Who’s Really The Racist?
Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Kooks.
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Geraldine Ferarro had to resign from the Hillary campaign for saying “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.” For this comment, she’s been called a racist. Was there really anything racist about it? No. Of course not. It all comes back to the ultimate truth that Barack Obama is a media star and has avoided a lot of scrutiny because of his race. Hillary has gone from presumed frontrunner for the Democratic nomination to fighting for survival because while the media has treated her far more severely than Barack Obama.
I’ve watched the two of them debate a number of times, and it was ridiculously apparent that she was getting tougher treatment. She can’t even attack Obama without accusations of racial insensitivity being raised. To bring up Obama’s past cocaine use is apparently racist. To mention his middle name is xenophobic and racist. To show his picture in an attack is racist. Barack Obama has become virtually untouchable in this campaign because his race has been used as a shield to protect him scrutiny.
Ferraro may have not chosen the best words to make her point — certain in defending herself she seems to be digging herself further into an whole — but there was nothing racist about what she was saying. Keith Olbermann equating her words with that of David Duke actually quite proves Ferraro’s point.
I’m sorry, but Geraldine Ferraro’s comments are far less offensive than the rhetoric of Barack Obama’s pastor and spiritual mentor, Jeremiah Wright:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAYe7MT5BxM]
But, I’m sure I’ll be called a racist for daring to talk about this.
UPDATE: More from Michael Graham.
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84 Responses to “Who’s Really The Racist?”
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51. Some Assembly Required
What was that, wit?
Impressive, three stooges and one wit.
LoL. The best you got is less one wit.
A quick web-search revealed that John McCain and his immediate family are members of North Phoenix Baptist Church. The Pastor there is named Dan Yeary, according to their website. Not John Hagee, nor Rod Parsley, neither of whom are Baptists. Jeremiah Wright, on the other hand, is Barack Obama’s Pastor and has been so for the past 20 years; a bit more intimate than an election year endorsement. I don’t know about anyone else, but if my Pastor used the N-word, and from the pulpit at that, I wouldn’t be a member of his church any longer.
Wow, you wingnuts really hate Christianity.
The one thing that hinders this country more than any other is our inability to be, act, and represent ourselves as one people, Americans. We are not black, we are not white, we are not indians, nor chinese or japanese, we are Americans.
Segregation, setting any race apart from others, is the recipe for the destruction of this nation. Blacks cannot have a separate society from whites, nor can hispanics, nor japanese, nor can white men. We have to all jump into the melting pot, become one people, one race, the race of men.
This is the only way we can solve our problems. Not by emphasizing our differences, but by magnifying our unity through assimilation into one society.
Electing Obama to the Office of President, as the leader of the Free world, would fracture this nation more than anything in history.
Meanwhile, a second Muslim was just elected to serve in the U.S. Congress. You right-wing wackos must be really freaking out!!!!
Imagine what his Mosque is teaching him!
Guess who used the Unmentionable Middle Name first? Answer: Barack Hussein Obama The Wall Street Journal :
Joe –
Glad you mentioned that. This is bad for America.
“Imagine what his Mosque is teaching him!” – Joe
Probably this: Study: 3 in 4 U.S. Mosques Preach Anti-West Extremism: Secret survey exposes widespread radicalism (WND)
“‘The vast majority’ are inciting insurrection and jihad” AGAINST AMERICA “through sermons by Saudi-trained imams and anti-Western literature”.
This is treason and sedition against the United States of America.
Attacking a candidates Christian church of choice. That’s pretty swell of those of you who are Christians.
Hard to believe, but it gets worse…
Obama’s Pastor: God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11. – ABC News
(Video): Obama’s Pastor Jeremiah Wright, Jr.
What person in their right mind would call Pastor Jeremiah Wright, Jr. “one of the greatest preachers in the country”?!?
Barack Obama spent 20 years listening to Pastor Wright’s sermons. 20 years.
This may sink Barack Hussein Obama’s campaign.
Pastor Wright is part of Obama’s Campaign – Politico.com
SteaM,
I can’t comment about the state of Mr. Wright’s soul, but I can say that I get the distinct impression that I wouldn’t be welcome at his church and the sole reason for this lack of welcome would be my skin color.
For us Christians, we are all brothers and sisters – Mr. Wright is fully welcome at my parish; at my parish, we have people representing all ethnic groups. We all worship together and try to express love for one another, as Our Lord commanded. We naturally fall far short of what we should do, but we are trying. And, at my parish, there is also expressed a wide variety of opinion – our pastor is clearly against the campaign in Iraq and has expressed himself on the subject in public…so its not like we don’t tolerate dissent, either.
