Obama changes his opinions to please his audience which means he is as wishy washy as Charlie Brown.
“Rev” Wright says that he can only believe in a God who is committed to destroying the “White Enemy”.
I don’t know about you, but I think I would draw the “religious freedom” line somewhere *BEFORE* genocide.
wonder why mccain’s minister john hagee
gets a free ride?
mccain and hillary are white.
Reverend Wright may well be willing to stand up for his believes, but his believes encompass racism and paranoia.
....oy...
So it doesn't matter what the man advocates, you think he's a hero.
But we're told to believe that Bernardine Dorhn isn't the same thing she was 40 years ago.
So which is it? Is he "defendable" because he was a Marine 40 years ago or is he a psychopathic attention hog on your TV screen today?
I agree. Rev. Wright, as wrong as he could be, stood his ground. The same can not be said for Obama. Reminds me of George McGovern saying in 1972 he was 1000% behind Thomas Eagleton as his VP. A day or two later he drops Eagleton.
Lying is ANTI-TRUTH, ANTI-FREEDOM, ANTI-INDIVIDUAL, ANTI-LIFE. The lie enslaves us all.
When Jeremiah Wright spews OUTRAGEOUS generalities without naming specific individuals he should be laughed off the pulpit. When he came close to the truth he mentioned a specific individual [paraphrase] ...he [Bill Clinton] did us like he did Monica Lewinsky. Otherwise his divisive rhetoric, pointed at America (in general) or whites (in general) without naming specific individuals is just that...DIVISIVE.
Where does a divisive robe & congregation or divisive robe & mosque take us?
I have no problem with Mr. Wright, or any Pastor, pointing out that Judgment is long due on America for sins against God, and HIS Word... But I have several problems with the way Mr. Wright handled it:
1) What was our great sin that he was pointing out? The fact that our government supports different policies than he'd support (e.g., supporting Israel vs. the Palestinians)? What Biblical edict is being violated?
2) Lamenting 'national' sin is very common in the Bible -- but it is always in the context of being our sin. The sermon snippets I saw, were of Mr. Wright, and his audience whooping it up, about how 'America' got what it deserved. Had he been mourning, and his crowd weeping, about America getting what it deserved - I'd treat his words with more respect. Laughing, and cheering on death and destruction is the sign of depraved men - not "long religious tradition".
3) This 'Judgment' seems to be all centered around, 'get whitey'... Where is the forgiveness and love for our enemies? Even if Mr. Wright feels that he is oppressed in America -- the Bible tells us to pray for our enemies. Even the Hebrews were told to pray for Babylon when they were taken to that land.
I don't care how one tries to slice it. Mr. Wright was not preaching Righteous Judgment. He was preaching racial hatred, and mocking America.
Rev. Wright calls for genocide against a race. This is foul racism which is contrary to God's Will as explicitly stated in Revelations. This is damnable as well as being a call to murder of innocents due to their genetics.
He is vile and without worth, as was Stalin, Mao, Hitler, et al - who also ALL share his Anti-God, Anti-Bible, Anti-Freedom, anti-humanity Pro-Enslavement Socialist point of view.
Rev. Wright is a proponent of Socialism, a philosophy which is not and never will be compatible with our society under our Constitution. It is a detestable worldview which requires the subjugation & enslavement of the People by an all-powerful Government - the exact opposite of our nation. It makes Citizens into Slaves. His views are as poisonous as any other treasonous CRIMINAL who attempts to foment insurrection and violence - these actions taking his loathesome words from under the protection of the Constitution and the 1st Amendment. Calls to insurrection, calls to violence, all are not free speech - they are crimes and crimes again.
He is not a holy man. He is not an American. He is not my countryman, nor is he a civilized man. He is not a citizen with full rights - he, by his words, is an enemy to be defeated and expunged from our sight. He should be escorted to the border and declared to be Hostis humani generis, or the Enemy of All Humanity just like a pirate or a slaver (which he is- a slaver) and a price put on his head for any to collect.
He is scum of the lowest order and has no place in our country.
I agree. Freedom of speech benefits the audience in more than one way — an informed opinion is nigh impossible if you don’t know the speaker’s position. Wright is doing us a favor.
Wright also helps clarify BHO’s “personal judgement”. If we are to believe BHO when one of the reasons that he would sit down and talk with the Iranians involves his ability to accurately judge the character/intent/whatever of Ahmedinajad — it helps us to see how utterly clueless Obama was about the character of Wright. After 20 years of an association with a person, you would think you would know them better (unless OBH is lying when claiming ignorance of Wrights previous crazy statements & sermons).
Bottom line — Obama either completely misjudged Wright’s character after two decades of association with him -or- he’s lying about it. Either way, how can he be trusted to judge the character of those who are openly hostile to the USA?