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Guy (not verified) says:
Excellent opinion by Conason and an equally excellent comment by Chaplain Pam. I find this whole affair deeply deeply depressing on so many levels. How can a man who has mentored Obama, presided over his children's baptism's etc. be so utterly lacking in character, Christian charity and grace as to commit this act at a critical moment the the campaign of an African American with the greatest chance in our history of reaching the presidency? As a supposed man of god, he has committed a number of the seven deadly sins including greed, envy and pride. As Pam put it:
"The church is about love, helping your fellowman, and giving him your hand to lift him up, not placing your foot on his backside."
Secondly, it bring up all of the toxins yet again in our society - the racism, the anger, the irrationality, the hatred that has poisoned our politics. It also reminds me yet again why I do not want to see another Boomer in the White House - Wright is yet another 60's Boomer filled with rancor and unable to get past the divisions and injustices of his past.
Ultimately, it reminds me yet again why we as a nation are in such decline - in a moment when we have a real opportunity to try and transcend the divisions of the past, people like Wright want to pull us back down into the muck - and the Republicans and the press are all to happy to oblige. THe whole spectacle makes me sick.
Excellent opinion by Conason and an equally excellent comment by Chaplain Pam. I find this whole affair deeply deeply depressing on so many levels. How can a man who has mentored Obama, presided over his children's baptism's etc. be so utterly lacking in character, Christian charity and grace as to commit this act at a critical moment the the campaign of an African American with the greatest chance in our history of reaching the presidency? As a supposed man of god, he has committed a number of the seven deadly sins including greed, envy and pride. As Pam put it:
"The church is about love, helping your fellowman, and giving him your hand to lift him up, not placing your foot on his backside."
Secondly, it bring up all of the toxins yet again in our society - the racism, the anger, the irrationality, the hatred that has poisoned our politics. It also reminds me yet again why I do not want to see another Boomer in the White House - Wright is yet another 60's Boomer filled with rancor and unable to get past the divisions and injustices of his past.
Ultimately, it reminds me yet again why we as a nation are in such decline - in a moment when we have a real opportunity to try and transcend the divisions of the past, people like Wright want to pull us back down into the muck - and the Republicans and the press are all to happy to oblige. THe whole spectacle makes me sick.