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October 14, 2008
It Wasn't Always Racist to Call Attention to Reverend Wrong
Nowadays it's racist to mention Obama's 20-year close association with the Caucasian-hating, anti-American demagogue Jeremiah Wright. But just like Oceania hasn't really always been at war with Eurasia, this subject wasn't always taboo. Back in early 2007, when Obama was solidifying support among Democrats and didn't have to appeal to people who would like to see this country preserved, the Wright connection was a point of pride, proving that The One is a true radical and not some squishy moderate. Victor Davis Hansen quotes from the most extravagantly pro-Obama media outlet this side of MSNBC, Rolling Stone:
This is as openly radical a background as any significant American political figure has ever emerged from, as much Malcolm X as Martin Luther King Jr. Wright is not an incidental figure in Obama's life, or his politics. The senator "affirmed" his Christian faith in this church; he uses Wright as a "sounding board" to "make sure I'm not losing myself in the hype and hoopla." Both the title of Obama's second book, The Audacity of Hope, and the theme for his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 2004 come from Wright's sermons. "If you want to understand where Barack gets his feeling and rhetoric from," says the Rev. Jim Wallis, a leader of the religious left, "just look at Jeremiah Wright." […]
When you read his autobiography, the surprising thing — for such a measured politician — is the depth of radical feeling that seeps through, the amount of Jeremiah Wright that's packed in there. Perhaps this shouldn't be surprising. Obama's life story is a splicing of two different roles, and two different ways of thinking about America's. One is that of the consummate insider, someone who has been raised believing that he will help to lead America, who believes in this country's capacity for acts of outstanding virtue. The other is that of a black man who feels very deeply that this country's exercise of its great inherited wealth and power has been grossly unjust. This tension runs through his life; Obama is at once an insider and an outsider, a bomb thrower and the class president.
Given his close, longstanding relationship with Moaist terrorist Bill Ayers — who bombed the Capitol, the Pentagon, and NY Police Headquarters among other public buildings — calling Obama a bomb thrower is particularly apt. Will normal people elect a bomb thrower president? Not unless the media blows smoke in their eyes.
Once The One has been installed in power, look for Jeremiah Wright et al. to be "rehabilitated" like Bill Ayers, who is so dear to Obama he hasn't been chucked under the bus to this day.
On a tip from V the K.
Posted by Van Helsing at October 14, 2008 7:20 AM
Comments
Why isnt McCain campaign using stuff like this in their ads? Everyone should contact them and tell them to get busy.
An easy ad, repeat what Obama said about Wright in 2007, show Wright in his prime in 2008 with a series of classic video clips. Would be more effective than the Ayres ads.
Posted by: Anonymous at October 14, 2008 8:09 AM
Beacuse McCain is following the Bob Dole playbook, while the democrats steal the election.
Posted by: Beef at October 14, 2008 9:17 AM
The other is that of a black man who feels very deeply that this country's exercise of its great inherited wealth and power has been grossly unjust.
"Inherited" wealth and power? "Grossly unjust?"
Last I checked America inherited nothing from anyone, and gained great wealth and power by the hard work of its citizens.
Posted by: mandible claw at October 14, 2008 10:31 PM
