Sarah Palin To John McCain: 'Take The Gloves Off'

Cross posted from Wake up America



YouTube URL to the video above, found here.

Over the weekend Sarah Palin made a reference to Barack Obama's ties to questionable characters, but there is another area where Palin believes John McCain should "take the gloves off", Obama's association with his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

In the video above Sarah Palin speaks to a crowd of supporters and references, not by name, but by actions, Barack Obama's association with William Ayers, a man who was a domestic terrorist and part of a group, Weatherman Underground, that quote launched a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and US Capitol.

Sarah Palin On Obama's Ties and Associations.

Palin made the point saying one of Obama's earliest supporters was a domestic terrorist, then going on to say about Obama "This is not a man who sees America as you see it and how I see America. We see America as the greatest force for good in this world. If we can be that beacon of light and hope for others who seek freedom and democracy and can live in a country that would allow intolerance in the equal rights that again our military men and women fight for and die for for all of us. Our opponent though, is someone who sees America it seems as being so imperfect that he’s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country?”

When criticized by the Associated Press for bringing up the association between Obama and Ayers, with their analysis saying Palin brining up Obama's past associations was, in their view, racist, Palin shot back with "The Associated Press is wrong. The comments are about an association that has been known but hasn't been talked about, and I think it’s fair to talk about where Barack Obama kicked off his political career, in the guy's living room.”

As was reported earlier by Barbara Sowell, information is still coming to light about further Ayers/Obama connections.

Those comments received a lot of play in the press over the weekend, but today there is a report from the New York Times' columnist William Kristol about a conversation he had with Palin, showing that Ayers is not the only topic where Palin believes John McCain and the campaign's "gloves" should be taken off.

Palin told Kristol the campaign should be more aggressive is telling the American public "who the real Barack Obama is," stating Obama had played down his relationship with Ayers and then went on to state she believed another important aspect to speak about is Jeremiah Wright.

Jeremiah Wright.

Jeremiah Wright was the pastor for Barack Obama's church, Trinity United Church of Christ. Obama met Wright and joined his church in the late 1980s, while he was working as a community organizer in Chicago. Wright officiated at the wedding ceremony of Barack and Michelle Obama, as well as their children's baptism. In 2007 Wright was appointed to Barack Obama's African American Religious Leadership Committee. In March of 2008, when videos of Wrights controversial sermonds became public, it was announced that Wright would no longer serve as a member of that committee.

Jeremiah Wright hit the headlines, in a massive manner, when videos of some of his sermons went viral on the Internet, showing him saying things like "God Damn America", speaking of 9/11 and saying it was the chickens coming home to roost and many other comments to which some have said were racially divisive.

On March 14, 2008, Barack Obama wrote an entry at Huffington Post where he denounced the words from Wright, which had become public, and stated in that post "The statements that Rev. Wright made that are the cause of this controversy were not statements I personally heard him preach while I sat in the pews of Trinity or heard him utter in private conversation..."

Four days later, Barack Obama gave a speech and in that speech, he again denounced the words of his former pastor, but refused to denounce the man himself, as well as admitting that he did, indeed, hear controversial comments made by Wright while sitting in his church.

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.

In April, Wright made a series of media appearances, as reported by ABC's Political Punch, where he dismissed Obama's criticisms of Wright's controversial comments, saying Obama was doing so because it was "politically expedient."

After those appearances from Wright, Obama spoke more forcefully against Jeremiah Wright, saying he was outraged and saddened by his behavior, and in May Obama resigned his membership in the church.

Sarah Palin on Jeremiah Wright.

While speaking with Bill Kristol, he asked Palin if Ayers was a legitimate issue, what about Obama's long standing association with Jeremiah Wright?

Palin responded by saying "To tell you the truth, Bill, I don’t know why that association isn’t discussed more, because those were appalling things that that pastor had said about our great country, and to have sat in the pews for 20 years and listened to that — with, I don’t know, a sense of condoning it, I guess, because he didn’t get up and leave — to me, that does say something about character. But, you know, I guess that would be a John McCain call on whether he wants to bring that up.”

Many have been speaking out about McCain's hesitance in regards to Obama's connection with Jeremiah Wright, especially after Obama himself admitted in an interview with Chris Wallace, it was a "legitimate political issue."

WALLACE: Question: Do you think that Reverend Wright is just the victim here?

OBAMA: No. I think that people were legitimately offended by some of the comments that he had made in the past. The fact he's my former pastor I think makes it a legitimate political issue. So I understand that.

I think that it is also true that to run a snippet of 30-second sound bites, selecting out of a 30-year career, simplified and caricatured him and caricatured the church.

And I think that was done in a fairly deliberate way, and that is unfortunate, because as I've said before, I have strongly denounced those comments that were the subject of so much attention. I wasn't in church when he made them.

But I also know that, you know, I go to church not to worship the pastor, to worship God. And that ministry, the church family that's been built there, does outstanding work, has been, I think, applauded for its outreach to the poor.

He built that ministry, and I think that, you know, people need to take a look at the whole church and the whole man in making these assessments.

