Inaugural benediction: Pray that “white will embrace what is right”
posted at 1:55 pm on January 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
Didn’t whites just do that by electing Jesus Christ president?
Welcome to the post-racial age. Exit question: Hey, that Rick Warren’s pretty controversial, huh?
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Dude, I am a bundle of contradictions. I could nap while riding a rollercoaster. I read Camus while listening to Metallica. Voting for McCain does not preclude me for calling for his immediate ouster.
The Race Card on January 20, 2009 at 4:22 PM
But they don’t call him Hussein because of his color. If he were a white leftist with the same middle name they’d be doing the same thing.
I can’t speak for everyone’s intentions, but if people don’t want to be labeled racists, they should stop acting like them. Addressing Obama as “Hussein” makes them sound like a bunch of racists. Obama is an American Christian, and harping on his middle name serves no purpose other than making reference to his ethnic background.
The “Magic Negro” is actually from an article, written by a black leftist discussing why Obama is considered so acceptable to white people. The article itself is inherently racist but is accepted as intellectual analysis. But when somebody puts the text to music and satirizes it to point out the hypocrisy of it… they’re racist?
Skywise on January 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM
I’m referring to Chip Saltsman, who is an idiot, and who – alog with Katon Dawson – has given the race for RNC Chair a hefty dose of racial politics that it didn’t need.
Big S on January 20, 2009 at 2:27 PM
Do me a favor and compose a lengthy response on how much you loathe Rev. Wright’s overt racism towards whites and how that diminishes race relations. Then I’ll listen to your sanctimoniousness.
As for “Hussein”, I didn’t hear it beeped out like a vulgarity at the inauguration today, did I? If he has a problem with his name, he can always change it.
Saltyron on January 20, 2009 at 4:23 PM
PLEASE PLEASE don’t stop! Keep calling out the TRUE racists!
Whoever has you for a wife is a blessed man.
platypus on January 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM
I did not say I disagreed, I just found the irony too good to keep to myself. In fact, if you’re going to get everyone ousted, I’d be glad to help… McCain especially.
fiscallyconservative on January 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Well said. The Great Society programs did much to destroy families and the dignity of fathers as primary wage earners/masculine role models for their sons.
Regardless of what kind of school a student attends–public, private, charter– parents who are engaged in their children’s schooling set the tone for achieving children and their eventual success. Those parents rightfully demand that the schools provide a solid education.
Now a retired teacher in reflecting over my career, I had seen children from all kinds of economic backgrounds succeed in school and later in their careers. Those that succeeded had parents who were involved in their children’s education.
Half of opportunity is created by showing up every day, whether at school or at work.
onlineanalyst on January 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Hey Noneya, Baldilocks is cleaning your clock on this argument. You only reply with ad hom attacks and platitudes. Baldilocks 31, Noneya 3
StatenItaly08 on January 20, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Okay, let me make this easier for you.
What explains the inequality of outcome among Nobel science awards – just to pick a very specific item? Is that due to “initial conditions” for Asians, who have not won anything near their percentages? Is it cheating by Jews, who have won far more than their percentage?
Whether you write it off to biology or culture, let me know how you view this “clearly unfair” situation, that serves as evidence (by your reasoning) of the poor and unfair “initial conditions” for Asians.
progressoverpeace on January 20, 2009 at 4:27 PM
I’m not sure I see the contradiction in that one. Metallica always seemed a little nihilistic to me. Camus was more existentialist, but that’s not a huge difference.
Esthier on January 20, 2009 at 4:28 PM
More like “Don’t blame us alone, everyone was doing it.” Send the first reparations bill back to Africa first.
Also, a lot of white (and black) people died to stop that hideous practice, so give credit where it’s due along with blame.
Also, I’ curious, how much money/time/effort is spent by groups like the Rainbow Coalition and the NAACP on stopping slavery of ALL races across the world this very day? Or is more money made by whining about past abuses that didn’t happen to them.
I’m Irish, and my “kind” were discriminated against in the country some time ago. Do I have any justification to walk around with a chip on my shoulder, and if so, for how long?
Saltyron on January 20, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Nicely done. Just like poker – “I’ll see your two hundred and raise you two hunndred.”
platypus on January 20, 2009 at 4:30 PM
That score is deceptive. The game was never that close.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on January 20, 2009 at 4:31 PM
supply-side economics, tax breaks for the wealthy, lack of nationalized health care, take your pick…
yes, individuals like President Clinton
huh? excuse me baldicrock but you do nothing but spew GOP talking points here, so don’t continue to lie and act like you are not a repug. and what “leftist nanny-state policy” did President Clinton have that kept blacks “enslaved”? welfare reform? increased financial aid?
