Rev Wright Is The New Rich Little
(Welcome Michelle Malkin readers!)
Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Jr. was the keynote speaker in Detroit, at last night's NAACP branch fundraiser. I watched parts of it on CNN.
I say parts because I literally had to turn away, lower the volume, or just plain turn off the television set when he launched into the more bizarre portions of his address.
Honestly, I didn't know what to expect. I have seen NAACP events before, so I am aware that they are fiery, of course; but after all, he's on the hot seat not only for himself, but for guilt-by-association of his angry rhetoric as mentor to Senator Obama.
Surely, SURELY now is not the time to stoke the fires of controversy?
In choosing to appear on Bill Moyers' show on hallowed PBS, he signalled that he might at least wish to explain himself to audiences who needed more to go on, than damning "soundbites", in CNN reporter Soledad O'Brien's phrase.
But Sundays must bring out the hatefilled-roller in him, because he was up to his old tricks again.
How to describe his performance?
It was as if Rich Little had been crossed with Little Richard.
What with the impersonations, musical renditions, and philosophical musings, I didn't know if I should laugh or stare agape in utter shock.
One commenter at another blog summed it up with a reference a "Generation Jones" member like Barack Obama would instantly recognise:
"If this was "The Gong Show", his singing would have caused Jaye P Morgan to reach for the mallet."
That's hilarious, if it were a joke. This, unfortunately, was reality television with a dash of That's Incredible! thrown in.
Watch it yourself.
His negation that black people are not different (which, he suggests, is whitey short-hand for "deficient" -- a topic he touched on in the Moyers interview), and then going into a long discourse on how genetically superior black people are, was just for starters.
It became too much for me when he did his John F. Kennedy impersonation (to call it mocking wouldn't be amiss), seen in the 3rd video at minute 2:00, saying that no one criticised he and his brother, "Ed", for having accents, but they do black kids.
I can't believe anyone with an undamaged prefrontal cortex would suggest that poor grammar/syntax and regional accents are one and the same.
JFK asked not, not axed not...in fact, neither does Senator Obama and that's why he's successfully running for President.
Why should anyone suggest the standard be more forgiving to other black speakers, many of whom must have been cringing at the very suggestion themselves? Our country needs MORE Barack Obamas and Condoleeza Rices, not less of them.
It could be that during his PBS appearance he wanted to tone himself down, because he felt he would be speaking to a whiter than usual audience. But since the NAACP were made of more like-minded folk, both black and white let me add, despite his knowing full well all media eyes would be on him, he felt he could let loose with another outrageous salvo.
After all, he believes he's been crucified by "corporate media", due to soundbites taken out of context.
I therefore encourage you to take a gander at one of his full sermons here.
H/T: We Need To Stop!
Once again, this is a FULL SERMON, not just a selective portion chosen with rascally malfeseance by those corporate media suits.
See if you like his likening Jesus Christ to perhaps an Abu Ghraib detainee, with Roman soldiers and the "Italian" Pontius Pilate mistreating him during the 1st century occupation of Jerusalem, "Operation Israeli Freedom".
Just in case you missed the inference, Iraqi terrorists are simply like the Jews of old fighting the blood-thirsty regime of colonial despots. If Jesus were alive, in Reverend Wright's world, he would surely be an enemy combatant in Guantanamo, taunted by US servicemen, who are nothing but mindless torturers.
That's one tiny slice in Part 1 of 4 of the sermon. He was merely getting warmed up.
One sermon, ladies and gentlemen, amongst the hundreds listened to for 20 years by Senator Obama.
If nothing else, I congratulate the junior Senator on his staying power...though Obama supporter Miss Winfrey herself decided her time was better spent elsewhere.
As Salena Zito wrote about the Senator's inability to see why this story is relevant, using his now trademarked phrase, just "a distraction":
"This nation has a history of looking closely at its candidates and taking their measure before they vote for them. It is a process that Obama shuns and rival Hillary Clinton thrives on -- and therein lies the problem for Democrats."
H/T: Instapundit
In parting, let me just say this.
To those who believe everyone is entitled to their opinion, and the good Reverend is no different, that's fine. Americans can tolerate a certain amount of outlandishness of speech, and for those who think religious folk are a bit crazy anyway, they will take this in their stride.
People of all hues will even excuse behaviour such as this, citing cultural differences which might be alien to some.
This isn't the problem here.
This isn't a crucifiction, Reverend. This is an investigation.
It isn't about opinions so much as seeking out the judgement expressed by a community leader, close friend and ex-pastor of a man seeking the highest US political office. It's a big deal, because Obama is a big deal. Everything tied to a would-be President of the United States is a big deal.
And when you have a man of God crying conspiracy theories, denouncing his own country as untrammeledly racist, fascist, murderous and deserving of violent retribution for its sins, from the pulpit, the podium, the television show hot seat, wherever, that's kinda a big deal too.
Most Americans look at this man, and flinch in horror.
His views will only be acceptable and make sense to those who believe what he has to say -- and the worry here is that amongst those people, Senator Obama shared those views by tacit, weekly approval.
A Senator from Illinois is bad enough. But a President of the United States, never.
Related
Soledad O'Brien Says Wright Hit a "Homerun"
HipHopmusic.com Commenters Weigh In
Taylor Marsh Sounds Depressed
Michelle Malkin Wonders What Rev. Wright Says in Private
FiredogLake Talks About Everything But the NAACP Speech
Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Jr. was the keynote speaker in Detroit, at last night's NAACP branch fundraiser. I watched parts of it on CNN.
I say parts because I literally had to turn away, lower the volume, or just plain turn off the television set when he launched into the more bizarre portions of his address.
Honestly, I didn't know what to expect. I have seen NAACP events before, so I am aware that they are fiery, of course; but after all, he's on the hot seat not only for himself, but for guilt-by-association of his angry rhetoric as mentor to Senator Obama.
Surely, SURELY now is not the time to stoke the fires of controversy?
In choosing to appear on Bill Moyers' show on hallowed PBS, he signalled that he might at least wish to explain himself to audiences who needed more to go on, than damning "soundbites", in CNN reporter Soledad O'Brien's phrase.
But Sundays must bring out the hatefilled-roller in him, because he was up to his old tricks again.
How to describe his performance?
It was as if Rich Little had been crossed with Little Richard.
What with the impersonations, musical renditions, and philosophical musings, I didn't know if I should laugh or stare agape in utter shock.
One commenter at another blog summed it up with a reference a "Generation Jones" member like Barack Obama would instantly recognise:
"If this was "The Gong Show", his singing would have caused Jaye P Morgan to reach for the mallet."
That's hilarious, if it were a joke. This, unfortunately, was reality television with a dash of That's Incredible! thrown in.
Watch it yourself.
His negation that black people are not different (which, he suggests, is whitey short-hand for "deficient" -- a topic he touched on in the Moyers interview), and then going into a long discourse on how genetically superior black people are, was just for starters.
It became too much for me when he did his John F. Kennedy impersonation (to call it mocking wouldn't be amiss), seen in the 3rd video at minute 2:00, saying that no one criticised he and his brother, "Ed", for having accents, but they do black kids.
I can't believe anyone with an undamaged prefrontal cortex would suggest that poor grammar/syntax and regional accents are one and the same.
JFK asked not, not axed not...in fact, neither does Senator Obama and that's why he's successfully running for President.
Why should anyone suggest the standard be more forgiving to other black speakers, many of whom must have been cringing at the very suggestion themselves? Our country needs MORE Barack Obamas and Condoleeza Rices, not less of them.
It could be that during his PBS appearance he wanted to tone himself down, because he felt he would be speaking to a whiter than usual audience. But since the NAACP were made of more like-minded folk, both black and white let me add, despite his knowing full well all media eyes would be on him, he felt he could let loose with another outrageous salvo.
After all, he believes he's been crucified by "corporate media", due to soundbites taken out of context.
I therefore encourage you to take a gander at one of his full sermons here.
H/T: We Need To Stop!Once again, this is a FULL SERMON, not just a selective portion chosen with rascally malfeseance by those corporate media suits.
See if you like his likening Jesus Christ to perhaps an Abu Ghraib detainee, with Roman soldiers and the "Italian" Pontius Pilate mistreating him during the 1st century occupation of Jerusalem, "Operation Israeli Freedom".
Just in case you missed the inference, Iraqi terrorists are simply like the Jews of old fighting the blood-thirsty regime of colonial despots. If Jesus were alive, in Reverend Wright's world, he would surely be an enemy combatant in Guantanamo, taunted by US servicemen, who are nothing but mindless torturers.
That's one tiny slice in Part 1 of 4 of the sermon. He was merely getting warmed up.
One sermon, ladies and gentlemen, amongst the hundreds listened to for 20 years by Senator Obama.
If nothing else, I congratulate the junior Senator on his staying power...though Obama supporter Miss Winfrey herself decided her time was better spent elsewhere.
As Salena Zito wrote about the Senator's inability to see why this story is relevant, using his now trademarked phrase, just "a distraction":
"This nation has a history of looking closely at its candidates and taking their measure before they vote for them. It is a process that Obama shuns and rival Hillary Clinton thrives on -- and therein lies the problem for Democrats."
H/T: InstapunditIn parting, let me just say this.
To those who believe everyone is entitled to their opinion, and the good Reverend is no different, that's fine. Americans can tolerate a certain amount of outlandishness of speech, and for those who think religious folk are a bit crazy anyway, they will take this in their stride.
People of all hues will even excuse behaviour such as this, citing cultural differences which might be alien to some.
This isn't the problem here.
This isn't a crucifiction, Reverend. This is an investigation.
It isn't about opinions so much as seeking out the judgement expressed by a community leader, close friend and ex-pastor of a man seeking the highest US political office. It's a big deal, because Obama is a big deal. Everything tied to a would-be President of the United States is a big deal.
And when you have a man of God crying conspiracy theories, denouncing his own country as untrammeledly racist, fascist, murderous and deserving of violent retribution for its sins, from the pulpit, the podium, the television show hot seat, wherever, that's kinda a big deal too.
Most Americans look at this man, and flinch in horror.
His views will only be acceptable and make sense to those who believe what he has to say -- and the worry here is that amongst those people, Senator Obama shared those views by tacit, weekly approval.
A Senator from Illinois is bad enough. But a President of the United States, never.
Related
Soledad O'Brien Says Wright Hit a "Homerun"
HipHopmusic.com Commenters Weigh In
Taylor Marsh Sounds Depressed
Michelle Malkin Wonders What Rev. Wright Says in Private
FiredogLake Talks About Everything But the NAACP Speech
Labels: Batsheet Craziness, TV Satire, US Presidential Election
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