In 2008 Presidential campaign, then candidate Obama’s pastor became one of the largest stories. Rev Jeremiah Wright is a polarizing figure and has said some deplorable things, but here we are in 2012 bringing him back into the story because the Media just can’t let him go away.
The punditry received a gift this week when Rev Jeremiah Wright gave an interview to which the dear Reverend talked about receiving a call from a friend of a friend about a possible political pay-off of $125K, as well as the hidden Muslim religious belief of President Obama.
This is like “Dear Penthouse” pornography for the Con-Talking pundits as you can actually imagine them wiping their slobbering mouths upon their sleeves with each word spoken by Rev. Wright.
The pundits that once discredited Rev. Wright are now giving him credit and expect their listeners to follow along like Lemmings.
Rev. Wright is a cheaper version of Rev Al Sharpton (if it’s possible), yet these two are no different than the religious hacks of the Right that also state outrageous words yet barely covered on the national stage.
It was only a few weeks ago that Willard Romney showed that he is every bit of the “spineless, I need your vote” politician many have proclaimed him to be by not standing up for Richard Grenell when he was attacked by Bryan Fischer (American Family Association), Gary Bauer (American Values) and Tony Perkins (Family Research Council).
Their issue with Grenell was that he was an openly gay man that supported gay marriage. They didn’t care about his credentials or experience in foreign policy and national security, a man that served under “W” appointed UN “hothead “John Bolton.
Sure, Romney gave the old “Hey guys stop it. He’s a good guy with excellent credential” prepared retort and felt that was good enough, yet Romney was wrong.
So elated was Fischer over Grenell’s resignation that he mocked Romney the very next day on his radio show by saying “the Grenell situation was now raising questions about Romney's leadership abilities since it showed that he could be ‘pushed around, intimidated, coerced, co-opted by a conservative radio talk show host in Middle America’ and so I think it was illustrative of Gov. Romney's weaknesses and things that we've got to be concerned about.”
We live in a society that people need to be judged by their credentials and experience, not by their sexual orientation. Grenell was over qualified for his foreign policy/national security position within the Romney Campaign and that’s exactly what Romney needed. But instead of defending Grenell, Romney let him resign after being bullied by Fisher and the Stooges.
That’s the most recent in events as so called “religious” figures using their stage to call for serious actions or used their position to make hateful remarks towards a sitting President.
Take Pastor Wiley Drake of the First Southern Baptist Church in California. Back in 2009, while in the midst of doing a radio interview with Alan Colmes, he proclaimed that he was praying for Obama to die. Colmes even took the moment to clarify the comment and asked Pastor Drake if he was praying for the death of the President of the United States. Pastor Drake enthusiastically answered “YES.”
Then there’s Pastor Steve Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Arizona who stated in an anti-Obama sermon that he was “going to pray for Barack Obama to die and go to hell. Although I’d rather have him die of natural causes anyway, that way he’s not some martyr. I’m praying for him to die just so he gets what he deserves.”
I’m sorry, which Psalm in Genesis does it say it’s ok to pray for someone’s untimely demise?
Sure these two may seem like hack job late night cable access pastors, but they have a following and if they are “men of the cloth,” well then they are equal to that of Reverends Wright and Sharpton.
If the Media is so Liberal, why are they not bringing these “Religious Right” characters up on their multitude of broadcasts? Because they are too busy defending the likes of Sharpton and sweeping Wright under the rug to keep him out of the news.
It’s still interesting how many evangelist preachers and many of the Religious Right are backing Romney even after trashing his Mormon belief for so many years.
Take Christian Actor Kirk Cameron, who once produced a documentary trashing the Mormon religion by saying “it was likely Satan who appeared to Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet, as the Angel Moroni and led him to golden plates that became the Book of Mormon.” As well as even saying that Mormons are “following a false Jesus” and “will end up in Hell forever.”
So how can so much hateful speech about Romney’s Mormon belief carry over to his endorsement? In simplistic words the “Religious Right” will simply back anyone to rid Obama from the Presidency, even by backing someone that they believe worships a “False God.”
All this talk of hateful religious characters has led me to the false god of the Golden Amber of the Frosty Mug. Slap the Tap, pass the stale chips and meet me by the Porcelain God in the morning.
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