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Barak Obama is not Rev. Wright PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 28 March 2008
obama1.jpg (whisperdispatch) Amid a key endorsement from Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey are still "questions" about Barak Obama's former pastor. I personally am sick to damn death of all this yapping about Rev. Wright and his ridiculous comments.

I think the comments were absolutely horrid and inexcusable just as those from John McCain endorser, John Hagee . But what some talking heads on TV are missing is the fact that it was Wright who made those statements, NOT Barak Obama.

In fact, some are blowing this out of proportion and trying to unfairly visit the sins of Wright upon Obama.

This coverage would be entirely understandable if such hateful commentary was coming out of Obama's mouth, as he would deserve all the ridicule he's getting. However, he is by no means a presidential representation of Wright's abhorrent viewpoint.

Some loudmouth chicken-little commentators, pundits and hack journalists are acting like if Obama gets elected, he'll institute white slavery or choose Osama bin Laden as his National Security Advisor, or something equally as asinine.

According to a New Republic blog post by Christopher Orr , Hillary Clinton's pastor, Dean Snyder, actually defended Wright somewhat by saying:
"The Reverend Jeremiah Wright is an outstanding church leader whom I have heard speak a number of times. He has served for decades as a profound voice for justice and inclusion in our society.

He has been a vocal critic of the racism, sexism and homophobia which still tarnish the American dream. To evaluate his dynamic ministry on the basis of two or three sound bites does a grave injustice to Dr. Wright, the members of his congregation, and the African-American church which has been the spiritual refuge of a people that has suffered from discrimination, disadvantage, and violence.

Dr. Wright, a member of an integrated denomination, has been an agent of racial reconciliation while proclaiming perceptions and truths uncomfortable for some white people to hear. Those of us who are white Americans would do well to listen carefully to Dr. Wright rather than to use a few of his quotes to polarize.

This is a critical time in America's history as we seek to repent of our racism. No matter which candidates prevail, let us use this time to listen again to one another and not to distort one another's truth."

Mind you, this is HILLARY CLINTON'S pastor saying all these things about the scorned Rev. Wright. Nobody is calling for her to now distance herself from Snyder, repudiate his words and find another church to attend.  These comments sort of shore up the points Obama made about putting Wright's comments in the proper context.


The inordinate amount of time spent on the Wright story is directly related to the chase for controversy by the media. Moreover, they seem to be covering the campaign race like an entertainment story.

An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed the controversial story as having little to no effect on Obama, but still there are certain entities in the general media who want to keep this in the headlines for an extended time; probably hoping for at least a "death by a thousand cuts" for Obama.

Again, the main point is that you cannot take the words out of Wright's mouth and stick them into Barak Obama's, and vote against him on that basis. It is foul and shows a lack of mature understanding of this issue and the opinions of many people who just aren't as polarized. In fact, some may be quite jaded at this point about this story.

What the controversy did do is provide a perfect illustration of the actions of Obama. He didn't bow to public pressure and toss Wright under the bus. He faced the issue head on and did so tactfully, forthrightly, and honestly. And he did so without appearing "Clintonian" in nature by trying to weasel around the issue or asking what the meaning of "is" is.

For her part, Hillary Clinton's behavior is the very reason why so many people see Obama as water in the middle of a desert: lying about her Bosnia trip as first lady, bringing back up the Wright controversy while reporters were jumping on her about lying over the Bosnia story, her rising negatives, etc.

All of this is starting to make the once formidable Clinton look kinda pathetic. My opinion of both Clintons have been greatly diminished. And this is coming from an Edwards supporter who still longs for him to be in this race.

The controversy dying down only to be reignited by those people desperate to find something on Obama means nothing in the grand scheme of things seeing as how it was Wright who made the statements and not the leading democratic candidate for President.
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