Remember this from Barack Obama’s infamous “Speech on Race?”
Given my background, my politics, and my professed values and ideals, there will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation are not enough. Why associate myself with Rev. Wright in the first place, they may ask? Why not join another church?
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But the truth is, that isn’t all that I know of the man. The man I met more than 20 years ago is a man who helped introduce me to my Christian faith, a man who spoke to me about our obligations to love one another; to care for the sick and lift up the poor.
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I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother — a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe.
These words were spoken by Barack Obama as he tried to explain his continuing loyalty to Reverend Wright after Wright’s hate filled and bigoted sermons finally received coverage by the MSM. While the issue had been brewing for several months, Obama finally felt that he needed to address the issue directly and deflect the distaste for Wright back onto the folks who were calling him out by attempting to make them appear racist.
Of course, we all remember how Obama’s “family reunion” ended. On April 29th, less than 6 weeks later, Obama threw Wright under the bus saying he is “outraged” by Wright’s “divisive and destructive” comments and their relationship has been permanently damaged.
Today, Barack Obama took up the defense of Secretary of Treasury, Timothy Geithner:
“He is making all the right moves in terms of playing a bad hand,” Obama told reporters at the White House before leaving on a two-day trip to Southern California. “I have complete confidence in Tim Geithner and my entire economic team.”
Like his comments on Wright, Obama feels compelled to publicly support Geithner because he has become an albatross for Obama’s plans. Geithner’sinability to complete a toxic asset plan, even though promised repeatedly for the past six weeks, along with his involvementwith AIG, leaves him looking like the weak member, soon to be left behind, so that the rest of the herd may go on to survive.
In perhaps the greatest irony of Obama’s support for Geithner is that his comments come on the one year anniversary of his comments supporting Wright. It looks like history is lining up to repeat itself. The only question left is whether Obama will wait six weeks to finish Geithner. My bet? Timmy ought to be polishing his resume, soon!
