Posted by
Tim Z on Friday, March 14, 2008 11:52:08 PM
Barack Obama has vaulted in astonishing fashion to the forefront of America’s current political elite with a combination of charisma, intelligence, and campaigning skill rarely seen. But now it appears we are beginning to get more of a glimpse of the “man behind the curtain.”
At the top of barackobama.com we read “I am asking you to believe.” His followers have taken up a religious devotion and his campaign aids have at times been informed not to discuss issues but rather “how they came to Barack.” He packs stadiums and has viewers faint frequently when he speaks. Many evidently believe him to be the almighty: http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/. However, before I come to believe in Barack, I want to know what he believes. It is evident on the few votes and stances on issues he has taken that he is far more liberal than even his Democrat opponent Hilary Clinton, but what are his deepest held core values?
Obama evidently left the Muslim faith of his father and has embraced the Christian faith at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago (http://www.tucc.org/about.htm ) under the guidance of Reverend Jeremiah Wright. The Reverend Wright has been his pastor for more than 20 years and was a member of and advisor to his campaign. Wright gave the sermon that inspired the title of Obama’s book “The Audacity of Hope”, baptized his children, married him to his wife Michelle, and has been Obama’s mentor and advisor.
Recently we have also now seen that Reverend Wright hates America, is obscenely racist, and an anti-Semitic supporter of Louis Farrakhan:
The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people. God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme." –Reverend Wright
(After 9/11): "We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost." –Reverend Wright
Obama has now been forced to try and distance himself from his pastor of 23 years (though he is still a member of the hateful church). He says he does not agree with his own pastor, but there still remain other big questions. What kind of views does Obama have to associate himself with a Reverend Wright? What kind of parent would bring his children to this church weekly?
Tonight on Fox’s “Hannity and Colmes” Sean Hannity was asked by the Democrat strategist if every child that goes to this church should never be able to one day become president. I will give the Answer Sean should have given: A man who would seek guidance from Reverend Wright or bring his children there does not have the judgment to be President of the United States of America.
God Bless America.