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Check out how Fox News responds to the whole deal - by laughing out loud about the possibility of 'Osama - er Obama' getting assassinated. I'm not kidding. Check out the Youtube clip from earlier today:
Utterly vile.
Posted at May 25, 2008 6:11 PM in response to Class Act: Barack Obama provides cover for Hillary for assassination comment
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On the whole elitist thing:
Over the past 7 years the Clintons earned $109,000,000. That's $42,661 per day for those of you like me that Hillary is telling should be insulted.
Frankly - I'm bitter that someone who earns as much in a day as I do in a year is running down a fellow Democrat who has spent the bulk of his working career doing community development in one of the poorest and toughest neighborhoods in Chicago.
Seriously, that pisses me off.
Posted at April 15, 2008 5:30 PM in response to Polls: Obama Beating Hillary In Indiana And North Carolina
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In 1492 - Henry's post was full of shit...er, poo.
Posted at March 25, 2008 3:50 PM in response to Hillary Finance Committee Member Compares Wright And David Duke, Says Obama "Used Race Where It Suited Him"
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Oops. 'Bellow' should be 'below'. Thanks.
Posted at March 19, 2008 1:35 PM in response to Obama and His Church
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Ellen,
On the merits you don't have much to stand on. Have you ever read MLK's autobiography? In it he constantly talks about a running conversation that he has with God. He speaks of leaving the thin abstract God of liberal theologians to follow the true living Jesus who stands for justice, etc. Bellow is just one occasion that stands out. It's early in the bus boycott and he is now beginning to face up to the consequences of the path he is heading on - being a leader in this movement. He writes of how in a moment of intense prayer with God that he in fact is met by Jesus who speaks to him:
"One night toward the end of January I settled into bed late, after a strenuous day. Coretta had already fallen asleep and just as I was about to doze off the telephone rang. An angry voice said, "Listen, nigger, we've taken all we want from you; before next week you'll be sorry you ever came to Montgomery." I hung up, but I couldn't sleep. It seemed that all of my fears had come down on me at once. I had reached the saturation point.
I got out of bed and began to walk the floor. I had heard these things before, but for some reason that night it got to me. I turned over and I tried to go to sleep, but I couldn't sleep. I was frustrated, bewildered, and then I got up. Finally I went to the kitchen and heated a pot of coffee. I was ready to give up. With my cup of coffee sitting untouched before me I tried to think of a way to move out of the picture without appearing a coward. I sat there and thought about a beautiful little daughter who had just been born. I'd come in night after night and see that little gentle smile. I started thinking about a dedicated and loyal wife, who was over there asleep. And she could be taken from me, or I could be taken from her. And I got to the point that I couldn't take it any longer. I was weak. Something said to me, "You can't call on Daddy now, you can't even call on Mama. You've got to call on that something in that person that your Daddy used to tell you about, that power that can make a way out of no way." With my head in my hands, I bowed over the kitchen table and prayed aloud. The words I spoke to God that midnight are still vivid in my memory: "Lord, I'm down here trying to do what's right. I think I'm right. I am here taking a stand for what I believe is right. But Lord, I must confess that I'm weak now, I'm faltering. I'm losing my courage. Now, I am afraid. And I can't let the people see me like this because if they see me weak and losing my courage, they will begin to get weak. The people are looking to me for leadership, and if I stand before them without strength and courage, they too will falter. I am at the end of my powers. I have nothing left. I've come to the point where I can't face it alone."
It seemed as though I could hear the quiet assurance of an inner voice saying: "Martin Luther, stand up for righteousness. Stand up for justice. Stand up for truth. And lo, I will be with you. Even until the end of the world."
I tell you I've seen the lightning flash. I've heard the thunder roar. I've felt sin breakers dashing trying to conquer my soul. But I heard the voice of Jesus saying still to fight on. He promised never to leave me alone. At that moment I experienced the presence of the Divine as I had never experienced Him before. Almost at once my fears began to go. My uncertainty disappeared. I was ready to face anything."
Just about everything you need to know via primary sources is over at the Stanford University web site. http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/mlkpapers/
I'm not saying you have to believe anything, I'm just saying that the primary sources tell a different story than what you believe.
Posted at March 19, 2008 1:26 PM in response to Obama and His Church