From what I’ve been able to gather about Mr. Wright, it seems that his message is one of hatred, envy and despair – hatred of white people; envy against those who have done well; despair of ever getting it right unless a mountebank like Wright is in charge.
Now, this man Wright is not just some preacher who happens to support Obama – he is Obama’s pastor; Obama’s spiritual director, just as my pastor directs my spiritual life. I go to my pastor for advice and for instruction – he’s not just some guy mouthing off, but a representative of God to me; he’s teaching me of my Savior and what I must do to live a Christian life.
Wright officiated at Obama’s wedding; Wright has baptised Obama’s children – Obama thus needs to explain himself here…explain, that is, why anyone in 2008 would belong to a group preaching such hatred and division.
Approximately 20 years ago, Barack Obama chose a church. The Church of Christ has many parishes, yet Barack Obama chose a church which has, consistently, preached a philosophy of remaining separate from whites, of blaming whites, of being stridently anti-American, of being very unforgiving and hateful.
I have always believed that people chose a religion which most closely reflects their personal beliefs. Way back in high school, which was a long long time ago, I wrote an essay called “And Man Created God, and Created Him In His Own Image” about that very thing—dogmatic and intolerant people chose dogmatic and intolerant religions, mellow what-the-heck types believe in a mellow and non-judgmental God, etc.
So this is not a new, much less politically motivated, observation about Obama. Something in this very hateful, very hostile, religious community appealed so deeply to something in him, and continued to meet his personal needs, that he has remained faithful to this congregation and its pastor.
So yes, the teachings of the pastor ARE relevant to Barack Obama.
McCain, accepted the support of a man who is also hateful and unpleasant—but he didn’t know the man personally, never called him his friend, did not worship in this man’s church, and in general had only the most superficial contact with him. We have no way of knowing just how much McCain actually knew of Hagee’s background or teachings when he accepted his support.
But we do know that Obama has deep, long-standing, and personal knowledge of Wright’s beliefs and teachings—-and that he apparently has accepted them for two decades.
Even for a group known for its folly, even for a movement dedicated to being as inconsistent and hypocritical as possible, it is amazing that the radical Left can actually claim that Obama’s church membership is not relevant.
Note that this is NOT the same thing as his religion. He could belong to any Church of Christ, he could belong to any church of any denomination, and the denomination would not matter. But the choice to support and follow a man like Wright for 20 years is significant. It says a lot about Obama, and it says things we need to examine.
Of course this is going to be acceptable to the fanatical Left, as it so closely echoes their own pathology. It is hate-driven, it is anti-American, and it is based on the Victim/Villain paradigm. It focuses on turning one group against another, and fomenting anger, distrust, and even hatred of those who are different.
“I can’t comment about the state of Mr. Wright’s soul, but I can say that I get the distinct impression that I wouldn’t be welcome at his church and the sole reason for this lack of welcome would be my skin color.”
Mark,
I seem to remember seeing people of white skin colour in that video. Nice try though
Yes you are right Some Assembly Required there is quite a diverse congregation at barack obama’s church unlike that of most of the Sunday gatherings in the American South. We, Ourselves do know that Sunday is the most segregated day of the week from Texas to Maryland yet another lasting legacy of the love the American majority still has for Jim Crow.
“I seem to remember seeing people of white skin colour in that video. Nice try though”
Did anyone every claim that the con doesnt work on weak minded people? Take yourself for example. Its absolutely true.
hows that go…
Ima black man, I preach for Black people, and I condemn whity.
Where is that concept in the Bible? Please, show us. There are people out there that want to know.
maybe the reason white men dont say nigger is because jessie jackson and al sharpton tend to run and sue white who do~~note the concept is biggotry in real life when blacks call each other nigger and sue the white for doing the same thing!!
hypocricy
hy·poc·ri·sy (hĭ-pŏk’rĭ-sē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. hy·poc·ri·sies
The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
An act or instance of such falseness.
The same place JS where Protestant preachers found in the Bible that it was their birthright to hold black men and women in bondage. We would be delighted to point you to some of the vast wealth of sermons given in the antebellum South regarding this position.
71. Pain | March 14th, 2008 at 8:14 am
‘The same place ….. ”
Sorry, Im not a Protestant. Exactly where is it located? (as if your sarcastic be-hind knows)….
also note that your link contains “0″ quotes from the bible….
68. JS | March 14th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Weak minded or not, ‘whites’ are still in the congregation and are not being lynched.
Protestant, Anglican, Roman catholic, Trinity… All Christians. All believe in the ten commandments. All have extremists factions. So please in your infinite wisdom sir, enlighten us as to which one is better and more holy.
tell us, whats so christian about this?
