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April 29, 2008
Confused Americans for Truth - Ann Coulter and the Wright Stuff
I have always seen Barack Obama as a basically decent guy who simply lacks the experience to be effective going toe-to-toe with this nation's enemies. There is, however, another Obama out there, the soft-spoken paranoid lunatic described by Ann Coulter. It is now clear that Jeremiah Wright, Obama's controversial former pastor, is firmly in the Ann Coulter camp.
I do what I do. He does what politicians do. So that what happened in Philadelphia where he had to respond to the sound bites, he responded as a politician.
The obvious interpretation here is that Obama actually agrees with Wright's views, but has to hide his real feelings to keep from losing votes. Obama saw it that way, and he promptly threw Wright under the bus.
[Obama] said he was most angry that Wright seemed to suggest Obama's rejection of his remarks was only political. "If Reverend Wright thinks that's political posturing, as he put it, then he doesn't know me very well,'' Obama said. "I may not know him as well as I thought.''
This is serious stuff. If Obama is wrong about the man who was his pastor for all those years, he might be wrong about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Obama intends to negotiate with Ahmadinejad when he takes office, and I'm pretty sure that Obama knows Wright a whole lot better than he knows Ahmadinejad.
It's serious stuff because, as you can see in the above image, the Obama campaign is entirely faith-based. It's about believing in Barack, rather than in any specific policy initiative. Even if you like Barack Obama as a person, and I do, the Wright problem is one more indication that he's not up to the requirements of the job he's seeking.
There's really no candidate currently in the running that I can whole-heartedly support. Still, in my mental list of least awful to most awful, Obama has been at the bottom of the list for a long time. The Wright affair merely confirms that I've put him in the right place.
Respectfully submitted,
Ferdinand T. Cat
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I'm not sure I do like Barack as a person, though. I am a conservative, and I am well aware of my own flaws as a person. In the spirit of fairness, I am tolerant of flaws in other as well.
But all flaws are not equal. If he were mean or had a gambling problem or worshipped the Sun, that would be one thing. But I get the feeling he's lying. He can't possibly buy into his hope and love and peace and just wanna talk to Ahky. What is the first step toward hope, then, Barack. When you get up in the morning as President, what are actually going to DO?
I don't mind waffling; Romney didn't bother me because at least he had a position to defend, right or wrong. Barack's position is that he doesn't like bad things. We all want hope, Senator. We also don't want children to go hungry or little dogs to get hit by cars or to have colds.
But what are you going to DO about that. Change. Change what?
Anyway, I've digressed. I like your blog. Thanks!
Posted by: Ben Hurst at April 30, 2008 2:18 PM
Posted by: Michael at April 30, 2008 2:50 PM
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