At the end of the Kristol/Palin interview, Kristol asked if Palin had any advice for John McCain, she said she would tell him the same thing he told her before she walked out onto the debate stage for the vice presidential debate, which was to have fun and be yourself, then she added one more piece of advice, which was "Take the gloves off. ”

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Cross-posted from Wake Up America and permission given by Maggie at Maggie's Notebook

UPDATE

h/t to Susan at Wake up America for a link to the transcript. If you prefer to read rather than watch, the full transcript is below the video.

I've pulled this quote out for posterity:

"Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the
goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people,
then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is
to kill gods who do not belong to the black community. Black theology will
accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white
enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in black power which is the
power of black people to destroy their opinion pressers here and now by any
means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we
must reject his love."

Take a look into Barack Obama's Pastor's theology, which he, Jeremiah Wright, so proudly professes.



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GLENN BECK

How Radical is Obama's Pastor?; Supreme Court Hears Second Amendment Case; Millionaire Bails out Hundreds of Illegals

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THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GLENN BECK, HOST (voice-over): Tonight more fallout from Obama`s controversial speech about his former pastor. Does Jeremiah Wright believe in what`s called a black liberation theology? How radical is that school of thought?

Plus a big wig from Boston spends $200,000 to bail out illegals swept up in raids. Is he a hero or a villain? See if you can guess what I think.

And it`s been five years since the war in Iraq began, and except for today, the media has largely ignored the story lately. But the reason they`ve been ignoring the war is actually good. And I`ll explain.

All this and more tonight.(END VIDEOTAPE)

BECK: Well, hello, America.

After Barack Obama`s speech yesterday on the racially charged anti- American comments of his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, the liberal media held a pity party: "Oh, poor Barack, he`s just got a crazy grandpa. And don`t we all have a crazy grandpa?" No. Here`s "The Point" tonight.

Reverend Jeremiah Wright is much more dangerous than any crazy grandpa any of us might have had. The foundation of Wright`s beliefs are rooted in the theological tradition based in hate, intolerance and racial black nationalism. Here`s how I got there.

I told you just last week that I wouldn`t give any platform to any slinging of any mud for any candidate or any party. And I feel I am keeping my word on this. I am not piling on Obama due to the comments of his former pastor. What I`m doing, and what I think is important that we all do, is shine a light on Barack`s past.

We don`t know, really, who this guy is. We have to kind of piece it together, not only by what he says in the present, but what he has done in the past. Who is Barack Obama? Who has built his foundation?

So what did Barack do in the last 20 years? Well, he`s -- one thing, sat in one of the pews of the Trinity United Church of Christ and listened to Reverend Wright`s sermons. He says he counts Wright as a member of his family and his senior spiritual adviser. OK. If that`s true, then I think it`s fair that we find out who Wright is and what he believes.

In the talking points page of the Trinity church`s Web site, Reverend Wright, in his own words, states that the foundation of his beliefs are in systemized black liberation theology and praises James Cone`s book, "Black Power and Black Theology." This is what James Cone, the man who Obama`s senior spiritual advisor looks up to and whose ideas he preaches, states as black liberation theology. Listen carefully and please follow along.

Quote, "Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill gods who do not belong to the black community. Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in black power which is the power of black people to destroy their opinion pressers here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love."

Wow, America, here is what you need to know tonight. The man who wrote those words contributed to the foundation of Reverend Jeremiah Wright`s ministry. Barack Obama has been Fed a steady diet of those teachings for 20 years. He sat in the pew every Sunday, soaking it in. He never denounced or rejected the Reverend`s beliefs until it was politically advantageous.

So do we believe 20 years of evidence or a 20-minute speech? Forget about me. I want to ask you the question: is this the kind of man you want to have access to the most powerful man on earth?

Ken Blackwell is a senior fellow for family empowerment of the Family Research Council. And Ramesh Ponnuru is the "TIME" columnist and senior editor for "The National Review".

Ramesh, let me start with you. "Newsweek" called a couple of dozen prominent African-American pastors and asked them how out of step is Jeremiah Wright with what they see coming across the country? What did they find?

RAMESH PONNURU, "TIME"/"NATIONAL REVIEW": Well, they found that not one of their experts was willing to say that the Reverend Wright had crossed any kind of significant line. They were saying that this sort of stuff is firmly within the mainstream of the churches that they`re talking about, not that all churches are like this but that a lot were.

BECK: OK. Here`s what I don`t understand, Ramesh. Is I`m reading the editorials. I read four papers today. You can`t find an editorial in a mainstream paper today that says anything but that Barack Obama was brave, et cetera, et cetera.

This is poison. This would destroy anybody else`s career. How is this just being dismissed?

PONNURU: Well, partly it`s because, for some of his fans among liberals and in the press, Barack Obama can`t sneeze without it being called eloquence.

Partly it`s because he managed very skillfully to change the subject. The question you`ve been talking about I think is the right question, which is what does his association, his tight and longstanding association with the Reverend Wright say about him, his beliefs and his judgment?

Instead, he made it all about this grand canvas of race relations in this country.

BECK: Right.

PONNURU: So it`s not about his judgment. It`s about all of us, the moral test is of us, not of him.

BECK: OK. Ken, I wanted to have you on, because you were a former U.N. ambassador -- U.S. ambassador at the U.N. And you have seen this black liberation philosophy or theology before. Explain. I think this is even more frightening than the stuff that I`ve already read on television. Explain what you`ve seen.

