Ironic, isn't it? Some conservatives have been calling for an inquiry into Barack Hussein Obama's Muslim connection--didn't he attend a madrassa in Indonesia?--when the real problem turns out to be Obama's Christian mentor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
Wright is a kind of Ward Churchill in vestments. Remember Ward Churchill? He's the leftist white guy who was posing as an American Indian as he gave speeches saying America deserved to be attacked and that 9/11 was a case where the "chickens came home to roost." Eventually the University of Colorado gave Churchill the boot.
Oddly enough Wright used exactly the same language as Churchill in saying that on 9/11 America got its comeuppance. Actually, Wright's statements taken collectively are worse than those of Churchill. Wright also said the U.S. government deliberately introduced AIDS into the black community. And he insisted that instead of saying "God bless America" we would be better to say "God damn America."
This is the man that Obama calls "like family." This is the man that Obama credits with "introducing me to my Christian faith." This is the mean that Obama choose to marry him and his wife, and to baptize his children. This is the man who inspired the title of Obama's book. This is the man whom Obama credits with being a mentor over more than two decades.
I found it very interesting to hear Wright explicitly endorse Obama over Hillary in church. Normally when evangelical preachers cross the political line they get hammered for violating the separation of church and state. One pastor I know invited a local Republican official to give his personal testimony in church and had to answer to the IRS for it. How come black churches engage in blatant electioneering, even to the point of busing members to the voting booth, and nobody from the ACLU or the media raises an eyebrow?
Equally fascinating is Wright's comment in church that unlike Hillary, Obama will be a race man. Wright's argument is that Obama will stand up for poor blacks against the rich whites who control the country. In the past Obama has been accused by some of being insufficiently attentive to black concerns. The term sometimes used for this is Oreo: black on the outside, white on the inside. Wright by contrast seems to be claiming that Obama is white--or at least tan--on the outside but black on the inside.
Wright poses a possibly lethal threat to Obama's chance to be president. Obama's great appeal is that he's the political equivalent of Tiger Woods. He's not an America hater or a race man like Charlie Rangel or Jesse Jackson. Wright makes Americans wonder: why is Obama so close to a man whose incendiary views are far worse than that of just about any black radical figure with the possible exception of Louis Farrakhan? Isn't professed ignorance of Wright's political views, combined with a refusal to cut ties with him, proof of Obama's bad judgent?
Pretty soon people are going to ask: Is Wright's influence the reason why Obama doesn't want to wear an American flag pin? Or raise his hand to his chest when the national anthem is played? Is Wright's ideology part of the reason why Obama's wife says she has not been proud of America for her whole adult life? And behind all this, the big question: at a time of war, can America is entrusted to a man who seems tolerant of the kind of vicious anti-Americanism that we are used to hearing from our worst enemies?
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 44)
1. As usual Dinesh D'Souza has no idea what he is talking about and is all wrong. Barack Obama is not a racist. No one ever agrees completely with the next person. D'Souza can't criticize Barack Obama directly on what he has said or done so instead he tries to discredit him becuase he attends Jeremiah Wright's church. I go to an African-American church. There are a lot of things my pastor says that I don't agree with. Big deal! African-Americans are not some monolithic group. That notion is racist! Dinesh DiSouza as always is ultra conservative. I'm not surprised he took this ooportunity to take a stab at Barack Obama.
Pamela Calloway at 12:34AM on Mar 19th 2008
2. If Senator Obama gets the nomination, he may or may not defeat Senator McCain.If he defeats Senator McCain,GRIDLOCK will occur.What a choice?'Good-Show' for the Democrats again!
Stephen Chizmar at 12:45AM on Mar 19th 2008
3. I think this revelation may hurt Obama greatly. I, for one, had my
mind made up to vote for Obama. Now I question his very fabric.
When my husband and I were a young couple, and the kids were very
small, we were visiting a church after just moving to a small town.
My husband felt that we should find a church that we could frequent.
After three Sundays of listening to the pastor of this church,
somewhere in his sermon he made derogatory comments about an
underprivileged family that always showed up around Christmas time,
because the church would give out food and gifts to the less
fortunate families in the congregation. He went on to comment that
after the holidays, the family would stop attending church, but would
be back the following Christmas. I was appalled. How could he cast
judgement on this family? Wasn't that what the church was there for,
to help the less fortunate? Wasn't it his job to make sure they felt
welcomed when they were there? Instead, he looked down his nose at
them. During that sermon, I grabbed my children, and to my husbands
dismay, I walked out of that church and we never went back.
