hey, weren't we all told your association with a pastor didn't matter?
Jeremiah Wright anyone.. you know that one who said 9/11 was our chickens coming home to roost, that Obama NEVER heard of word of his sermons while sitting in his church for 20 years..
Great point, Steph! Unlike Obama, who sat in a radical church for 20 years and regularly gave money to it, Paul is not close with this pastor and they don't agree on everything. It's a stretch, but I think many of us knew this was going to be the nastiest campaign season ever. The spin machine is running full tilt and no one has any shame. Can't debate any opponents on the issues, so it's time for tabloid style attacks.
What's hilarious is that Wright was talking about the country following "Biblical" scripture. Get it? "God damn America" is what will happen if we don't follow Christian ways outlined in the Bible.
Now me, I have no "occult" beliefs, but what Wright was talking about is what most Christians in this country profess to believe in. Especially hypocritical right wing Christians. You know, the ones that say they want to help the poor and then turn to a policy of "Let him die".
Wright believes in this country so much, he enlisted, without being drafted, into the Marines during Vietnam and earned three White House Commendations. I don't even personally know a single Republican with that type of achievement.
And look at what Right wing Republicans did. They sent thousands of Americans to Iraq to die for no apparent good reason. Iraq hates our guts. They are now a hard right radical Islamic Theocracy who is friends with Iran. And Republicans have the nerve and the gall to complain Wright is anti American for saying "God Damn America" while referring to Biblical Scripture? Because they picked out the three words "God Damn America" and used it as a hammer against the first African American president. And he is the first. But not the last. There will be others. White wing Republican will hate them too. Truly sad is that Republicans, starting during Reagan, have caused more damage to this country that al Qaeda could only dream about.
And they will point to someone like Herman Cain who considered 1960's protesters as "trouble-makers". Without those protesters, that sex fiend would still be in the back of the bus.