This is a guy who thinks that America is ruled by the KKK, who blames America for 9/11, and who has shouted "God damn America" during his sermons. Sermons? Call 'em sermons if you want, I call them venomous tirades.

As of right now, Reverend Wright is apparently out and Trinity United has a new senior minister, a guy named Otis Moss. Moss seems, based on this one video, to be much saner than the "Reverend Doctor" Jeremiah Wright:

Of course, it probably isn't very hard to come off as saner than Jeremiah Wright.

Obama named his book, The Audacity Of Home, after a phrase from one of Wright's "sermons." Nonetheless, Obama has dismissed his connection to Jeremiah Wright and says that he thinks of Wright as an old uncle who sometimes says things that he doesn't agree with.

But here's the thing: With his radical ideas and his hatred of America, Jeremiah Wright is darn-near as bad as Fred Phelps and his infamous band of lunatics at the Westboro Baptist "Church.".

If John McCain ... or any other politician, for that matter ... turned out to be a member of the Fred Phelps congregation, how would most Americans react if he simply called Phelps an old uncle who sometimes says things he doesn't agree with?

Get real.

Phelps is a nutcase. Jeremiah Wright is, too. Anyone who wants to be President of the United States ought to have the balls to strongly denounce this kind of hate-speech. Instead, Obama defends Wright and is inspired to title his book after one of Wright's phrases.

What's wrong with this picture? Is it a race thing? Why are we giving Obama a pass on this?? Damn, people, pay attention! Going around saying the words "hope" and "change" over and over again doesn't constitute leadership. You gotta look deeper than that.

I think I'll start a new feature here at SouthCon: Obama Watch. The more I learn about this slick, smooth-talking "hope" peddler, the more he scares me.

Labels: News, Obama Watch, Politics, You Tube

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