The Liberal Press Hearts the Reverend Wright
By dcmediagirl on April 28, 2008 at 4:29 PM in Current Affairs
Where to begin? Perhaps with this ludicrously timid “analysis” of the “Reverend” Jeremiah Wright’s interview with Bill Moyers. Since you’re perfectly capable of reading through this absurd “article” (if by “article” you mean a namby-pamby attempt at being “fair and balanced” to a certifiable loon who until about five minutes ago was not only an Obama surrogate but The Man Called Uncle), I won’t excerpt, but there are certain crucial points that are worthy of note.
First off, I don’t believe in beating around the bush like some people at Salon or other august publications, so let’s just come out and say it: “Reverend” Jeremiah Wright is insane, a member of an extreme paranoid fringe of the religious community that is noxious, divisive and dangerous regardless of race or affiliation. We’ve seen these sorts of views voiced before by a myriad of “religious” leaders like “Rabbi” Meir Kahane, countless mad mullahs, and of course the perennial favorites Jerry Falwell (how’s hell working out for you buddy? Bet you’re surprised THAT was your final destination, eh?) and Pat Robertson.
On the matter of Falwell and Robertson, remember THEIR reaction to 9/11 and who was to blame? Terrorists sure, but according to these two the terrorists were forced to do what they did because the usual suspects - abortionists, the ACLU, gays and so forth - proved to be so provocative that Osama bin Laden couldn’t take it anymore and unleashed the hounds. And you know, it’s funny - back then most sane people in the press rejected those lunatic views out of hand with no parsing of any kind. So what happened, Joan? Why do the “Reverend” Wright’s loony views get the benefit of the doubt while Pat and Jerry’s observations about the root causes of 9/11 remain consigned to a rubber room?
Likewise on the subject of the “Reverend” Wright’s views of Farrakhan. Walsh concedes that perhaps Wright’s assertion that Farrakhan’s anti-Semitism is 20 years in the past is a bit rich (thanks for that, Joan), that maybe he has a point on the good that the unhinged Nation of Islam has done with its work in jails..but why don’t we let Walsh speak for herself on this point:
I felt like he was trying to make the point that organizations that preach black separatism and focus on the real (as well as imagined) evils of white America are uniquely successful in strengthening the black community — and further, that he’s created another one at Trinity, one that is less deadly and delusional than the Nation of Islam, but still seems to think it’s therapeutic to school its members in an extreme critique of American society and its thoroughgoing, ongoing racism. I think he’s wrong; there are many black pastors who’ve had great impact in their neighborhoods without preaching what Wright preaches. But this is a divide in many urban communities.
This has got to be a joke, right? Have we really gotten to a point where the left wing press is so far in the tank for Obama that it’s impossible to critique this view and point out its obvious flaws?
I don’t really give a fuck about what’s “dividing” urban communities. There is right and there is wrong. We are either intergrated and equal in society or we all separate ourselves off into armed compounds. I don’t much like that view of America, which ironically overlaps perfectly with the worldview of the KKK. But let’s not be impolite enough to point THAT out.
And with regards to this cultural relativism, which is the ultimate squishy liberal manifestation of the soft bigotry of low expectations, don’t buy this hype about how the NOI’s outreach work in the prison counteracts the harm they do in terms of the spread of racism and anti-Semitism. Let’s look at the Saudis for example. They use their vast oil wealth to build chains of poisonous madrassahs around the globe, where the views of “Reverend” Wright and Louis Farrakhan would fit right in. In countries like Pakistan, for example, these madrassahs account for the bulk of schools in that country, since the dictators who have run that young country almost continually since its birth 60 years ago have, in their wisdom, spent the lion’s share of the budget on military expenditures (and lining their greedy little pockets as well). So on the one hand, if the students who enroll at these “schools” waited on their own government to allocate money for a secular, public education they’d be condemned to lifelong illiteracy. On the other hand, the “teachers” at these “schools” propogate hate, bigotry and fundamentalism.
Taking the larger view, is this really what we’re left with? A choice between illiteracy and a life dedicated to implementing an interpretation of the Koran as dictated by some Wahhabi fanatic? A post-prison life spent wallowing in alcohol, drugs and recidivism or a lifelong membership in the Nation of Islam’s club of paranoia, hatred and racism? Really? There’s no choice C? I don’t buy it.
I wonder why this is so hard for people like Joan Walsh and the Wright enablers/apologists to understand.