I didn't agree with what that man had to say, so what was the point
in listening to him week after week? Why would I want him to
influence my children in any way? That is the part I am having
trouble with,
the fact that Obama has listened to Rev. Wright all these years, but
he doesn't agree with him??? He raised his girls listening to these
racist rants? He must agree, or he wouldn't be there week after week
and
letting this man shape his young daughters ideas of the world.
dani at 12:56AM on Mar 19th 2008
4. I agree with DD on this one.
To be at this mans church for years and not agree with what he says?
But what do you expect? He is just another politician out to get the most powerful job on the market and lying to get there is not uncommon.
It sucks that there is no one truly qualified for the presidency.
Still, voting for Obama is voting for the lesser evil.
goddess1prevail at 1:23AM on Mar 19th 2008
5. It's not "vicious anti-americanism". You right wingers always attack anyone who objects to america's past mistakes as anti-american. I have disagreed with some priests on some issues but still respected them and heard their sermons.
This minister, though extreme at times spoke of america's wrongs openly. People need to realize that america has wronged all kinds of people and that is why there is so much resentment around the world. America is seen by many as an empire that tramples the poor and serves the very richest.
There is plenty of good America has done to offset this, but there are still far too many that are left behind or even hurt by american actions overseas. People need to realize that this MUST be addressed to make any progress defeating terrorism and restoring the shrinking middle class.
patata123 at 1:58AM on Mar 19th 2008
6. ATHEIST
In case you missed it, Dinesh, yesterday you posted a blog that insulted atheists.
I spent a few hours insulting the Christians who posted on your blog. Tore their beliefs apart.
Let me explain why I think Christianity is a Con Game. Open the bible and read it.
The New Testament is a Sales Pitch for a silly cult that believed in
(a) demonic spirits
(b) angels, and
(c) the world ending with a general resurrection of all the dead.
Don't you understand what "resurrection" means?
After a person has been dead for CENTURIES, they'll magically come back to life. In one version, the bones must have been preserved in a box. Or, it just happens magically.
A Christian is someone who is too pathetically stupid and or gullible to understand a very simple thing.
Dishonest, horrible people were trying to sell a belief in a Resurrection at the end of the world.... because their victims had to sell their property and give the proceeds to Peter and the other disciples. If the world was about to end, who cared? But the world didn't end.
If you insult an atheist... for being smart enough to know what a Con Game is... you're a pathetic loser. That means you, Dinesh.
Bad Catholic. Bad, bad Catholic. You HURT children with your Christian nonsense.
William Hays at 2:03AM on Mar 19th 2008
7. ATHEIST
Oh, yeah. Forgot what I was trying to say.
Christian ministers are losers. Is anybody surprised that the most embarrassment to Obama in the entire campaign came from a Christian minister? I'm not.
You have to be pathetically gullible and dim to become a minister. That's the answer.
William Hays at 2:05AM on Mar 19th 2008
8. The time that I walked out of the church in my first post, is the last time I attended church. I only went to appease my husband, because he had been taught that going to church was the right thing to do. That experience only confirmed to me that I did not belong there.
dani at 2:11AM on Mar 19th 2008
9. Obama stands at the moment of truth. He can give credit where credit is due or suffer the same fate that John Edwards suffered by allowing his message to ring hollow. Obama has been given every advantage in life and the message of racism is one of anger. He has no reason to be angry and therefore he has no motivation to take America to a brighter place when it comes to race. In the blunt words of Muhammad Ali, "Nobody called him the N-word." He has borrowed the anger and therefore he cannot share the outrage from his life to be credible. This is a guy that became credible being "Cosby Critical." We asked "Was he Black enough" and now Whites are asking, "Is he White enough?" His words sound phony. It's "Two Americas from a Black perspective." These are not Obama's words or thoughts.
Cecil Jones at 3:07AM on Mar 19th 2008
10. AWESOME EVERYONE! GO TO EVERY SITE AND POST THIS AND REQUEST THAT EVERYONE GO AND TRY TO POST THIS DATE AND THE LINK TO THE VIDEO THAT SHOWS THE LIAR.... NODDING HIS HEAD TO THE HATE SERMON...THAT HE DIDN'T ATTEND....
