on his racist pastor Jeremiah Wright has been posted on the Drudge Report.
Obama says this: "[the anger against against whites and against America of the older generation] is not always productive; indeed, all too often it distracts attention from solving real problems; it keeps us from squarely facing our own complicity in our condition, and prevents the African-American community from forging the alliances it needs to bring about real change. But the anger is real; it is powerful; and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races."
But note well. Barack Obama continues to act to make sure that this anger against whites and against America gets passed along to the next generation, even to his own children, by putting them in the pews of Rev. Wright's racist church, by bankrolling Wright's anti-white and anti-American ministry, and in the realm of public policy by advocating the expanded teaching of grievance history and victimology in the schools.
And this agenda is not a deviation from the course of Obama's life history. Throughout his life he sought out peers, mentors and teachers -- in college, in his religion and in Chicago -- who also cultivated anger and grievance against America and especially "White America." It's documented in his own autobiography, it's documented in his actions in Chicago. And the facts are not going to go away.
Oh, ya. Also this. I still think he's lying.
UPDATE: Ann Althouse picked up the same thing I did:
Obama says this: "[the anger against against whites and against America of the older generation] is not always productive; indeed, all too often it distracts attention from solving real problems; it keeps us from squarely facing our own complicity in our condition, and prevents the African-American community from forging the alliances it needs to bring about real change. But the anger is real; it is powerful; and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races."
But note well. Barack Obama continues to act to make sure that this anger against whites and against America gets passed along to the next generation, even to his own children, by putting them in the pews of Rev. Wright's racist church, by bankrolling Wright's anti-white and anti-American ministry, and in the realm of public policy by advocating the expanded teaching of grievance history and victimology in the schools.
And this agenda is not a deviation from the course of Obama's life history. Throughout his life he sought out peers, mentors and teachers -- in college, in his religion and in Chicago -- who also cultivated anger and grievance against America and especially "White America." It's documented in his own autobiography, it's documented in his actions in Chicago. And the facts are not going to go away.
Oh, ya. Also this. I still think he's lying.
UPDATE: Ann Althouse picked up the same thing I did:
Missing here, I think, is an explicit acknowledgment that Wright is not merely expressing the anger he feels but that he is leading people into anger, keeping anger fresh and alive .. Obama speaks as if Wright were only expressing his beliefs, and he does not say that Wright was, from his powerful leadership position, instilling these beliefs in many others.
Leave a comment