Political Punch

On his radio show yesterday, Hugh Hewitt played excerpts of Barack Obama reading from his autobiography, Dreams of My Father. In one, Obama remembers a sermon by Rev. Jeremiah Wright:
There entails a description which includes these words that Obama remembered and wrote in his book:

"It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year, where white folks' greed runs a world in need, apartheid in one hemisphere, apathy in another hemisphere ... That's the world! On which hope sits."

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There is your "change and hope" obama supporters.

Here is obamas' pastor of 20 years...."“Africans have a different meter, and Africans have a different tonality,” he said. Europeans have seven tones, Africans have five. White people clap differently than black people. “Africans and African-Americans are right-brained, subject-oriented in their learning style,” he said. “They have a different way of learning.”

Wow.

Wright has honorary degrees from seven institutions, including Colgate University and Valparaiso University -- NOT EXACTLY HOTBEDS OF BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY OR ANTI-AMERICANISM.

The "America's chickens have come home to roost" phrase was not even Wright's: he was quoting from an interview on FOX NEWS with Ambassador Edward Peck.

Broaden your minds, people, and do your homework.

"I've said before, I have strongly denounced those comments that were the subject of so much attention. I wasn't in church when he made them." - Barack Obama

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The first Wright sermon Obama heard. ... - By Mickey Kaus - Slate ..."White Man's Greed"Obama's very first service at Wright's church was ... controversial. .... where white folks' greed runs a world in need, aprtheid in one ...

I sure hope "Fitty Cen'" makes up his
mind about whom he's backing for the
DEM nominee. It will help me make up
MY mind. Won't it hep you, too?

Rev. Wright just spoke at the NAACP dinner and Detroit...he's NOT the crazy, unpatriotic hatemonger that the MSM has portrayed him to be! He spoke how different does not equate deficient...giving examples how blacks clap on the downbeat and whites clap on beats 1 and 3...lol...whites are clapping offbeat, but only to the way European music is written. And, all this time, I just thought white people didn't have any rhythm...different, but not deficient. It's a shame because those who view the black church think that the pastors are screaming from the pulpit...different, not deficient from others. It's unbelievable how MSM has completely taken his words out of context and I think that his re-emergence can only help him to defend his name and that of the black church. Free your mind America!

"Shuck'n jive.." Stop it, Democrats.
Reverend Wright makes Bill Clinton
look like a minstrel. You have a true
man to bridge the ravages of separatism
.........AL GORE!....until you find out
his father's stance on civil rights...
Oh, well, let's try ......hell, YOU
are the party of racism! Ebonics is
superior to what I hear from half of
your Reps on the house floor. If we all
give up and speak Rap.....can't we all
get along?

Barack Obama needs to remove himself from the presidential race. By his running, he and his cronies have used hatred of whites, of Jews, and sympathy with terrorists who harmed this country during the Vietnam War as support. We need to tell the Democrats: Nominate Obama, and you will get your 50 state blowout. In the direction you do not want.

FL voter,

Thanks!!! I had no idea there was an actual effort bu FL citizens to have their votes counted. I was beginning to wonder whether FL Dems were serious. Nice that ordinary citizens are doing this!! I will sing and pass along.

Obama needs to step down. He and his cronies are becoming more and more divisive and he will never make it to the White House.

To Dave: Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma terrorist, was a former marine and he considered himself a true patriot. Just because you think you are Wright, doesn't excuse your words and actions for being wrong.

its still surprising that people still are holding wright to how sean hannity and right wingers portrayed him to be. Isnt it in american that we are innocent until proven guilty? dont we have a right to present our story before we get judged on? why dont we give wright the same chance? if we base him on his clips then we cant help it but think hes wrong. but if we actually think about what he said with an open mind, we can understand that hes not a racist nor antiamerican...from a 45 yr old white man

HoosierSue said: Those of you who are defending Rev. Wright and Barack Obama need to brush up on Black Liberation Theology. This is what Wright preaches and Obama agrees with.

And I'll say again why do they have white members and a white President of Trinity United Church of Christ if this "Theology" is so bad and hateful? You have no arguement here. It is empty. Please let it go.

Sharon: May God Bless you.I'm sure there are many more truth-tellers like you out here.Let's hope others speak up and save people from being misguided by spin and hype being perpetrated by those whose interests are mainly selfish.

