Obama Should Not Be A Member Of This Church

Fox News has released taped recording of sermons delivered at Barack Obama's church by recently retired minister, Jeremiah Wright, Jr.  It will be interesting to see how his lunatic ravings made at the Trinity United Church of Christwill be interpreted by the IRS.  There are people who believe that  the church should lose its tax exempt status because of the content of some of the sermons that have been delivered there.  I don't think Trinity will lose its tax exemption, but that's not my main concern.  Watch the following video and you will see what really should concern everyone.

The problem I have is the words that have been spoken by Wright on a regular basis.  His conduct is unbecoming of a minister.  Maybe, I'm too old fashioned, but I didn't think ministers were supposed to give sermons that were fueled by racist, hateful, language laced with profanity.

Do you need more evidence that the man is a nut?  I found this video on YouTube.  It's from another sermon Wright gave to his congregation which includes the Obama's.  You can hear the sermon in the background of the video.

It still surprises me that an intelligent married couple like the Obama's would be members of this church.  In fairness to Obama, his campaign did release the following statement: 

"Senator Obama has said repeatedly that personal attacks such as this have no place in this campaign or our politics, whether they’re offered from a platform at a rally or the pulpit of a church,” said Bill Burton, a campaign spokesman.  “Senator Obama does not think of the pastor of his church in political terms. Like a member of his family, there are things he says with which Senator Obama deeply disagrees.”

I have a problem with this cop out statement and it goes back to what I have been saying all along.  There is a double standard in this campaign for Obama, Clinton and McCain.  If Clinton and McCain were members of a church like Trinity and their spiritual mentor made comments like this, the media would be clamoring for them to resign from the campaign or to strongly denounce the church.

I have family members who are racist and that I deeply disagree with on many other issues.  I do not have anything to do with them.  On the other hand, maybe I should not be so hard on Obama.  Why should he disassociate himself from his friend?  Why should he care about what his mentor says when the majority of the American public doesn't care either?  This is what the mainstream media wants the public to believe.  The Obama campaign and the media have partnered to create a climate where people cannot even say anything bad about him or his campaign without being called racist. 

The bottom line is this - Barack and Michelle Obama have been members of Trinity for years.  They have sat and listened to these hateful sermons.   People do not continue to go to a church to listen to a minister they do not agree with.  I also don't want to hear the "crazy uncle" excuse.  If any other candidate went to a church where the minister believes that the U.S. government introduced the AIDS virus onto its own citizens they would be packing up their campaign office.  Obama's continued relationship with Wright has validated his racist anti-American rants. Michelle Malkin summed it up well, when she said, "Now we know where Michelle Obama's resentment of America comes from."