KEN BLACKWELL, FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: Essentially, liberation theology took root in Africa and Central America. It was often offered up by Marxist regimes that knew that they couldn`t uproot the church, so they tried to weaken the doctrine of the church. So it is an alternative doctrine of the church that embraces big government. It advances a collectivist ideal and idea, and it says the state, not the individual is central to society.

And that is very disquieting. But it also gives you a better understanding of the under-girding of Senator Obama`s big-government, liberal philosophy that would increase spending, increase taxes, weaken our military and our position in the world.

BECK: I`ll tell you, it explains the comments of his wife. It explains -- you`re exactly right, his big-government ideas. If you understand what this theology is, you do begin to understand Barack Obama, but it is in a -- I believe in a frightening way.

However, I`m being labeled the one that`s the hate-monger for asking these questions. How is this theology out there and it not be labeled racist and hate-mongering?

BLACKWELL: Well, it`s part of a series, of parts. Here`s a guy who says that he studied the doctrine of Saul Alinsky, who was an anarchist, a radical. Here is a guy who basically said that, while he was in Reverend Wright`s church, he embraces Louis Farrakhan.

The fact is that nobody has elevated this beyond his race. He can speak eloquently on race and moving towards a color-blind society, but what he can`t speak to is how he got there going to a color-conscious theology and how he got there by embracing, I think, a position that was really radical and antithetical to this whole notion of God as being central to our nation and the individual as being primary.

BECK: Ramesh, do you think, if I had -- if I had a gun to your head and made you make a prediction, lay your last thousand dollars on the table and make a bet, does this just tighten Barack Obama`s core, and I think tear us apart even more, make us -- you know, pretty much guarantee 1968? Or does this -- does this -- does he get away with it? Does it -- does it do anything to anybody in the end?

PONNURU: I think Obama -- you know, we`ve heard a lot of people say, oh, he threaded the needle. And that`s true except for one factor. He may be getting through the primaries this way. But unfortunately, there`s also a general election.

And I`m not sure that this kind of double talk, where he sort of says he`s not excusing the Reverend Wright and his anti-American comments and then gives seven paragraphs of excuses for it, is going to work with the general electorate. I they they`re fooling themselves.

BECK: I have to tell you, I have more respect for Democrats than this. I don`t think Democrats are -- are in line in Reverend Wright at all.

Ken, Ramesh, thank you very much.

NOTE FROM MAGGIE'S NOTEBOOK: At this point the Jeremiah Wright-Barack Obama conversation ends. Beck goes on to discuss Iraq, Ban on Guns, Illegal Aliens, and The Economy and Rising Energy Costs.

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Timely Media Research Center Updates--Barack Hussein Obama and Iraq

Also posted at Digg! here; GOP Hub here; Grizzly Groundswell here and Real Clear Politics here (unless of course they continue to censor me and remove yet another post).


We all know by now the MSM isn't going to cover either Barack Hussein Obama or Iraq in a fair and balanced manner. In fact, we flat out KNOW they're going to sweep any good news about Iraq under the rug until they plain have no other choice except reporting it, and then it won't be full coverage. As to BHO, they will gloss over the most egregious information or flat out mis-report it (I heard a commentator today refer to Wright's comments as "the RECENT comments by Wright" when we have previously shown they were ongoing over a several year time span--there was nothing RECENT about them).

So, straight from Media Research Center:

1. Instead of Wright, NBC Touts Childhood Pals: 'Good Luck Barry!'
Friday's NBC Nightly News allocated a mere 22 seconds to Barack Obama's condemnation of what fill-in anchor Ann Curry vaguely described as "inflammatory remarks that his long time pastor made about Hillary Clinton and the nation," but instead of informing viewers of any of those remarks, such as Reverend Jeremiah Wright's suggestion that the U.S. deserved 9/11, the newscast then devoted three minutes to a celebratory piece about how excited Obama's childhood friends in Indonesia are about his candidacy. In a story which began and ended with a picture of Obama's classmates in front of huge "Good Luck Barry!" lettering, reporter Ian Williams trumpeted the wonders Obama is doing abroad: "The fact that Obama lived in Jakarta and studied at this school has really captured the popular imagination. It's already working wonders for America's battered image here." A local commentator oozed over how "Obama's candidacy confirms the romantic ideals people like me have held since childhood that America's the land of opportunity." Williams concluded with how "friends remember Barry playing barefoot in the paddy fields with a real spirit of adventure," and so now "hope there'll be no turning back on his journey to the White House. And Barry might attend their next reunion as President of the United States."

2. On Wright Blaming U.S. for 9/11: 'How Do We Get Away from This?'
Instead of acting as an impartial journalist who would express interest in probing why Barack Obama may say he disagrees with the incendiary anti-U.S. left-wing rants from his minister while he has remained close to him, Friday afternoon on MSNBC Norah O'Donnell fretted about how "Rush Limbaugh went nuts today on his program about this story" and wondered: "How do we get away from this?" Guest Michael Crowley of The New Republic assured her: "I don't think this reflects anything on what Barack Obama believes."