Noneya on January 20, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Greetings:)
What I don’t understand about all this and since the big O is such a Lincoln fan, all these slaves were offered the chance to return to Africa but none wanted to go why?. Then blame every white person for their failures. I think what they want,they can never achieve they want to be white, ie: Micheal Jackson, interracial marriage, they hate themselves more than anyone else and it just keeps festering, just an old f**t’s assessment.
concernedsenior on January 20, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Your talking points are straight outta Olbermanntonfieldville, you know in Far Left Kook County….. Baldilocks owns you!
StatenItaly08 on January 20, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Name two colleges (publicly funded) that openly discriminate (“codified” meaning written) against blacks (or minorities).
More than a few use Affirmative Action as a plus factor for blacks and Latinos, but not for whites and Asians. One’s plus is another’s minus.
Name the colleges. Provide websites. Until then, check yourself and your dated rhetoric.
Income? Did I miss all of the talented black men on Sunday football making a whole hell of a lot more money than I make as an attorney? Do I want their cash? NO! Do I want them to not demand my cash for payments on sins long past I didn’t commit? Yes!
(By the way, I think that most football and basketball teams are not racially-representative of their surrounding communities. Whatever shall we do about that?)
Saltyron on January 20, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Race card pulled during the inauguration. Wow that didn’t take long.
Obama can KMA.
roux on January 20, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Big S, have you run away? I’m still waiting for some answers to me very simple questions.
progressoverpeace on January 20, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Not at all.
I can’t even find where you had previously used the word ‘heir’ so how can I possibly substitute the word ‘beneficiary’ for it?
Maybe I should give standing on my head another try.
Cheshire Cat on January 20, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Snap!
Saltyron on January 20, 2009 at 4:43 PM
What asylum did this old crack addict escape from, and why is he reciting the poem that Spike Lee and Cheech & Chong wrote while torching bowls at the fund raiser to rebuild the bomed levies in NOLA?
Alden Pyle on January 20, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Yeah, this really sets the races on good footing to work together.
How about a prayer which urges “black men to get jobs and support their children”?
I wish Obama well, but this is a shameful comment.
molonlabe28 on January 20, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Baldilocks, you are a jewel. I agree. Your husband is a lucky man.
kingsjester on January 20, 2009 at 4:49 PM
For what, putting the wrong word in that sentence?
Esthier on January 20, 2009 at 4:54 PM
:::sigh::: My fault. Subtitute the word ‘heir’ for beneficiary. However I would think that you could figure out that that was what I meant–that is, if you are communicating in good faith, which I will continue to assume that you are, in spite of you sarcasm. (BTW I figured out that the “standing on head” part was sarcasm without you explaining to me.)
baldilocks on January 20, 2009 at 4:54 PM
He will be! :)
Thanks.
baldilocks on January 20, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Someone should tell this guy that the color is actually yellow and not “yella”
lmwyman on January 20, 2009 at 4:56 PM
If it was Kennedy, he would have said ‘yeller.’ :)
baldilocks on January 20, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Relax, it’s a joke. I know you didn’t mean that, but it was funny that he caught it.
Saltyron on January 20, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Told ya,…ACORN elected Barry!
Before we even think about the next election,Americans must go after ACORN, unless you want another repeat.
christene on January 20, 2009 at 5:13 PM
She, and while I’m not upset, I just don’t see the humor in it either, not after ACORN and the fraudulent donations futilely uncovered in this election.
Esthier on January 20, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Just one of numerous insults and condescensions made during the event. Listened in my car at work because the lunch room would have been awash with tears of joy and all that. If I had been inside for this comment, I might have been asked to take the rest of the day off to reconsider dropping the F-bomb in mixed company.
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I actually had to tell someone after lunch not to expect me to converse with them about the new prez… “I think he’s a thug, and was given a pass by the media… I’m sure this is not a good place for me to go into what think about Obama.”
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I had the same policy with Bush… Not at work. It amazes me that people I work with and mostly like, see this whole president thing so differently.
RalphyBoy on January 20, 2009 at 5:26 PM
If a liberal white makes fun of conservative whites, its speaking truth to power. If a conservative black makes fun of liberal blacks, its Uncle Tomism.