Sharon thank you so much for having an OPEN MIND and looking at things as they should be looked at. Not all, but a lot of white folks in this country have blinders on. Thank God for white folks with some sense. I applaud you. This is how healing our nation and world starts.

Those of you who are defending Rev. Wright and Barack Obama need to brush up on Black Liberation Theology. This is what Wright preaches and Obama agrees with.

I have read these whole sermons, researched the church, Pastor Wright, and the long list of involvements and accomplishments of Pastor Wright. The "God Damn America" was a shocker, but when reading it within the sermon it seems to lose the "big impact". Sermon was about God and Country. Message left with me was God will never fail you, even if your country does. Reach to God to find strength. God will always be there.

FYI - I am caucasian and felt message was touching and uplifting.

Several countries were mentioned and several races were mentioned. I read the interview done recently. I don't pretend to fully know the precise theological methods used when developing a sermon. But I did understand what he was saying. I do not believe Pastor Wright is truly unpatriotic nor did he mean to be. I do believe Pastor Wright did live through many of the racial prejudices in United States. Some of his references in sermon are pretty serious. Yes, there was an approved medical research study conducted upon blacks who were diagnosed with syphilis. Certain participants had medication with held to study symptoms as they developed. Certain participants were given medication. Total medical embarrassment and caused a huge uproar. Also was reference to early scientific medical research theory AIDS was caused by a "virus mutation" during medical vaccination research study. Also involved blacks. Researchers and medical community have dismissed. I have not thoroughly researched enough to get any indication what is there and what is not.

How can we say this is man is not patriotic?? After graduating college he volunteered to serve this great United States for six years. Pastor Wright did not attempt avoid as many have. He served our country readily.

If we had not heard the "hit remarks" over and over again, we would be applauding everything Pastor Wright and his church have done. My research reveals he is well respected.

Everyone have a heart and wish this gentleman well in his retirement. I found he has accomplished some wonderful much needed programs. His HIV and Hospice outreach programs were truly great. I mention only these as I am partial to medical programs.

I wish him well!!! We can stop these old time dirty political games. This is 2008. It has been used in the past and it worked. We are a different country today. I know we can do it!! Let's show them.

Cindy in NC said: Filling young minds with hate for our country, and hate for white people is not very honorable.

First of all as a fellowservice person I thank you for your service but I disagree with you because you are wrong. I only deal in facts and not in rumors and interpretations.

First of all you need to be carefull how you choose your words. He did not, and I repeat, he did not teach anyone hate for white people.

If he did then why are white ministers coming to his defense? Hmmmm?

Secondly why does his church have white members. You need to go to google and type in White Catholic priest defends Rev. Jeremiah Wright pt1. This white catholic Priest also referred to Minister Louis Farrakhan as a friend.

Kinda hard to teach people to hate white folks when you are friends with them. Also did you know that the President of Trinity United Church of Christ is WHITE?

If Barack Obama had simply been a member in attendance at a given church for a short period of time and had no idea of what type of racism, hate, and treason that its pastor stood for, the content of Jeremiah Wright's sermons would be of little or no consequence.

Such is not the case regardless of how far Barack Obama tries to distance himself from the political fallout of a wrong, Wright association.

The fact is that Barack Obama attended the Trinity Church of Christ for over twenty years where Jeremiah Wright spewed out his haterful venom of division, destruction, and treason.

The fact is that Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were close enough to Jeremiah Wright to have the man unite them in marriage.

The fact is that Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were close enough to Jeremiah Wright to have the man baptize their children.

The fact, by Obama's own statement, is that he considers Jeremiah Wright as an extended family member, specifically an "old uncle," and a spiritual mentor.

After evident spiritual intimacy, for Barack Obama to proclaim publicly that he was not aware of the political views and message content of Jeremiah Wright's gospel is to suggest either a significant level of incompetence, recurring lapses in memory, intent to mislead American voters about his true political motivation and spiritual beliefs, or a combination of the above.

I was in the Army Reserves for a few years and I also served my country by teaching high school kids for 27 years.

Filling young minds with hate for our country, and hate for white people is not very honorable.

I do appreciate that Wright served our country. I wish he still did.

My dad was in the Navy and fought in WWII. I will always defend America.