3. Study: Broadcast Networks Fell Down on Covering Jeremiah Wright
As Jeremiah Wright's screaming sermons have gone from ABC across the media on Friday, many are asking: where were the networks on this story? A Nexis search of network transcripts shows that up until now, Obama's church and minister have been barely mentioned -- and usually as an Obama defense mechanism. Up until March 13, NBC has done nothing. CBS has devoted about a minute to controversy in a February 28 CBS Evening News story. ABC's Jake Tapper offered Obama's church-and-minister defense against charges he was a Muslim three times in November and December.

4. Ongoing Blackout of Wright's 9/11 Rant, Only ABC Covers Him Monday
The broadcast network evening show blackout, of Reverend Jeremiah Wright's 2001 charge that the U.S. earned the 9/11 attacks, continued Monday night as neither CBS nor NBC touched the Wright issue and ABC ran a full story which included Wright's “U.S. of K-K-K-A” hate speech and how Obama has been close to Wright for 20 years, but concluded with how “many African-Americans do not understand” the controversy since the “kind of fiery language Wright uses is not uncommon in black churches."

What struck me today was the backhanded, bigoted slap BHO gave to his own grandmother--first he talked about her sacrifice and love of him, but then babbled how she said things about her fear of black men on the street that made him cringe.

He has no problem forgiving Wright and "understanding" where Wright's "anger" comes from, but he's not able to extend that same understanding to his grandmother and her fear. That makes him cringe.

His lies also stood out like huge red flags. Three days ago, according to him, he never heard Wright say these things, he wasn't present when these things were said. Then he started getting "squishy" and stated he MAY have heard a few things--today he admits to hearing these things.
Not once. Not twice, but...20 years worth, by his choice. His choice to listen to this hate monger, his choice to admire him, his choice to rely on him for spiritual and personal support and help.


He truly showed how he would handle a crisis if elected to the White House. Between his lies, his wishy-washy actions, his tepid, forced denunciations of Wright and Farrakhan--he has shown he failed this test miserably.


Go home little boy and grow up. Maybe you'll be ready for the White House in about 100 years. NOT a second sooner.

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Obama Rationalizes Wright's Rhetoric

Cross posted from Wake up America

The recent firestorm that ensued after certain comments were published from Pastor Jeremiah Wright, (video found here) who is Barack Obama's pastor and has been for 20 years, forced Barack Obama to step up and give a speech today to supporters at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center.

The full text of the speech can be found here.

Obama's speech will, of course, be seen differently from a variety of people, die hard Obama supporters will see that he denounced specific comments made by his Pastor, moderates and independents might be left with some additional questions about his rationalizations almost excusing the more controversial aspects of the Pastor's "God Damn America" rantings, and the Republicans and conservatives will have definite ammunition to use against Obama if he ends up being the Democratic nominee of choice to run for presidency of the United States.

What his supporters will take to heart regarding the specific controversial remarks.

I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy.

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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.

The rationalization that might give moderates and independents pause..

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.

The portion that will give conservatives talking points against Obama.

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.

The take aways from these portions of the speech, for Obama supporters will be that he did denounce specific comments.

Moderates and independents, who have only seen those snippets of Wright's speeches and do not know Wright separate from what has been plastered in every newspaper and throughout the world wide web, over the last week, will see Obama rationalizing and excusing Wright's behavior and words.

Conservatives will see that Obama admits to having heard divisive and controversial comments and political views he claims are not representative of his own views and yet he continued to have a close association with him, even stating in this speech, "As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me. He strengthened my faith, officiated my wedding, and baptized my children."

The question that remains is, did Obama go far enough in this speech to stop the damage that has been recently reported where 56 perecent said that Wright's comments, "made them less likely to vote for Obama."

If conservatives were the ones polled there, that figure would not matter much at all because conservatives would not be voting for Obama in the general election anyway.... but 44 percent of Democratic voters were included in that figure.

Since 66 percent said they have seen, read of heard about Wright's comments, the takeaways from this speech of Obama's will be significant in scope, and time will tell if he went far enough in denouncing Wright or if the rationalizations will continue to damage him in the polls.

A very curious theme is developing in the blogosphere from those talking about this speech from Barack Obama.

All sides of the issue are happy with his speech, for different reasons.


Obama supporters are happy he denounced the specific Wright's comments and philosophy, Clinton supporters are happy that he rationalized and excused the man while only denouncing the rhetoric, giving them the opportunity to accuse him of "tap dancing", and McCain supporters are happy because they feel he opened himself up for criticism by trying to distance himself in a non distancing way and giving a "non-apology apology".

After reading the whole speech, do you think Obama went far enough in denouncing just the comments but not the man?

All Miss Beth's Barack Obama posts can be found on one page here.
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And The Beat Goes On-Trinity Hate Speech Spin

Also posted at Grizzly Groundswell here; Digg! here; GOP Hub here and Real Clear Politics (unless they censored me again) here.


This week has revealed an interesting aspect into the inner workings of the mind of Barack Hussein Obama, his wife, his allegiance and ties to a hate monger and a hate preaching "church" and "pastor", his preference for the black side of his life over his white side and his inability to integrate the two--and has further allowed a reasonable projection flowing from these aspects of the boy who would be supreme ruler and how he would attempt to rule our lives.

