Don’t skip the intro – note the map of Africa. Apparently they have revised their mission statement, which reportedly used to say this:

“We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian… Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain “true to our native land,” the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community.

“Trinity United Church of Christ adopted the Black Value System written by the Manford Byrd Recognition Committee chaired by Vallmer Jordan in 1981. We believe in the following 12 precepts and covenantal statements. These Black Ethics must be taught and exemplified in homes, churches, nurseries and schools, wherever Blacks are gathered.

Moreover, the fact that Obama is an upper-middle class half white boy makes this all the more ludicrous.

I wonder why Hillary isn’t going after him for this? Holding her fire? Or too afraid of insulting Black Supremacy?

In the interest of America and democracy, he has an opportunity here to point out that in this country, people are free to change their beliefs, but he will either be hated by the Muslim world, distrusted by Americans, or both.

Secondly, I do also feel there is a case to be made for keeping Muslims out of elected office. Whereas there is no religious test, there is a Constitutional test, and those who believe in the Qur’an as it is currently written cannot be trusted to protect that document. Islam is not compatible with the Constitution or our Bill of Rights. In fact, it is completely contrary to those documents.

Rewrite the Qur’an, reform Islam, and then we can have a conversation.

It doesn’t really matter that this is being brought up as he gains over Hillary Clinton. It has been out there since the beginning. It doesn’t matter whether he was schooled at a madrassa or not. It does matter whether or not his Muslim birth could bring us unnecessary problems during an Obama presidency during a global war against radical Islam.

A CNN reporter denied any veritable link between Obama and Islam. CNN’s reliability is comforting (gag).

Obama CHOSE to affiliate himself, whatever that is, with black supremacists. He has yet to disavow that organization to which he belongs. Even if he turns against that church, that he would EVER have joined leaves a permanent mark on his public conscience. Obama’s campaign history is strewn with filthy tricks getting him to where he is now. THAT is his only record.

Obama has yet to accomplish ANYTHING of merit for our country.

It is no surprise that the MSM will trot Obama about as a prize pony for his “fresh” aura; but it ain’t roses we’re smelling.

I am going to say right now that I don’t think Obama is Muslim, although Muslims around the world will beg to differ, however the black supremacist church he belongs to is bad enough as it is.

However, the fact that he was born Muslim does have certain implications globally, as well as with Muslim organizations in America. Beside the fact that the man is inexperienced and naive (empty suit), it is a reason to keep him out of office.

So the pendulum swings from botched jokes to botched editing jobs.

A high school yearbook editor could do a better job than that hack.

Buy Danish on December 4, 2007 at 10:02 PM

Looks that way, and Hamilton couldn’t even properly apologize without condescending. “I’m sorry it was misunderstood” – as if it was the readers’ fault. “It obviously makes me think about how I edited it.” – I guess he thinks if he had dumbed it down a little more for the common people, we may have been able to grasp the nuance of this brilliant piece of journalism. Good grief.

MSM folks never know when to stop digging.

Assistant Managing Editor Bill Hamilton, who oversees political coverage and edited the article, said that he was “a little puzzled” that readers didn’t see that the paper’s intention was to call into question rumors that Obama is secretly a Muslim (rather than a Christian), and was educated in an Indonesian madrassa.

“I’m sorry it was misunderstood,” Hamilton said. “It obviously makes me think about how I edited it.”

So the pendulum swings from botched jokes to botched editing jobs.

A high school yearbook editor could do a better job than that hack.