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| "Sorry, Barack. That's a bridge too far." |
| 2008-03-19 |
| Jim Geraghty of National Review notes a problem with the "fridge logic" of Obama's speech. Here's the fly in the ointment for Obama's explanation that he heard "remarks that could be considered controversial" and "incindiary language" and "views that denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation; that rightly offend white and black alike", but disagreed with them, and thus should not be judged by the electorate as somehow, perhaps partially agreeing with Jeremiah Wright's words. To the best of our knowledge, week after week.... Obama took his daughters there. Maybe Barack Obama could separate Wright's truly repugnant comments from the rest of what he preached. Maybe while offering no word of rebuke for his pastor, Obama was thinking, "there goes Jeremiah again." Barack and Michelle have sufficiently developed minds to evalutate Wright's claims - the government created the AIDS virus, etc. - for themselves. They could separate, as Obama put it, Wright's "profoundly distorted view of this country" from his words "about our obligations to love one another." But could his daughters? They're currently age seven and nine. They have, presumably, been attending Trinity United Church of Christ regularly, or at least as regularly as Obama. Can you imagine any circumstance in which you voluntarily and regularly take your children to listen to words that are "divisive," "racially charged," exposing them to "a view that sees the conflicts in the Middle East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allies like Israel," and so on? Would you ever take your children to listen to a man call for God to damn America? As a new dad, I can't imagine it. Sorry, Barack. That's a bridge too far. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #3 The supporters of Obama don't care. These are the people whose lives and identity were wrapped up in the collective cause of hating George W. Bush. I've heard more than one person ask what will happen to these rabid GW haters the day Bush gets out of office? Where will all of their anger that they had deflected onto GW go? How would they cope with the loss of the one man who was responsible for every single evil that took place in their lives? The answer is Obama. Just like GW was Satan, Obama is their Savior. I spent the week with an Obama supporter. They are a bit shaken by this and a few of the other negative things about him, but they dismiss it with "poor Obama, his pastor says terrible things and he is smeared with the same brush". These are the same people who were terrified by the fact that GW is a believing Christian, but that Obama goes to a black seperatist church is just something that really is no reflection on him. The only question is can Hillary convince enough of those who aren't as invested in the emotional salvation aspect of Obama to vote for her. She may be able to do that. But for many, they simply aren't paying attention or they don't care what comes up - Obama is their man. |
| Posted by: Crease Poodle1618 2008-03-19 13:27 |
| #2 His own Market Garden hole in the morals. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-03-19 12:42 |
| #1 I don't think he succeeded in convincing the people he had to convince which is everybody but the true believers. Especially since he seemed more willing to put the pillow over his grandmother's face then jettisoning his "reverend". |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-19 12:13 |