Which leaves millions of voters begging questions such as, how much anti-government, anti-white rhetoric has Obama heard from the pulpit over these past two decades and how much of it has seeped into his subconscious or, worse, his conscious?
Furthermore, how can someone who claims he wasn’t “in the pews” when these statements were made have never heard the news from someone else? No one thought to tell the US Senator that his pastor credited the government with creating AIDS to kill people of color? No one tipped him off when the reverend exhorted the church to stop singing “God Bless America” and collectively sing a prayer of damnation for their country? Really? No one said a word to Obama? What kind of political environment is Chicago anyway?
As preposterous as that all sounds, those who endorse Obama (college students, “Latte Liberals”, MSNBC, Hamas, etc.) believe he is the candidate with the “judgment” to lead America. He has the “judgment” to lead but lacks the ability to determine that his friend and mentor of 20 years is really an anti-American race-baiter?
This speaks to his ability to perform the duties incumbent upon the US President. If he’s oblivious to the thoughts of Wright, can Obama be trusted with selecting Supreme Court Justices or cabinet members? Is he fit to be Commander-in-chief of all four branches of our Armed Forces?
But, for Obama supporters, the only choice is to believe his words. It’s his words that have incited fainting on the campaign trail and sent “thrills” up the legs of the Chris Matthews of the world. If you can’t believe him at his word what does Obama have?
Without words, Obama’s supporters may actually have to look at his wafer-thin resume. They may even consider the fact that Chicago is as downtrodden and corrupt as it was when he was first elected to the state senate.
They may even start looking at how their “post-partisan” candidate has little-to-no history of crossing the political aisle and working with “the other side” to get things done for the good of the country. They’ll realize that the only Republicans who support his candidacy are former congressmen like Lincoln Chaffee (you know the pro-Abortion, pro-Gay Marriage, anti-war, Sierra Club Republicans… a.k.a. Democrats). They might have to consider his consistent Mike-Dukakis-Ultra-Liberal stances on every issue facing America.
Moreover, not believing his spoken words means that we’ll have to start looking at his written words. Handwritten words, like those on a General Candidate Questionnaire filled out prior to his state senate run. He felt the need to write that he was member of the AFL-CIO and the Sierra Club but neglected to correct the portion that said he was against all capital punishment and advocates a ban on handguns. To explain it, he took the very Clintonian step of blaming a staffer for filling out the questionnaire that was at odds with his moderate image. One is left to assume that they forged his handwriting as well. Admittedly, I can’t remember exactly what he said. I was feeling a tad lightheaded at the sound of his voice.
Finally, for Obama’s supporters to believe him at his word, they will have to come to terms with the idea that in the twenty years that their “Agent of Change” knew Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the only change that took place in Wright was that he began to spread hatred and lies from the place where he was entrusted with ministering the love of Christ.
“Change We Can Believe In.” I beg to differ.
The Reverend Wright issue will live on not because of the Wright’s words but because of Obama’s.
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