2008/03/baracks_new_pastor_defends_his.html
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=59707
Barack told the American people that he hadn't been aware of his long-time pastor's racial remarks. Hasn't anyone asked themselves how that could possibly be true? It can't, you know, unless he slept through the sermons which is just as unlikely. And even if he hadn't heard them because he couldn't join his wife and family at church because he had urgent business to attend to, why wouldn't Mrs. B. tell her husband about the obnoxious toxic preaching she heard that day? Do we want a first lady who will willingly sit through such incitement to hate and then tell the public abut the first time she was proud to be an American? How could any American be proud of her behavior? She could have discussed with her husband whether they should leave that church if it did not stop. I don't think Americans would be proud to have a first lady like that.
Obama says he can't turn his back on his old preacher for such disastrous remarks. I can see not turning one's back on an elderly or alcoholic or deranged relative for making such remarks. But we are talking about a preacher who, over many years, fed racist remarks and outrageous lies to generations of congregants. Not the same thing at all as distressing a few relatives.
Obama should have spoken in private to his preacher and told him that it was time to publicly apologize and correct his ways or else Obama would cease to attend his church and be ready to leave if his pastor refused.
Barack Obama also defamed his white grandmother for making hurtful racist remarks, comparing that to Wright's racist speech. But in the past Obama had praised his grandmother. This means to me that he is just digging the hole deeper for himself; if he lies about his own grandmother to please some voters, what wouldn't he do to get elected?
Of course, he's just being consistent if he is still attending the same church, because Wright's successor, Otis Moss III, defends and praises his predecessor, referring to his preaching style as "interesting rhetoric" and an "art form."
One last word about the candidate's wife: when confronted by reporters about her "pride" remark, she seemed to be blaming the audience for not understanding what she really meant. She is an educated woman -- why didn't she say what she "really" meant in the first place? She looks more and more like a liability to her husband.
http://www.nysun.com/blog/latest-politics/michelle-obama-clarifies-remarks-pride-america
http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2008/03/baracks_new_pastor_defends_his.html
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=59707
Labels: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wriaght Jr., Michelle Obama, Presidential Campaign 2008
