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To: American Spirit who wrote (118678)	3/19/2008 12:51:53 PM
From: jim-thompson	Respond to of 173976

Barack Hussein Obama has not been very forthcoming in his comments about his Reverend Jeremiah Bull Frog Wright!

To: American Spirit who wrote (118678)	3/19/2008 1:20:32 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 173976

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To: American Spirit who wrote (118678)	3/19/2008 3:25:06 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 173976

Roger L. Simon: 'BARACK, I DIDN’T DO IT FOR THIS': AN HOMAGE TO ANDREW GOODMAN March 18, 2008 8:23 AM Barack Obama’s speech today moved Roger L. Simon to poetry for the first time since high school. He apologizes for the inadequacies. by Roger L. Simon Barack, I didn’t do it for this. Barack, I was a civil rights worker… South Carolina, 1966… 22 yrs old … helping old folks register to vote, teaching kids to read and write, directing Raisin in the Sun… Barack, I didn’t do it for this. Barack, I dream of my kindergarten best friend Andy from Walden School, Manhattan, born one day after me, shot dead in Mississippi 1964. Barack, I idolized Stokley Carmichael and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Barack, I lost the full use of my left hand for life in South Carolina. Barack, I didn’t do it for this. Barack, I gave hundreds to the Black Panthers for their children’s breakfast program when I was 25 and a young screenwriter in Echo Park, Los Angeles, even though I knew Huey was crazy and was worried my money might have been going for guns, even though I had my own children in the house when the Panthers came over, their jackets bulging. Barack, I made excuses for the Black Power Movement even though I knew it was turning racist. Barack, I didn’t do it for this. Barack, your speech was bullshit. Barack, this isn’t about generations. Barack, this isn’t about the black church. Barack, this is about a pathological minister whose uncontrolled anger wounds his own people and keeps them down. Barack, this is about a man who ignored that rage for his own political gain and even now won’t admit a huge mistake and looks for nuance and excuses. Barack, this about a woman who went on scholarship to Princeton and Harvard and still hates America. Barack, you say you want Black-Jewish reconciliation but you hung with an anti-Semite. Barack, I didn’t do it for this. Roger L. Simon is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, novelist and blogger, and the CEO of Pajamas Media. Message 24421277