You can't criticize him for moving to the center if he was always in the center to begin with.  Despite the lengths he went to to disclaim memberhsip in the DLC, some of us knew, all the way back in October, that the brotha was not all the way down with the cause when he allowed one of the campaign's gospel concert-events in South Carolina to be MC'ed by Donnie McClurkin, who, despite being a gay black man himself, had  started blaming his own homosexuality on having been molested as a child, and everybody else's on
   --  well, could it be...  SATAN ??
In his 2001 autobiography, he wrote about being glad that Jesus had granted him victory over homosexuality,
and espoused similar sentiments from the pulpit as the MC.

Lots of gay people (including both me and the person who is HRing me for this) eventually wound up supporting Obama despite this, but I wound up in disagreement with someone who was firmly convinced that this was just as great a sin (on Obama's part) as the FISA betrayal.

Is "Christian Conservative" oxymoronic?
Or is it just moronic?

I caught HRs under my own diary for refusing to concede that some people are "entitled" to be Republicans because of their religion.  Our  problem with that entitlement is when their professed religion is Christianity -- in that case, I chose just moronic.

I didn't state this as just MY opinion -- I quoted THE SOURCE.
When you see Pat Robertson on TV asking that we cut capital gains in the name of Jesus, you, IF you are a black person with basically NO net worth (beyond some home equity IF you are LUCKY), well, you're SUPPOSED to GET it, and MOST DO. If I insult the 10% who don't FOR not getting it, well THEY DESERVE that insult a lot MORE than I deserve to get HRed for pointing out what's after the jump.  
Something tragically toxic is going on here when truth generates this kind of reaction.
As for appropriate reactions to the alleged existence of a conservative Christian, OF ANY color,
there is  one below the fold:

This is cross-posted from  http://allotherpersons.wordpress.com

The Hill reported plans by Barack Obama to meet with his fellow Congressional Black Caucus members on Thursday (6/19). Relations within the CBC are said to be strained due to the hotly contested presidential primary. Many members of the CBC backed Sen Hillary Clinton, even though black voters overwhelmingly supported Obama.

Obama previously met privately with a group of religious leaders, including megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes, and Rev Franklin Graham, head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.  The meeting was held to solicit their input on national and world issues, and not necessarily to get their endorsements.

Almost every civilization known to man fell not because of external forces like Al-Qaeda, but because of internal disharmony such as racial untruthfulness, religious misunderstandings, and cultural intolerance.  Internal disharmony is a cancer in any society that quietly and systematically erodes the fabric of any civilization and brings it down to its knees.  This is the cancer that O’Reilly and Hannity of Fox news represents.  

This is an interview that I did on a local radio show in New Haven (94.3 WYBC's "The Electric Drum") about who speaks for the Black Community.  The Interview focuses on several issues and delves into the controversy surrounding BarackObama, Jeremiah Wright and the Black Church.

Interview Link

And I should clarify that although all the churches in my neighborhood in brooklyn are 99-100% black, it is a conscious choice on my part to attend such a service. Partly because I was baptized and began attending church recently in East Africa, where the theological and rhetorical styles resemble the African-American tradition. And partly because the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement is the cornerstone of my existence as a spiritual and political creature.

I began crafting a response to jazmen8's diarty, and realized there was probably more cogitation brimming in my brain than I could fit into a simple comment... so diary it is.

Wright's taunting of the press over the past fews days gave Obama the opening he needed.

    The Reverend Jeremiah Wright spoke at the Detroit Chapter of the NAACP’s annual fundraising event over the weekend. The speech was carried by CNN live and allowed Reverend Wright to speak to his critics while at the same time speaking to the larger theme of the event which was, "A Change is Gonna Come". Like so much of what occurs in American society the speech will be evaluated based on the listener’s frame of reference. For many in the black community the speech will be hailed as brilliant and will demonstrate Reverend’s Wright superior intellect and skilled articulation talents. For some in the white community it will be misconstrued and reinforce their views of him as being divisive. How is it possible that so many people can hear the same speech and yet reach so many different conclusions?

Yikes! Yet another diary about Rev Wright.

Basically, this is about getting an understanding of his motivations. I see things being said about him that are simply unfair or incorrect. This might provide some enlightenment on the subject. Might.

