Obama’s pastor a black Hitler

If Barack Obama loses his bid for president then he should walk up to his former pastor Jeremiah Wright and slug him in the mouth as his ministry of hate and lack of forgiveness could mean the difference between the Illinois senator becoming our first African American president and just another liberal flash in the pan.

I don’t care how far out of context you take it, a man taking God’s name in vain (the G-D word which is a biggy) and asking Him to condemn America from the pulpit is not just bad judgment, it’s outright treason. Instead of amen-ing a false prophet like Wright, I’d be putting some distance between myself and him so the lightning bolt won’t get us both.

This man is disgusting to the senses regardless of your race as, at least to me, he represents a black version of Adolph Hitler rather than a man of God. If you are going to amen a man like Jeremiah Wright then you don’t need to be picketing someone like Don Imus (who I’m not of fan of myself) for one comment when our potential president’s preacher cursed everyone and everything just about every Sunday.

Frankly, until the Wright controversy arose I couldn’t have cared less which of the trio of liberals won the White House. It’s obvious America wants to experiment in leftism again for a term so I figured there wasn’t much difference if they chose Curly, Larry or Moe for president.

However, the mere fact Obama was part of a congregation who cheered and said amen to a guy like the very wrong reverend Wright worries me. There’s really only three scenarios I can draw from his affiliation with him.

First, he slept through all the sermons and never paid attention to the message or the cursing from the pulpit, a scenario which means Obama wouldn’t pay attention to affairs of state. Second, he heard what was being said but wasn’t man enough to stand up and do something about it, a scenario which suggests he might let America be pushed around as our commander-in-chief. Or third, he agreed with Wright’s insane ramblings and is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Folks, let me put the shoe on the other foot. What would happen if someone taped a few sermons at Hillary Clinton’s church (who I am obviously not a fan of either) and her preacher was talking about white supremacy and how the blacks have adulterated the white race? What if this preacher supported a return to separate but equal to ensure the survival of the white race?

I’ll tell you what would happen. Clinton would be out of the presidential race by Monday morning and labeled as the biggest bigot in history even if she rarely darkened the church’s door where her preacher was spewing the message of hate.

Like or not, we are who we associate with, for better or worse. If you associate with druggies, then you are going to be labeled as a druggie even if you’ve never taken a hit. And, if you associate with haters you’re going to labeled as a hater.

For Obama, he has associated himself with hate and now he may pay the price. Should this race come down to super delegates, which it will, this whole debacle may sway them to side with Hillary provided the race is close going into convention.

You need to pay attention to the company that you keep.

Duane Sherrill is a reporter for the Standard. He can be reached at 473-2191 or by e-mail at [email protected].