9 Responses to What if this was Hillary’s pastor?

1. purpleslog
   March 14th, 2008 at 11:31 am

   I think the slow crash of Obama has become. It is along time to the general election. Substance will overcome style as news – that is not good for him.

2. Jeffrey James
   March 14th, 2008 at 4:12 pm

   http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/14/obama-denounces-chicago-ministers-sermons/

   “What if this was Hillary’s pastor?”

   Than I would hold neither Hillary nor McCain accountable for their words.

3. Dan tdaxp
   March 14th, 2008 at 5:59 pm

   Jeffrey,

   I doubt you would be this blaise if Clinton or McCain was found to be attending Klan rallies, but perhaps I am assuming too much.

   Regardless, Obama appears to be compounding the problem:

   “The statements that Rev. Wright made that are the cause of this controversy were not statements I personally heard him preach while I sat in the pews of Trinity or heard him utter in private conversation. When these statements first came to my attention, it was at the beginning of my presidential campaign. I made it clear at the time that I strongly condemned his comments.” [1]

   Unless he defines “at the beginning of [his] presidential campaign” as very early, it’s hard to see how this is true. Rev. Wright’s first 9/11 speech seems like one that would be heard about, at least.

   The rest of Obama’s statement seems solid.

   PurpleSlog,

   It certainly looks that way.

   [1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barack-obama/on-my-faith-and-my-church_b_91623.html

4. Seerov
   March 14th, 2008 at 10:03 pm

   I’ll tell ya what, on some issues (Trade, Terri Schiavo, Prayer in School, Foreign Policy )Pat Buchanan can’t be more wrong. But when it comes to analyzing ethnic politics in America, Buchanan is right on.

   http://www.vdare.com/buchanan/080313_obama.htm

5. ortho stice
   March 15th, 2008 at 6:38 am

   Unfortunately, the second video does not play. But, I got a chance to watch a snippet of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s sermon on youtube. It was riveting and inspiring. I wish Sen. Clinton had a pastor who speaks the truth like Rev. Wright. As far as I know, he is probably right: “Hillary a’int never been called a nigger”; she never “had her people say she wasn’t white enough”; and that “America is run by rich, white people.”

   Obama’s attempt to distance himself from his Pastor is sickening. I will not vote for him.

6. Dan tdaxp
   March 17th, 2008 at 5:02 am

   Seerov,

   Thanks for the link.

   Buchanan’s right on this, I think. Ferraro’s comments were as racist as they were sexist — not at all, I think. Still, they serve the same purpose as the “God damn America” preacher [1] — alienating many Democratic voters away from Obama in specific or other black candidates in general.

   Ortho Stice,

   Thanks for the comment.

   Obama’s attempt to distance himself from his Pastor is sickening. I will not vote for him.

   It seems that Obama’s newfound rejection of his Past is just as heartfelt as his embrace once was. Obama was non-religious until he needed an urban political base that was independent from but associated with the Illinois Democratic Party — when he suddenly joined the Trinity UCC megachurch. Now, that association is embarrassing, and he distances himself from it.

   Perhaps it might be fair to say that Obama is a true Trinitarian in the same way that Menem is a true Catholic [2].

   [1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/03/14/what-is-barack-obamas-stance-on-black-value-system.html#comment-34580
   [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Menem

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