Obama’s Pastoral Problem
Ever since Friday night, Barack Obama’s life has gotten miserable. Since then, he’s had to talk about his hatemongering pastor. Here’s the video of Major Garrett’s interview with Sen. Obama:
Watching Sen. Obama’s body language during that interview, it’s obvious that he’d rather be getting a root canal done without anesthesia than he wants to be conducting this interview. I’d further submit that he’s got a credibility problem, especially after saying that he wasn’t there for any of these incendiary sermons.
Sen. Obama said that he was “a regular attender in spurts” and that he started attending Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s church in “1991 or 1992.” It’s difficult to believe that Sen. Obama never heard any of Pastor Wright’s hateful sermons. It’s difficult to believe because Rev. Wright seems to have lots of hatred that he hasn’t gotten rid of. Based on the video collage that FNC put together, it’s obvious that Pastor Wright has gotten on that type of a ‘roll’ more often than Sen. Obama wants us to believe.
The Lady Logician told me this weekend that Malcolm X used the term “The chickens are coming home to roost.” When you combine that with Wright’s travelling with Louis Farrakhan to meet Muammar Qhadaffi, one wonders what Wright believes.
In one of his last answers, Sen. Obama says that Wright is a biblical scholar. That’s insulting. There’s nothing in the Bible that would lead me to accuse the US government of creating the AIDS virus to kill of black people. There’s nothing in the Bible that tells me that FDR’s administration knew about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, much less that they let it happen. This leads me to other questions I have about the congregation at Trinity.
What kind of congregation gets excited about their pastor making such wild statements? If you watch the video package FNC put together, it’s pretty obvious that there was an abundance of people getting into Pastor Wright’s anti-America diatribes.
What kind of congregation gets whipped into a frenzy when the pastor doesn’t get the concept of forgiveness? Clearly, Pastor Wright still thinks that “rich white people” still oppress blacks.
What kind of congregation wouldn’t hold an elder meeting to discuss the possible termination of a hatemongering pastor like that?
During the interview, Sen. Obama also said that his wife Michelle doesn’t hold Pastor Wright’s anti-American views. There’s no reason to take him at his word on that in light of her statements in Wisconsin:
Speaking in Milwaukee, Wisconsin today, would-be First Lady Michelle Obama said, “for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback.”
Then in Madison, she said, “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country, and not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change.”
I find it more than a little difficult to accept Sen. Obama’s statement as fact. Frankly, with each of the interviews he did, the excitement surrounding the Obama campaign has dissipated dramatically. He’s no longer seen by huge blocs of people as the transcendant figure that he once was viewed as.
He’s had a miserable week this week. The biggest hint of that his admitting that Tony Rezko raised alot more funds than Sen. Obama initially admitted wasn’t the worst news of the week. I suspect that things will get a bit rough for him now that some in the media have taken the kid gloves off for the first time. Another thing that I’ve noticed is that he doesn’t hold up well when confronted by people like Major Garrett.
Until now, he’s looked terrific against Hillary because she made stupid accusations against him. The minute that more intelligent arguments were made against him, he stopped looking superhuman. In fact, he started looking fairly human the minute Hillary ran the 3 am ad. The bloom is off the ‘Obama rose’ because he’s finally getting scrutinized.
Finally, don’t think that this is the last shoe to drop in this matter. Don’t be surprised if people start asking whether Hillary’s campaign had anything to do with putting this information out. If it’s found out that they did, that could get ugly fast.
Technorati Tags: Obama, Michelle Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Hillary, Election 2008
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
March 16th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Just imagine how uncomfortable he would’ve been if a neutral reporter had asked the questions. Major Garrett and Carl Cameron are two of his most enthusiastic fans. They literally repeat, amplify and expound on his campaign speeches every day. Now let’s see what they do for a curtain call.
March 17th, 2008 at 11:52 am
You know when you get a free pass from Amtrak, or an airline, its tells you how far you can ride, and for how long a time its good for, but only employees get one over the entire system for a year.
Kinda makes you wonder who Obama’s employer is that that he got an annual pass over the entire media system.
March 18th, 2008 at 12:14 am
[Kinda makes you wonder who Obama’s employer is that that he got an annual pass over the entire media system.
Comment by T. A. Gray].
Like maybe “Oprah”??!!