Obama: Maligned by Some but Best Hope to Restore America
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It appears that there are people in the United States who actually fearful of Barack Obama winning the presidency. It amazes me that in that fear they will go to any links to find fault with this candidate. One such example is of his error in relating a family story regarding his great uncle. Apparently, when he heard the story he was told that his uncle helped to liberate the Auschwitz concentration camp. In fact, it was the Ohrdruf concentration camp which was the first Nazi concentration camp liberated by U.S. troops in Germany.
My question is why, when it is a documented event, and his uncle has been confirmed to be a participant in that event can’t people let it go? It seems to me like it was an error that anyone of us could have made. Unfortunately, since it was Senator Obama there are those who want to magnify it into something so big that we should all be shocked by it.
Remember when Hilary Clinton stated that she was shot at by snipers in Romania. That was a confirmed exaggeration if not an out and out lie. However, I don’t remember it being replayed to the extent that incidences surrounding Obama are.
Another issue that refuses to die is the allegation that Obama is Muslim. Here are the facts: Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961, to Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham. Barack Sr. was a Muslim but Barack Jr. had little exposure to his father since he returned to the Middle East after divorcing Barack’s mother when he was two.
Barack’s mother later remarried and the family moved to Indonesia where Barack lived until he was ten. At that time he was sent to live with his maternal, white grandparents in Hawaii. His stepfather was an atheist not a Muslim and his mother is a self-pronounced Agnostic. Barack has consistently stated that he has been a born again Christian for the last 20 years. That means that for the majority of Barack’s adult life he has worshipped at the Church of Christ in Chicago. This is the same church that brought him so much grief during the primaries when the pastor was taken to task for comments that he made against Hilary Clinton. That makes me wonder about those individuals out there who call themselves Christians. Are you unwilling to accept that Barack is your brother in Christ because his skin color is darker than yours? Remember he is half white. He exhibits no shame in declaring himself a fellow believer which means he is not embarrassed by you.
It must also be noted that from his early years Barack has put his Christian values to work first by moving to Chicago where he organized, along with a church-based group, a program designed to improve the living conditions of the city’s poor neighborhoods. It was during this period of his life that he came to the realization that it would take changes to our laws and politics to improve the lives of the country’s poor.
Then using the law degree that he earned from Harvard in 1991, where he also earned the distinction of being the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, he became a civil rights lawyer. This in turn led to his becoming an Illinois State Senator for eight years during which time he served as the chairman of the Public Health and Welfare Committee. His service led to his being so well respected that he was asked to deliver the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. Shortly, after delivering this address Obama was elected to serve in the U.S. Senate where after just four months Time magazine named him “one of the world’s most influential people”.
Given his credentials you would think that people would respect and honor the man who earned them but when they were unable to find anything that would discredit him they attacked his pastor and even his wife. Mind you, neither of these people are running for the presidency but that doesn’t seem to matter to the narrow-minded few who will stop at nothing to discredit him.
Even on the issues people take what he has done and forget to include all of the facts. Take abortion for instance. On this issue Obama did vote against a bill to ban late-term abortions, however, not because he favored them but rather because the bill did not include a clause to protect the life of the mother. On the separation of church and state Obama believes that the separation should be guided by a “sense of proportion” publicly stating that saying the Pledge of Allegiance and student prayer groups should enjoy some leeway.” Even when it comes to the death penalty Obama takes a moderate view vowing that while he does “not believe the death penalty actually deters crime, he supports it in cases where the “community is justified in expressing the full measure of its outrage.”
These are just a few of the issues but I could go on but basically I am just trying to say that Obama could make a very good change for America and those who spend all of their time blasting him should take a look at our alternative. What do others who are running, and actually have a chance of winning, have to offer us? It appears that if John McCain is elected we can count on our troops staying in Iraq, a possible war in Iran, a continued loss of respect throughout the civilized world, and an economy that will be in the hands of a man who admits he has little knowledge of economic issues. Add this to the people he has surrounded himself with and I personally believe that we are in for another four years of the failed Bush policies, as well as, a continuation of the unjustified war in Iraq.
So, if you desire change and want an un-owned man in the White House I believe that Barack Obama should be your choice. The only thing that could make it better would be if Obama was able to get John Edwards to run as Vice President and then you would truly have a dream team.
See Barack Obama’s home page for documentation of his stands on the issues.
4 Comments
Doug
June 22nd, 2008
at 7:00am
I am a HUGE fan of Barack Obama and I haven’t been shy about it at all.
http://www.lockergnome.com/dabrace1984/tag/obama/
Just to clarrify something. Barack was a member of “Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago,” not “Church of Christ in Chicago.” The “United Church of Christ,” which is the denomination that belong to, is one of the most progressive and open Christian denominations in this country.
What makes the “UCC” so unique is in the way the church itself is organized. Most Christian denominations set rules and policy that each church has to follow. The “UCC” does not operate this way. Each individual church set their own rules and policies so they can tailor the church to meet the needs of the congregation, not the national church. Anyone looking for additional information about the “UCC” should visit the URL below.
http://www.ucc.org/about-us/
I think the one thing that scares people about Obama is because he is different. It’s not because he is black or inexperienced. Obama is a unique individual that will guide this country so it can change and not continue down the path that it is currently one.
