Robert Kennedy said, "We are never going to accomplish anything, in this nation of ours, as a divided people." Barack Obama made a conscious choice, to use this quote from Robert Kennedy, because of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright scandal, which erupted recently over all media outlets. Reverend Jeremiah Wright and the content of "Trinity United Church of Christ" is utilizing Afro-centric, Anti-American, and constructed lies, to create an ethnic and political fervor, which is not in the best interest of the country, or people in general. Politics, race, and religion are the three topics, most people, do not delve into publicly. The media, reacted to this story, as if it were the "the bubonic plague." Some syndicated opinion/editorial writers, picked up the story early in 2007, when Obama was just starting to run for President. However, the stories received no coverage, getting no media traction, and thus the life's blood of the articles dried up. Now with full color, video feeds (from CDs, produced and sent out, from the church itself, with Wright booming away), there is no putting "the genie back in the bottle." Quotes from Wright, in the pulpit, saying:
"The government is a lie. The government lied about inventing the HIV virus, as a means of genocide against people of color."
"Barack knows, what it means to be a black man, living in a country and a culture, that is controlled by rich white people. Hillary can never know that, Hillary ain't never been called a N_gg_r."
"The government gives them [Afro-American teens, men and women], builds bigger prisons, passes a three strike rule, and then wants us to sing "God Bless America?" No, No, No, not for us, black people shouldn't be singing "God Bless America," but god damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people. God (god) damn America for treating her citizens, as less than human."
"We bombed Hiroshima. We bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York (referring to the U. S. Government attacking itself on 9-11) and the Pentagon, and yet we never batted an eye."
Barack Obama is having to do "damage control," for the Wright comments. The Wright video comments, which have dated back at least to 9-11-2001 (when Wright preached a sermon, saying that 9-11 was an inside job, the Sunday after 9-11), are wreaking havoc on Obama and his chance to become the Democratic nominee. Almost every talk show, comedy skit, news outlet, and anyone else in the media is talking about the Wright scandal. Of course, the Obama's surrogates and cheerleaders are out front fielding most of the questions, saying that "Obama has let Wright go from his campaign, said that he denounced the Wright comments, and also pledged he was not in the pew, for any of these statements."
Every single democrat interviewed, at least in public office, all said the same thing, "we should be speaking about the things effecting the American people and not dwelling on these words." Chris Dodd and Charles Schumer, on "Sunday with Chris Wallace," were the biggest names and offenders of trying to sweep the comments under the table. Schumer said, "these kinds of minor, unimportant issues are swept aside, we will see the real differences in the two candidates." However, Wallace pressed the issue, with both Dodd and Schumer, for over eight minutes, but both stayed on "talking points." (Kudos to Chris Wallace, who is one of the only reporters that still demands and asks the tough questions.)
The real issue, with Barack Obama, is where can people begin to make him accountable for his own judgments, decisions, and overall mistakes? Obama has admitted, but is still not held accountable, for any of the following:
1. Before college, "in his youth" (he says), Obama was known to use drugs. Bill Clinton, a democrat, was nearly cast off, into the ocean, for his "I did not inhale" comment. Yet, Barack Obama is given a pass, chalking drug use up to "youth."
2. Barack Obama, in college, has been fond and friends with Fascist and Socialist teachers. Forming a liberal and social agenda, in which, he carried thru college and into his new job.
3. After college, Obama became friends with William "Bill" Ayers, who was a radical, militant, and antigovernment leader of "The Underground Weathermen." Ayers, bombed the Capital Building, Pentagon, and nine other government installations. However, was not found guilty, due to police and evidence mishandling, of the case. Along with Ayers, Barack Obama, became close friends and business partners, with Antoine "Tony" Rezco. Rezco and Obama were into housing and working with the overall, south side, poor side of Chicago. However, Rezco is now up on federal fraud and multiple charges, for his dealings and transgressions. Rezco and Obama were together for over a decade, Rezco held over five fund raisers for Barack, and overall Obama did not distance himself, until Rezco became a political liability. Obama will not even answer questions about Rezco, or gives the, "I can't be held accountable for everyone around my campaign answer."
4. Finally, Jeremiah Wright is in Obama's life.
The American people should be well informed and concerned about the recent outing of comments from Wright, but also about his life, business partners and deals, and the friends and close companions. "Every person" in Obama's life is not important, but the people who have made a distinct imprint on him, his philosophies on life, ethics, morality, and most of all his potential policies, for the United States of America, if he becomes President.
In Wright's pulpit, the sermons are in direct opposition to almost everything, Obama says he stands for, while running for President. Knowing that a church is peddling Afro-Centric disenfranchisement, anti-Semites, hypocrisy, anti-American rhetoric, hate, and an overall disdain for anyone, not of color in America, is not attributes a possible president/presidential candidate should aspire to, or covet. In fact, when most people are faced with a conscious decision, to sit thru an hour of someone preaching to them, with lies, hate speech, Americans deserving to die, or walk out. Most people would "choose," to walk out. However, Obama did not walk out, he is still a member of the church.
Is this good judgment, or the judgment of "the commander-in-chief?" If Obama had just attended the church, as a casual Christian, did not know what the church was completely about, or had only been a member for a year (or two), it could be excusable. However, twenty years of hate filled speech and a pastor who is an outlandish figure (being looked at, for crimes), filled with spite and contrite messages, there is no excuse.In trying to find some good reasoning, for Obama's lack of action in finding another church, based on the constant barrage of anti-American and false comments, is hard to do. Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright served on a "nonprofit" board together, but Wright is being looked into (as is the church business office) by the Internal Revenue Service and police. Maybe, some would argue Obama could have been, "born into the church." However, Obama attended both Muslim and Christian schools, in his youth, not making a decision to join the Wright church, until he was an adult. As religious people, the choice of a faith, spirituality, and the content of the church chosen, is a personal decision. Although, Barack Obama, is running for President, making the circumstances different, based on what his views on issues "in the Oval Office" and who may be advising him. Therefore, it begs to question, where he stands on the issues of Wright's pulpit, messages, and the overall church standings, personally, in his community and in content.
Where does Obama stand after twenty years of the hate speech, anti-Semitism, a specific benchmark of Afro-centric theme, anti-American, and non-Biblical teachings, without walking away with any of it? How does a man who professes to have superb judgment and stumps on hope, tolerance and peace, when every Sunday he is coveting a friend, pastor and message to the contrary? He decided the Wright church and message was for him, his wife, and their kids, rather than trying to find another Christian facility/church, based on love, peace, "John 3:16" and other essential Christian doctrine. There is not anyone to blame, answer for where he stands, or give a reason why he continued to stay and worship in a place that spews out such filth and lies, except Barack Obama.
