I'm still fairly new to the Daily Kos, but I'm sure that I'm in the right place because I know that this is "Obama Country". However, he's been taking a beating in the polls ever since the right-wingers got a hold of these remarks made by his pastor.
If Obama is going to rebound, we've got to get the media's focus off of Obama and Pastor Wright. We've got to go on the offensive and back the right-wing off with damaging information about the Republican Party that reveals the utter hypocrisy of their attacks on Obama and his pastor, so that the media switches its focus onto them.
What is that damaging information? I'm certain that it's in the article below, which I've copied from a website that permits you to copy whatever you want. This article has the ammunition to shutup Hannity, Limbaugh and the rest of their right-wing buddies. It proves that all of the Republican presidential candidates were far more guilty than Obama of every single charge that they've made against him because of his association with Pastor Wright. It exposes and nails them! They will want to drop this Pastor Wright thing like a "hot potato". The media will switch its focus upon them. We've got to spread this message far and wide.
Right-Wing Thursday–"Swiftboating Obama?"
March 20th, 2008
The choice of topic seems easy this week for "Right-Wing Thursday". Everyone is talking about Obama and his pastor, Jeremiah Wright, especially conservative talk radio. Are right-wing talkers just sincerely searching for the truth for the good of our nation? Or, are they "swiftboating" Obama?
Why would I, an Evangelical pastor, even suggest such a thing? I’ll tell you why, because of the glaring double standard. Obama is being attacked because of his continued friendship with Pastor Wright despite Wright’s hateful statements and his questionable associations with the likes of Louis Farrakhan. Obama’s renunciation of Wright’s remarks is not good enough for Republicans. They insist that Obama should ostracize and renounce Pastor Wright himself.
I have a question for my conservative friends. What about Pat Robertson and John Hagee? Have any of the Republican Party’s recent presidential candidates completely ostracized and renounced them, not just their inflammatory remarks? If Pastor Wright is guilty of prejudiced and hateful speech, what about Robertson and Hagee?
John Hagee publicly states that Catholics, who actually believe in Jesus, are not truly Christians, which would mean that they could not go to heaven; notwithstanding, he states that Jews, who do not believe in Jesus, can go to heaven without Him. Moreover, in his book, "Jerusalem Countdown", Hagee said: "Most readers will be shocked by the clear record of history linking Adolph Hitler and the Roman Catholic Church in a conspiracy to exterminate the Jews." Hagee is clearly pro-Jew and anti-Catholic, and his words are certainly prejudiced and hateful. And, Hagee "milks the gospel" financially. Information released in 2001 revealed that Hagee and his wife had a combined "gospel income" of nearly one and one-half million dollars. I’ve got a feeling that he is probably paying himself several times more than Pastor Wright’s gospel wages. If right-wing pundits want Obama to officially denounce Wright himself, they should also ask the Republican Party to denounce Hagee.
Then, there’s Pat Robertson. If Pastor Wright’s speech is hateful, what about Pat Robertson? He publicly advocated assassinating the President of Venezuela. And, he referred to non-Christians as termites who needed to be fumigated. I’d say that’s pretty hateful. Oh yes, they say that Pastor Wright is also guilty of blaming our nation’s policies towards African Americans as being the cause of 9-11. Well, I seem to remember that Pat Robertson did the same thing, by blaming America’s abortion and "gay" policies as also being the cause of 9-11. Then, there’s that accusation that Pastor Wright kept company with "bad guys" like Louis Farrakhan. I guess I need to jog the memories of my right-wing friends regarding Pat Robertson’s evil associations. Robertson associated with, befriended and even entered into business relationships with brutal dictators such as Rios Montt of Guatemala, Mobuto Sese Seko of the former Zaire, and Charles Taylor of Liberia, who was indicted as a war criminal. According to my scorecard, I’m pretty sure that Robertson has Pastor Wright beat when it comes to hanging around with "bad guys". And, when it comes to that "milking the gospel" thing again, Pat Robertson lives in a huge mansion with a private airstrip on a Virginia mountain, and has a net worth of about $140 million. I suspect that Pastor Wright hasn’t amassed a "gospel wealth" quite the size of Robertson’s. Once again, if right-wing pundits want Obama to officially denounce Wright himself, they should also demand that the Republican Party denounce Robertson. If not, can you say "hypocrisy" with a capital "H"?
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