Reformed Hippie

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Here is Barack Obama’s response to the fierce controversy over Jeremiah Wright’s comments over the past twenty plus years. We can now see what has influenced Michelle Obama’s view that America is “just downright mean”. Looking at the the Obama’s it seems to me that they have done pretty well in this mean America. True, life is not fair… we will always have the rich and the poor. But that is a worldwide problem. Even though Barack and Michelle are educated and very smart… it is not hard to believe that your views can be skewed after being under the influence of a pastor such as Wright for so many years.

In this interview, Obama seems to be back on his heels a couple of times. Very nervous, unsure of himself and struggling to find the right words. This is in contrast to his campaign speeches where his oratory prowess is wowing the audiences. Of course no one is holding his feet to the fire during his speeches either.

Here is my take on all of this. Wright and his church are those who live in the past. Instead of looking forward to what race relations could be he is always taking everybody backwards. The church has a sense of entitlement. They believe that America owes them something. Forever it appears. And yes Wright was brought up in racially divisive times. But he is passing on, not the history of those times, but the black rhetoric of entitlement to the younger generation. That is obvious by the congregation standing and cheering Wright on. This does a disservice to the younger generation. Wright and the church’s endorsement of Farrakhan speaks volumes. It says that the church and pastor are fundamentally racially divisive, America hating people who like for nothing more than blame America’s problems on herself.

All in all, it is very difficult to believe that Obama did not know about Wright’s views. By his own admission Obama would attend church in spurts so this is why he may have never “personally” heard Wright say these things. And it does not matter how many seminaries one speaks at or how many books they write. When they do not hold to the Biblical standards they are wrong. Obama now says these statements are wrong. It will be interesting to see what Wright’s replacement will be saying from the pulpit now that all of this is out in the open. And if things do not change it will be interesting to see whether or not Obama will quit the church as he has stated.

Too politically correct for my taste.

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