Obama Woke The Sleeping Giant

America Talks ^ | 3/22/08 | David Zublick

[AmericaTalks]

Barack Obama has based his entire candidacy on one thing. He wanted to be the first African-American to run for the presidency keeping the issue of race as far into the background as possible. And he almost succeeded in pulling the wool over America's eyes.

His good looks and charismatic appeal made many people view him as the next JFK. Some even thought of him as the second coming of Jesus Christ. We've all seen the pictures of him wowing the crowds with his oratories, women swooning, men cheering. And these were people of all races and creeds, desperate for a candidate who could transcend the barrier of hatred that has so divided this country over its entire history. Even those of us who are conservative, and who despise the misguided vision of the left had to admit that here was a man who broke through the walls that have kept our nation disunited for some 200-plus years.

But wait.

Were we really that far apart? What I mean is...the wounds of racial hatred have, over the past 20 years or so, been healing. The average American, black and white, doesn't harbor any ill will over those of other ethnicities. Most of us get along quite well. We didn't need a guy like Obama to remind us that race should not be an issue. The fact that he was embraced by the voting public should have been an indication that America was ready to put bigotry behind it and accept a black candidate.

And then Obama blew it.

We suddenly find out that we knew absolutely nothing about this guy called Barack Obama. For twenty years, he attended a church in Chicago pastored by a racist whose hatred for America, and especially whites in America, is blatant. Reverend Jeremiah Wright believes our nation was responsible for the attacks of 9-11, and that aids was created to exterminate the black race.

Obama then gave a speech in which acted as an apologist for Wright and refused to disown him. In fact, he continues to embrace him.

That's when the sleeping giant was awakened. The campaign that was supposed to eliminate color suddenly found itself embroiled in controversy. Obama pulled the scabs from the healing wounds of racial divide and now the issue of race is on the front burner.

Will Obama's candidacy be hurt by this? Most certainly. Will his continued association with this church be scrutinized? Absolutely. Will Hillary Clinton and John McCain benefit? You bet.

Will America suffer?

It already has.

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[mstar]

Didn't Allan Keys run for President?

Well yeah. Alan Keys really is a true black man of God.
He is not like NoBrainer. . white, Muslim, with a small percent of black blood, trying to appear as a black Christian man.

[Paleo Conservative]

I was talking to Bob Jones, a local black conservative radio talk show host last week about the campaigns. He had show last year all about Reverend Jeremiah Wright and his church. We both thought the MSM was embargoing information on Wright till Hillary's campaign started leaking it out.

He told me that Obama reneged on his agreement to come on his show the Friday before the Texas primary. I had hoped to post audio and a transcript of that interview on Free Republic. Obama wanted to send a local state representative and Harvard Law School buddy, Juan Garcia as a substitute, but Bob refused to allow the substitution. He did end up interviewing Hillary Clinton for ten minutes.

[Fzob]

Will America suffer?

Baloney. This event has only helped peel back the ugly side of identity politics, black racism and a deficient social gospel. This light will only help put this nonsense in the ash heap of history.

[oswegodeee]

I really liked him, we went to one of his Rally’s back in 04’, He is truly a man of God.. Too Bad he didn’t win, well maybe he will try again.

[potlatch]

HAPPY EASTER

The gif you wanted was on the 2nd page of my comment posts!;

OBAMA WALKS ON WATER

I was busy yesterday and had company until midnight.

[jetson]

Maybe we have some new rap lyrics here

" Only blacks can use the N word and the gays can use the Q word and the Dems can use the F word and the whites can't use no word CRAKA."

[devolve]

HAPPY EASTER!

Thanks potlatch -

I thought I'd uploaded it and today "D" seems to be offline

[potlatch]

I forgot to send you the url. Will do that.

[devolve]

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Thanks

Uploaded

“D” is finally up again

I gave up on it earlier today

[potlatch]

Yes, I saw that it was down too.