A very dangerous aspect he has done his best to hide. An aspect he has been exceedingly reluctant to divorce himself from, whether it be his connection to Jeremiah Wright or Louis Farrakhan. An aspect of his life he chose to indulge himself in for over twenty years, a sort of legitimatized hate.

How ironic anything regarding his alleged faith is based around rampant hate, violence and anti-Americanism, whether it be his questionable and foggy muslim ties to his family and the current violence in Kenya or his membership in a black supremacist, racist "church". A "church" currently under IRS investigation because of its love of mixing politics with religion--the final straw coming as a speech of his from the pulpit, complete with campaign workers manning tables during and after the speech.

It's shown his failings as a parent--from his unstable, abusive mother to his NOW visible abuse of his own children by allowing his children to be exposed to this rampant racism and anti-American hatred. A form of child abuse determined to teach and keep his children in the victim mentality based upon the color of their skin rather than empowering them to meet the world head-on, regardless of the color of their skin.

Training a child to be a victim is child abuse. Argue it all you want, but it is what it is. Not only is Barack Hussein Obama a fake, an empty suit, a racist, a foggy muslim, a victim mentality, a socialist--he and his wife are also child abusers.

Today, we see (courtesy of Jay at Stop the ACLU!, Politico and Hot Air , respectively) the fallout of Jeremiah Wright's hate. The "church" is accusing the media of "character assassination". Isn't that interesting--the media (including bloggers) have used the "church's" own tapes, sold in its own bookstore, with Wright's own words. No need to paraphrase, no need to "make this stuff up". These are Wright's own words, reflecting the "church's" own beliefs and teachings--but the media is indulging in character assassination. I find that laughable.

From Jay at Stop the ACLU!:

After blaming America for everything from HIV to 9/11, it was inevitable that the church would continue playing the victim card. Now they accuse the media for character assassination! But as others point out, isn’t it character suicide when the “victim” provides the poison? Heh, As David says in the comments, doesn’t one need to have character before it can be assassinated?

The Chicago church attended by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) issued a statement Sunday contending that coverage of his pastor’s inflammatory remarks amounted to character assassination and “an attack on … the history of the African American church.”

Obama distanced himself from inflammatory comments by the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., retiring pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ, after they circulated on YouTube last week and were played repeatedly by cable news channels.

Wright, condemning society as racist, said, “God [expletive] America” and referred to the “U.S. of KKK-A.”

The statement begins: “Nearly three weeks before the 40th commemorative anniversary of the murder of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.’s character is being assassinated in the public sphere because he has preached a social gospel on behalf of oppressed women, children and men in America and around the globe.”

The statement adds: “Trinity United Church of Christ’s ministry is inclusive and global.”

Inclusive and global? Calling America the US of KKK-A is inclusive and global? The victim card has apparently become a crutch for this church.

These words are Wright's own words, people--not ours.

From The Politico:

The church attended by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) fought back Sunday against mounting criticism of its pastor, accusing the media of character assassination and “crucifixion.”


Otis Moss III, the current pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, used his pulpit to defend his congregation and its past minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., from a wave of controversy stemming from inflammatory statements made by Wright.


"We have listened and watched as the wonderful work of our church has been vilified this week," he told about 3,000 congregants on Palm Sunday morning. "This week should be special for us because I guess we know a little something about crucifixion."

Wow--now they're comparing themselves, their own videos sold in their own bookstore and recorded by their own pastor, things they did on their own--to Christ, who chose to die for us in accordance with His Father's wishes. Did God tell this sham house of worship to emulate the money changers in the temple? Did God tell this sham of a racist congregation, eating up the hate from the pulpit and promulgated by them, they were like His Son? Or are they, in fact, more of the mob mentality who chose to release Barabbas over Christ--a robber over an innocent man? For they are the money changers in the temple and they are the mob who chose a robber over an innocent. They certainly are not Christ, though in their warped and twisted minds they believe they are.

Christ told his followers to render unto Caeser what was Caeser's--not hate your country. He preached love, not racism. And He lived in accordance with His teachings--not in multi-million dollar houses, living off the fat of the land while hating the gifts the land gave Him.

From Ed at Hot Air:

The victimization continues. The Trinity United Church of Christ accused the media of character assassination today in response to the coverage of repeated instances of controversial rhetoric coming from its pastor and confidante of Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright. But does it count when the victim provides the poison himself?

and:

Inclusive and global? Even Wright himself admitted that wasn’t the case in one of the more infamous of his sermons passed around the Internet. He scolded his audience for its initially reticent reaction to the accusation that rich white people exploited the poor, saying that “I know we have a few white people in our congregation.” Calling the nation the “United States of white America” and the “US of KKK-A” doesn’t exactly sound “inclusive and global."

This is just a tone-deaf way of fighting back against the exposure of Trinity’s senior pastor as raging demagogue and a hater. It isn’t the media delivering that message; it’s the Reverend Wright himself. It doesn’t count as an assassination when the victim exposes his own character, and the media simply rebroadcasts the suicide.

And the beat goes on.

Now, we see more damage control. Wright has now retired. He has left Barack Hussein Obama's campaign, although we aren't sure whether he left voluntarily or it was requested he leave. Now, again from Jay at Stop the ACLU!, we see the "black values" from the "church's" "About Us" page on the website has changed.

