Posted on 03/14/2008 5:05:39 PM PDT by SE Mom
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And my Mother used to say: "You are judged by the company you keep."
Wow...AC just said you could walk out of the church unlike your uncle!
You got that right, Girlene!
I liked the way Ari handled Helen Thomas
BHO looks limp on AC360.
Anderson asks Obama :why did you stay in the church if you knew what he said”
Obama says, Rev. Dr. is retiring and my belief that these statements are out of the ordinary. He’s a U.S. Marine”
O changed the statement to U.S. Marine from what he has said in the last 3 interviews where O said “EX Marine” Ha!
Historic AfroAmerican Church yeah and his uncle of 20 years well he never heard his uncle say ANYTHING EVER!
NOW, he says he heard about it. FLIP FLOP.
Preeminent Preacher if THIS is what Obsama calls a Preeminent Preacher then he has very bad judgement or worse.
He has NOT preached his last sermon. He will continue to be part of THIS church.????
This is the first time in my life I’m rooting FOR media bias!
The press corps could let this drop, saying “OK he’s addressed it”...and then move on to cheering for him again and praising how well he “handled the worst crisis of his campaign!”.
LOL! Isn’t that the way they do it for the Clintons?
I giggled at that one too. Mr. Beckle ain’t a happy camper tonight.
Well, at least you still have the marg, right?
It will be hard to make him a traitor or anything even close to it. He might sympathize and not confront some black rhetoric, but he seems honest and normal in all respects. His values are easily articulated and include a statement that should resonate with Evangelicals.
That statement is he credited in some way Reverend Wright with leading him to Christ. This, in my estimation, is the true test of a pastor--does he lead you to Christ or does he lead you to himself or something else.
Most assuredly, Reverend Wright has bizarre beliefs which are not congruent with reality. He has views that are antithetical to American values and attributes; however, it will be impossible to similarly paint Senator Obama as holding the same views.
This is a one week story. The big danger is the conservatives will overplay the nutty card. I truly hope and pray Senator McCain does not allow this.
A person's external identity is determined by: (1)What he looks like; (2)How others view him; (3)And, what he does for a living. There is also self judgment; however, this is harder to describe and is usually overwhelmed by the other three.
The problem for blacks is they get up in the morning and see a black face in the mirror. You see yourself as black with black social and economic accouterments. This is not easy to overcome and being an individual is fraught with difficulty because in this time and in the past being black would not be a chosen by most.
Some make it to become individuals. It takes intelligence, courage and determination above and beyond what most white people (including me)have to have to determine individuality.
Add to this the tendency of those less successful to harbor grievances (ressentiment) about past and present, real and imagined mistreatment and you have a difficult existential challenge.
Working class people usually resent those more successful. They do not express their ressentiment because it does not seem wise under most circumstances. Instead, they search for wrongdoing or mistakes in others and convert ressentiment to resentment with aggressive action of one kind or another. Usually, this will take the form of alleged or trivial injustice or error that is then unloaded on much to the consternation of outside observers.
Justice began as a form of revenge (Good King Dracon) and still has that quality for the everyday mind. What Reverend Wright seems to offer, but Senator Obama does not, is a reason to actualize this resentment and belittle and punish white America. Not smart. Not valid. But human nature is imperfect even in pastors.
I may be spelling ressentiment wrong. It is a pure feeling state that occurs automatically in those who see themselves as social and political inferiors. It is a French term and my ability to spell French words was never good and is now nonexistent. Existentialists are prone to use it and especially Nietzsche who was an existentialist before there was such a word.
Soooooo...
Will it be Clinton vs. McCain on November...?
If this guy is such a well-regarded famous preacher and scholar, known all over the country, how come we’ve never heard of him?
LOL!
refilling as we speak...er, type....
ha-ha
Sounds like Al Gore's excuse. He must have drank too much iced tea and was in the bathroom when Wright spewed his hate speech.
Monday we will learn Wright has a brain tumor and he didn’t know what he was saying. Or Alzheimer’s Disease...
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