Ever heard of the Obamorons? These are the morons who will cheer anything that Barack Obama says. Right now the Obamorons are wildly enthusiastic about their man's race speech, and are trying to persuade the rest of us to stop talking about the Reverend Jeremiah Wright and move on to talking about how Obama is the next best thing since Jesus Christ.
Obama does have some very good qualities, but it's clear he also has a dark side that is only now beginning to surface. Consider his bizarre analogies aimed at vindicating the Reverend Wright. Many of us, he argues, "disagree" with things that our pastors and family members have said. True, but how many of us have pastors who say stuff like the Reverend Wright? It's one thing to sit quietly while my pastor says things I don't agree with about evolution or the Rapture, quite another for Obama to sit quietly while his pastor says that America deserved to be attacked on 9/11 and that the U.S. government deliberately injected AIDS into the country. My guess is that even in the black church "God damn America!" is not exactly standard rhetoric. Certainly the Reverend Martin Luther King didn't talk like that.
Especially bizarre was Obama's analogy between the Reverend Wright and his white grandmother. According to Obama, grandma too was given to racial "stereotypes" and at one point confessed to her fear of black men. First of all Obama didn't cite what stereotypes his grandmother held. A stereotype is merely a generalization: it may be true or false, harmful or benign. As the sociological literature on the subject shows, most stereotypes contain at least a grain of truth, because stereotypes develop out of popular experience.
As I document in my book The End of Racism, fears of black men are rationally explained as the consequence of the fact that black men have the highest violent crime conviction rate of any group in our society. One out of four young black men are at any given time in prison, on probation, or on parole. Some years ago Jesse Jackson admitted that if he heard footsteps in the dark and turned back to find out that the person was white, he would feel relieved. The point here is that Obama's grandmother's views, as relayed by Obama, seem rooted in empirical facts and bear no comparison with the Reverend Wright's maniacal ravings.
Besides, she's his grandmother! We choose our pastors and mentors but we don't choose our grandparents. When Obama calls the Reverend Wright "family," this is because he selected him as a friend and teacher. At any point during the past two decades, Obama could have walked away from the pew. Wright is not "family" in the involuntary sense that Grandma is family. In addition, Obama's grandmother made her remarks in private, within the sanctity of the household. The Reverend Wright has been shouting his doctrine from the pulpit for decades. Private prejudice is much less harmful than public hate speech.
Obama is smart enough to know all this. So what is the explanation for the bizarre moral equivalence that he seeks to create between his pastor and his grandmother? It cannot be that she treated him badly, since Obama himself says she loved him more than anything in the world. The only other explanation is that Obama is that Obama is more attached to the radicalism of the Reverend Wright than he is to his kind old grandmother. He is quite willing to protect Wright, and his own presidential prospects, by throwing grandma under the bus. Hell of a guy, right Obamorons?
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 40)
1. Dinesh:
I agree that Obama is making a false comparison of his Grandmother's comments to his pastor's comments. He could not choose his Grandmother, but he did choose to support a racist pastor.
GREEKMBA at 10:40PM on Mar 23rd 2008
2. Great article, Dinesh. The truth about Obama has never been clearer since his speech.
Bryan CRT at 10:40PM on Mar 23rd 2008
3. 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 earthly expectations of what their messiah should do by NOT SEEKING to conquer the Roman Empire, will find it difficult to convince even themselves that these JEWISH converts would have just "made up" the story about Jesus Christ 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.
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FORMER ATHEIST at 10:43PM on Mar 23rd 2008
4. DD asks:
"So what is the explanation for the bizarre moral equivalence that he seeks to create between his pastor and his grandmother?"
Obama really wants to be president and therefore has to somehow justify the comments of his pastor by likening those comments to the beliefs of a 'typical white person.'
kulari94 at 10:48PM on Mar 23rd 2008
5. Anyone who comments on Wright's 9/11 sermon without watching the WHOLE sermon is simply ignorant. How long will it take for the press to catch on that he was quoted ENTIRELY out of context? More of the sermon is now available on YouTube, and you will learn that Wright was actually arguing AGAINST that line of thinking. He was quoting someone else. Do some research and watch the clip.
Fred at 10:52PM on Mar 23rd 2008
6. Don't you ever criticize the republicans? How christian are they when they start a war totally on lies and are responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of people needlessly?
Richard Quiggle at 10:58PM on Mar 23rd 2008
7. That is the straw that broke the camel's back. I was voting for the republicans this year, but after this they have now convinced me (as a LONG TIME conservative) that they have lost their way. They have become arrogant with their power and the establishment has taken us conservatives for granted. I just find it difficult to trust them.
They are laying the foundation for religious bigotry as they continue to harass Obama's pastor who should have the right to speak his mind from even the pulpit. What if the media starts to go on a rampage about the every Christian church?