From Jay at Stop the ACLU!:

Here is the entire text of the section before it was redacted:

“Trinity United Church of Christ adopted the Black Value System, written by the Manford Byrd Recognition Committee chaired by the late Vallmer Jordan in 1981. We believe in the following 12 precepts and covenantal statements. These Black Ethics must be taught and exemplified in homes, churches, nurseries and schools, wherever Blacks are gathered. They must reflect on the following concepts:

1. Commitment to God

2. Commitment to the Black Community

3. Commitment to the Black Family

4. Dedication to the Pursuit of Education

5. Dedication to the Pursuit of Excellence

7. Commitment to Self-Discipline and Self-Respect

8. Disavowal of the Pursuit of “Middleclassness”

9. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the Black Community

10. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting Black Institutions

11. Pledge allegiance to all Black leadership who espouse and embrace the Black Value System

12. Personal commitment to embracement of the Black Value System.”

It has now been replaced with this, from the Trinity United Church of Christ site:

We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community.

The Pastor as well as the membership of Trinity United Church of Christ is committed to a 10-point Vision:

1. A congregation committed to ADORATION.
2. A congregation preaching SALVATION.
3. A congregation actively seeking RECONCILIATION.
4. A congregation with a non-negotiable COMMITMENT TO AFRICA.
5. A congregation committed to BIBLICAL EDUCATION.
6. A congregation committed to CULTURAL EDUCATION.
7. A congregation committed to the HISTORICAL EDUCATION OF AFRICAN PEOPLE IN DIASPORA.
8. A congregation committed to LIBERATION.
9. A congregation committed to RESTORATION.
10. A congregation working towards ECONOMIC PARITY.

These ten talking points are now followed by three videos.

I have a problem with racism. As a middle class white woman, I get awfully sick and tired of hearing about how racist I am because I expect and demand people do for themselves and get their mouths off the public tit. I imagine my white brothers are about as sick of it as I am.

We're sick of the victim mentality inherent in the blacks these days. So are some very prominent blacks, blacks with class as I call them, such as Juan Williams and Bill Cosby, who are unafraid to tell the likes of the Wrights and the TUCC congregation to take some damned responsibility for yourself and quit blaming everyone else (including your country and "whitey") for your problems.

I'm personally sick of the ghost of Martin Luther King being resurrected to justify the attitude of the likes of these people. This is not what Martin preached or marched for. This is NOT Martin's dream and I suspect he would be appalled at his name being used in any form of conjunction with the likes of these racists. THIS is not what he marched for; THIS is not what he withstood beatings for; THIS is not what he was jailed for; THIS is not what he faced water cannons for. THIS IS NOT WHAT HE WAS ASSASSINATED FOR. Martin was not a victim and he didn't marry or raise victims. He stood for his principles, his honor, his beliefs of full integration for all.

And black supremacists, black racists, are his legacy. Hate mongers such as Sharpton, Jackson and Wright, who call upon his ghost to justify the bastardization of his message and legacy and who promote the exact thing Martin fought.

However, since these hate mongers and racists are black, we're not allowed to call them by the name they've rightfully earned.

Besides this latest version of black racism, let's revisit just a few examples in our recent history. Sharpton's Tawana Brawley. Jackson's race baiting Rainbow Coalition. Don Imus. Duke LaCrosse team members. There are still outstanding warrants for Sharpton's, Brawley's (who has now converted to islam and is living under a muslim name--convenient, eh?) and Brawley's mother's role in that fraud. And the accuser of the Duke LaCrosse boys? Why isn't she being prosecuted for false information to the police?

But that's not racism because they're all black, right?

We're sick of affirmative action for those with less talent, who receive jobs and school placement simply to fulfill some quota by feel good leftists.

Barack Hussein Obama has shown himself for what he is--a racist who believes in social engineering and socialism. By his choice to remain in this hate factory for over 20 years, by his choice to contribute over $20,000 in one year alone to this hate factory, by his choice to marry in this hate factory and have his daughters baptized in this racism laden atmosphere, he has shown himself for what he truly is.

A black supremacist, white hating, victim mentality encouraging, child abusing racist. By his choice not to denounce, in hard hitting terms and forceful language, the support and endorsement of Wright and Farrakhan, he has shown his true color. By his refusal to separate himself from such endorsers until literally forced--and then to do so in such tepid terms--shows his true color. By his placement of Wright on his campaign team (until this came out, of course), he has shown his true color.

The question is, of course, are people going to wake up to this wolf in sheep's clothing? Or are they going to continue to follow like sheep to the slaughter? Are they going to wake up, or simply hope it's all going to go away?

And the beat goes on.

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The Hate Speech in the Cult of Barack Hussein Obama

UPDATE #2: SEEMS THIS POST IS GETTING ALL KINDS OF ATTENTION--FIRST IT'S CENSORED BY REAL CLEAR POLITICS; THEN I FIND OUT ALL THE PICTURES HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND I HAVE TO RE-INSERT ALL THE PICTURES. I FIND THIS EXTREMELY ODD--GOOGLE WON'T CENSOR A BLOG (WOBBLY NOMAD) ISSUING DEATH THREATS AGAINST MICHELLE MALKIN BUT WILL REMOVE MY PICTURES.

