tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post3578161144842592711..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Obama and Soft BigotryGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-45926218011988871722008-01-12T15:25:00.000-06:002008-01-12T15:25:00.000-06:00David,If you are implying that that article is a r...David,<BR/><BR/>If you are implying that that article is a response to this blog posting, you are wrong. Observe, for starters, that I never once called this denomination, "Trinity Church of Christ".<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, out of curiosity, I did take a look at the article and thought at first that perhaps there might be some merit in revisiting the charge of racism I leveled against Obama's congregation -- until I remembered the following tidbit:<BR/><BR/>"On the Sunday after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Mr. [Jeremiah A.] Wright said the attacks were a consequence of violent American policies. Four years later he wrote that the attacks had proved that 'people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just 'disappeared' as the Great White West went on its merry way of ignoring Black concerns.'"<BR/><BR/>In fact, even that would be wrong.<BR/><BR/>I don't care if Jeremiah Wright preaches to a lily-white congregation every Sunday, he is a race-baiter pure and simple, and it is disappointing -- over and above Obama's religiously-inspired leftism -- to see that he has had such a man as a mentor for so long.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, I appreciate you pointing out this article because it is taking a clever tack: Use an inept smear campaign and a sort of "innocence by association" to whitewash valid concerns about Obama's mentor.<BR/><BR/>GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.com