We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/in_the_company.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:59:34 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification [Kat] I'll be short (that will be a miracle and I'm not talking about my height). When the infromation about Obama's minister's sermon content and tone first came out, I paid little attention. I've been to a few bible thumping sermons and I'm sure some folks would find them fearful in their seeming condemnation of the unbeliever to hell, fire and brimstone before exulting and exhorting the same to have faith, believe in the one true God, that good works are not enough to secure a place in heaven and should, instead, accept Jesus as their savior, etc, etc. Sometimes... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/in_the_company.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/in_the_company.html Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:57:12 -0600 I never owned a slave. But in my 44 year work history I had some of those "lift that barge and tote that bale" jobs where I felt like a slave. Do the Irish immigrants that were drafted from the boat right into the Grand Army of the Republic get a dispensation or at least an honorable mention? Nah. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/in_the_company.html#comment-70821 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/in_the_company.html#comment-70821 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:41:20 -0600 Exactly right, Christine. One needs to only view the reaction of the rest of the congegration to Wright's offensive (to me, anyway) comments to understand that his words rang "true" to them and that they fully agreed with the sentiment ... and were not in the least surprised or shocked at his words. Had Obama been in the congegration, I have no doubt that he would have been noddding and saying "Amen!", too, with the self-righteous confidence of his "victimization" as an African-American male in Wright's version of an oppressive white America. Michelle Obama's statements on Feb. 18 in Milwaukee, WI, bear this out: "For the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback." You don't attend the same church for 20 years listening to the same pastor, donate heavily to it, and haughtily proclaim the pastor to be your "spiritual advisor" without knowing or agreeing with the majority of his core ideologies. The congegration's reaction indicates they were fully aware of, and in agreement with, both Wright's spiritual beliefs AND his political ideology. Obama's lying now and trying to weasel out of his previous support for Wright. And he's only doing it now because he sees just how damaging it may be to his political aims. It would be nice if this were truly the start of the end of Obama's candidacy, but I doubt it. A large part of his support is coming from people who agree with Wright's sentiments, and who thus want "change" they can be proud of .... just like Michelle Obama. I can only "hope" that Obama is marginalized and kept on the "fringe" with all the others who may share this vision of America, and that the majority of Americans who currently see Obama as a "transcendant" racial figure will accept that he's still mired in the racial hate and radicalism of the 1960's .... just like Wright. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/in_the_company.html#comment-70805 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/in_the_company.html#comment-70805 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:00:16 -0600 I don't believe for a minute that Obama doesn't follow his church's docrine. If you have been involved in a church to the depth's and the years that he has, you believe. Obama is a liar and those who believe what he say's, are the fools he wants them to be. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/in_the_company.html#comment-70789 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/in_the_company.html#comment-70789 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:56:49 -0600 I think this provides excellent insight into Barack Obama's character. Obviously Obama looks at his pastor as more than an "uncle" who occasionally says something disagreeable. This racist reverend married the Obama's, baptized their children and provided the title of one of Obama's (many self-aggrandizing) books. How do we ignore all of that? If Obama were white and his pastor were white there would be nothing but outrage. That is a fact. I am tired of being called a racist and I am equally tired of reverse discrimination being socially acceptable in America. You don't get to be a racist yet cry about racism at the same time. That's called hypocritical bigotry. I see the change Barack Obama is talking about, and I see why Michelle Obama isn't proud of the country that has so oppressed her that she only received degrees from TWO of our greatest Universities. My children should be so lucky. The Obama camp can cry to someone else, I don't care to continue hearing about "white America" and how racist we are. I know a racist when I see one. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/in_the_company.html#comment-70782 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/in_the_company.html#comment-70782 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:37:40 -0600