I'LL ASK AGAIN--WHO THE HELL IS ANYONE TO CENSOR MY FREE SPEECH AND MY OPINION? THE TRUTH MUST BE PISSING SOMEONE OFF.

UPDATE #1: REAL CLEAR POLITICS REMOVED THIS POST FROM THE SUBMITTED ARTICLES. WHEN IT WAS RE-SUBMITTED, I WAS TOLD IT WAS BEING REVIEWED FOR CONTENT. TWO WEEKS AGO, I PUBLISHED A POST ON MICHELLE OBAMA--IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE FRONT PAGE WITH 11 VOTES AND FINISHED WITH 18 VOTES. INTERESTING HOW ONLY MY OBAMA POSTS ARE BEING CENSORED, ISN'T IT?


A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a few posts regarding Barack Hussein Obama's questionable attributes and associations; some, he could address directly, others he has refused to address at all, preferring to run away from a press conference after he answered about eight questions. It all stemmed from the manufactured controversy over using his middle name--since he's mulatto, we're not supposed to criticize him at all, on any issue, lest we be labeled as racist.

Some people are idiotic enough to think only whites are racist. These people are your typical, politically correct nutcases who are intent on bringing this country down from the inside. And, they are wrong.


If anything, blacks themselves are more racist than 95% of the whites in America today. Their leaders, Jackson, Sharpton and Farrakhan, have been joined in the race baiting, hate mongering war by Jeremiah Wright. No, I won't put "Rev." in front of ANY of their names--whether they "earned" their divinity degrees or simply claim it, none are men of God, unless that god is Satan himself.

Barack Hussein Obama and the Trailer Trash Hillary wannabe Michelle, have been race-baiting throughout this campaign, albeit sublety.


What's worse, people are stupid enough to vote for this man, simply because he's mulatto. No other reason--they buy the empty rhetoric and the color and cast their vote. They don't bother to investigate him, what he stands for, what his meager record shows, what his actions reveal, or the company he keeps.


I have maintained Barack Hussein Obama has questionable ties from the start. I mentioned his Chicago land deals way back when. Nobody listened. Now, it's coming out in the MSM--the Rezko controversy. What I didn't know then but do now is the Iraqi ties of Rezko. Rezko is also one of his campaign contributors.



I've mentioned Barack Hussein Obama's questionable ties with his cousins in Kenya and how they contacted HIM to step into the Kenya bloodshed--a minor, freshman Senator from Illinois. I asked why they would contact HIM for help. I still don't have an answer. He holds no real power, why would he be the contact for help?

I've questioned Barack Hussein Obama's foggy past regarding islam and asked where he stands on the subject of islam and terrorism. Answers have not been forthcoming. I've questioned his appearance in pictures in the dress of a Somali elder:


said persons known to be Sunnis. No answers other than Barack Hussein Obama apologists stating it was a political photo op. I further questioned his appearance in family photos in full muslim dress:

No one had answers for that. I've commented on not just his father, but his stepfather being muslim, practicing islam, taking Barack Hussein Obama to the mosque and his education in madrassas. He's given a free pass both by the MSM and his disciples. Further, the Muslim Defense Fund is one of his main campaign contributors.


I've questioned how, if he was so "unknowing as a child" of his father's and stepfather's intentions in raising him muslim, in the barbarity of islam, he is able to recall with perfect tonalities the muslim call to prayer. I'm sure he also knows what it means; he certainly thinks it's one of the "prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset".

I've questioned the rantings of his wife (here and here), from her lack of pride in this country while aspiring to be its First Lady:



to her "Orwell" speak of what Barack Hussein Obama will "demand" of us.


Again, brushed under the rug by the MSM and his stoned followers (the ones who think he's the messiah).



I've questioned his connection with William Ayers and Bernardine Dorhn, confessed unrepentant, un-remorseful domestic terrorist bombers of the Weather Underground--who are NOT serving time due to an FBI technicality. They're now college professors (you want THIS educating your children?!?). I question his endorsement by the Black Panthers, also campaign contributors.



I've questioned his ties to his black supremacist, Africa first church (currently under IRS investigation for mixing politics with religion and in danger of losing its tax exemptions, letter of notification here; the questionable Barack Hussein Obama speech and the UCC's whining outlined here and here respectively). I've been told that's just the way black churches are.

Bullshit.

This week, we learned ABC's Brian Ross has been investigating the Trinity United Church of Christ and has obtained several videos of Wright's "sermons".

These are not sermons; they are, plain and simple, in the words of the politically correct, hate speech. Directed at America and directed at whites. From A Newt One here, there are several quotes from the Limbaugh transcript:

Christmas, 2007:

WRIGHT: Jesus was a poor black man who lived in a country and who lived in a culture, that was controlled by rich white people! The Romans were rich. The Romans were Italians, which means they were European, which means they were white -- and the Romans ran everything in Jesus' country. It just came to me within the past few weeks, y'all, why so many folk are hatin' on Barack Obama. He doesn't fit the model!


CONGREGATION: Right!


