Back in February (before the Reverend Wright story grew legs) a person that goes by luvmycntry commented here on this blog as follows:
My response then:
- So are you saying that people should base their support on the opinions and actions of the pastors of the churches the candidates attend? Pastor J. Wright isn’t running for president. His comments and opinions are his and his alone. Please explain how a vote for Barack Obama sells out America… You emphasize his middle name… as if to point out something, is that part of your selling out America theory? Do you love your country enough to recognize change is needed or are you a follower afraid to stand for change. Based on your comments your argument for not supporting Barack is weak.
Much has happened since the above comments were made. I took Reverend Wright’s words as his own words then and now. I really thought that others did the same. I don’t understand how anyone can hold a presidential candidate accountable for what their pastor says or does…
In watching this drama unfold, its obvious that the other candidates are not being held to the same standard as Barack Obama… If they were, we’d be hearing all about Clinton’s former pastor, and the pastor that Mccain sought out for an endorsement.
Why aren’t we hearing about how Clinton’s former pastor, Rev. William Procanick was convicted of sexually abusing a child?
Not much talk or clips on tv about that or of Rev. John Hagee (the pastor that McCain desperately wanted an endorsement from)…The same pastor that said:
“All hurricanes are acts of God because God controls the heavens. I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God and they were recipients of the judgment of God for that.”
How are these other candidates connected to controversial pastors but no noise is made, no eyebrows are raised, and no questions asked? This is much deeper than people are willing to admit and it goes to the core of America’s problems, and America’s need of change.
The thing with change is… people often resist it, even when its necessary, and inevitable.
One more thing…why hasn’t the media touched on the fact that Hillary Clinton‘s number one supporter Governor Ed Randell supports Minister Farrakhan!
I thought Obama’s explanation was dead on. He said he doesn’t go to church to worship the man, he goes to church to worship God.
The media really drives me nuts sometimes with the way they focus on non-issues. It is very hard to find a non-biased source of news.
LMAO this is really rich! Politics is such a joke in this country. They don’t even bother to count the votes any more, they just put on a big election show for the suckers to enjoy.
Did anyone even READ this? He is not Hillary Clinton’s former pastor. He is the former pastor from a TOWN called CLINTON.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/pastor.asp