Seriously, Tell Me About Rev. Wright

[holiday]

This is the biggest obstacle I have to overcome with people around me. I have spent time on internet today trying to find articles in defense of Obama and Rev. Wright. I can't find any. I had already emailed watchdog at Obama's campaign and never got anything sent back to me.

Give me anything, something I can work off of

[holiday]

1. ooh I finally found something

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_obama.html

[holiday]

9. I did ask the person if they found out McCain was racist

would they still vote for him?

I think this person obviously just fears a black man as president and hides behind the "racism" meme to hide it.

[Danieljay]

2. Use this:

Common sense.

You've got to be kidding right?

[Uzybone]

3. Rev Wright is preacher who spoke the truth

in vigorous fashion while delivering sermons. Obama might or might not have been there to hear the truth.

Because Rev Wright is black and not a white man like Hagee or Pat Robertson, he became a huge liability during the primaries because the MSM spent a good month showing His sermons 24 hours a day.

[FrenchieCat]

4. I can't wait till November 4th, so that you can announce

that you were just "visiting" us.

Can't wait!

[babylonsister]

5. Hear, hear. nt

[stillcool]

6. with a different user name

oops didn't check out the profile..must be a stealth one.

[Thrill]

7. Ask them why is it. They can only find one clip of him speaking like this?

Maybe because this wasn't what he was teaching or preaching weekly

[JSK]

8. Bill Moyers did the best piece ever on this:

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04252008/profile.html

And how many people know that Wright was a Marine? And then transferred to the Navy, serving as a medical technician? There is a photo of Wright at the bedside of LBJ, tending to the prez after his surgery.

Anyway, great piece by Moyers.

[TheWraith]

10. I have friends who think that 9/11 was encouraged by the government.

That's about as big a conspiracy theory as the worst of what Wright had to say, and a lot worse than most of his comments.

That doesn't mean that they're not my friends, but it ALSO doesn't mean that I'm liable to rebuke for their opinions, which I don't agree with.

[knixphan]

11. Moyers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvnMK1d9xE0

bonus:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/photograph-of-bill-clinton-and-rev-wright-surfaces/

[MrScorpio]

12. I'll tell you all about Rev Wright

Who gives a fuck?

That's all you need to know

[Essene]

13. Here's all you need to know about Rev Wright...

He served in the military, and was actually part of the Presidential duty as a medical staffer. He performed so well for the US Military that he received a personalized letter from the White House.

As a young 70s guy who turned to faith, he embraced one of the americanized versions of "liberation theology" which was a semi-socialist movement born out of the Jesuit (catholic) missionaries in south america. The idea was to empower people mentally, physically and politically by increasing literacy rates among the poor. This also overlapped with the anti-colonial "negritude" movement made famous by frantz fanon and such, but had a unique set of theological activist ripple effects in black urban america.

The church is now a "mega-church" with some 10,000 members and a strong, positive community network.

His rose up as a major voice in the south side of chicago. They do social services, and push for responsibility and strong families. There was nothing "separatist" about them, as the movement was more about self-determination and self-pride. Quite the opposite, he has coordinated with catholics and many others who care about the struggles of urban america.

ABC news went through countless hours of his sermons and pulled out several controversial clips.

The controversial claims?

He said america's chickens were coming home to roost... paraphrasing what a former Ambassador had argued on Fox news about 9/11.

He slammed america's racism...

"The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, not God Bless America. God damn America — that's in the Bible — for killing innocent people. God damn America, for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America, as long as she tries to act like she is God, and she is supreme. The United States government has failed the vast majority of her citizens of African descent.."

That's just a part of the entire sermon, but of course peopel just focused on the "god damn america" part.

So, he was represented as a racist and anti-american black radical.

Which is absolutely untrue.

Obama tried to distance himself... but Wright went into the media and made very divisive statements, effectively solidifying the image that had been painted of him. Obama left the church.

That's all there is to this story.

The reason the GOP haven't pushed this story is because they know there's nothing really there and that Wright serves them much better based on the vague impression of hmi being an angry black militant...

[jberryhill]

14. Rev. Jeremiah Wright - the marine corps veteran - THAT Rev. Wright?

Or the soundbite cartoon of him?

[Bluerthanblue]

15. DO THIS first- go watch and listen

to each of Rev. Wrights sermons in their entirety- not the sound bites- not the media mantras-

THEN- if you are still offended, listen to any number of 'white' sermons, which should offend you equally-


What Rev. Wright said, in the context of biblical preaching was not only completely acceptable, it is truth.

He spoke of how the biblical GOD would view this world, in particular, this nation- which claims a 'form' of 'godliness' but only to the point where it fits in with the comfortable, powerful elite that is in power in America.

What does the 'bible' say is the 'root of all evil? Is it homosexuality? Abortion? Taxes? Pornography? any of those things the right-wing zealots champion with such vigor?

Nope- it is "the love of money" remind them of that, next time they complain about Rev.Wright being racist, - ask them about Mccain being so against- wanting to spread the wealth- or pay off others debts.

And if they say one is politics the other religion, you can tell them they've answered their own question.

:shrug: