Barack gives The View more lip service regarding Reverend Wright

Last week, Barack made an appearance on The View saying "Had the reverend [Jeremiah Wright] not retired, and had he not acknowledged that what he had said had deeply offended people and were inappropriate and mischaracterized what I believe is the greatness of this country, for all its flaws, then I wouldn’t have felt comfortable staying at the church." In my view, this is Barack diplomatically stating that he might very well have stayed at the church regardless of whether or not Reverend Wright retired or admitted that his negative sermons were inappropriate.

Barack also continues to defend Reverend Wright's negative, anti-Semitic, anti-American sermons by saying, "[Reverend Wright is] a brilliant man who was still caught in a time warp back in the ’60s, early ’70s and the ’50s, where he grew up, and had a sense of where America was and didn’t have a good enough sense of how it had changed." I acknowledge that African Americans should never have been slaves and that some felt as if society might have held them down. However, I grew up in the 70's. I lived in a neighborhood that was at least 50% African American. Although my parents had some prejudice feelings, I looked at them the same way I looked at anyone else. I had African American friends at school and regularly played among them in my neighborhood. That said, I certainly don't condone ignorance or prejudice regardless of race. Thus, I find Reverend Wright's remarks offensive and Barack's defending of these remarks as quite disturbing.

Is there a problem with racism in America? Sure. I think that Reverend Wright is proof of that. There are many Caucasians guilty of this as well. Nevertheless, I do not think that Barack Obama should be handed the nomination on a silver platter just to prove that Americans are no longer racist. Furthermore, I don't think that handing Barack the nomination on a silver platter proves anything except, perhaps, that Americans aren't ready for a female president.

Barack's Objections to His MInister's Sermons

Barack takes another hit as excerpts of his minister, Jeremiah Wright's, sermons hit youtube.com. Did Barack respond quickly to these now public broadcasts? Of course! Did Barack denounce his former minister's remarks? Sure.

My question to you is: Why wouldn't he quickly respond to and denounce his former minister's remarks? If he wants a shot at being president, he had no choice but to do that. Thus, that was a trick question as there is no reason why he wouldn't act quickly and denounce the remarks. Nevertheless, Jeremiah Wright was (allegedly) Barack's minister for 20 years! And this was no casual relationship. Reverend Wright did the marriage ceremony for Barack and Michelle. He also baptized both of Barack's daughters. And if that isn't enough evidence of a substantial relationship, Reverend Wright was also Barack's spiritual advisor until very recently.

Barack says that these sermon excerpts were "cherry picked." Yeah, right. I hear what other African American ministers say on TV. The remarks might not be quite as controversial, but many of them have the same sentiment. So, let me take this opportunity to remind you that Reverend Wright was Barack's minister for 20 years. Therefore, he and his family heard sermons similar to those excerpts available on youtube.com for 20 years! Were all of Reverend Wright's sermons anti-American, anti-Caucasian, or antisemitic? I'm certain they weren't. Nevertheless, even at only 12 sermons per year with controversial remarks like those circulating now, that would be 240 sermons over the past 20 years with such remarks. I wouldn't call 240 sermons "cherry picking". Thus, I think it is safe to say that, even if only subconsciously, Barack shares some of these views. That alone gives me enough reasonable doubt about his character not to vote for him.

As a closing remark, I would like to emphasize that I am not racist. I have an open mind towards people of all races, religions, and colors. I just do not agree with the mentality of people like Reverend Wright.