Manchurian Candidate #2
Installment #2 of why you should be scared.
AND not only is Obama a socialist, he appears to be a racist too. I'd like to write and think otherwise, but there remains a certain problem in this regard -- his membership in Rev. Wright's church, Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), a church championing black liberation theology. I have not yet heard an explanation of Obama's involvement that passes the straight face test, and the press refuse to cover it properly -- although if Romney had been running against him, you can bet that we'd be hearing about Mormonism's ugly side (which Romney would need to explain to me too).
What follows is publically available FACT (as close as I can reasonably determine).
TUCC expressly embraces and embodies the black liberation theology laid out by James Cone -- it is part of TUCC's mission statement. As a 20 year member of TUCC, the church where he was married, where his children were baptized, Barack Obama aligned himself with the tenets of that philosophy. Specifically, Obama's attendance and support of TUCC is a stamp of approval of Cone's (and hence Jeremiah Wright's belief system): "if God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill gods who do not belong to the black community." Cone's words. “This country was founded for whites and everything that has happened in it has emerged from the white perspective,” Cone has written. “What we need is the destruction of whiteness, which is the source of human misery in the world.”
Just a few more bon mots from Cone: “[b]lack theology,” says Cone, “refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community … Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love.” Rev. J. Wright states, "I do not in any way disagree with Cone, Jim is a personal friend of mine." (Speech at National Press Club when asked about Cone's theology and teachings).
And do not forget the 2003 sermon ... "God damn America" -- Rev. Wright's words. At that time, Obama was not yet in the U.S. Senate, still in Illinois and we may presume in attendance at TUCC. Are you really surprised that Obama would not wear an American flag pin in lapel? Surprised that the future First Lady stated that the first time she ever felt proud of America, to be American, was when her husband looked sure to secure the nomination as the Democrat candidate for President?
Barack Obama has NEVER expressed regret or flatly stated that this theology is/was wrong. He claimed not to hear the most outrageous crap spouted in his place of worship. Claimed not to hear that "his church" held white America as responsible for the AIDs epidemic ... as a white plot. Obama seems indifferent to the notion that his Pastor, his "moral sounding board" felt that America had 9-11 coming to it.
The subject of Cone/Wright's theology within the TUCC is extensive and could occupy a book, but that is not the issue: there are lots of whackos in the Land, why should they be any different. However, in this instance the possible future president of the United States is involved. We need clarification.
Barack: come out and state that you are truly color-blind and that ALL men (and women) are created equal, that we bleed the same red blood. Right now you are tainted with the brush of a racist theology / philosophy and have consistently eluded a direct address of the problem. Do so, and I will only call you a socialist.
Bill Ayers: Barack, you have not come clean here either. More to come.
AND not only is Obama a socialist, he appears to be a racist too. I'd like to write and think otherwise, but there remains a certain problem in this regard -- his membership in Rev. Wright's church, Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), a church championing black liberation theology. I have not yet heard an explanation of Obama's involvement that passes the straight face test, and the press refuse to cover it properly -- although if Romney had been running against him, you can bet that we'd be hearing about Mormonism's ugly side (which Romney would need to explain to me too).
What follows is publically available FACT (as close as I can reasonably determine).
TUCC expressly embraces and embodies the black liberation theology laid out by James Cone -- it is part of TUCC's mission statement. As a 20 year member of TUCC, the church where he was married, where his children were baptized, Barack Obama aligned himself with the tenets of that philosophy. Specifically, Obama's attendance and support of TUCC is a stamp of approval of Cone's (and hence Jeremiah Wright's belief system): "if God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill gods who do not belong to the black community." Cone's words. “This country was founded for whites and everything that has happened in it has emerged from the white perspective,” Cone has written. “What we need is the destruction of whiteness, which is the source of human misery in the world.”
Just a few more bon mots from Cone: “[b]lack theology,” says Cone, “refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community … Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love.” Rev. J. Wright states, "I do not in any way disagree with Cone, Jim is a personal friend of mine." (Speech at National Press Club when asked about Cone's theology and teachings).
And do not forget the 2003 sermon ... "God damn America" -- Rev. Wright's words. At that time, Obama was not yet in the U.S. Senate, still in Illinois and we may presume in attendance at TUCC. Are you really surprised that Obama would not wear an American flag pin in lapel? Surprised that the future First Lady stated that the first time she ever felt proud of America, to be American, was when her husband looked sure to secure the nomination as the Democrat candidate for President?
Barack Obama has NEVER expressed regret or flatly stated that this theology is/was wrong. He claimed not to hear the most outrageous crap spouted in his place of worship. Claimed not to hear that "his church" held white America as responsible for the AIDs epidemic ... as a white plot. Obama seems indifferent to the notion that his Pastor, his "moral sounding board" felt that America had 9-11 coming to it.
The subject of Cone/Wright's theology within the TUCC is extensive and could occupy a book, but that is not the issue: there are lots of whackos in the Land, why should they be any different. However, in this instance the possible future president of the United States is involved. We need clarification.
Barack: come out and state that you are truly color-blind and that ALL men (and women) are created equal, that we bleed the same red blood. Right now you are tainted with the brush of a racist theology / philosophy and have consistently eluded a direct address of the problem. Do so, and I will only call you a socialist.
Bill Ayers: Barack, you have not come clean here either. More to come.
posted by Zaphod at Friday, October 17, 2008
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