I'm sure everyone's heard about the Reverend-Gate from the Obama Campaign. If you haven't here's a link to it on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H11x6bMu4Y (for the record, there's also a video of him defending Rev. Wright and defending as well as calling Farrakhan Biblical Scholar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjJlsGrlbUs).
"Rev.Pfleger: … "Well, don't hold me responsible (gesticulating) 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 (voice rising), throw away your 401 fund, throw away your trust fund, throw away all the money you put into the company you WALKED INTO BECAUSE YO' DADDY AND YO' GRANDDADDY AND YO' GREATGRANDDADDY–(screaming at the top of his lungs)–UNLESS YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE UP THE BENEFITS, THEN YOU MUST BE REPSONSIBLE FOR WHAT WAS DONE IN YOUR GENERATION 'CUZ YOU ARE THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS INSURANCE POLICY! (Wild gestures, wild applause).
We must be honest enough to expose white entitlement and supremacy wherever it raises its head. I said before I don't want this to be political because, you know, I'm very un-political (mocking tone, huge laughter). …When Hillary was crying (gesturing tears, uproarious laughter from audience)–and people said that was put on–I really don't believe it was put on.
I really believe that she just always thought 'This is mine' (laughter, hoots). 'I'm Bill's wife. I'm WHITE. And this is mine. And I jus' gotta get up. And step into the plate. And then out of nowhere came, 'Hey, I'm Barack Obama.' And she said: 'Oh, damn!' WHERE DID YOU COME FROM!?!?! (Crowd going nuts, Pfleger screaming). I'M WHITE! I'M ENTITLED! THERE'S A BLACK MAN STEALING MY SHOW. (SOBS!) SHE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE CRYING! THERE WAS A WHOLE LOTTA WHITE PEOPLE CRYING!"
To borrow a word from my sometimes-wise-beyond-her-years-niece...this guy's a wigger.
No, this isn't a sign of the apocalypse and you're not in the Twilight Zone, I am actually about to side with Hilary Clinton.
Imagine, if you will, a white preacher, in a white church, making comments like this. But instead of talking about Hillary Clinton and being white, they're talking about Barack Hussein Obama (yes, I used his full name…what of it?) and black people feeling entitled? The NAACP and the ACLU would be all over them and would an apology be enough to satisfy the appetite of monster of political correctness? Do you think that Hillary, denouncing them would be enough to calm the torch and pitchfork toting mob? NO! They'd be calling for the good reverend's defrocking, demanding they be thrown out of their church and they'd be publically humiliated.
Look what happened to Don Imus? The man made an inappropriate and tacky comment on his radio show and even though the women's basket ball team he'd made the comment about forgave him, he was still publically flogged by the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and other members of the National Association of Attack Caucasian People, or NAACP. You can say anything negative about white folks you want to…it's protected under freedom of speech, but you say something about someone who's not white, and the Wrath of the Political Correct God…or Gods, or Allah, or the There Is No God, How Dare You Inflict Your Archaic Oppressive Belief's On Me group, will rain down upon your head. Greg whose site http://rhymeswithright.mu.nu/, made the statement, "If Michael Pfleger were black and were to (spout) such venomous comments about blacks from the pulpit of a white church, he would probably be called, with some justification, a self-hating Uncle Tom by the black community." I couldn't agree more. The first part his tirade reiterates the general complaint that all white people in this country are descended from former slave owners and all black people are descended from their former slaves and because of that we, meaning white people, are responsible for the ills of the blacks in America today. What about the blacks who owned slaves? (Don't say it didn't happen, because it did) Aren't they too responsible? I wonder if there was an candidate who was part Indian, meaning Native American, would there be someone making the same claims about what the "White Man" took from the "Red Man", doubt it. I've said before, no other race has been infringed upon or beaten down in this country than the American Indian.
I hate to, and can't believe I'm about to say this, but Hilary Clinton hasn't been treated equally in this election. When Hilary became emotional (faked or sincere) she was lambasted as "playing the gender card". However, if Obama is asked a hard question (did that happen…can't be sure), his experience or record is questioned, it was done, not because he's inexperienced or because people want to know where he stands, it's because people are being hard on him because he's black. When the Rev. Wright rant was made public Obama supporters said it was done just to discredit him because the public was racist. Doesn't that sound like playing a race card? But if you bring that up, guess what? That's right the scream, "You're a racist!!". Is genderist a word? It is now.
Hillary has not been allowed to aggressively campaign against Obama because her opponent was black comments were held to a different standard by the politically correct world we live in, which, in all honesty is a bonfire built and stoked pretty much exclusively by the modern Democratic party…her party. If her opponent was a white man it wouldn't have been an issue. Or, and here's a novel concept, if they actually campaigned on the issues and not race or gender. The kick in the head is, if the Democratic Party had been logical like the Republican Party in regards to the early elections (seating only half the delegates) this probably would be an issue because Hillary won Florida and even if counting the "non-committal" votes in Michigan for Obama, she won that state as well.
If they do the half-delegates and/or by some chance, Hillary is named the nominee, I wonder what the public reaction will be? Some folks are concerned about riots and such. I'm curious to see what happens in the general election if (when) Obama is crowned the Democratic nominee. Will they try to use the same "you're a racist" tactics against John McCain? Will they accuse him of playing the war hero card"? Will they play the age card?
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both keep saying it's not about race and it's not about gender. But the fact of the matter, when you look at how they're campaigning, that's all it's been about.
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