“people have to put up with…WHO CARES about what a poor black man has to face every day in a country and a culture controlled by rich white people…” “Jesus was a poor black man”…(note; Isreali’s are not black, neither was Jesus…)…”just came to me in the last few weeks why people are hating Barak Obama…he doesnt fit the model…he aint White…he aint Rich…an he aint privliged…”hillary never had a cab wizzz past her and not pick her up because her skin was the wrong color”…”I am sick of negro’s who just do not getit”….
Thats not preaching Christianity. That racism, pure and unadulterated. Go suck up to the liars on your liberal boards, we dont buy the lies here.
You can fool some of the people, some of the time, but thats because they dont know better.
“Thats not preaching Christianity. That racism, pure and unadulterated. Go suck up to the liars on your liberal boards, we dont buy the lies here.”
No, your too busy selling them as facts.
All Religions have extremist factions. Jeremiah Wright is a racist, I never said he wasn’t. What’s your point?
Why do you lie? Did you parents do something to you that makes you hate the truth? First, you say there are white people in this clip. Fact; there is ONE white woman, thats it, not plural, and ONE white person doesnt change the facts about what TRINITY “is”.
ANd now, your calling FACT lies? Is that a part of your stooges act? To turn right upside down? To take the truth and make it a lie?
This “sermon” is nothing more than instigating hatred toward whites in front of a black audience. This baffoon (who is a biggot) ignores the rich blacks who are in society, just like you ignore the racism that he spits out inciting anti white belief.
Thats NOT Christian. And if you disagree, why dont you put it in verse and chapter? Too stupid? Or does the truth bear witness to your lies?
76. JS | March 14th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I think you mean this right?
“You can fool some people sometimes,
But you can’t fool all the people all the time.
So now we see the light (What you gonna do?),
We gonna stand up for our rights!” – Bob Marley
enough of the pity party in black churches, this is america, its not controlled by rich white people, its controlled at the election booth, where 90% of the people who vote make far, far less than what it takes to be “rich white” people.
wtf, obama is a racist, a member of a radical racist church…is the truth too hard to admit stooge number 2?
79. Some Assembly Required
what are you, 12 years old?
I ment what I said, and I said what I ment.
The saying predates bob marley by at least a century…he just copied it….even us poor indians on the reservation used the phrase from waaay back before marley was even born
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
Abraham Lincoln, (attributed)
16th president of US (1809 – 1865)
I mean, really, Lincoln said what you said a hundred years before marleys parents were born…
pull someone elses leg, mine doesnt jingle.
“wtf, obama is a racist, a member of a radical racist church…is the truth too hard to admit stooge number 2?”
When has Obama ever made racist comments or been called a racist? He is a member of a church whose paster is a radical racist, therefore he’s guilty of racism by association?!?! So what about the argument I made earlier about McCain calling Rod Parsley a ’spiritual guide’. He is not associated?!?!?
As for the Marley quote, it obviously did make your leg ‘jingle’ judging from how you went about responding to it.
It’s obvious debating you on this issue is a complete waste of time.
Regards
Mark,
My southern baptist church that I attended FOR 18 YEARS hardly had any black members. I say that because there were a few here and there out of the thousand or so regular attendees. We had one black family that were members the entire time I was there. Otherwise it was just people stopping in to check out the church. They never really came back… maybe not feeling very comfortable, I know I wouldn’t.
My pastor, albeit not my spiritual mentor by any means, and the church organization he represented told me who to vote for, what music to listen to, what not to do, what to do, who to like, who to hate (even though they didn’t know they were preaching hatred and intolerance), and that gay people were confused sinners who would go to hell unless I prayed for them and talked them into going straight and asking for forgiveness.
What a crock.
But hey, that’s their right to say and believe those things. My point is I was fed that for 18 years and I don’t live by everything that I was told. Some of it I do live by, I do have some morals and values even if i am dirty liberal hippy :)
I’m saying that it’s obvious Barack doesn’t hang onto every word his preacher has ever said. I hold onto very few of the things mine told me. However, mine was not a mentor to me.
Either way, this is silly. You guys just don’t like Obama even though he’s going to be one of the most inspirational and amazing president’s we’ve ever had.
Good goin!
JS,
How many do you need?
Gen. ix: 25, 26, 27
1 Tim. 6:1-2
Exodus 21:7-9
Matthew 10:24
John 13:16
Levit. xxv: 44
We feel those are good start.
RE: 85. Pain | March 14th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Pain, if you actually think that those verses say what you think they say, then why in the world would Barack Obama or any black individual or any woman freely choose to become a Christian??? That’s absurd.
We have been wondering that for one hundred and seven years.