Speedwagon82 on January 20, 2009 at 5:28 PM
It really is enjoyable, isn’t it? baldi puts Noneya over her knee, paddles the little flea’s behind without breaking a sweat, then sets her back upright, dusts off her own hands, and moves on.
a capella on January 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM
I actually just interrupted my workout because I
thoughtknew you would call me on that. Too cool for school you are.And really I’ve been listening to nu-metal a lot lately. Back to the speed bag. I’m working out to Snot.
The Race Card on January 20, 2009 at 5:48 PM
To quote Spike Lee….
“We ain’t on the plantation anymore”.
So act like it, will ya?
Hog Wild on January 20, 2009 at 5:50 PM
This is so unbelievable
no f*cking class.
blatantblue on January 20, 2009 at 5:59 PM
I’m flattered.
Snot, sounds great, especially for a relative unknown. Reminds me of a band that broke up. I’m not big into stuff that heavy, but a friend was the guitarist and a mutual friend used to have parties at her loft apartment and invite them to play, so I was disappointed to see them go.
http://www.bandmix.com/carbonsoul/
Esthier on January 20, 2009 at 6:04 PM
This “reverend” can kiss my white ass.
13Girl on January 20, 2009 at 6:08 PM
and what rightness are we to embrace? Obamites will be getting a breath of reality when he starts working. He’s not going to sympathize with his own race as much a they think he’s going to.
johnnyU on January 20, 2009 at 6:16 PM
If you people don’t learn to pace yourselves and your righteous indignation, you’ll never make it through the next 8 years.
benny shakar on January 20, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Really not one to talk…
Esthier on January 20, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Looks like Jeremiah Wright isn’t the only idiot minister out there.
pilamaye on January 20, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Wow, did you cut and paste this from yesterday???
If can’t come up with something better, people might come to the conclusion that you’re a Toilet Bug…
oh, wait…..
BigWyo on January 20, 2009 at 6:46 PM
What’s right is a swift kick in the ass to idiots like this clown.
I doubt this phony cleric would embrace that, but who knows?
NoDonkey on January 20, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Pure racism. Pure. Right there for all to see.
Imagine if a white preacher had said “Pray that blacks will embrace what is right”
Yep,, it’s off to a good start.
JellyToast on January 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Yup.
She’s my hope and change.
The Ugly American on January 20, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Loft living is too fun. Had a loft downtown LA with a huge halfpipe in our living room, literally. Parties abound cuz there’s nothing to wreck.
Chaotic Soul is what I expected, but I like. Too bad they’re done deal.
Snot was on the verge of superstardom about ten years back, then their lead singer Lynn Strait died. They had a pretty big selling tribute album dedicated to Lynn with some industry heavies on it.
Theyve been touring again with a new singer. They still rock. The bass player is my neighbor and friend.
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It’s really too bad about this comment by Rev Lowery. I was very offended when I heard this.
I know he was doing some retro homage to foregone sayings and phrases, but he blew it. As much sh*t as I talk, I tend to give older folks a pass. Also, some people just suck at humor and suck even more when they are trying to be cool.
Somebody needs to invent a real-time buzzer like on Family Feud. Survey says XXX!
The Race Card on January 20, 2009 at 7:19 PM
The majority of Obama’s votes came from “whites” apparently trying to do “right.” It is still not enough…
TightAggressive on January 20, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Is it just me, or was the guy in the scarf behind Obama and to his right not amused?
- The Cat
MirCat on January 20, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Maybe what he meant was “the white to embrace the Wright”.
Racist.
ricelchew on January 20, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Government Office of Objectionable Speech: Office hours, 4:45 to 4:47 pm, the second Tuesday of every third week, by appointment only.
Translated: Nope. We don’t get to be offended.
uncivilized on January 20, 2009 at 8:01 PM
What a f***ing racist!!!
madmonkphotog on January 20, 2009 at 8:03 PM
We’re just getting started good, buddy.
uncivilized on January 20, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Yeah buddy. The vilification of conservative Christian whites can now shift into high gear. Payback time, baby.
infidel4life on January 20, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Just what is right for us whites to be doing? If electing a supposedly (1/16) black man to the highest office in the world isn’t breaking down barriers of racism and, by black supremacist doctrine, doing what’s right, what the (censored) is? This guy makes me sick. He is so blinded by racist hate that he can’t see the forest for the trees.
What makes me sicker is that the crowd loved it. America, listen up, we’ve got a long way to go.
flutejpl on January 20, 2009 at 9:28 PM
If whites would embrace what is right BHO would still be the empty suit jr senator from corrupt Chicago . Bill Ayers would have been left to rot in prison and rev write would have been shamed and left the country. Its the whites who did what was not right and bought into some leftist guilt mentality and help elect this blank slate moron POTUS.
