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dean_acheson · 03-18-08, 02:30 PM

BHO seriously wounded himself this morning. He had a chance to really do something that would 'unify' the country and 'change' race relations.

He threw that away.

In his speech in Philly, he could have said, my former pastor, Jerimiah Wright, whom I've know for years has made statements that are hurtful and wrong. BHO needed to say something along the lines of, the government didn't know about Pearl Harbor before it happened. The victims of 9/11 didn't deserve to die. The U.S. government did not create the Aids virus. etc. etc. etc. While my church has done wonderful things for the South Side of Chicago, and I embrace these efforts, the type of conspiratorial victimology esposued in the words of my former pastor simply tears the fabric of our society, and if we are to become a whole nation, it must be not only repudiated, but expressly rejected as untruths propogated by those who would divide us for their own benefit. (This is, of course, assuming that BHO doesn't believe these things himself.)

Instead, BHO basically said that the Wrights of the world have the right to be mad. Just like mad white people elected Reagan, as if the Carter years were bountiful and pleasant for the average American.

If he really thinks that, I'm wondering how I didn't make law review and this guy qualified to be a editor.

Can you sit on a fence less equently than this? The presentation might have been nice, but the words didn't heal, the just pointed at the tears that already exist, and embraced them, and as the Senator from Ill. so likes to tell us, words matter.

03-18-08, 02:30 PM	#721
dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	After reviewing the BHO speech. BHO seriously wounded himself this morning. He had a chance to really do something that would 'unify' the country and 'change' race relations. He threw that away. In his speech in Philly, he could have said, my former pastor, Jerimiah Wright, whom I've know for years has made statements that are hurtful and wrong. BHO needed to say something along the lines of, the government didn't know about Pearl Harbor before it happened. The victims of 9/11 didn't deserve to die. The U.S. government did not create the Aids virus. etc. etc. etc. While my church has done wonderful things for the South Side of Chicago, and I embrace these efforts, the type of conspiratorial victimology esposued in the words of my former pastor simply tears the fabric of our society, and if we are to become a whole nation, it must be not only repudiated, but expressly rejected as untruths propogated by those who would divide us for their own benefit. (This is, of course, assuming that BHO doesn't believe these things himself.) Instead, BHO basically said that the Wrights of the world have the right to be mad. Just like mad white people elected Reagan, as if the Carter years were bountiful and pleasant for the average American. If he really thinks that, I'm wondering how I didn't make law review and this guy qualified to be a editor. Can you sit on a fence less equently than this? The presentation might have been nice, but the words didn't heal, the just pointed at the tears that already exist, and embraced them, and as the Senator from Ill. so likes to tell us, words matter.