The Obama and Race Rundown
Whether reacting to yesterday’s speech or to the situation as a whole, bloggers are busy talking about Obama.
Xark:
Let’s not allow this man to be crushed by his enemies. Let’s push back against America’s sick status quo and its corrupt defenders, each of us individually, all of us together.
Despite what idiots like Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and their clones continue to say (and embarrassingly, some true conservatives like Pat Buchanan have echoed the chorus), Barack Obama’s so-called “race” speech today, was a watershed moment for the advancement of genuine conservatism.
The pastor said nothing.
Does that make me a racist? I knew those men. I went to school with their children. They taught me in Sunday school. Did it make me a racist?
But that was long ago, you say. The world is different today. Things are better.
No they are not. We are as racist as we have ever been. We love to hate others. Black, Hispanic, gay, Muslim. We are equal opportunity haters.
Obviously, he is unable to distinguish between what is hate speech seeking to shock and cause division and what is not. Jeremiah Wright had an audience of thousands, while the grandmother’s only confident was her close relations. Obama has lost a great opportunity to finally unite a majority of whites and blacks to win the presidency.
The largest and most glaring of those misconceptions is his understanding of the church and loyalty. Clearly Obama puts his loyalty to Jeremiah Wright over his loyalty to scripture or the church. He equated rejecting his pastor with rejecting his grandmother. Nice words but very far off the mark.
For Christians who understand the church, placing a man, any man, above the church and its mission is unthinkable. That doesn’t mean that you totally reject someone with whom you disagree. But you certainly do not remain under his leadership and authority when he is so clearly in conflict with scripture and the church. I’m not talking here about a single local church. I’m talking about what the Bible refers to as the bride of Christ. To hold any man above that is hold that man above Jesus himself.
Heather @ March 19, 2008
Today’s Post & Courier front page said it all…I could’nt believe it. Underneath Obama’s picture and the headline about his speech was the story about two different videos showing state troopers running down black men.
Didn’t those SLED videos just prove his point? I’m a white woman, but if I were black I’d hate white people too if they treated me that way.
I thought it was the 21st century.
Truly disgusting.