Wow. Do I have egg on my face. Ends up my preacher was saying all sorts of crazy stuff. In my defense, how in the world was I supposed to know that he was off the deep end? Far as I’m concerned, all this worshiping an invisible sky fairy stuff is completely insane, so I don’t understand how I’m supposed to sort one crazy from the other. Come on; just look at me. I’m a liberal elitist; far as I’m concerned, all this religion crap is for the rubes in fly over country.
While Wright was preaching that blacks are the chosen people, I just assumed all the white churches were talking about how whites are the chosen people. It made little difference to me as I’m only half either. Now people are telling me his words were beyond the pale. Okay. So “the U.S. government created HIV” is crazy but a believing some guy fed thousands with a couple loaves of bread and fish is perfectly sane? Whatever, red states.
The only reason I was even in church is because I needed some street cred in Chicago. Apparently I wasn’t “black enough” so the advise was to go to Trinity. I figure I just attend a few times a year, and up goes my election chances. Apparently, I wasn’t looking far enough ahead, though. Whoops. So, what was Wright preaching when I did attend? I have no idea. I was usually doing a crossword puzzle. Really, what do you want from me?
So do I hate America like Jeremiah Wright does? Of course, but not for his crazy mythology-based reasons. I hate America because I’m an elitist liberal. I feel you’re lucky I take time out of my important schedule to tell you how to lead your lives. I look down on America, American ideals, and the American people. I especially look down on religion. How hard is that to understand? The reason my wife has never been proud of America isn’t because Wright has infected her brain with his crazy hatred; it’s because she’s a liberal too. How could she be proud of this country? It expects us to sit through church to be electable. Well, I guess you reap what you sow.
I think that’s from the Bible.
Barack Obama is a U.S. Senator from Illinois who only hates white people because of their privileged status… same reason any white liberal would hate them.
Rev. Wright? You say I’ve been my close personal friend and spiritual advisor for 20 years? I chose him to baptize both of my children? I chose him to marry my wife and I? I personally selected him for my campaign staff?
No, I’m really not familiar with him or his beliefs, sorry.
Hello, I’m John McCain and I would like to say that I strongly repudiate the ideas represented on this blog and against my close personal friend Barack Obama! I will not tolerate the politics of personal destruction against my friends on the other side of the isle and I do not believe that my good friend Senator Obama should be held responsible for statements made by the Reverend Wright…who I believe to be a fine member of the African American community that is being crucified by the Vast Right Wing Honkey!
Geraldine Ferraro was right.
He was a member of that church, but never heard those sermons. That means he was either a Kweaster (in the pew at Kwanzaa and Easter) or he slept through a lot of sermons, or he sat at the back, and only heard the congregation screaming “Amen! Preach!”, but never inquired as to what the message actually was.
There are enough of the paranoid, hate-filled sermons in the archives of the TUCoC that not to have heard these sermons would be an amazing bit of luck.
Barack Obama may not be lucky to be who he is, but he’s certainly one lucky son of a mother.
I’m pretty sure the phrase “beyond the pale” is offensive to albinos. I don’t personally know any albinos who are offended but I’m pretty sure that’s just because I don’t know any albinos. Maybe they are all rich “white” men with well guarded compounds to keep riff-raff like me out. Whatever, you have deeply, deeply offended them and I’m pretty sure you should be ashamed of yourself, Barack Obama!
You could get John McCain to apologize. I’m pretty sure he would.