Last night I decided, after listening to good old Pastor Wright and Obama's comments or lack of comments about Wright's latest diatribes, that Pastor Wright wants to run for President and Obama wants to be a pastor.
Wright has to be the single most toxic and obnoxious connection to Barack. He doesn't get it that Americans don't want a black president or a female president or even a senior citizen president - we want a president that will represent us all and any adjectives connected to our presidential candidates have to be in 8 pt type.
Wright shouts BLACK day in and out making me wonder if his light skin has caused him problems in this world. Maybe his connection to Obama is that Obama has also been accused of not being black enough - not skin color, in this case, but having lived an Ivy League/arugula/latte kind of life. Is this the link between these two men?
Wright is so taken with himself, his witticisms, his so-called erudition (I'm not seeing it if he's promoting ebonics...I thought we were through with that one?)
We all have to live in this world. We all have to learn to adjust and adapt every day to new ideas, technology, and we can't just excuse our difficulties and challenges to being different. Perhaps Pastor Wright has forgotten each and every one of us is different. We all have differences in spirituality, learning styles and differences in expression: this is not just in the black community.
It's amazing that Obama throws his grandmother under the bus for Wright, who then throws Obama under the bus for his own ego.
Talk about disloyalty!
Wright has to be the single most toxic and obnoxious connection to Barack. He doesn't get it that Americans don't want a black president or a female president or even a senior citizen president - we want a president that will represent us all and any adjectives connected to our presidential candidates have to be in 8 pt type.
Wright shouts BLACK day in and out making me wonder if his light skin has caused him problems in this world. Maybe his connection to Obama is that Obama has also been accused of not being black enough - not skin color, in this case, but having lived an Ivy League/arugula/latte kind of life. Is this the link between these two men?
Wright is so taken with himself, his witticisms, his so-called erudition (I'm not seeing it if he's promoting ebonics...I thought we were through with that one?)
We all have to live in this world. We all have to learn to adjust and adapt every day to new ideas, technology, and we can't just excuse our difficulties and challenges to being different. Perhaps Pastor Wright has forgotten each and every one of us is different. We all have differences in spirituality, learning styles and differences in expression: this is not just in the black community.
It's amazing that Obama throws his grandmother under the bus for Wright, who then throws Obama under the bus for his own ego.
Talk about disloyalty!
posted by mary bishop | 8:08 AM
3 Comments:
What I find even more disturbing is Wright's numerous biases against everyone else, and Obama allowing them to slide. Of course, Wright has every right to say that stuff, no matter how hateful and divisive it may be, but a legal right doesn't mean it's a wise thing to do!
Rev Wright is a demagogue and I wonder if he is sabotaging Obama because Obama's presidency threatens his notions of America as a nation too racist to elect a black President. Of course this is the problem of mega-Churches.
In 1964, Lyndon Johnson used the cloak of religion, but he was a thoroughly despicable man, while his honorable opponent Barry Golwater was a non-practicing Episcopalian, yet sets that standard for honorable conservatism especially of a Libertarian mode.
This is actually good for Obama as it allows him to cut the albatross from his neck. It still makes me wish that instead of finding Jesus, Obama found a copy of Atlas Shrugged. Ayn Rand may not be the best theologian, but that was a great book and much more sensible than the Gospels :)
BTW, despite all bad news about Iraq, I have been safe and sound and even enjoyed Pesach in Sadaam's hunting lodge :)
Irina and Thomas, I just love you guys...I love you for always giving your true opinions, not based on what is popular or what is cool, but what is real to your hearts.
Irina, I cannot and will not forget Obama's connection to Wright. I will still vote for him over the regular people that inhait blosMcCain...but not with elan or fervorl
Thomas!!!!!!!!!!
You might not think that I think of you over there, but I do all the time. Telling me you're okay means a lot. Yes Mega-Churches call in the true believers and non thinkers...I'm expanding on what you said, but I am so hoping that we can have a world where you can be safe, Irina can be safe, all people can be safe and no one skin color or religion causes pain to others.
I believe that if enough of us love --hate will go away. I can dream, can't I? xooxoxox
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