This administration was wrong on the borders and wrong on NAFTA. Unemployment is spreading like the plague. Political MASONS in high positions within both parties have for years been preparing America for a socialistic economy and a "BIG BROTHER" style of Government. The Republican of this administration have always touted that they are the party of limited government but once getting into office the republican establishment forgets about their principles. They want oligarchy not a democratic republic. But history is only repeating itself. Let's now look at the political life of Congressman Charles Halleck.
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Mr. Halleck's New Deal: Congressman Charles Halleck and the Limits to Reform
ROBERT L. FULLER
Charles Halleck joked after his election in 1935 that, as the sole Republican representative from Indiana, he held his caucus in a phone booth. However, over time Congressman Halleck rose through party ranks in the House from "waterboy" to majority leader when Republicans regained control of Congress in 1946.1 Because the GOP also won a majority of seats in the Senate, and many Southern Democrats proved cooperative in advancing Republican policies, Republicans stood a very good chance of implementing their program for America. Congressman Halleck, who had railed against the New Deal since he first took a seat in the House, stood in position to do something
about it in 1947. Yet, once in office, the Republicans and Southern Democrats, supposedly so dead set against the New Deal, made very few
proposals and offered hardly any legislation to alter New Deal reforms in any significant way. Aside from changing labor laws, they MADE NO EFFORT to overturn the legislative achievements of the 1930s that lasted longer than the Depression. Majority Leader Halleck, his Republican colleagues, and their allies among the Democrats only tinkered with a few of the reforms that remained in place after the Supreme Court ruled them constitutionally sound, because by and large Halleck and other Republicans supported most New Deal reforms. When they lambasted "the New Deal," which they did loudly and often, they
really targeted the frequently chaotic administration set into place by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to oversee the reforms and relief.
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And just like that the DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT WAS BORN. Compromising our principles has lead to more campaign slogans,
and more do-nothing congressmen and administrations. The more elect these people the more in debt our nation gets. The media has left us so ill- informed that I bet the majority who are viewing this page right now are unaware that were are in debt to Asian BANKS and WE ARE IN THE GREATEST amount of debt to SOME very WEALTHY ISLAMIC Nations who happen to have OIL. THE SAUDIES AND CHINESE OWN SO MUCH OF THE American economy they all they have to do is put their money out it and in ONE DAY AMERICA is in the GREAT DEPRESSION. Do you know why? SOCIALIST LAWYERS, Law makers, and Economists in the last century conducted a slow economic takeover of America by first of all taking the US dollar Off of the GOLD STANDARD and placed it on faith in the Government. The media played the role of keeping the American people entertained and ignorant of this shift the direction of the nation. Some within political landscape are becoming open about their treason because the American people are being socially engineered to not attach a negative connotation the idea. There is a wing in congress called the "socialist progressives" I believe these Masonic Lodge
republican's and democrat's think the American people are stupid and uneducated. Well NOW I believe it is time to expose their dirty underwear before the mass public.
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The Clinton's have so much scandal attached to their name that they are completely unelectable. Now let's look at their vast Scandals.
The Scandals:
1 Whitewater
2 Cattlegate
3 Nannygate
4 Helicoptergate
5 Travelgate
6 Gennifer Flowersgate
7 Filegate
8 Vince Fostergate
9 I wonder where those Whitewater billing records came fromgate
10 Paula Jonesgate
11 Federal Building campaign phone callgate
12 Lincoln bedroomgate
13 White House coffeegate
14 Donations from convicted drug and weapons dealersgate
15 Buddhist Templegate
16 Web Hubbell hush moneygate
17 Lippogate
18 Chinese commiegate - Clinton was practically endorsed by red China
19 Let's blame Kenneth Starrgate
20 Zippergate/interngate - the Lewinsky affair itself
21 Perjury and jobs for Lewinskygate - the aftermath
22 Willeygate
23 Web Hubbell prison phone callgate
24 Selling Military Technology to the Chinese Commiesgate
25 Coverup for our Russian Comrades as Wellgate
26 Wag-the-Dog-gate
27 Jaunita Broaddrick gate
28 PBS-gate
29 Email-gate
30 Vandalgate
31 Lootergate
32 Pardongate
To view what each these scandals in detail just click this link below
http://members.tripod.com/GOPcapitalist/clinton-scandals.html
Clearly Hillary Clinton has too much baggage of corruption in her past to lead America. The Clinton's are apart of the Democrat Establishment and CANNOT BE TRUSTED!!!
YOU WANT PROOF? This is a partial list of 52 deaths of persons connected to President Clinton during his scandalous tenure as Governor of Arkansas and/or while President of the United States and thereafter.
http://earlcallaway.com/corpsecount.html
I miss Mike Huckabee. :-(
BEN DAVIS at 10:58PM on Mar 23rd 2008
8. Is there any proof of these statements except for Bill Clintons problem ? Aaaaand it was a problem and not some thing he wanted to do. ADDICTION is the word for thet problem. I think Obama is the worse because he will not tell the truth about his heritage. His biologigal father was a 100 % Muslim. Obama is not black but using his dark skin to say he is. I feel this man wants the power of the presidency for personal reasons. Ego being one of them. It went to his head when he had some backers for him to be president. He is not experienced enough and we do not know enough about him. He came up to fast and from no wheres. He has not served one term in the Senate nor done any thing remarkable for this country to even think to be president of this contry.We all want change. Ttthat is not enough. Hillary will bring it. And McCain is just to old and war happy for this job. Remember it IS a job and not the second coming of CHRIST.
