June 3, 2008

Obama's unity charade

The $64 million question is how long Barack Obama can carry forward
this ruse that he is a uniter, when he has placed himself in a climate
that is, at the very least, quite accommodating to an anti-white
racist perspective, vulgarity and anti-Americanism. How many more
shoes can drop without Obama's presidential quest completely
imploding?

It strained credulity that Obama could have been unaware of the toxic
environment of his Trinity United Church of Christ and its pastor,
Jeremiah Wright. Actually, that didn't pass the laugh test.

But now we have the Rev. Michael Pfleger bursting on the scene =97 the
scene being the now-infamous Trinity Church =97 and spewing the most
offensive, racially charged remarks imaginable.

Truly, if Obama weren't the protected darling of the mainstream media
and if the Democrats were not horrified of losing their monopolistic
hold on the African-American vote, superdelegates would abandon Obama
in stampedes =97 yesterday.

Have you watched the video of the Rev. Pfleger's racist bilge before
Obama's former congregation? Just as importantly, did you witness the
approving reaction of the congregation? After all, as I said at the
time the Rev. Jeremiah Wright tapes surfaced, what was as disturbing
as Wright's tirades was the congregation's approving reaction.

It is indeed laughable for Obama to have maintained the charade that
he sat in a church for 20 years and came away unaware of the vicious
propensities of his pastor. But it's laughable on stilts that he could
have also been unaware that his fellow congregants were receptive to
these messages.

Listen to how the new pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, the
Rev. Otis Moss III, introduced the Rev. Pfleger the day Pfleger
unleashed his vitriol to the pastor's welcoming congregation: "He
needs no introduction. He is a friend of Trinity; he is a brother
beloved; he's a preacher par excellence; he is a prophetic, powerful
pulpiteer; he is our friend; he is our brother; he is none other than
Father Michael Pfleger. We welcome him once again."

Now listen to what this preacher par excellence, friend and brother of
Barack Obama's former church went on to say, and tell me with a
straight face this episode and Jeremiah Wright's outbursts =97 coupled
with Barack Obama's longtime membership in this church =97 wouldn't have
already disqualified any other presidential candidate in recent
memory:

"We must be honest enough to address the one who says, 'Don't hold me
responsible for what my ancestors did.' But you have enjoyed the
benefits of what your ancestors did! And unless you are ready to give
up the benefits, throw away your 401 fund, throw away your trust fund,
throw away all the money that's been put away in the company you
walked into 'cause your daddy and your granddaddy and your great-
granddaddy =85 Unless you're willing to give up the benefits, then you
must be responsible for what was done in your generation 'cause you
are the beneficiary of this insurance policy! We must be honest enough
to expose white entitlement and supremacy wherever it raises its
head."

Next Pfleger said he believed Hillary Clinton was sincere when she
cried publicly a while back: "I really believe that she just always
thought, 'This is mine. I'm Bill's wife. I'm white, and this is mine.
I just gotta get up and step into the plate.' And then out of
nowhere," said Pfleger, "came =85 Barack Obama." Then Pfleger imitates
Hillary saying or thinking, "'Oh, damn! Where did you come from? I'm
white! I'm entitled! There's a black man stealing my show!'" Pfleger
then said, "She wasn't the only one crying. There was a whole lot of
white people crying."

Through it all, many congregants were standing, clapping, whistling
and yelling out their approval.

And what did the Rev. Moss say when he came back up to the pulpit
after exchanging another hug with Pfleger? "We thank God for the
message, and we thank God for the messenger. We thank God for Father
Michael Pfleger."

Can you imagine what Democrats must be thinking after seeing this same
theme surface over and over in Obama's orbit? Can you blame Hillary
Clinton for continuing to remain in a race against an opponent who
brings more politically fatal baggage to his candidacy with each
passing day and whom she has beaten soundly during the past several
months?

Obama's public decision to break from this church after all this time
is an absurdly inadequate response to stanch the bleeding of his
candidacy.

Please forget for a moment Obama's inexperience and the flaws in his
policy positions across the board. You may reasonably disagree with me
about those things. But please explain, in view of the ongoing
revelations about his associations, how Obama hasn't lost all
credibility to present himself as one who could unify this nation.

I just don't get it.

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