Obama's excuses

And that's what this speech today was really about, excusing the racism of his friend and spiritual guide.

Actually, no we must not.  Every racist has an excuse, everyone has a story.  From firefighters and cops in the inner cities of this country, to crime victims of one stripe or another, all of us have excuses to slide into racism.  And all of us are wrong when we do, even black people.

There is no excuse for racism, if you want a nation where people are judged by the Content of Their Character; you can't stand in front of a room full of people saying whitey is trying to exterminate you, even if you had to sit in the back of the bus when you were a kid, even if you were beaten by the Klan.

If all the white victims of black criminals were allowed to become racist, then where would we be?  If we didn't care about David Duke's life history (and we didn't and we shouldn't have), then why the hell do I care about Reverend Whyte's?

I don't.  And I hope no one else does either.

This was a shallow and sad attempt to brush over the real problem of his racist reverend and the even bigger problem of the racist ideology that feeds him and his followers.  Yes I know the pronouns in that sentence have ambiguous antecedents, and I kind of like it that way.  Because that's the question now, how much of this racism does Obama actually believe?

He disavows in general the horrible things his pastor says, but not specifically.  Maybe Obama doesn't think his pastor should say Whitey is spreading AIDS in the Black community.  Why not specifically disavow that statement?  Why not say, "The CIA did not introduce crack into the inner cities of America to poison Black youths."  Nope.  It's "his controversial statements are wrong and divisive." Which are controversial?  It's left to the listener to decide.  Which are disavowed?  Again, nothing specific, you decide which are controversial and therefore which are wrong.  If you believe Rev. Wright, then his thoughts on AIDS and crack and "chickens coming home to roost" are not controversial and not disowned.

Will this open a debate on Black Liberation Theology and how much of that Racist Ideology Obama believes in?  I hope so, but I don't think that was the point.  The point was to bury it, say the Black man has grievances so you should excuse his racism, and electing Obama is the only way to prove you aren't racist.

Color me disgusted.

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