horse of george

"... see Obama finally dumped his church. Maybe now can have the hallowed conversation on race he promised us a few months ago when he said he'd never dump his church, that that'd be giving into the forces of intolerance, playin' I guess the old white mans game of hatin' on people. What a lot of bullshit. That speech he gave was nothing but spin yet the media lapped it up like a pack of idiot dogs. Well, now that it's revealed for the bullshit it was I expect some mea culpas. And it would also be nice if the press would stop allowing the Obama campaign to make the Reverend Wright problem solely a Reverend Wright problem. By placing the focus on Wright himself instead of the church as a whole and Obama's political career in relation to it you allow Obama to make the ludicrous claim that somehow he was insulated from Wright's opinions. But if you watch the Wright and Pfleger videos what you see is that the congregation not only welcomes what is being said, but rejoices in it, revels in it, champions it enthusiastically seemingly without bounds and therefore to claim as Obama does that he attended this church but somehow missed the message preached is absurd. A reasonable person must conclude one of two things: Obama wasn't really paying attention while in throes of most righteous worship which doesn't jibe at all with his oft stated devotion to the church; or, alternatively, he's lying and does in fact share in whole or part the opinions expressed or, if not that, was merely using the church to further his political career - or both, which actually seems like the most logical conclusion to draw when you examine his political roots. From that you're left with several further realities to consider: one, the rhetoric and premises underlying his campaign are bull shit; two, he's ambitious, craves power and is willing to practice deceit to attain it; three, his agenda is activist and far left in nature; and four, he's as willing as any Republican to use religion as a political tool. That last point is important because it's the type of thing liberals should be troubled by and yet they blithely turn a blind eye to it. Seems to me it would be wise to fear a man who not only inspires such blind devotion but also has displayed a willingness to use this devotion in service of a hidden agenda [not unlike way hardline righties devotion to Bush, oh irony of ironies] - yet liberals flock unquestioningly to their Saviour. I have simply stated conclusions one can logically draw simply by looking at the origins of Obama's political career and the bond between that career and the church whose membership he sought out and exploited for twenty years - it's hardly to engage in wild speculation to come to these conclusions - and yet the mainstream press says nothing and, less surprisingly but of no less import I think, left wing entertainment venues like The Daily Show, which have morphed into significant news sources for youth voters, not only say nothing but act as if Obama is beyond reproach. How can a rational person not be alarmed by this...?"