But be careful what you ask for.

[King Coal]

Now that Sen. Barack Obama has denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, many of his critics, especially those who call themselves conservative, are happy he has put the dashiki-wearing, American-criticizing former Marine in his place.

See, these same voices, many that are allegedly Christian, have reacted with glee by calling Wright a prophet of hate and a race baiter.

They hold themselves up to be so concerned about their fellow brother and sister, yet if you looked at their personal lives, I doubt you'd find many with African-American friends and associates (and I doubt their staffs are the most diverse in the world, but that's another story).


But don't stop there. Demand that candidates don't seek counsel from them. Demand that Republican candidates not go to their churches and sit in their pews and accept their contributions. And if elected, make sure those same candidates don't allow them access to the White House or halls of Congress. Turnabout is fair play, and that means guys like the Revs. Pat Robertson and John Hagee should not be sought out for their endorsements, and should be removed from any committees associated with a candidate or a political party.

Oh, I can't wait to get the e-mails from folks who will say, "Yeah, but Obama was a member of the church."

True, very true.


http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/05/roland.martin.05.05/index.html

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Didn't Pat and Jerry say some pretty insane things about 9/11? :rofl:

[electropop]

1. McSame is very vulnerable to pastor problems.

He'd better not even think about going there...

[maxsolomon]

2. irrelevant. the GOP is held to a different standard

even Ghandi couldn't live up to the standard that Dems must meet.

the GOP is held to the standard of no standard. Witness Vitter et al.

[alfredo]

3. Rod Parsley + McCain = genocide and theocracy.

He needs to be made an issue. Muslims will not sit idly by if Parsley and McCain tries to destroy their religion and culture. Parsley is the man behind the virulent theocratic movement in Ohio.


http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/susan_brooks_thistlethwaite/2008/04/mccains_hate_problem.html

John McCain should immediately renounce Rod Parsley not only for his astounding hate mongering against Islam, but also for his extreme views on a range of issues including his denunciation of separation of church and state.

Why hasn’t McCain already distanced himself from such a radical as Parsley? Well, first because Parsley apparently says what the “base” wants to hear, and McCain, who, in February of 2000, denounced the two best-known leaders of the Christian religious right, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, as “agents of intolerance,” needs the base to win. Of course, it helps that McCain reversed himself and went to Liberty University in the spring of 2006 to deliver the commencement address, defend the war and try to make up with religious conservatives.

Even so, what Parsley says is so over the top on Islam that it would make it virtually impossible for McCain, should he be elected President, to communicate any kind of respect for Islamic nations in his foreign relations and be believed. Even President George W. Bush has been careful to communicate respect toward Islam.