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Great Post….There is no room for beating around the bush. Facism is what it is…..Shapin up to be a FINE WEEK for Sen Clinton…
“with regards to this cultural relativism, which is the ultimate squishy liberal manifestation of the soft bigotry of low expectations”
Excellent post. This is my problem with Obama and his excuses for Wright. When will the progressive movement denounce all racism?
Rev Wright on Sean Hannity’s america Sunday night (I know, I was just flipping the channels)
He stated (not verbatim) “For the first time that a black woman can sleep in the White House without being paid” Cannot believe the sexist garbage coming from his mouth.
Any African Amer. woman that can support this racist bigot after this remark, is really beyond all hope to think well of herself.
I’m not even sure what he meant– Are black women considered prostitutes, or maids or servants???
Maybe I didn’t hear him correctly???
Rose in NY
You heard him correctly. What no ‘kibbles N Bits?’. That’s his other line about what black girls hand out to the boys.
PUUUUHLEAZE keep this racist, misogynistic, homophobic bigot in the news, PUUUUUUHLEAZE!!!
LOL
The best way to combat the spread of madrassas in Pakistan is to support the work of GREG MORTENSON. His organization, the Central Asia Institute found at this link,
http://www.ikat.org/
assists rural Pakistan and Afghanistan communities build regular schools - which also educate girls. So far they have established 58 schools educating over 24,000 students over the last decade.
I just read his book, 3 Cups of Tea. Flat out amazing.
It is a WONDERFUL book.
It is about how essential it is in every culture to educate GIRLS to a fifth grade level as they are the ones responsible (as women) for raising the next generation.
And then you get the yutz’s in the media and who back Barack. Without a woman, there wouldn’t be a Barack … And not just in the carrying and giving birth. There was no father … not that the nasty woman hater appears to give her much thought unless it is politically expedient …
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CNN Headline News just had Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr. on. He said that Wright is arrogant, and doesn’t reflect the cross. I believe he also said that Wright doesn’t reflect the views of the black church in general. At any rate, Bishop Jackson was quite dismissive of “Reverend” Wright, and saw him as, basically, an opportunist trying to be the next MLK, Jr. To quote a great sage, “As if!”
A little more on Jackson, from his church’s website (http://www.thehopeconnection.org/bishop.htm):
Jackson is a leading researcher on the black church. High Impact African American Churches, co-authored with George Barna, was nominated in 2005 by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association’s Gold Medallion award and received the Silver Medallion award. In addition, Jackson was also named one of the top 50 most influential Christians in 2005 by the Christian Post.
Opportunist is what he is alright, it got him a 10,000 sqft multi-million dollar mansion in a gated community full of rich white people and made him a local power broker in Chicago.
Then there’s that $10 million dollar line of credit. I wonder how a one church outfit got that.
He also ought to be exposed for the fraud he and his church is. But the press won’t because its too liberal and too politically correct. The only ones who will take him on is talk radio. They don’t care if they are labeled racist by some latte Lexus driving liberal or by some crazed activist.
The Rezko money went somewhere, right? Money laundering in a church …
Does not surprise me as Bishop Jackson is a well respected Theological Scholar……And an effective Pastor…..
Wright is selling his book.
Wright may be selling his book but he is not helping Obama get elected. I could be wrong but this publicity may sway a few voters to Hillary. To be honest - that is a good thing for the country. Hillary is the most qualified of the 3 major players.
Funny you should mention Wahhabi. Aren’t they the ones who always wear black?
The liberal press hearts Barry because he’s perfect fodder for McCain. Remember, these same people gave us George Bush. Twice.
Oh brother, he is really stretching it. Yesterday he bragged on how a 48 year old woman was going to vote for him, presumably this means all middle aged women now love him. Today he’s got an old woman in the audience telling him he captured his heart. That settles it! Seniors prefer Obama! Just as soon as pigs like him fly.
When did 48 become a Senior? Hell, give me my pension and SS if I’m a senior.
No the 48 was his “middle aged woman” hook
The other woman was the senior, the one who says he stole her heart. Yup.
Watching Coward Dean express anger with the Supreme Court’s decision on Indiana’s picture ID made me want to ovomit. HOW DARE HE object?! At least the voters of Indiana get to vote!
He is such a huge bag of air!
With a rodent face….
AP-IPSOS POLL
Clinton 50
McCain 41
Obama 46
McCain 44
Don’t confuse Obamabrats with polls, they just want to eat their waffles.
Thank you for pointing out that Wright and NOI are the mirror image of Robertson, Falwell, the abortion clinic terrorists and the right wing version of hate and violence. What is good for the goose is good for the gander and we must not forget that.
