Obama, Wright, Ayers and Judgement

Source: http://www.destructo.com/?p=84

April 25th, 2008 by Destructo

Obama and his apologists are trying to write off criticism stemming from his long-time association with Reverend Wright, and Ayers.

Criticism of these two individuals is entirely justified on its own. Both of them have a long history of bashing the country they live in, in spite of the fact that they both enjoy the benefits of our free society. Wright is building a multi-million dollar house in the Chicago ‘burbs. Ayers lives in the high-falutin Hyde Park neighborhood and enjoys a nice position as an education professor (that’s right - he’s one of the most influential individuals involved in setting the curriculum for people who are studying to become teachers. Scary. I honestly don’t understand how someone who tried to blow up the Pentagon isn’t still behind bars. But, whatever.

Obama has a long association with both of these guys, and people try to brush it off. We need to keep two things in mind:

Obama is running for a political position that will make one of the most powerful people in the world. He will be commander-in-chief of the most powerful military in history. He will have his finger on the nuclear button. Never mind the fact that he will be in a position to utterly derail the economy and eviscerate the constitution. Does the fact that he’s chummy with a former honest-to-god terrorist and avowed communist not bother you?

His pastor of 20 years, who performed his marriage and provides his family with religious guidance, believes that AIDS is a government conspiracy against black people. Obama would control the very institutions that Wright believes are at the core of his conspiracy to keep the black man down. Does that not bother you?

Obama is running for President of the United States of America. He has known he was going to run for President for years now - plenty of time to dissociate himself from these people.

Whether he secretly sympathizes with these people, or believes his association should not be an issue, or just neglected to consider the consequences, it shows an astonishing lack of smarts that should disqualify him in the mind of any sane voter.