After an entire campaign of saying that we shouldn't talk about race, Obama now says that we must. Funny, I thought that awkward and painful dialogue was going on all of the time, even though frequently carried on by race pimps, charlatans and hucksters. His Pastor for instance, seems to have only one conversation and that is about racial insults and injury. But of course Barack would not hear the conversation going on in the country, after all he says he sat in his church for more than two decades and didn't hear anything. Despite their great good fortune and achievement, Obama and Wright exaggerate racial issues and minimize racial progress, I am not surprised that Obama's wife is not proud of such a country. This portrayal does no good for either the country or those that they profess to serve. Obama himself is a result of racial transformation in this country, otherwise his father would have been jailed and his mother cast aside for their interracial marriage.
I was also somewhat astounded at the way that Obama treated his Grandmother. This was the white woman who raised him after his Black fathers, (yes, both of them) abandoned him and his white mother. In the Black community and in the Black value system, both professed to be held in such high regard by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, we don't disrespect our mothers and grandmothers! Barack betrayed his Grandmother by revealing then comparing the confidential conversations between this loving woman and himself with the ravings of a misguided racist. Barack and Wright do not seem to be bitter, frustrated or powerless, so possibly they are trying to gain authenticity as being Black. They both may need to actually look at the Black community, rather than continue to portray a stereotype of that community.
There was one other thing that I noted and I have not seen any commentary on the point. Barack Obama made his entry and stood on a stage surrounded by American flags. There were at least six flags on the podium.
Hmmmm.
This is the patriot Obama that will not wear a lapel pin because he doesn't want to display the flag, that phony symbol of patriotism.
This is the Christian Obama who believes that neither he nor anyone else is going to heaven or hell and that every faith is the same (Falsani interview, Sun Times, 4/5/2004).
This is the post-race or no-race Obama who nevertheless appeals to some people and panders to others based upon race and whose mentor has made a living at this for more than forty years.
Senator Obama, your wife is ashamed of this country and our flag; your pastor damns the country and our flag; you agree with both of them as shown by your willingness to maintain your union and your silence. You are a remarkably malleable fellow as regards your beliefs, you seem to be quite adept at adopting the view and belief that you need for the moment without the inconvenience of principle. You specialized in either voting present or claiming that your votes were unintentional in the Illinois legislature. This was a fine legislative trick, enabling you to vote yes, yet have the record reflect that you intended to vote no on the issue. You have been able to avoid staking any claim on a matter of principle. Your vaunted and eloquent calls for change lacks specifics. You seemed to respond to this issue only when the polls showed your ratings dropping after the publicity over the 'appalling sermons'. Yet you will not disavow your so-called mentor for what he has said and still is saying.
I do have one question, and I don't expect an answer. Why did you drape yourself in the very flag that you have previously, proudly besmirched through your silence. A flag on your stage is like a virgin pin on a prostitute; it may look good, but it means nothing. If you really don't like our country, say so and run on that premise, you might even win. Unlike any country that you could pick to emulate, you can actually say that here.
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