McCain is smart to stay away from this; no need for him to get involved in any way.

Wonder if the Clinton twins are doing the happy dance and
cartwheels over this.

Run “Goddam America” and then Obama shuffling around onstage acting disrespectful during the National Anthem, note no flag pin.

Damning.

On September 16, 2001, Barack Obama’s pastor, the man who inspired his 2004 ketnote speech at the Democratic Convention and the title of his book and the man whose church Obama has faithfully attended and supported, said this:

The government giv…

I’m not sure I quite get your point, Sanguine. The issue isn’t whether “anyone” takes any given religous leader seriously, the issue is that Obama, for reasons that surpass understanding, seems to respect and admire this Wright character. That says something about him that Americans, especially those moved by his lofty, post-racial rhetoric, should probably consider before casting their vote.

And I don’t see how Hillary would be any more lucrative for right-wing radio than Barak Hussein Obama. And then there’s that wife of his….

Part of this is being driven by the Limbaugh crap that Hillary will be easier to beat – when the truth is that Hillary in the White House will be a ratings wet dream for those self-annointed radio and cable-geniuses who thrive on confrontation and distraction in a way not all that different from tin-horn dictators if you think about it.

And this is a guy Barak and Michelle presumably point to as a role model for their two little girls. Nice.

“Let me say at the outset that I vehemently disagree and strongly condemn the statements that have been the subject of this controversy. I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or serves to divide us from our allies. I also believe that words that degrade individuals have no place in our public dialogue, whether it’s on the campaign stump or in the pulpit. In sum, I reject outright the statements by Rev. Wright that are at issue.”

(then, goes on to say)

“With Rev. Wright’s retirement and the ascension of my new pastor, Rev. Otis Moss, III, Michelle and I look forward to continuing a relationship with a church that has done so much good.”
–His words, at the huffpo

So, he’s vehemently disagreeing, strongly condemning, denouncing, and rejecting the rhetorical hatred spewed by the leader of his church, but refuses to DISASSOCIATE himself FROM the church?

Yeh…I’ll swallow that…Hook, line, and sinker.

Sure I will

It’s so annoying when someone claims that what they believe is the last word, so to speak.

Buy Danish on March 14, 2008 at 3:59 PM

Sorry, Danish, not trying to annoy. Yes, not that it really matters, I am a member of the Church of Christ.

No, I don’t believe what I say is the “last word”, I try to let God have that.

The wiki link was interesting in documenting the evolution of the use of Bible words in “Christian tradition”.

I am not concerned with Christian traditon.

Christ himself said that through our traditions we make the Word of God of none effect.

The Hebrew word translated “reverend” in scripture is used 316 times in the OT and means to be ‘fearful, dreadful, to stand in awe of’.

Psa 89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

All my point was in the previous comment is that there are titles in NT scripture reserved for leaders of the NT Church, and Reverend is not one of them.

Apologies.

Via Allah, I think:

Mona Charen: “I am coming to believe that Barack Obama is one of the greatest con artists we’ve seen.”

Could a politician of any stripe have his party’s best interests (forget the country’s) at heart to perpetrate such a massive fraud on them? After all, the only people he has conned so far are the Democrats. Who would believe they could hide their entire life from public exposure for the 2 years of a Presidential campaign?

(Or was his liberal cocoon so warm and cozy that he really thought this America-hating stuff this virulent would fly? I have a hard time believing that.)

Who is behind this massive fraud that is ruining the Democrats’ chances of gaining the Presidency? Who has the most to gain from all of this?

Who indeed?

Riehl World View, a leader on this controversy, links to more updates on the problems between Obama and his pastor, Jeremiah Wright.
First, Obama gets his first questioning after this latest Wright flare-up.
Q: I don’t know if you’ve seen …

Twenty years is more than endorsement enough for just about any of Wrights despicable behavior.

Why go to the trouble of driving over, sitting and listening (and having a political relationship with), to a Preacher you don’t agree with even a second time much less for that length of time?

Speakup on March 14, 2008 at 3:37 PM

Perfect………well done.

Now let’s get some popcorn, this show is gonna be exciting!!

It’s so annoying when someone claims that what they believe is the last word, so to speak.

labrat on March 14, 2008 at 3:45 PM

Sorry, but you are way wrong on this.

None of us are “reverend”.

The leaders of congregations of God’s people are “Pastors”.

It is blasphemy for any man to take this title, much less the dirtbags running around this country wearing it.

The “Reverend” Wrong will be the undoing of the Obamassiah.

He is running on the idea that he has the better judgement because he did not vote for the Iraqi war.

nnaus on March 14, 2008 at 3:28 PM

He was an Illinois State Senator, not a U.S. Senator at the time, so his judgment and courage are more meaningless words.

Obama’s Senate career began on 1/4/2005. The Iraq invasion was in March 2003, and the authorization for the use of force was in October 2002.

Black women are being raped daily in Darfur, Sudan, in the Congo and in Sub-Saharan Africa. That doesn’t make the news. One 18-year-old white girl from Alabama gets
drunk on a graduation trip to Aruba, goes off and “gives it
up” while in a foreign country and that stays in the news
for months

This guy loves to talk dirty, doesn’t he? Like “Bill Clinton did us like he did Monica Lewinsky–driving dirty.” He’s a deviate as well as a racist.

Why go to the trouble of driving over, sitting and listening (and having a political relationship with), to a Preacher you don’t agree with even a second time much less for that length of time?

AZCoyote on March 14, 2008 at 3:07 PM

Ironic to watch Wright complain about unfairness in the media, since they are the ones protecting him. Well, there is some coverage now, Pastor. How do you lke it?

I am coming to believe that Barack Obama is one of the greatest con artists we’ve seen.