Barack Obama Leaves His Courage At The Church Door

Written by: Evrviglnt on Friday, March 14th, 2008

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Barack Obama is not a courageous man. I know some will say that courage comes in many forms, and they’d be right, but the latest example of his friendship with the racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, Jr. ought to give us pause. It seems that Obama’s ‘sister Souljah’ moment passed twenty years ago, and now his “old Uncle” defines Obama simply by the fact that the Illinois senator never was willing to defy him the first time he realized the preacher mimicked demons rather than angels.

By now we’ve all heard what the pastor has to say about America and Americans. Jeremiah Wright Jr. is a black nationalist who sees no reason to believe in a future where we all learn to live with each other. Instead all relationships are powerplays, all social problems are white conspiracies and all failure is the work of the hidden hand of white machination. If you’ve spent anytime talking to black nationalists you’ll know what it’s like to stew in a cloud of intellectual flatulence. It’s born of hatred and ignorance and the self fulfilling perspective of victimization. It certainly isn’t a philosophy to build any kind of future from because it embraces segregation and eschews personal responsibility. Movements like this are dependent upon wealthy, healthy countries to feed it. Jeremiah Wright is a bloated parasite feeding on the body he claims is starving him. Every decent person reflexively dismisses the preacher and those that celebrate him.

So why has Obama not done so? His supporters talk incessantly about his courage and his character, about his ability to bring change and a new day to a bitter and old America. But what in his history gives anyone reason to hope? At the very least we want our leaders to be courageous. Where has Obama been courageous? It takes simple courage to cross the political aisle and come to understand your ideological opponents, and even more courage to probe your own political beliefs for clarity, but anyone who has read his book ‘Audacity of Hope’ (a title Obama says was inspired by Jeremiah Wright,Jr. ) can attest that Obama is a proud liberal who sees dark motivations driving Republicans. Barack has no history of uniting parties or politicians, and judging from the company he keeps there’s no reason to expect anything different.

But most poignant is that when Barack found himself standing inside the Trinity United Church of Christ surrounded by hatred and antipathy, he stood fast. There is no inspiring story of Barack Obama standing up during a hateful tirade of Jeremiah Wright, Jr. and walking through the cheering crowd to crack open the double doors at the back of the church, drawing a spear of bright light piercing through the darkness toward the pulpit. For twenty years Obama chose to attend that church and have that man lead his wedding vows and baptize his children. Was there never a time in the hundreds of services Barack attended where he realized that what was being said offended his sensibilities? I’m willing to believe that he’s a decent man and that he recognizes hatred when he hears it, so I can only assume he had not the courage to stand up against the man and the church. Simply put, Barack Obama is either a racist or a coward.

What would a courageous Barack Obama look like? It would be a man who stood as strong against black racism as he does against white racism. What would a leader with courage look like? It would be one who not just stands against demagoguery, but leads the fight against it. So far the senator from Illinois rides a wave of political concoction, and it’s about time someone let the light in.

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5 Responses to “Barack Obama Leaves His Courage At The Church Door”

Flag Gazer Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 10:31 am

Bravo!
Well said and it needs to be said…
I have watched Obama stand at the front of the buldozer leveling much respected members of his party – all to fulfill this great dream of his. I see no courage in humiliating, destroying and lying about others, but defending the hatred that comes out of this church. At least, I understand why Michelle is so hateful.

fouse, gary c Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 6:05 pm

For months, we have been saying that Barack Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright, was going to hurt Obama’s campaign. Now that ABC’s Brian Ross has released videotapes of Wright’s sermons, Wright is front and center in the Democratic Primary election campaign. Is this stage one of the so-called Kitchen Sink that might derail Obama’s path to the nomination?

I hope that every American gets the opportunity to see and hear Jeremiah Wright for themselves- the “God Damn America” rants, the justifications for 9-11, the references to Hillary Clinton as “white” this and “white that”, as well as references to “Uncle Toms”. According to Wright, American is an evil country, and he doesn’t seem to have much use for white folks either. This man is a vile racist who hates his country. This is a man who claims that we invented the AIDS virus to infect non-whites. Christian minister? This sounds more like some radical Muslim cleric preaching Jihad in some London mosque.

Remember also that this is the same man who traveled with Louis Farrakhan to Libya in 1984 to meet with Moamar Khadafi. This is the same man who recently gave an award to Farrakhan. This is the church that emphasizes the so-called “black value system” and other “black principles” that can only tell other ethnic groups that they are not welcome.

Now that the tapes are out there for all to see and hear, Obama has reacted (as he had to) and released a statement today that he repudiates the offensive statements made by Wright. He claims not to have been present in church when these vile things were said.

It is not enough, and it is not convincing.

First of all, Barack Obama has been affilated with this church and this pastor (Wright recently retired) for almost 20 years. He has identified Wright as his mentor and inspiration. The title of his first book, The Audacity of Hope, came from one of Wright’s sermons. Wright married Barack and Michelle Obama and baptized their children.

Obama’s statements about Wright are not only insufficient, but lame. He says that the worst sermons were made when he was not present. C’mon! In his nearly 20 years attending the Trinity Church, he has not heard these rants, as he is claiming? That strains credulity. He implies that only in the past year has he learned of Wright’s controversial pronouncements. He has stated that he only stayed in the church because Wright was retiring. No, Mr Obama, he was your mentor and inspiration-in your own words. You also put him on an advisory committee for your campaign. You and your wife have been listening to Wright’s sermons for nearly two decades. Your explanations do not wash.

When one views the sermons, one not only hears the vicious words, but one sees and hears the wild applause and affirmations of the congregation. What were Barack and Michelle Obama doing during these sermons? Were they sitting there like potted plants?

Recently, Obama explained his relationship to Wright by referring to all the families who have a crazy uncle that they don’t agree with. We can’t choose our uncles, but we can choose our churches, Mr and Mrs Obama.

That leads me to Mrs Obama. In light of her recent speeches and questionable references to her country, I also want to hear the woman who would be our First Lady speak out about Dr Wright and answer the same questions as her husband.

But it is not enough to state that they don’t agree with those statements. Will they remain in this church-and why have they been a part of it for almost 20 years?

In the interest of full disclosure, I had been hoping that Obama would get the nomination out of my intense revulsion toward Hillary Clinton. I even voted for him in the California Primary since, as an independent, I was precluded from voting for a Republican. Of course, I never entertained the thought that I might vote for him in November. I have written that Hillary would have to steal the nomination from Obama since he has the delegate lead and will hold it when the convention begins in Denver.

Yet, at this point, the Democrats may have to bite the bullet and choose between handing the nomination to Hillary-which she could not win from the voters-or allowing Obama, with this odious association, to become their standard-bearer.

So on goes the increasingly ugly Democratic Primary. Just this week, Hillary offered an apology to black voters for remarks made by Geraldine Ferraro about Obama. Who, if anyone, will Obama apologize to for Wright’s dispicable rants?

Now that Obama has denied previous knowledge of Wright’s words, if that proves not to be true, then he is finished. More importantly, is there a hidden side to Barack and Michelle Obama, two people who represent themselves as bridging the racial divide? I don’t know, but I don’t think this man has any business being a US senator, let alone President of the United States.

gary fouse
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TexasFred Says:
March 15th, 2008 at 6:59 am

Personally, I think Obama is a pimple on the ass of society…

But I didn’t use any racist language IN that description… :)

Stefanie Says:
September 11th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

I THINK THAT ALL OF YOU AR WRONG OBAMA RULES!

 

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