So for the next 4 years im backing myself into the corner so when it comes time to fight i have only one way to go …the right way.
Mojack420 on January 20, 2009 at 10:35 PM
All I heard in so many words was “Up yours you crackers, Amen! Say AMEN!”
worlok on January 20, 2009 at 11:17 PM
I think I can give him some slack.
I wish he could have said more about the rampant teen pregancy in the black community and the poor fatherless children that follow..maybe talked a little about ‘responsibility’ from that.
But that would be a little too much substance and we are talking about the inauguration of barry obama here. Where substance is a non issue.
Sooooooooooooooooo…
Handel on January 20, 2009 at 11:26 PM
And that in the “Name” of Christianity (!)
It’s gonna be a looong four years.
infidel4life on January 21, 2009 at 1:39 AM
This white has always tried to embrace what’s right, even without being told to do so by some racist festering piece of horse dung. Frankly, I’m sick to death of this racial victimology and I wish to hell the aggrieved and put-upon losers who cling to this garbage would finally grow up and realize that their future is in their hands, not mine. I am not responsible for your fatherless upbringing, your lousy self-image or the long-past history of slavery in this country. The next race-baiting poverty pimp who tries to saddle me with this crap will be getting a defiantly raised middle finger and a loud & clear F U!
We ended up with this lowlife socialist scumsucker in the white house because too many (mostly white) voters bought into the whole white guilt mentality and the big-eared freak rode that wave all the way to the presidency. Well, congratulations, schmucks. Do you feel absolved? No? Well, how about after we spend billions in reparations. Will the guilt trips end then?
I think not.
SKYFOX on January 21, 2009 at 5:41 AM
Fox and Friends has been running this clip all morning and laughing about how cute a statement this was.
Skywise on January 21, 2009 at 8:50 AM
I saw that once and changed the channel. Gretchen is a total moron. I didn’t stay with Fox long enough to hear comments from the other fools.
progressoverpeace on January 21, 2009 at 8:55 AM
What do you expect! BO went to a racist church for 20yrs to hear this crap! it only fits his MO. It will only get worse trust me! Could you imagine if a white pasture got up there and made a comment about black people that way!
time2taketheglovesoffGOP on January 21, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Wouldn a prayer with that tone justify calling the reverend the “N” word? I don’t use the word, but I’ve seen the reaction from people who voted for him who happen to be white. It isn’t pretty and even though I don’t see any serious regret (YET), it has given people pause for concern that all white people were lumped in as one monolithic group.
csdeven on January 21, 2009 at 9:21 AM
That’s what I liked about it too. Plus, the walls were concrete which meant we got no complaints from the neighbors. Still, at $1500, it was a little ridiculous by DFW standards. Then again, my friends are the same kind of people going bankrupt today.
You weren’t kidding when you said “industry heavies”. I’m glad to hear they’re coming back up. It’s horrible when something like that tears apart a good band. The one I linked you to broke up because of the singer’s ego. He’s since scaled back on that, but I don’t see them reuniting.
Esthier on January 21, 2009 at 9:43 AM
AMEN !!! and AMEN!!!
Mark Garnett on January 21, 2009 at 9:43 AM
LOL
LibTired on January 21, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Honestly, what do you think??
I don’t think that statement needs explaining, but OK- In MY opinion, the statement by the boys is perfectly within reason & NOT ‘racist’ like the history teacher explained.
A teacher has no business punishing a student for saying something like that. There are a lot of other serious reasons for punishing a student, but them exercising their right to speak their opinion, without foul language, even if it was sarcastic, is no crime.
BTW-our little rural school is far from being PC, but the boys showed restraint bcs normally they might have said nigger instead of black. One of the boys in question I know would have been thinking that word, but he didn’t say it.
Badger40 on January 21, 2009 at 10:01 AM
What I found interesting is the look on Obama’s face when the Rev. said the “White will embrace what’s right” remark. It’s at about :29 seconds on the clip. He went from the look of “this little Rhyming thing is cute-ish” smile to “OMG WTF did he just say? I can’t change my expression too much because the camera is on me…..” half smile……… Kinda nice to see him look VERY uncomfortable over that one-sided prayer as he should have the whole time.
HouseHold6 on January 21, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Hey, here’s an idea! Why don’t we whiteys all graciously give up our homes, properties and everything we’ve worked hard for, and hand the country (the whole shebang) over to the minorities. Then they can just finish the country off, but quicker.
