Back Talk

Wright said “no, no, no, not God Bless America, God Damn America.” The first Sunday after 3000 innocent Americans died in the attack on 9/11/2001, Wright said America deserved it. That was over six years ago, and Obama said he only recently learned of the remarks. Yikes. In the military, we had the standing joke that, if it appears you are going to take the blame for something, do three things: shift the blame, muddy the issue, and go on leave. Typical Chicago politician that he is, Obama practices a similar tactic: shift the blame (I don’t agree with everything he said,) muddy the issue (I didn’t hear all the anti-American, racist rantings,) and lie like a fiend (I only just recently heard of the things racist Wright screamed from the pulpit. Obama attended that church regularly for 20 years (that’s over 1000 Sundays,) was married there, children baptized there, called Wright his “mentor,” his “spiritual advisor,” and hired him for his campaign staff. I understand Wright packaged and sells several of his sermons; thus explaining why we hear so many of these hateful ravings in the public forum. He was obviously proud of these bigoted remarks, putting the lie to Barack defenders’ claim that they were isolated statements. The Obamas listened to this stuff for 20 years which explains Michelle Obama’s unfortunate racial statements. She is, after all, not a politician with the politician’s sense of foot-in-mouth control. An Obama apologist argued that Wright was rather like having a crazy uncle who said embarrassing things. No, it isn’t; one has no choice of one’s uncle, but does choose his minister. How is this man supposed to be the leader of all Americans? This is a big problem for Obama; even a Chicago politician won’t be able to lie his way out of this one.