OH , THE HUFFINGTON POST...HAS NOW DISABLED ALL THE COMMENTS.... THEY DON'T WANT THIS TO GET OUT... POST IT EVERYWHERE....EVERYWHERE...!!! LOL
_________________
GUESS WHAT EVERYONE!
I TRIED TO POST THE DATE AND PUT THE LINK TO THE HATE SERMON THAT OBAMA SAID HE WASN'T AT...AND GUESS WHAT...THEY KEEP DELETING IT!
WOW... THAT MUST MEAN THAT THE HUFFINGTON POST... IS FOR OBAMA AND CENSORING THE MEDIA !!!!
___________
PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK AND KEEP ENTERING IT...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barack-obama/on-my-faith-and-my-church_b_91623.html#postComment
Here is the sermon that he said he didn't attend... we see you nodding your head... in agreement... I guess this is just a ghost, not you/??
_________________________________________________"
BREAKING NEWS: Obama LIED, Obama did Attended Hate America Sermon
http://newsmax.com/kessler/Obama_hate_America_sermon/2008/03/16/80870.html
Contrary to Senator Barack ObamaÃ?â??â??s claim that he
never heard his pastor Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. preach hatred of
America, Obama was in the pews last July 22 when the minister blamed
the Ã?â??Å"white arroganceÃ?â??Â" of
AmericaÃ?â??â??s Caucasian majority for the
worldÃ?â??â??s suffering, especially the oppression of
blacks.
Senator Obama has sought to separate himself from his
pastorÃ?â??â??s incendiary remarks, issuing a statement
Friday rejecting them as Ã?â??Å"inflammatory and
appallingÃ?â??Â" but failing to renounce Wright hims
Lisa at 9:59PM on May 22nd 2008
11. Went to one church during college once... this is so funny. My
girlfriend and I went in and we started looking for a place to sit.
When we entere the pew area... the right side was full, there was no
place to sit and on the left there were only about 15 people. We
asked a lady standing there if there was something special going on
that we should know about since we were trying to find a church.
Do you know what she said? lol
She said, oh you probably don't want to sit on the left, that side is
only for sinners!
AND WHAT SHOULD THE MORAL BE: HUMMM
WELL, OF COURSE, SINCE WE DIDN'T AGREE WITH THIS, AFTER THE
SERMON...WE JUST HAD TO STAY AND SEE WHAT THEY DID NEXT! Come on we
were college girls... Almost the entire sermon when talking about
sinning and this and that the preacher directed to the left side...
(we stood in the back...lol)
Okay, so if I was Obama... I would have just stayed.. But I wasn't
and I knew this was wrong and we never went back. And we told as
many people as we could!
---------------------------------------
OBAMA STAYED FOR 20 YEARS AND GAVE A DECLARED $25,000 LAST YEAR
ALONE!
Lisa at 9:59PM on May 22nd 2008
12. BREAKING NEWS............. DON'T PEOPLE INVESTIGATES THIS LIARS STATEMENTS???? HERE'S THE SERMON AND THERE IS OBAMA...AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T ATTEND THIS SERMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is it going to take!!!! the tattoo on his forhead admitting he's a liar don't believe anything that comes out of his mouth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 YOu still wouldn't believe it!
BREAKING NEWS: Obama LIED, Obama did Attended Hate America Sermon
http://newsmax.com/kessler/Obama_hate_America_sermon/2008/03/16/80870.html
Contrary to Senator Barack Obama’s claim that he
never heard his pastor Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. preach hatred of
America, Obama was in the pews last July 22 when the minister blamed
the “white arrogance†of
America’s Caucasian majority for the
world’s suffering, especially the oppression of
blacks.
Senator Obama has sought to separate himself from his
pastor’s incendiary remarks, issuing a statement
Friday rejecting them as “inflammatory and
appalling†but failing to renounce Wright himself for
his venomous and paranoid denunciations of America.
Lisa at 10:00PM on May 22nd 2008
13.
Have you seen this video...
watch the entire thing... you'll see during God Bless America...
Obama refuses to put his hand on his chest....
hummmmmmmmmmmm WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS MEANS AMERICA...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5N-1-g90bW0
Posted at March 17, 2008 4:45 AM in response to I want to hear why
you support Clinton (really)
Have you seen this video...
watch the entire thing... you'll see during God Bless America...
Obama refuses to put his hand on his chest....
hummmmmmmmmmmm WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS MEANS AMERICA...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5N-1-g90bW0
Posted at March 17, 2008 4:40 AM in response to Source: Obama Tells
Donors That Losing Pennsylvania By Less Than 10 Points Will Be
"Victory"
Google either quote....
