Perfect Game

Enter Your CommentThat same lack of judgment has shown up in Obama???s gaffes -- threatening to invade Pakistan and offering prompt negotiations with anti-American despots. More frightening, Obama voted last August to give Osama bin Laden and other terrorists the same rights as Americans when it comes to intercepting their overseas calls in order to pick up clues needed to stop another attack.


To evaluate what Obama???s ties to Wright mean, picture America???s reaction if President Bush???s minister, mentor, and moral compass had the views of Wright and was an admirer and supporter of Farrakhan.


???He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas,??? Benjamin Franklin said.


Obama may be a gifted orator, but his choice of a friend and advisor suggests he is masquerading as a moderate. While the liberal media have already decided Obama will be our next president, Americans may have a different view when they consider what his ties to Wright tell us about the presidential candidate???s true opinions and character.

Enter Your Comment???Barack Obama has been very careful not to position himself as Rev. Jesse Jackson or Rev. Al Sharpton as a promoter of ???The Black Cause,?????? Farrakhan said in the interview with FinalCall.com. ???He has been groomed, wisely so, to be seen more as a unifier, rather than one who speaks only for the hurt of black people.???


At the least, Obama???s membership in Wright???s church and close ties to Wright himself suggest a lack of judgment and an insensitivity to views that are repugnant to the vast majority of white Americans who are not bigots or anti-Semites.


That same lack of judgment has shown up in Obama???s gaffes -- threatening to invade Pakistan and offering prompt negotiations with anti-American despots. More frightening, Obama voted last August to give Osama bin Laden and other terrorists the same rights as Americans when it comes to intercepting their overseas calls in order to pick up clues needed to stop another attack.

Enter Your CommentAs for Wright???s repeated comments blaming America for the 9/11 attacks, Obama has said it sounds as if the minister was trying to be ???provocative.???


But Obama???s close association with Wright over more than two decades and the minister???s close ties to Farrakhan cannot be explained away so cavalierly. If Obama rejects Wright???s warped view of this country, why does he continue to attend his church? If Obama disagrees with Farrakhan and his anti-Semitic and anti-white statements, why doesn???t he denounce him rather than continue to associate with a minister and friend who is one of his advocates and who gave him an award for lifetime achievement? Does Obama secretly agree with some of their hate-filled, radical statements while publicly avoiding race-specific appeals as part of his candidacy?


That comports with Obama???s habit of not showing up for controversial votes or tackling tough policy issues, allowing him to broaden his appeal through charisma alone. Farrakhan himself recently spoke approvingly of Obama???s strategy, which is crucial to inviting whites to support him.

Enter Your CommentThe media blackout on Obama???s radical minister is in striking contrast to the coverage of Romney. Nearly half the references to Romney in the media include a discussion of his membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.


If Romney???s church proclaimed on its Web site that it is ???unashamedly white,??? the media would pounce, and Romney???s presidential candidacy would be over. Yet that is what Obama???s church says on its web site -- except in reverse.


???We are a congregation which is unashamedly black and unapologetically Christian,??? says the Trinity United Church of Christ???s Web site. ???We are an African people and remain true to our native land, the mother continent, the cradle of civilization.???


Moreover, the church has a ???non-negotiable commitment to Africa,??? according to its Web site, and the church and its pastor subscribe to what is called the Black Value System.

Enter Your CommentIn an op-ed in the Philadelphia Tribune, Wright said that war is about ???making the world safe??? for American business interests. ???When one goes against the war, one tampers with the financial institutions and the financial system that was put in place by the Founding Fathers of this country to keep the rich, rich!??? he said. ???The rich can only stay rich by keeping the poor, poor.???


As for Israel, ???The Israelis have illegally occupied Palestinian territories for over 40 years now,??? Wright has said. ???Divestment has now hit the table again as a strategy to wake the business community and wake up Americans concerning the injustice and the racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism.???

Enter Your CommentAs noted in a Jan. 7 Newsmax article, ???Barack Obama???s Racist Church,??? in sermons and interviews, Wright has equated Zionism with racism and has compared Israel with South Africa under its previous policy of apartheid. On the Sunday following 9/11, Wright characterized the terrorist attacks as a consequence of violent American policies. Four years later, Wright suggested that the attacks were retribution for America???s racism.


???In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01,??? Wright wrote in Trumpet. ???White America and the Western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just ???disappeared??? as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns.???


In one of his sermons, Wright said to thumping applause, ???Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run! ...We [in the U.S.] believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God.???

Enter Your CommentFor a Jan. 21, 2007 story in the Chicago Tribune, Obama said that Wright keeps his priorities straight and his moral compass calibrated.


???What I value most about Pastor Wright is not his day-to-day political advice,??? Obama told the paper. ???He???s much more of a sounding board for me to make sure that I am speaking truthfully about what I believe is possible and that I???m not losing myself in some of the hype and hoopla and stress that???s involved in national politics.???


However, Obama has said that in the fall of 2006, he broached the subject of a run for the presidency with Wright, who encouraged him to go ahead.

In the November/December issue of his church???s magazine, Trumpet, Wright heaped praise on Farrakhan, whom he helped in organizing the Million Man March in Washington in 1995. Wright lauded Farrakhan as one of the giants of the African-American religious experience in the 20th and 21st centuries.


???When Minister Farrakhan speaks, black America listens,??? Wright said. ???His depth on analysis [sic] when it comes to the racial ills of this nation is astounding and eye-opening. He brings a perspective that is helpful and honest.???


Hailing Farrakhan???s ???integrity and honesty,??? Wright said, ???His love for Africa and African-American people has made him an unforgettable force, a catalyst for change, and a religious leader who is sincere about his faith and his purpose.???