Obama’s Albatross
These are not the words that will win the hearts and minds of American voters. They come from a man that Obama has recently tried to distance himself from, but that effort will be far too little, far too late. After all, Obama has been attending Reverend Jeremiah Wright's church for twenty years.
An ABC News review of dozens of Rev. Wright's sermons, offered for sale by the church, found repeated denunciations of the U.S. based on what he described as his reading of the Gospels and the treatment of black Americans.
"The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people," he said in a 2003 sermon. "God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme."
In addition to damning America, he told his congregation on the Sunday after Sept. 11, 2001 that the United States had brought on al Qaeda's attacks because of its own terrorism.
Obama has made a serious mistake here. There are a lot of people in this country who judge a man by the company he keeps. And certain company is bad news for politicians. A presidential candidate who has a spiritual advisor that damns America has a real problem.
By techinvestor, Friday, 14 March , 2008 @ 1:23 am
Guilt by association won’t work…Obama doesn’t agree with everything his pastor has said and he has made that very clear. There are some controversial pastors who have endorsed McCain too.
Taylor Marsh, a radio talk-show host who is a strong Hillary Clinton supporter, points to a reason why Wright’s sermons shouldn’t be used against Obama. “For perspective, I certainly do not agree with everything my pastors have said on Sunday,” Marsh writes on her blog. “I also know too many ‘cafeteria’ Catholics, some in my own family, who pick and choose from the doctrines of their faith.”
By K T Cat, Friday, 14 March , 2008 @ 4:22 am
Combine this post with your previous one and what do you get? President McCain.
By martian, Friday, 14 March , 2008 @ 2:59 pm
techinvestor, you can be an Obama apologist and "explainer" all you want. It doesn’t take away from the fact that Obama has not only been attending this man’s church for over 20 years, he has specifically called Wright his close friend and mentor. Does a person call someone with whom he strongly disagrees a mentor? I don’t think so. He can say he strongly disagrees with things Wright has said all he wants - a person does not attend the church of someone with whom he strongly disagrees for over 20 years. This is not just an occassional sermon by Wright. Wright has a longory of using his pulpit to rail against America, Jews and Whites frequently and vociferously and, presumably, as a frequent attendee of the church, Obama must have sat through many of them - probably with that "thoughtful" expression he effects and nodding his head as we’ve seen him do many times on TV. This is not guilt by association, it is guilt by strong personal choice on the part of Obama. His close personal friend is a hater of America, an anti-semite who praises people like Farakhan, and a total racist (yes, black people can be racists) and he is quite vocal and adament about it!
By martian, Friday, 14 March , 2008 @ 3:00 pm
longory = long history in above post. (&*^*&^(!# typos!
By bill-tb, Friday, 14 March , 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Looks like a whole lot of hoodwinking and bamboozling going on out there.