As you should know by now, Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has a Wright problem. That would be a Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. problem. It turns out that Barack Obama’s “spiritual mentor” has a long, long history of hatred against whites and the history of the U.S.A. But, late last week, news began to surface that one of John McCain’s religious supporters, John Hagee, has made many harsh anti-Catholic statements in the past.
As reports of Wright’s disgusting, hate filled garbage has made the news earlier last week, many on the extreme left have pointed to the low profile that the McCain story has had as proof that the media is unfair, intimating that the media might even be on McCain’s side.
It is true that John Hagee has made bigoted statements against the Catholic Church. It is also utterly true that Jeremiah Wright has made racist, hateful statements against all whites and the history of this country.
But, for the left to imagine that the situations in which McCain and Obama find themselves are exactly the same shows that leftists who think this are either uninformed or disingenuous. The situations are not in any way comparable.
Before you even attempt to dismiss this as just another fawning excusing of the GOP candidate by a Republican apologist, I will inform you that I will not vote for John McCain under any circumstances. So, you cannot chalk this up to mere electoral partisanship.
So, that said, there are major differences between McCain’s endorsement by Hagee and Obama’s endorsement by and 20 year long relationship Rev. Wright.
The following points mark a stark difference between McCain/Hagee and Obama/Wright:
- In his book the Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama called Rev. Wright his “spiritual mentor.” McCain has not made any such statement of Hagee.
- Obama had his children baptized by Rev. Wright. McCain’s kids never knew Hagee when they were small.
- Rev. Wright performed Obama’s marriage ceremony. McCain had never even met Hagee until he became the frontrunner for the GOP nomination.
- Obama chose Rev. Wright’s church and attended it for 20 years. McCain has never attended Hagee’s church.
These points are extremely important and mark a completely different relationship between the hatemonger Wright and Barack Obama and McCain and Hagee. It shows that Obama had many decades of intimacy with Rev. Wright proving that Wright’s hate speech could not possibly have bothered Barack very much at all, much less have come as any surprise. While John McCain had only just met John Hagee proving that his history of anti-Catholic statements is not something that McCain could have had long and intimate contact with.
Of course, both candidates have disavowed their religious supporter’s statements. Obama made his statement via the Huffington Post and McCain via the media with a statement to the Associated Press.
But there is absolutely no way to equate McCain’s acceptance of the anti-Catholic Hagee’s support with that of Obama’s acceptance of the racist Wright’s. Obama has no excuse to have only suddenly distanced himself form this hate filled, ranter whom he has called his “spiritual mentor.” For decades Obama has known of, and sat in a congregation listening to, the wild-eyed rants by this man. Barack has accepted him as part of his family closely associated with his wife and children. Barack Hussein Obama has been very close with Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. for 20 some years.
On the other hand, John McCain has only just met John Hagee.
You just cannot equate the two.
So, no, American left. There is no favoritism, no bias to the right among the U.S. media for covering Obama’s race baiting pastor more than they have covered McCain’s anti-Catholic ranter. And it is simply because Hagee means but an endorsement of a campaign for McCain whereas Wright means an endorsement of an entire philosophy against the U.S.A. for Obama.
Obama has had 20 years to repudiate Rev. Wright’s hatred and has only just now spoken up. It is impossible to believe that Obama only just now realized the hate that Wright preaches and we can only assume that Obama has agreed with Wright all this time and is only distancing himself from Wright now as a political expediency.
And if the recent comments about her hatred of America by Obama’s wife Michelle is any indication, the entire Obama family holds the very same racist, anti-American thoughts as Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
So, the final word about any so-called bias to the right in this instance has to be made against the idea. If the media reported McCain’s story less it is naturally because the Obama story is by far the more explosive and consequential story.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackActually the are the same. The difference is the white-dominated media and the white dominated public is less fired up by comments against Catholics, gays and Muslims than they are by comments against corporate America, whites, and the privileged class.
In fact both cases have no bearing on the men. How many children are baptized in the Catholic church, but they do not automatically endorse the pedophilia of the church. When you look at it this way, it’s much more frightening when the viewpoint of the church is kept secret then exposed in a fire-branded speech.
(And if you asked most lefties, while they disagree with how he said it, they probably agree with the general gist of what Wright said.)
This incident casts serious doubt on Obama’s judgement. Let’s assume he disagrees with all of Wright’s views. Fine. Didn’t he realize that this stuff would come to light when the vetting process began? Did he think the American people would not care? Does he not understand the mentality of the silent American majority, that most Americans are completely repulsed by language of the sort spouted by that demagogue Wright in a house of worship. Now, he has stated that he plans to stay in the church- the church, by the way, has completely defended Wright’s comments, so we must assume that this is a radical church- at least from the perspective of the average American.
