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And what the hell is going on with Wall Street? The Dow's up 300pts on the day. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
Today Obama made a speech saying that sometimes bad things happen to Americans, and these are so bad that maybe they shouldn't - or at least not as much, if that's okay with everyone else, yes?
But this certainly doesn't mean that America is bad, or Christianity is bad, or that anything America might do outside of America is bad, in any way, or the idea of America is bad.
Just the opposite.
Obama urges Americans to help heal racial divide - CNN.com
Obama said Wright's mistake was not that he spoke of racism in our society -- "it's that he spoke as if our society was static, as if no progress had been made." "But I have asserted a firm conviction -- a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people -- that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice if we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union," he said. Obama said tackling race "only as a spectacle" creates distractions that prevent change. "This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected," he said.
Obama said Wright's mistake was not that he spoke of racism in our society -- "it's that he spoke as if our society was static, as if no progress had been made."
"But I have asserted a firm conviction -- a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people -- that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice if we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union," he said.
Obama said tackling race "only as a spectacle" creates distractions that prevent change.
"This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected," he said.
Honestly, I'm finding this laughable. I realise it's a Very Important And Serious Subject, and no one is allowed to say 'Our foreign policy is sociopathic and maybe a third of the population are self-absorbed ignorant flagrantly racist pigs.'
But for a Yurpean, this dancing around 'God and America' is ridiculous - no matter how well it plays at home.
Bear in mind that you're getting that from CNN, which clearly has issues with anyone whose skin is lighter than Ian Paisley. Granted, issues more with Mexicans than blacks, but not lacking in issues with the latter. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
I'd rather see Obama say, 1) "leave religion out of this" and 2) "he actually has a point - this country has treated us like s#!&!" than try to play the color-blind good Christian who'd never offend anyone. "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
The point isn't whether we agree with the pastor or not. The point is - this is a political campaign. No one gets a free pass with this stuff.
Agreed, but with that said: How many MSM stories have we seen on Hagee thus far? How much service have we really received from the press in an effort to find the sources of Hillary and Bubba's newfound wealth? (I remind you that we spent ten minutes at the last debate dealing with Louis Farrakhan and only one or two minutes dealing with tax returns.) Let's not pretend as though reality has a lot of weight here.
he actually has a point - this country has treated us like s#!&!
I agree completely that this would be correct. But saying things of that nature has a tendency to scare white people. (Saying it as a white woman is fine, though.) A similar fear and resentment to that which Ferraro was attempting to exploit.
That's also a reality. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
Look, it's not fair - but it is politics. And if people are going to whine about this level of mud-slinging now, just wait till Obama wins the nomination and gets into the general. Right now he's just running against another Dem, a Dem with strong support among African Americans, no less. Wait till the real racists come out in the GE. Obama needs to stay on topic and get a better backbone ASAP. "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
What's sucky here is that Obama is speechifying about race, but the subtext is that he's submitting and agreeing that there is An Issue with his pastor - someone who's supposed to be a close friend and supporter and even an inspiration.
He could have come out and pulled some quotes from the other side and made them look ridiculous. But instead he's chosen the importance of being earnest.
I think it makes him look spineless on the issue he's supposed to be most passionate about.
The race issue was fine. He didn't say anything that thinking people -- few and far between, granted -- didn't already know (we used to have slavery; blacks are angry, whites resent that; yadda yadda yadda), but whatever.
He should've shown more guts on Wright, though. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
you are the media you consume.
Hagee is simply an endorser of McCain. Big difference.
If you want to compare Hagee to someone, compare him to McGurkin.
Then we're comparing apples to apples.
Wright is different.
How's that going to fly?
I told Jérôme to write Countdown to Président Sarkozy once, but he didn't listen. It'd be nice if the battle were only against the right wingers, not half of the left on top of that — François in Paris
Why do football teams pray before games? Always they pray, and always one side loses. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
"Because God helps those who help themselves," I suspect the wingers would say. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
Or something. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
Hey, there's a band called The Thimbles, too.
Why do football teams pray before games? Always they pray, and always one side loses.
I think we should check out the guy with white beard and halo at the bookies. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
I bailed on 3/4ths of my market short positions - I made some money but I can't beat this market, and I don't know who is cooking what books (the recent inflation numbers were clearly falsified). Shorting the market is playing with fire when Helicopter Ben clearly loves, well, throwing money out of helicopters.
I'd be patient. Before too long, Benny will have shot his proverbial wad. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
Everyone must be relieved by that extra quarter of a percent.
In the US, we've been living on the credit card for decades so the pain is going to be more intense, the country is going to be sold at fire sale rates, and its going to take a while.
I'm waiting for reaction when the American sheeple finally realize they are no longer in control of their destiny. She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
Oh fuck. "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
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