McCain's Crazy White Preacher:

[jreeves]

"I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy. For some, nagging questions remain. Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely - just as I'm sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed.
But the remarks that have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply controversial. They weren't simply a religious leader's effort to speak out against perceived injustice. Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country - a view that sees white racism as endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with America above all that we know is right with America; a view that sees the conflicts in the Middle East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allies like Israel, instead of emanating from the perverse and hateful ideologies of radical Islam.
As such, Reverend Wright's comments were not only wrong but divisive, divisive at a time when we need unity; racially charged at a time when we need to come together to solve a set of monumental problems - two wars, a terrorist threat, a falling economy, a chronic health care crisis and potentially devastating climate change; problems that are neither black or white or Latino or Asian, but rather problems that confront us all.
Given my background, my politics, and my professed values and ideals, there will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation are not enough. Why associate myself with Reverend Wright in the first place, they may ask? Why not join another church? And I confess that if all that I knew of Reverend Wright were the snippets of those sermons that have run in an endless loop on the television and You Tube, or if Trinity United Church of Christ conformed to the caricatures being peddled by some commentators, there is no doubt that I would react in much the same way
But the truth is, that isn't all that I know of the man. The man I met more than twenty years ago is a man who helped introduce me to my Christian faith, a man who spoke to me about our obligations to love one another; to care for the sick and lift up the poor. He is a man who served his country as a U.S. Marine; who has studied and lectured at some of the finest universities and seminaries in the country, and who for over thirty years led a church that serves the community by doing God's work here on Earth - by housing the homeless, ministering to the needy, providing day care services and scholarships and prison ministries, and reaching out to those suffering from HIV/AIDS."-Barack Obama

A great speech doesn't change your own views that you have conveyed in the past, that's called hippocracy.

 

[CharlestonChad]

A great speech doesn't change your own views that you have conveyed in the past, that's called hippocracy.

So you're saying that he must feel the same at 12 and 47? Have your views on the world not changed over your lifetime?

 

[jreeves]

So you're saying that he must feel the same at 12 and 47? Have your views on the world not changed over your lifetime?

It's his views expressed throughout his book even after leaving college. I don't know of too many 12 year olds graduating college?

 

[CharlestonChad]

It's his views expressed throughout his book even after leaving college. I don't know of too many 12 year olds graduating college?

I was referring to your quote from when he was 12.

His college age quote wasn't anything radical.

You need to read up on the context of him talking about his employer.

Now why don't you address what he said a few weeks back. You know, the way he feels right now.

 

[jreeves]

I was referring to your quote from when he was 12.

His college age quote wasn't anything radical.

You need to read up on the context of him talking about his employer.

Now why don't you address what he said a few weeks back. You know, the way he feels right now.

His boss was too white...oh ok that's not racial at all. Well if the opposite were true would you fine it racial, my boss is too black? If it was taken out of context then please do explain.
You mean wanting to talk about racial divides after you are engulfed in a racial scandal?

 

[CharlestonChad]

His boss was too white...oh ok that's not racial at all. Well if the opposite were true would you fine it racial, my boss is too black? If it was taken out of context then please do explain.
You mean wanting to talk about racial divides after you are engulfed in a racial scandal?

It's getting late, and I can tell emotions are about to take over this thread. If you have some free time, read up on what Obama was saying about his boss.

 

[jreeves]

It's getting late, and I can tell emotions are about to take over this thread. If you have some free time, read up on what Obama was saying about his boss.

I have I stupidly bought the book, 'Dreams from my father'. But do tell me where I can find an explaination of why he called his boss too white.

 

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