When Wright says on Friday to Bill Moyers: “Absolutely not. I don’t talk to him about politics. And so he had a political event, he goes out as a politician and says what he has to say as a politician. I continue to be a pastor who speaks to the people of God about the things of God.”
Then today says: “If you get elected, November the 5th, I’m coming after you, because you’ll be representing a government whose policies grind under people.”
One day this, the next day that, he must now be taking the course in W.O.R.M. talking!
Can anyone just imagine Obama and all his friends in the White House? Boy the Secret Service will be going nutso!
Bill Ayers or Bernadine Dohrn go to the bathroom, SS having to do bomb sweept!
Wright going around gyrating his hips around in the Oval Office.
Farrakhan holding Rose Garden marches.
Rezko doing the renovations of the place and trying to get the White House put into a Private Trust in his control.
Michelle Obama answering the phone at 3AM
Kerry wanting to put Hienz Ketchup bottles everywhere.
Kennedy walking the halls drunk remembering the good ole days and who he screwed where.
And of course Obama negotiating his first piece of legislation for passage having Ayers and Dohrn having planted bombs under the seats of everyone in congress to blow up who ever doesn’t support Obama’s terrorist legislation!
It’s official. Pigs can fly, Hell has frozen over.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_on_el_pr/obama_wright_analysis
Nedra Pickler, of AP fame has written an anylysis of Wright’s PR blitz, and how “it couldn’t have come at a worse time for Obama”
Every single article she’s written this primary season has been absolutely fawning on Obama. Crazy times…
I’ve referred to Wright a couple of times as batshit crazy. I’ll penalize myself for unnecessary hyperbole, he’s not technically nuts.
Wright is of the previous generation of black leaders who were largely drawn from the religious community. Martyrdom and victimhood were the currency of the original civil rights era and a few of these guys, especially the Black Liberation theologians, are still mired in that old cul-de-sac.
The only means of attack the man knows is to play up his MOPE (Most Oppressed People Ever) membership. The more modern black leaders like Obama and Cory Booker have left MOPE behind. This is why Obama can be so seductive while Wright is downright bizarre, a Yosemite Sam in a clerical collar.
He’s not really crazy, just anachronistic like those mosquitoes mired in amber from Jurassic Park.
Joan Walsh is an idiot. Her silliness and stupidity is the reason I don’t subscribe to Salon anymore, after reading it daily for almost 10 years.
I think it’s interesting that the only people I’ve seen who are really critical of Wright are African-Americans. I couldn’t determine if they were down on Wright b/c of what he said, or because of the potential problems it could cause Obama though.
Wright’s performances are appalling. There’s really no excuse.
Starting in my 20s, as I’ve moved from place to place, I’ve had to find churches to go to. I’ve listened to preachers, talked to parishoners, and have found plenty of bigots and hypocrits and people that just didn’t believe as I do. I’ve also found smart and kind and fairminded churches to attend. It wasn’t difficult, and I don’t know why Barac Obama had to stay with Wright. Either he wasn’t smart enough to find a liberal congregation, or that was just the place for him. Either way, he’s not a guy I would care to have running the country.
http://a-civilife.blogspot.com
Ah the usual double standard.
Terminal Koolaid poisoning.
Here’s another stellar example of our liberal media’s tolerance of this garbage. Bob Edwards did a long interview with Michael Eric Dyson who defended Rev. Wright, among other radical things. Edwards did not challenge him at all. He couldn’t even be bothered to point out Wright’s “the government created aids to kill us” schtick. It was revolting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsBptJKdLc&eurl=http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/28/ready-to-lead-on-day-one/
Sorry for the wrong link. Here is the correct one
http://www.bobedwardsradio.com/bob-edwards-weekend/
I have to disagree with putting the blame on SALON for Joan Walsh’s critique of Rev. Wright’s interview.
Walsh is one of the FEW liberal/progressive voices on the Internet that has taken on Obama, has defended Clinton time and again, and has called out the media for their sexist treatment of her, of her supporters and their treatment of her campaign.
Instead of lambasting Joan Walsh and Salon, I think you need to keep your guns focused on the really bad culprits (Slate, HuffPost, Daily Kos, for example) that could give a crap about Hillary Clinton, her campaign, or democracy - as long as they can get Obama elected and then manipulate him to meet their narrow so-called progressive agenda.
If anything, JOAN WALSH AND SALON oughta be getting some kudos and pats on the back for taking on Obama and his followers and defending Clinton!
PLEASE! Salon and Walsh don’t deserve this.