But defamation by innuendo is something else. Glenn Beck and his radio twin, Rush Limbaugh, have since the president’s inauguration imputed tyrannical intentions to the man. Whether inflating episodes such as children singing a song about Mr. Obama, claiming that the president is a racist with a “deep-seated hatred of white people and white culture” or characterizing “Obama’s America” as an offspring of Maoism or Nazism, Beck and Limbaugh are stoking a fire of fear and anger against the president of the United States. If you search the Internet for the phrase “Obama is…,” the top six possibilities offered are, “antichrist,” “idiot,” “racist,” “liar,” “Hitler,” “socialist.” A search for “Obama” and “destroying America” yields 719,000 sites.There is a profoundly important reason why religion and secular government must be kept separate. This silly, naive view of reality is a great example.
Before continuing, let me state that most of my education was Jesuit induced, and I shall be grateful to my dying day for the gift of critical thinking, reasoning, and courage that I learned from so many teachers I shall always remember.
This "priest" is not one of them. Fortunately.
To return to the paragraph I quote above, my overall reaction is, "if the shoe fits --- wear it."
From the beginning, the meaningless word, "change." gave the banal nature of this man away. Cancer is change. The sort of change that we have seen so far is all destructive, thoughtless and oppresive, to all but the parasites of society. Certainly not the ones who matter, and upon whom the continued health of our society depends : Hard working, Middle Class Americans.
The continued devastation of our economy, both actively and passively, has caused damage that must persist for a generation if we're lucky, several generations if we're not.
This priest must have forgotten the meaning of Fascism, if he feels we have libeled Obama by painting him with that brush. Jesuits everywhere must be cringing. I can't think of a better example than the last ten months of the inept, inexperienced Obama administration.
Racism? respectfully, Fr. Kavanaugh, you are an idiot. This great "uniter" has shown every indicator of racism of the worst sort. The White House looks like a bling version of the acolytes of Idi Amin.
I'll make it easy for you.
Show me one instance of Obama defending a white person not in his administration, or its supporting goon squads --- ISEU, ACORN, etc.
Just one.
If it walks like racism, talks like racism and quacks like racism...
By the way, I do not consider myself "white."
I have no idea what prompted you to write such a banal article.
A.M.D.G.
Respectfully,
Publius8961
I think that Catholic priests from any order can be found who are conflicted and perhaps confused about the differences between justice and charity and mercy. I have had two conversations over the years with priests who leaned socialist because they saw no injustice in requiring the productive person to supplement the resources of the deliberately unproductive person. Another priest from a foreign country was quite upset when I said that I could not reconcile his socialist attitude and behavior, which impacted on his pastoral decisions, with the fact that he had come from a country which he chose to leave because it had destroyed the very freedom he was now taking advantage of in America. I believe all of the priests were dedicated to their vocations and sincere in their spiritual lives but were ignorant of the political world which creates chaos and enmity among the population by means of pitting them against one another for the purpose of amassing power to themselves. Obama is the current face of the socialists who are engaged in doing whatever they can to overthrow this Republic which has sheltered the religions of the world. If these socialists thought they could get better results with a white person they would have gone that route. I am grateful for Rush, Beck, Hannity and many others who have endeavored to inform, educate, and alert the citizens of the USA to the ongoing war against our very existence as a free nation.