Can Obama now get the superdelegates? I don’t know. But I do know that he is now completely unelectable. I’m a democrat who will vote for McCain if Hillary loses, and I know many, many others like myself. In the most optimistic scenerio, Obama will lose every conservative state, Florida, and most of the swing states. Possibly New York, at this point. Definitely Jersey.
Let’s see if he can bring people together now.
A very, very interesting summary from an Obama supporter. He/she sounds truly shaken. Here’s the link if you wanna sound-off:
Obama’s judgment: Wright or Wrong
What centrist-liberal Candidate for the presidency would stay in a church hearing demagogic Sermons for 20 years? No one. By which I conclude Senator Obama has a side to
his politics that makes him unfit for the White House.
reverend wright is a Bigot hating Phoney.. he pretends to love God and to be a God fearing man of God.. Haha. He is likened to the Pharisees in th eold testament that were rich and anted to let people see them because they wore high priced jewelry and would pray that God almighty would make them richer and say to God. I’m glad i am not like that wretched poor man there who is a sinner. What a phoney the so called Reverend Wright is.. People like him make me wanna Puke. he will stand befor ethe everlasting God of Abraham and Jacob and will give an account for his sins like all of will.. His hatred for white people will be presented before God almighty one day and mr wright will stand accountable for his undying hatred for white people.. i hope that Mr Obama will distance himself from that ignorant man that is his minister and will see that that man will cause him to lose his chance of ever becoming president of my United States. If mr. wright is such a holy man then God help us all. Hs has missed the boat there, He doesnt understand the word “love thy neighbor”!. he is a superior minded hypocrit that makes me sick.. what a piece of work he is.. with friends like him The reverend wqright …who needs enemies..
As you should know by now, Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has a Wright problem. That would be a Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. problem. It turns out that Barack Obama’s “spiritual mentor” has a long, long history of hatred against whites and the history of the U.S.A. So what do you think of this America.. knowing thatr Obama attends church with a reverend and i say that word Reverend with caution as he is no more reverend that the man in th emoon. he is “Hypocrit Wright” who doesnt like white peoploe.. why is that?? he is a sick individual that is poisoning the minds of the youth of america that attend his so called church.. i would never want my own children to attend any church that has any kind of racial hatred in it especially from its leaders.. why in th eowrld that church has a hater of white peopel as its leader is beyond me.. i can only hope that God wil forgive that monster that runs it.. thats all ihve to say.. god forgive you mean old man wright.. you are a sad unhappy man with sick morality.. what you teach the youth of your so called church only makes outr problems worse than they alkready are.. shame on you.. you ar epathetic… Obama please leave that church before its toolate.. you will never win the presidency of th eUnited states of america with soemone that is your mentor like mean old mr wright.. he will cause you to lose the majority votes.. you wil lose allbecuse of that man your mentor.. America wilnot choose you on e3lection day when it comes down to it.. you are goig to lose the vote and the confoidence of america because of mr wright.. he should be in another line of work instead of the minister ogf your church.. he is sending the wrong message to young americans..that white people are the enemy.. what a ignorant man he is.. goodness .. and he is a loser in my book too. good day
Psst. I read those remarks of Wright’s. Not one iota of racism in them.
Conservatives have their panties (like yours) in a bunch because he spoke an inconvenient truth about the USA’s activities around the world prior to 9/11 and afterwards, plus its disgraceful treatment of women and minorities here.
Not only do you show your bias with a hint of racism, you even deny the conservative role in promoting such rhetoric. Where was your outrage when John Hagee said those things about the victims of Katrina? More importantly, where was your outrage with White Preachers and White Pastors were saying the exact same things?
You all don’t have to answer that because you weren’t outraged. You were agreeing with them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/obamas-minister-committe_b_91774.html
All you Obama supporters just look at facts he lied about his religion and his affiliation with his anti American pastor. He was sitting in church listening to anti white speeches. He lied about his meetings with Canada regarding NAFTA; he lied about his dealings with Rezko regarding campaign contributions. His supporters said Hillary will do anything to win the election. He is doing exactly the same; he severed his relations with his pastor, his friend of 20 years just to win the election. He is just a smooth talker and a liar .He isn’t telling anything that will ruin his chances to be our leader. You Obama lovers wake up and face the facts that he is not fit to be our president.
This question is for the media; please tell me if a white preacher was making an anti-black speech in a church how would you report it?
Yeah, it looks it is down the drain, done and over for Obama! This cannot be fixed with a speech. The odds are against him.
Whow Hagee and his racist anti Catholic hate speaches is not a problem in the US.
I have to chuckle at this non news. The US has always been anti Catholic. If you are brown skin and Catholic it is much worse.
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