[1] He is not a politician. In the end, he will be true to himself, and not "care" about Obama's political campaign or people who support Obama. He has his own agenda, period.

He doesn't care what you think... of him, or what he has to say. He is not politically correct.  In fact, he is anti-politically correct. He is by instinct a contrarian. He goes against the prevailing wind. He is not at peace unless he is challenging something.

Some have said Wright is somehow "anti-Obama" or is trying to "throw Obama under the bus."  NO!  He almost surely prefers Barack over the other candidates. But he is NOT going to follow the campaign playbook or adhere to proper protocol or manners. Simply put, he couldn't care less about the politics, even if Obama suffers as a result.

BENEATH THE SPIN    • ERIC L. WATTREE

THE REV. WRIGHT IS WRONG:
IT IS GOD’S WILL THAT WE USE COMMON SENSE

Most people who have any interest at all in Sen. Obama’s campaign for president are scratching their heads over what could possibly be governing Rev. Wright’s decision to go public at this time.  When I first learned that the reverend was being interviewed by Bill Moyers, I naturally assumed that he and the Obama campaign had decided upon a strategy of allowing the American people to see who the reverend really is, in order to offset the media portrayal of him. While I could understand the rationale behind such a move, it seemed to me that it was an extremely risky endeavor, and ill advised.  Then I learned that not only was Rev. Wright being interviewed by Bill Moyers, but he was also going before the National Press Club, and all on his own accord, without bringing Obama into the loop.  It was only then that I realized that we had a loose cannon on our hands, and facing a yet another political disaster.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright spoke last night at the NAACP's Freedom Fund dinner in Detroit and this morning at the National Press Club, delivering a compelling message of understanding and reconcilliation. The black church, like many celebrated American traditions, is "different, not deficient."

"A change is coming because we no longer see others as being deficient," he said. "One is not abnormal and one normal — it’s just different."

I, for one, found myself applauding on one and three.

I have just had the most amazing Sunday.  I will admit that I was a little nervous about today because I am a HardCore Barack Obama supporter, and I knew that the media was waiting for this speech from Jeremiah Wright to see if he said anything crazy, but he didn't.  But that is not where my amazing Sunday began, it began on my way to church with my mother who is a former Hillary Clinton supporter.

This is a quicky but I want to talk about Rev. Jeremiah Wright's speech before the NAACP some more.

    Just when I was almost ready to be proud of Hillary Clinton for not stepping into the mess that has been the Jeremiah Wright story, she goes and shows why she cannot unite this country. Rather than taking the high road and not responding to what is clearly a personal decision concerning one’s faith, she just had to weigh in. Once again self preservation has overruled prudence for Mrs. Clinton. In an effort to flip the script from her lying about Bosnia, she just couldn’t help herself from criticizing Barack Obama’s decision to remain a member of his church. It is precisely this attitude of Senator Clinton that has caused her to alienate and lose the support of blacks that she once commanded. It now seems that her campaign has written off the black vote for the primaries in the hope that they can regain it if she receives the nomination. The Clinton campaign continues to play politics as usual taking the black vote for granted believing come November they will have no place else to go.

For those who don't know, Aaron Dahl wrote a very good article called "Hillary Clinton and the Burning Down of the Black Church. The article is here.
I intended this to be my response there, but it took on a life of its own, so I decided to create a new thread just to share my answer with everyone.

Read on if you dare..

I've noticed some similarities between Barack Obama's pastor, Jeremiah Wright  and Yale's activist chaplain during the Vietnam War years, William Sloane Coffin.  They both draw on the strong social reform traditions of the Congregational Church, known since 1957 as the United Church of Christ. If Wright's oratory and style derive from his black religious heritage, they've been reinforced by a style of social critique stretching back to the jeremiads of the Puritan divines who originally fathered modern congregationalism.

The media flap about what Rev. Jeremiah Wright says in his sermons surprised me, but I don't know why.   What did white folks think black people did in their churches?  Why, the same things we white people do in our white people churches, of course.  White Catholics must have thought they take communion every week and pray for the pope, while white Lutherans figured they sing "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" accompanied by a pipe organ.  And then, I guess the white Christians figured, the pastor tells them to be nice to people, because that's what Christianity is, was, and has always been, forever and ever, Amen.  Right?