Obama’s Church Answers Media’s Portrayal Of Wright
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Media, Religion“Dr. Wright has preached 207,792 minutes on Sunday for the past 36 years at Trinity United Church of Christ. This does not include weekday worship services, revivals and preaching engagements across America and around the globe, to ecumenical and interfaith communities. It is an indictment on Dr. Wright’s ministerial legacy to present his global ministry within a 15- or 30-second sound bite,†said the Reverend Otis Moss III, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ. [...]“It saddens me to see news stories reporting such a caricature of a congregation that has been such a blessing to the UCC’s Wider Church mission,†said the Rev. John H. Thomas, UCC general minister and president, in a released statement. “ … It’s time for us to say ‘No’ to these attacks and declare that we will not allow anyone to undermine or destroy the ministries of any of our congregations in order to serve their own narrow political or ideological ends.â€
While I think what Reverend Moss says is a fair defense of Wright, it doesn’t matter. Those sound bites were incredibly inflammatory and the damage is done. If Obama gets the nomination you will see Wright in commercial after commercial, in an attempt to “swift boat” him as being anti-American. Because, if you haven’t noticed already, that’s the meme.
First it was the Muslim smears, then it was the flag pin, then the “refusal” to say the Pledge of Allegiance, then the parsing of Michelle Obama. And now it’s Obama’s crazy, America-hating pastor.
Again, “Obama is anti-American” will be THE meme. Mark my words.
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March 16th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Sure it will, but in a way the MSM is doing a great job for Obama now, by making it a big deal now they already create the fallout for Obama, now he has months to repair the damage, rather than a “swift boat” coming out in October and hurting him.
Leaving Mccain untouched on all the potential scanadls allows for him to be hammered in the fall, but pretty much Obama’s skeletons are already out in the light
March 16th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
http://blog.beliefnet.com/jwalking/
Above is a link to David Kuo blog Beliefnet.
He offers some very good insight – and praise – for Sen. Obama’s ability to separate the “sin” from the “sinner”
Anyone who bothers to research Sen. Obama’s writings, read any of his books understands that when he went to Chicago as a community organizer at 27 years of age – not a as a child — he was advised to join the Church to understand the plight of the black man. That this would help him do a better job in the community.
Obama came to Chicago with a black face but as a white man.
The multiple culture and as Obama says “little bits of America” in him are what makes him truly unique. He stayed at the Church for the good works they did for the community. This is not in dispute.
That over the course of 20 years Rev Wright said some deplorable things is also not in dispute.
What is most upsetting about this whole episode is that if thinking people are willing to abandon a cause and a movement based on a few minutes of targeted, isolated video – how commited were they in the first place?
Obama is the same man he was before FOX and co started incessantly replaying the same clips over and over again.
Was what Wright said about 9/11 vile? Yes but I hate to tell you what my Rabbi said at the service after 9/11 and am glad for his sake no one videotaped it
Obama is to be commended not derided for being able to separate the messenger from the message –
Maybe if we had people in government who could do this we would not be having the fifth anniversary of a pointless war this week
If we allow ourselves to be manipulated by YOU TUBE then shame on us all
March 16th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
HUFFINGTON POST
Obama’s Minister Committed “Treason” but When my Father Said the Same Thing He Was a Republican Hero
Frank Schaeffer, 03.16.2008
When my late father, Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer, denounced America and called for the violent overthrow of the US government, he was invited to lunch with presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, Sr.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/obamas-minister-committe_b_91774.html