WRIGHT: He ain't white, he ain't rich, and he ain't privileged.

and:

WRIGHT: Hillary never had to worry about being pulled over in her car as a black man driving in the wrong! I am sick of Negroes who just do not get it! Hillary was not a black boy raised in a single parent home! Barack was. Barack knows what it means to be a black man living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich white people! Hillary can never know that! Hillary ain't never been called a nigger! Hillary has never had her people defined as nonpersons! Hillary ain't had to work twice as hard just to get accepted by the rich white folk who run everything, or to get a passing grade when you know you are smarter than their C-students sitting in the White House. Hillary ain't never had her own people say she wasn't white enough!

and:

WRIGHT: Hillary is married to Bill and Bill have been good to us? No, he ain't! Bill did us just like he did Monica Lewinsky!


CONGREGATION: (cheers)


WRIGHT: He was riding dirty!

more:

2003:

WRIGHT: The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law, and then wants us to sing God bless America? No, no, no! Not God bless America! God DAMN America! (cheers) -- it's in the Bible -- for killing innocent people! (cheers) God DAMN America for treating her citizens as less than human!

finally:

September 16, 2001 (check the date!):

WRIGHT: We bombed Hiroshima! We bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye. We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians, and black South Africans, and now we are indignant (cheers) because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back into our own front yards! (cheers and applause) America's chickens are coming home...to roost.

Pure, unadulterated hate speech.

Granted, Barack Hussein Obama did finally, today, address the issue here, from Jay at Stop the ACLU!:

Let me say at the outset that I vehemently disagree and strongly condemn the statements that have been the subject of this controversy. I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or serves to divide us from our allies. I also believe that words that degrade individuals have no place in our public dialogue, whether it’s on the campaign stump or in the pulpit. In sum, I reject outright the statements by Rev. Wright that are at issue…

Rev. Wright preached the gospel of Jesus, a gospel on which I base my life. In other words, he has never been my political advisor; he’s been my pastor. And the sermons I heard him preach always related to our obligation to love God and one another, to work on behalf of the poor, and to seek justice at every turn.

The statements that Rev. Wright made that are the cause of this controversy were not statements I personally heard him preach while I sat in the pews of Trinity or heard him utter in private conversation. When these statements first came to my attention, it was at the beginning of my presidential campaign. I made it clear at the
time that I strongly condemned his comments. But because Rev. Wright was on the verge of retirement, and because of my strong links to the Trinity faith community, where I married my wife and where my daughters were baptized, I did not think it appropriate to leave the church.

I don't buy it. Too little, too late. The fact remains he CHOSE to remain a member of this hate factory for nearly 20 years; this hate monger married him and his rabid wife and baptized their daughters. This was a CHOICE he made--not a decision forced upon him. He can say he didn't hear any of the hate speech all he wants, but like most of the rest of what he says, I don't believe it. Nor would anyone with an ounce of sense.

By continuing his membership in this hate factory, he condones the hate speech. It took a lot of pressure this week to get even this wimpy "distancing" from him. Just as it took a lot of pressure for him to limpidly renounce his endorsement by Farrakhan. Had he not been pressured in either circumstance, it is quite obvious he would not have distanced himself from either situation. That is tacit agreement of what is being said, represented and presented.

Even this leaves open many, many questions, from MSNBC:

Obama’s campaign announced that the minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., had left its spiritual advisory committee after videotapes of his sermons again ignited fierce debate in news accounts and political blogs.

Obama did not clarify whether Wright volunteered to leave his African American Religious Leadership Committee, a loose group of supporters associated with the campaign, or whether the campaign asked him to leave.

So, ladies and gents, the Cult of Barack Hussein Obama and Those Too Blind To See goes on. This man and his wife have shown their utter contempt for this country, its beloved symbols, the foggy muslim ties, the radical African branch of the family, the hiding the white family under the rug, the total identification with blacks when he is in fact mulatto, the black supremacist, hate mongering church and pastor, the associations with terrorists, and on and on and on.

He has stated he will bomb allies and sit down to tea with tyrants. He's no more ready to lead this country--now or ever--than my dog. Yes, he's quite good at hypnotizing the stupid masses, those who think he's going to wave a magic wand and "make it all better" for them (translated this means give them more entitlements at the tax payer expense). He's quite adept at hiding his true agenda.



And the loons eat it up. No substance, no knowledge, no experience and flat out dangerous. But oh how they love his wonderful oratory. I believe I made a statement about his oratory in another post and this is what it was (full post here):

In short, Barack Hussein Obama has some 'splainin to do. The question "is" when will he start answering questions instead of relying on empty rhetoric? There have been many messianic orators throughout history--unfortunately, charismatic oratory doesn't necessarily equal someone who is capable of doing the job. Or of doing it in a way beneficial to the populace (i.e., Fidel Castro, Evita Peron, Mao, Hitler, ad nauseum).

I stood by it then; I stand by it now.

Others writing on this:
Wake Up America: here.
A Newt One: here, here, here and here.
Faultline USA: here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Grizzly Groundswell: here, and here.
Stop the ACLU!: here, here, here, and here.
My previous posts: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Cross posted at Digg! here; GOP Hub here; Grizzly Groundswell here and Real Clear Politics here.

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