Posted by
Doctor Bart on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:43:19 PM
The role of Pastor/Mentor/Counselor is significant. This is the man who
was the pastor for Barack's children. He let his children be repeatedly
exposed to inflammatory, racist and bigoted rantings. He allowed those
declarations to go unchallenged. There is a degree of agreement in his
20 years of silence.
The responses of the congregation at Trinity to the outrageous
remarks indicate that the congregation has heard such comments before
and is in agreement. These were not occasional remarks. These comments
reflect the theology and philosophy of the pastor.
A man of character and conviction, a man who valued truth, would have stood up to Jeremiah Wright a long time ago.
There are only two reasonable explanations as to why Obama did not.
1- He knew the remarks were wrong, but believed it politically
expedient to go along. He needed that man and that church to support
his career, so he willfully looked the other way.
2- He agreed with the sentiments, but is now denying them because it is politically expedient to do so.
Both choices are repudiations of his stated desire to transcend traditional politics, and both reveal him as a fraud.