The last 8 years has proved a lot to me. So many things have started to go down the drain and it is because of the fact that the Executive Branch was Republican, the Judicial Branch was Republican, and the Legislative Branch was Republican (for the majority of the last 8 years). Since all 3 branches of the federal government were Republican, the Republican party felt that they could just sit an relax and nothing bad would happen. I guess they were wrong.
Sorry for the rant but that is how passionate I am for the next President of the United States of American, Barack Obama.
leftystrat
June 22nd, 2008
at 7:00am
un-owned? Wrong guy.
Check carefully - he takes money. Look at the people around him.
He also just came out as supporting the telecom immunity and spying bill. That by itself disqualifies him in my house.
Separation is there for a reason. You may be surprised to find that some of the biggest advocates of separation are religious leaders. And rightly so; we all have a vested interest in this.
What about Mr Obama’s paper trail? I have yet to see anything that actually qualifies him. He does say `change’ a lot but in my opinion that’s not exactly a a qualification for high office.
I’m not bashing… I’m asking. I’m not seeing how he’s the best candidate. His opponent on the (alleged) other team is even worse but simple math doth not a candidate make.
With respect,
-leftystrat
Tom
June 22nd, 2008
at 9:40am
I am reminded of the days of Detente when Conservatives like me called the slobbering adulation among Leftys and other Marxists for Mikhail Gorbachev, a Gorbasm. Nowadays when reading the standard twaddle like the above I am left to wonder whither shall we go from here? An ‘Obasam’? And maybe we can name the millions who lust for change any change under the new Messiah, however ill prepared and obtusely conceived as, ‘Obamites.’ (I just made that up but you have my permission to use it.) While the choices we are faced with from either of the political parties are both ghastly it is folly to engage in voluntary ignorance simply because we loathed what came before. Even Dorothy and the Scarecrow (who had no brains if you remember) could tell that Oz’s Wizard was a charlatan when the curtain had been pulled aside and speaking of folly, Historian Barbara Tuchman in her insightful work “The March of Folly” uses a well known event in history to illustrate the point with the case of the Trojan Horse. “….a blind priest, who chastises Trojan leadership the moment the wooden equine is found [remarks] “you can’t bring that thing in here,” he says, “it might be full of Greek soldiers!” Later, as it becomes evident the will to bring it in is strong, he suggests helpfully, “Well, if you’re going to bring it in, at least poke it with a spear and see if anybody yelps.”
V Villa
June 22nd, 2008
at 2:32pm
Mr. Obama’s qualifications…
From the circle of friends…
A hate filled minister (one of his main guiding lights) whom he considered one of his closest friends…
Attended his church for 20 years…
Never heard a word he said that was anything like the 30 minute ’sound bites’ (see definition of sound bite. The lib use of the word reflects their standard abuse of the language to mis state the facts and mislead.)
Yet, to hear his wife speak, you know she heard everything!! she is a walking talking recorder of Rev. Wright’s. (so too, would be any other indoctrinated family members, btw)
An Indicted Agent Sold him (at a real steal) his house…
Buddies with a White Priest, trying to be a Louis Farakan
Louis Farakan
Two (count them) TWO Terrorists (but, they really are nice people whose only regret is that they can’t kill more Americans)
(An abreviated list)
What does he stand for?
Hope (no definition. no explanation, just platitudes)
Change (no where near a definition.. ibid)
What did he accomplish in the Senate?
…..
Besides being a good Speech Reader (don’t you dare take away is Tele-Prompter), and a presentable person with ‘charisma)
How the hell did he get to this point in the campaign?
Who are the secret king pin makers?
There is nothing open or above board about Obama.
He and Minister Wright agreed a year ago that there would have to be a parting of the ways. (not that your lib media would report that The TWO OF THEM admitted it)…
…and then act like everything you saw of the parting was not totally scripted. (To the point of bring in the white oreo priest to make it a ‘honky’s’ fault that they had to part … I bet you bought that he ‘truthfully’ didn’t know it was going out on live feed… yeah, right)
Everything about Obama is orchestrated, manipulate and played by DNC and the liberal media. The closes thing to it comes from Disney Land…
He has a ‘father’s day speech, where for the first time in his campaign, he mentions Hawaii. His home. He was not raised poor, here, or black. He went to Punahou (for you on the mainland, that is one of the best schools in the country. Look at Steve Case to get an idea of what it does do)
I was raised in Hawaii. Very few blacks, But as a white looking person, I suffered more discrimination that blacks did, back then.
He does not ‘understand’ the Afro-American ‘black experience’ brought to you by Rev’s Jackson and Sharpton. (Yes, he saw it as an adult, but, didn’t grow up in the ‘hood’)
Of his ‘history’ I can tell you this about Mr. Obama. He is an extreme-left wing, socialist. Farther left than California. Check his Senate and State records. When you can get him down on paper that (Unlike Rev Wright’s sermons) won’t disappear, a 1960’s Politburo would welcome him.
I don’t understand the black experience. I do understand the Democrats have caused the problems the blacks are experiencing now. No fathers at home, generations of welfare, high crime, poor education. It is how they kept them on the plantation of the lower rungs of the DNC ladder.
I am not overly fond of McCain. He is too liberal for my liking. But, no where near as liberal as the DNC/Lying Media offing.
vince