endlessly try to justify the wrong doing. Just as they are now trying to justify (understand, contextualize) Wright's hate speech.
One doesn't have to defend Wright's speech or anything about Wright to support Obama. America is an individualistic, self- made-man nation, and one man is not guilty of the sins of another. Obama has condemned Wright's inflammatory remarks, and has indicated that the main thing he got out of the church in question was your normal Sunday "help thy neighbor" service. End of story! You can go on all you want trying to convince people not to vote for Wright for President, and you'll win that argument because nobody is going to vote for Wright for President. If you want to use Wright's inflammatory speech to indicate we shouldn't vote for Obama for President, you must somehow tie Wright's sermons to Obama. Obama has said he thinks the inflammatory sermons are wrong, and he has indicated his takeaway from the church (and therefore from Wright) was "help thy neighbor". Until we find a tape of Obama yelling "Say it! God damn white man!" himself, the guilt by association approach just doesn't hold water. So go ahead and prove Obama wrong if you think he's lying, otherwise stop holding Obama liable for the unpleasantness of another. A vote for Obama is a vote for Obama, and not a vote for Wright.
If this is the worst the enemies of Obama can come up with, it's pretty wobbly. It pales in comparison to the fact that nobody like Hillary, and McCain is just too old and a rehash of George Bush. Unlike the Wright controversy, the problems with Hillary and with McCain involve.....Hillary and McCain, whereas Obama's biggest weakness isn't him, it's ONE of the hundreds of people in his inner circle. Woop de doo. |