I don’t know where we’ll go specifically, but we can figure something out. Global warming is melting the north pole, maybe we can take that over.
You know… I was never, ever a racist person. But since 911, and since the new onslaught of Jackson/Sharpton/Obama racebaiting, I am quickly becoming a different person in recent months.
Funny how such events transform a person.
ErinF on January 21, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Obama is not an American Christian, no matter what he says, because he follows Black Liberation Theology and sat in a racist BLT church for over 20 years. And if you noticed, Obama quit going to any church once he threw Wright under the bus back during the campaign.
How many black political talking heads do you see on tv? Juan Williams? On Fox, natch.
RickZ on January 21, 2009 at 10:35 AM
KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
WHIIIIIIIIIIITEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
BallisticBob on January 21, 2009 at 10:39 AM
What and embarassment.
sheesh on January 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM
My first thought when I saw Lowery was, “Where did they dig that fossil up?” I can excuse the ramblings of an old man who likely had no idea where he was, who he was, why he was there and probably had a load of feces in his Depends. It’s harder to excuse those who gave him the microphone.
sdd on January 21, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Don’t buy into the white guilt complex. It is completely acceptable to criticize racists……ESPECIALLY Negros who CLAIM to be finishing Dr. Martin Luther King’s work. Everyone of those black racists bastards you mentioned should be identified the way they identify themselves. As being black skinned Americans. We simply need to add to the description that they are racists also. And bastards too boot, as far as I am concerned.
csdeven on January 21, 2009 at 10:52 AM
I think it just took office.
Dasher on January 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Too many lawyers and therapists.
RickZ on January 21, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Income is usually related to education and always related to hard work. Everyone in this country has got the opportunity to get an education. The actual inequalities are directly related to the rising rate of single parent families. Poverty, crime, and school drop-out are very close, percentage wise, between black and whites when single parent families are part of the equation. We can thank LBJ and his misguided great-society programs, for much of the problem. It seems to have hurt more than it helped.
Johan Klaus on January 21, 2009 at 11:09 AM
out and out disgrace. How do these people get away with this racist language? MSM is truly shameless.
marklmail on January 21, 2009 at 11:17 AM
My 21-year old son is another. He was a rabid Democratic Rage Against the System type who got a job as a checker at Albertsons in Tucson, Arizona. He noticed that there were three types of food stamps, two of which let you buy alcohol and smokes if you gamed the system right. His epiphany came when a woman in his line bought some food, took the change, bought the bottle in a separate purchase, and walked out, leaving the food she’d just bought on the checkout stand.
He railed to me about this in a phone conversation and my response was “Welcome to the Republican Party!”. He reregistered a few weeks later.
As for me, I’m certainly over 30, and my response to you is “Whether you think so or not, experience counts”. That’s why Mr. Hefner is so successful at what he does.
unclesmrgol on January 21, 2009 at 11:35 AM
supply-side economics, tax breaks for the wealthy, lack of
nationalized health care, take your pick…
Noneya on January 20, 2009 at 4:32 PM
When lefty’s try using “supply side economics” and “tax
breaks for the wealthy” as some sort of zinger, it only
shows their historical and economic ignorance. First of,
the “rich” as you all them pay a greater dollar amount to
the federal government than the bottom 90%.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/22652.html
Second, these are the people who create the jobs, if you
over tax them they don’t have the money to hire new
employees or increase salaries for higher performing
employees. Most importantly though, you are not entitled
to the fruits of anyone elses labor, or wealth. Everytime
you cut taxes unemployment goes down and federal tax
receipts go up. If you don’t believe me, please show some
statistics comparing economic output and unemployment
rates of the FDR, LBJ and Carter years to the Reagan
years. Also, please give me an example of how trickle-up
economics works, or more precisely,who has ever gotten
wealthy off a government program besides someone working
in government.
Clinton only passed welfare reform because the
Republicans took back the House and Senate, once they got
off the dole, they went back to work and increased their
earnings. And contrary to popular perception, nationalized health care is not free. Your side is always talking about choice, except when someone wants to choose where their children go to school, save for their own retirement, or pick their own doctor.
celtnik on January 21, 2009 at 11:42 AM
What’s the problem with the emphasized description?
baldilocks on January 21, 2009 at 11:44 AM
If one can’t learn to discriminate between the racists and the non-racist of any stripe, they become what they despise.
baldilocks on January 21, 2009 at 11:46 AM
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