“I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievanc and
animosity against my mother's race.”
“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in
an ugly direction.”
BREAKING NEWS: Obama LIED, Obama did Attended Hate America Sermon
http://newsmax.com/kessler/Obama_hate_America_sermon/2008/03/16/80870.html
Contrary to Senator Barack Obama’s claim that he
never heard his pastor Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. preach hatred of
America, Obama was in the pews last July 22 when the minister blamed
the “white arrogance†of
America’s Caucasian majority for the
world’s suffering, especially the oppression of
blacks.
Senator Obama has sought to separate himself from his
pastor’s incendiary remarks, issuing a statement
Friday rejecting them as “inflammatory and
appalling†but failing to renounce Wright himself for
his venomous and paranoid denunciations of America.
Posted at March 17, 2008 2:15 AM in response to Source: Obama Tells
Donors That Losing Pennsylvania By Less Than 10 Points Will Be
"Victory"
Need more?
ed2:10AMMar 17th 2008
Google either quote....
“I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievanc and
animosity against my mother's race.”
“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in
an ugly direction.”
__________
Peter2:09AMMar 17th 2008
BREAKING NEWS: Obama LIED, Obama
Posted at March 17, 2008 2:12 AM in response to Source: Obama Tells
Donors That Losing Pennsylvania By Less Than 10 Points Will Be
"Victory"
ALSO, PLEASE EMAIL AND REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS OFFICER AT
The United States Marine Corp. INSPECTOR GENERAL!
Try the hotline link or just call... send a copy of the comments if
you can!
http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/ig/Miscellaneous%20Pages/IGMC%20Contact%20Page.htmIL
My husband just returned from Iraq... he told me ridiculous
stories... but there was no proof!... Until .... lol
Posted at March 17, 2008 1:57 AM in response to Source: Obama Tells
Donors That Losing Pennsylvania By Less Than 10 Points Will Be
"Victory"
Check out this prejudice military man's comments.
Please everyone go to this site and email your congressmen to ask
them that this member be investigated. I personally know what goes
on, and a staff sargant the makes comments like these, abuses the
whites the worst and if he is making comments like this publically,
then just imagine his actions against our young men that leave their
homes to defend our country... they don't deserve to be abused by
prejudice people like this!
Please, follow this link and email as many of your congressmen as you
can and ask that investigations be brought against this individual
immediately!
http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html
HERE ARE HIS COMMENTS!
ssbilko3:39PMMar 14th 2008
Yo foo's we gettin' Rice ! WE gonna win. WE gonna kick yo honky asses
back to da souff !
The only, one that can run RICE ! (can caught to)
Ahhh HUH n' you THOUGHT what ?
90% of the blacks gonna vote, that 25% of you gerrymandered
mugarutzes areas not yet figured , but it be 53% of da peoples, an
datz mozt have the vote !
ADD em up n' divide by brothers and sistas keepers !
And please remember that the view comments and expressions here do
not reflect anyone here but Staff Sergeant H.I. Bilko IV Esquire here
on AOL not its advertisers or its sponsors, donors, givers, or takers.
You heard the TRUTH from the GRAPE VINE ! ! !
hE POSTED THIS ON AOL!
Posted at March 17, 2008 1:27 AM in response to Source: Obama Tells
Donors That Losing Pennsylvania By Less Than 10 Points Will Be
"Victory"
Not to mention all the facts, but how in the world could you allow
this person to even run ... did you not know as well because he lied
so well?
Can't you find a candidate that would bring some REAL INTEGRITY back
into our country and move us forwards not in reverse?
Or is this part of a secret plan... or have you guys had your pockets
lined... by all the groups the Rev. Manning speaks of.
Becareful, because those investigation are going on right now,
because for an individual as deceptive as this Obama, he had to have
help and it would make you look bad to not have done a thorough
investigation on him.
I have personally experienced prejudice from black while living in
Stroudsburg, PA. I know what it is like to have a cart ripped out of
your hands because a black woman said she saw it first, when she
walked in a store then went to the customer service counter to be
waited on... and on the bus commute to NY. I know what it feels
like. And someone needs to bring our country together and stop
tearing it apart.
If at all possible, please address the media shows that breed
anomosity and false integrity...so called Reality..shows... they
encourage and reward it.
