Invited to Wrestle in a Racial Mud Pit, Obama Soars Above It (WaPo Double Bag Barf Alert)

Washington Post ^ | March 19, 2008 | Courtland Milloy

[Zakeet]

Before Barack Obama took to the podium yesterday, I was pretty angry at how slimy the presidential campaign had become. And my plan was to write a screed about those whites who want Obama to "transcend race" while they get to hold on to their racist ways.

In the latest episode, inflammatory snippets of sermons by Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, had been fashioned into a political bombshell by Obama's opponents. Right-wing TV commentators then detonated it with ignorant vitriol, including an insinuation by Pat Buchanan that Wright was a black David Duke, the former leader of the white terrorist organization known as the Ku Klux Klan, and that Obama was the disciple of a hateful man.

I could go on and on.

Then Obama spoke, and I had a mind-altering experience. After hearing him deliver what was essentially a treatise on faith, hope and charity, I no longer wanted to risk getting stuck in a racial tar pit with Buchanan or any of the others. I just wanted to hop on that Obama bandwagon and head for new America.

[Zakeet]

Marty Nesbitt, a friend of presidential candidate Barack Obama's, tears up during Obama's address on race and politics in Philadelphia yesterday.

[ozzymandus]

Courtland Malloy, big surprise, is black. He really went crazy defending Barak’s racist preacher with this brainless drivel.

[D-fendr]

I really don’t think speech-fix is gonna work.

The drive bys are trying their best, trying too hard. I think they’re coming too close to parody.

Sure, the Dalai Bama’s flock will “move on,” but I he’s still a wounded duck.

[Rome2000]

This creature is nothing but a smooth talking Marxist black nationalist radical all gussied up as the next JFK .

Lincoln said “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”

I guess Barry Hussein just found that out.

HE AIN’T FOOLING ANYBODY ANYMORE.

[Rudder]

Judging from the reaction of the leftist news rags, if you’re an Obama supporter, he did good. Judging from FReepers’ and other conservatives’ reactions, Hillary has no opponent to worry about.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Courtland Milloy

[dennisw]

Speaking strictly on a performance level and can he fool people..... I think Hussein pulled it off and Hillary is not happy with it. Hillary wishes she could deliver something even one tenth as good

[Eva]

Victor Davis Hansen, on NRO ended his article on the speech, entitled, An Elegant Farce, with this paragraph:

Obama is right about one thing: We are losing yet another opportunity to talk honestly about race, to hold all Americans to the same standards of public ethics and morality, and to emphasize that no one gets a pass peddling vulgar racism, or enabling it by failing to disassociate himself from its source — not Rev. Wright, not even the eloquent, but now vapid, Barack Obama.

[Thoreau]

In an absolutely amazing and bizarre turn of events, Hillary has not only gotten conservative Republicans (and FR) to vote for her (via Rush, etc.) but she has even have gotten them to bloody up her opponent and campaign for her.

The world has turned upside down, once again.

She must be laughing (all the way to the whitehouse)

[TheWasteLand]

This is unreal. Or rather, surreal. If someone had told me this election season would be like this, I wouldn't have believed them.

The cognitive dissonance with Obama is the metaphysical equivalent of being beaten with a bag full of doorknobs, followed with a nice ball-peen hammer to the face.

[Zeppo]

Right-wing TV commentators then detonated it with ignorant vitriol, including an insinuation by Pat Buchanan that Wright was a black David Duke, the former leader of the white terrorist organization known as the Ku Klux Klan, and that Obama was the disciple of a hateful man.

Perhaps Buchanan should have insinuated that Wright was a black Robert Byrd, the former leader of the white terrorist organization known as the Ku Klux Klan. Would it be impolitic to wonder whether the author has ever had bad feelings about the Democrat party that not only has been home to that KKK leader for more than a generation, but also has elevated him to a powerful position in that party? Has Obama ever denounced Robert Byrd? If not, why not?

[Godwin1]

Bottom lines: Obama confirmed his admiration for a man who hates white people so much that he mocked the disappearance and almost certain death of missing teenager Halloway. Obama confirmed his friendship with a man who hates America so much that he poisoned the minds of an apparently gullible congregation with paranoid lies about White America fabricating AIDS in order to kill Africans.
But perhaps worst of all: to protect the racist demagogue Wright, Obama consciously destroyed the reputation of his own grandmother, suggesting that the woman who raised and educated him from the age of nine is a racist on a par with the inflammatory hater Wright. His grandmother has not been part of Obama’s political or public life. She is an elderly widow, alone and unprotected in the world, unable to defend herself from what may well be fabricated charges of racism. If a man will stab his own grandmother in the back to advance his political career, how could we possibly trust him?

[C210N]

I hope Obomba didn’t expend too much in the way of resources writing and preparing his Speech... apparantly he could have just recited Hot-Cross-Buns, albeit three times slowly, and gotten the same adoration.

[garyhope]

Uh, excuse me Mr. Milloy, what about the economy? What about the Islamofascist/Nazi terrorist war on America and the West? Is that important?

What's Obama whining about? He and his ingrate wife went to the best schools in the country, are very privileged and probably have a higher net worth than many white Americans. Move on dude!

I'm so tired of hearing about “race”. Who's got the time. There are plenty of other more important things to do and think about.

Get back to me when you're just another person.

[Rudder]

Hillary has not only gotten conservative Republicans (and FR) to vote for her (via Rush, etc.) but she has even have gotten them to bloody up her opponent and campaign for her.

Is this the new, "big tent" republican party?

[dennisw]

Race is also way down my list of problems with America. Blacks and everyone else have tons of programs and educational opportunities to use. And use the right way. It’s not my fault if they hate these opportunities for betterment

Booker T Washington would be appalled by todays Blacks and their attitude toward education. Back in his day blacks had it really tough. Today they are catered too

[Sir_Ed]

I think Rush did that STUPID pushing of Hitlery because when/if she becomes president, his ratings will skyrocket, straight through the roof.

Until his show is outlawed...or he’s Nifong’d/Fitzpatrick’d/Livingstone’d or Fairness Act/Hate Crime’d out of existence.

Of course McCain will do the same thing, he just won’t have as much opposition from what few GOP pols are left.

Ed

[Thoreau]

heh...you know, quite frankly, I think if Obama were president, he'd be largely ineffective at instituting his socialist policies.

However I find Clinton to be Stalinesque in her exercise of power and far more dangerous. Heck, if she will wiretap her political opponents as first lady as reported recently, what will she do with the arrogance and power that comes with actually being the president? Clinton with the power to waterboard and inprison citizens frightens me.

[Rudder]

I think Rush did that STUPID pushing of Hitlery because when/if she becomes president, his ratings will skyrocket, straight through the roof.

Rush will be the first to admit his business is showbusiness.

We should not lose sight of that fact.

[Caipirabob]

Heh, their "hate-game" has finally come full circle and denied them the White House.

Radical leftist black hate-groups have finally damaged their best shot at obtaining Presidential power.

This will set race relations back some 40 years. I will not forget what I've heard uttered in "the name of God" in this "black values" hate church. It wasn't too far from what you'd expect from a madrassa. No wonder Obama felt at home and won't disown the hate-preacher.

Well, this sort of low-life racist behavior has a tendency to come back and bite on in the rear. Obama's just beginning to feel the pain now.

Here's your fork, Obama. You're done!