Eleanor Peters at 11:25PM on Mar 23rd 2008
9. FINALLY.....an article that has shown insight into the ways, wiles, manipulations,and underlying racism (cleverly hidden from most) by O'Bama's demure, yet cunning camouflage.......yet quite telling in the sacrifice of his own blood grandmother to his committment to his devisive and hateful reverend!!!!
Why is it that the O'Bama camp when he is being criticized, jump all over Hillary??....problem defending your inexperienced candidate who stayed too long in this hate filled church that damns America.???!!!AND to not take a stand for America by choosing to exit ASAP.....O'Bama made the poor choice to stay in this environment, with his children by his side, for 20 long years!!!...Poor Judgment!!!....and to choose this hate filled reverend at the expense and sacrifice of his own blood grandmother who raised him....no respect!!!!............Not Presidential material!!!!!...afraid to take a stand for America vs. this minister??? .........he will never be able to stand up for America if he can't do it in his own church!!!!! Not Presidential material!!!!!
Lin Cruiz at 11:34PM on Mar 23rd 2008
10. Wow, the last comment blows my mind. Since when is Muslim an ethnicity. Make no mistake, a Kenyan father and a White Midwesterner did in fact make an African American child. Using his dark skin, are you kidding me? I would love for people to think before they speak/type and re-read the ignorance that they spew. What in Hillary's career makes her more qualified other than having been the most educated and most outspoken first lady?
Rhonda at 11:36PM on Mar 23rd 2008
11. Wow, yet again Liz is a part of the misinformed. Anyone can be misinterpreted in a 30 minute sound bite. Do your due diligence. Check out www.tucc.org that is the church website. Go to You Tube and seek out excerpts of Dr. Wright's sermons that last longer that 1.5 minutes.
Rhonda at 11:40PM on Mar 23rd 2008
12. 9. FINALLY.....an article that has shown insight into the ways, wiles, manipulations,and underlying racism (cleverly hidden from most) of O'Bama's demure, yet cunning camouflage.......yet quite telling in the sacrifice of his own blood grandmother to his committment to his devisive and hateful reverend!!!!
Why is it that the O'Bama camp when he is being criticized, jumps all over Hillary??....problem defending your inexperienced candidate who stayed too long in this hate filled church that damns America.???!!!..AND to not take a stand for America by choosing to NOT exit ASAP.....O'Bama made the poor choice to stay in this environment, with his children by his side, for 20 long years!!!...Poor Judgment!!!....and to choose this hate filled reverend at the expense and sacrifice of his own blood grandmother who raised him....no respect!!!!Major character flaw!!!............Not Presidential material!!!!!...afraid to take a stand for America vs. this minister??? .........he will never be able to stand up for America if he can't do it in his own church!!!!! Not Presidential material!!!!!
lin cruiz at 1:41AM on Mar 24th 2008
13. I am SOOOOO sick of anyone who disagrees with Obama or anyone making an anti-Obama statement being called a racist. That kind of rhetoric is what will make Obama lose in November. If I (a Dem) am sick of it in March, how will middle America feel by November? Even I'm tempted to vote for McCain just to SHUT UP the Obamorons!
Cosmic Canine at 11:57PM on Mar 23rd 2008
14. This is America, the land of the free. I have every right to feel as I do. Obama has Muslim blood in him, but will not admit it, as it would hurt his campaign for the presidency. . A Muslim president after we were attacted by the Muslim faith? Yes, he is using dark skin to cover for being a Muslim. Lest we forget what happened at 9-11?? I do not. We would be the laughing stock of the world to have a Muslim president. Is that being raciest? I do not think so. I think it is still remembering the 3,00 thousand people who lost their lives because of hatred. Be an American, or get out. Hillary is an American and speaks so. She has been a senator for years. What has Obama done for America ?? He has not even filled one term as senator , yet wants to be president. Excuse me for laughing. All he wants is the glory of being the first BLACK ?? president. Let him serve in the senate and do some thing for this country, before he wants to be president of it. We ALL want change. That is not some big revalation of his. but all of ours for years. He has no platform to stand on except he wants change. Big platform huh??
Eleanor Peters at 12:18AM on Mar 24th 2008
15. to say that 'private' comments made in the 'sanctity of the home' are less harmful than comments made in public is simply ridiculous.
we learn from homes and the things said inside our homes.
edie jones at 12:29AM on Mar 24th 2008