Have you ever read Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Hightly Effective
People? Please read at least the first 25% of the book.
Posted at March 16, 2008 3:11 AM in response to Source: Obama Tells
Donors That Losing Pennsylvania By Less Than 10 Points Will Be
"Victory"
Listen to these two videos... Rev. Manning of Harlem.. is absolutely
right!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khuu-RhOBDU and what about this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygWExq7g2F0&NR=1
_____________
AMERICA WAKE UP. . .
MUSLIMS ARE A SERIOUS THREAT. . .
WWW.USAWAKEUP.ORG
WWW.NUMBERSUSA.COM
OBAMA IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. . .
WAKE UP BEFORE ITS TO LATE
Posted at March 16, 2008 3:07 AM in response to Source: Obama Tells
Donors That Losing Pennsylvania By Less Than 10 Points Will Be
"Victory"
Here are two things for you to go and work on then come back here and
write another article telling us how you think that someone with
these
connections and his lying background... should be America's
President:
++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. The fact that Obama had attended mengaji classes is well known in
Indonesia and has left many there wondering just when Obama is going
to come out of the closet...you don't take these classes unless
you're muslim...this is what obamas friend in high school has told on
him..why did obama go to school in jakarta under the name of BARRY
SOETORO
2. C'mon people - Obama Baracks cousin, Raila Odinga, is running for
a political spot in Kenya. There is much mass murder related to this
election - please check out the facts - google raila odinga. Is this
the person that we want to be the next US President????
Intellectually, I know that BO will not be president, but it scares
me as to how close he came. America - what are you thinking????
_____________________________-
They're trying to delete the Reverend Wright's "Riding Dirty Attack
Upon the Clintons" that was on YouTube, but it's still on this
link...
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?storyid=40295
or Google... "Jeremiah Wright, Obama's Former Pastor, Calls Out
Clinton"
Look carefully at the man that comes into view as Wright talks about
"riding dirty"...isn't that Obama's new spiritual advisor, Reverend
Otis Moss III.
BTW...If it's Moss, he's trying to "high five" Wright after his
"riding dirty remark." Oh...I forgot to tell you that this was the
December 25, 2007 "Christmas Sermon" at Trinity United Church of
Christ.
_____________
Posted at March 16, 2008 3:05 AM in response to Source: Obama Tells
Donors That Losing Pennsylvania By Less Than 10 Points Will Be
"Victory"
(my wife's story)
Went to one church during college once... this is so funny. My
girlfriend and I went in and we started looking for a place to sit.
When we entere the pew area... the right side was full, there was no
place to sit and on the left there were only about 15 people. We
asked a lady standing there if there was something special going on
that we should know about since we were trying to find a church.
Do you know what she said? lol
She said, oh you probably don't want to sit on the left, that side is
only for sinners!
AND WHAT SHOULD THE MORAL BE: HUMMM
WELL, OF COURSE, SINCE WE DIDN'T AGREE WITH THIS, AFTER THE
SERMON...WE JUST HAD TO STAY AND SEE WHAT THEY DID NEXT! Come on we
were college girls... Almost the entire sermon when talking about
sinning and this and that the preacher directed to the left side...
(we stood in the back...lol)
Okay, so if I was Obama... I would have just stayed.. But I wasn't
and I knew this was wrong and we never went back. And we told as
many people as we could!
---------------------------------------
OBAMA STAYED FOR 20 YEARS AND GAVE A DECLARED $25,000 LAST YEAR
ALONE!
Posted at March 16, 2008 2:54 AM in response to Source: Obama Tells
Donors That Losing Pennsylvania By Less Than 10 Points Will Be
"Victory"
Lisa at 10:00PM on May 22nd 2008
14. http://evolutionfacts.blogspot.com
FORMER ATHEIST at 6:34AM on Mar 19th 2008
15. Those who claimed see the risen Christ and His ascension would not put their lives on the line if they actually knew it was not true. Those who analyze the vast amount of prophetical fulfillment wrought by Christ, and acknowledge the fact that He violated Hebrew culture and expectations of what their messiah should do by conquering the Roman Empire, will find it difficult to convince even themselves that these JEWISH converts would have just "made up" the story about Jesus when even those who persecuted Christians not only verified Jesus' existence but even confirmed what those early Christians believed about Him and the sufferings they faced for those beliefs.
http://atheistsareimaginary.blogspot.com
FORMER ATHEIST at 6:41AM on Mar 19th 2008