20 years is a long time and Barack Obama’s repudiation of his former pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is too little too late. The Junior Senator from Illinois who made excuses for Wright in his “more perfect union” speech just a few weeks ago now acts surprised by the rhetoric coming from the retired cleric.

Barack Obama angrily disowned his former pastor and friend of 20 years, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., saying Tuesday that Wright’s recent comments about race, religion and the U.S. government were “divisive and destructive” and had undermined the purpose of Obama’s presidential candidacy.

This tells us one of two things; Obama is either lying when he claims to have not have heard similar sentiment from Wright or he is incredibly naive and poor in judgment. Either is anathema to being an acceptable and competent choice as the leader of free world. Obama cannot reasonably expect the American people to believe that he never has heard similar utterances from his Pastor, the man who married him and baptized his children over the 20 years he remained a member of his flock. No doubt the Trinity United Chiurch of Christ has done great works for the community and still does, but it is also clear that Wright’s separatist rhetoric and outwardly racist views has harmed the message of the Church and most certainly the overall campaign theme of its most famous congregant.

Obama is most certainly not stupid and thus it is hard to believe he was unaware of the philosophies of Pastor Wright. If he did not believe in the message of Wright then he is most certainly an opportunist without any real moral compass which is equally objectionable.

An op-ed in the Washington Post seems willing to believe the Junior Senator from Illinois on this one but I am not sure if the American public will be so forgiving. While the editorial board at the Post acknowledges that Obama should have known Wright’s true views, they do not question how they are at odds with Obama’s own message of unity.

But Mr. Obama is right when he says that his entire career is antithetical to the divisiveness of the Rev. Wright’s comments. We’ve found things to cheer and things to criticize about Mr. Obama during this long campaign, but we don’t see how anyone could question his commitment to transcending old racial battles and finding common ground. The Rev. Wright doesn’t speak for the candidate, and we hope the pastor doesn’t become a continuing excuse for political ads built on racial fears.

If Obama is truly committed to being the post racial candidate, how could he have wallowed in the message of Rev. Wright for so many years? If he was too blind to see the contradictions, what can we expect from an Obama cabinet? Jesse Jackson as Secretary of State? Ralph Nader as head of the EPA? It is easy to question Obama’s commitment to moving on and finding common ground because of the contradictions between his words and actions. Both in the associations he has kept as well as the thin legislative record that shows no such willingness to compromise.

Obama wants to sit down and talk to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Kim Jong Il with no preconditions yet he cannot recognize the poison within the words of his closest associates. Barack Obama is simply not ready or able to be President of the United States. Words soothe but actions shout, it is time to start listening.

Posted by Biloxi in Obamastan, Politics at 7:54 AM EDT

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Elvira Arellano and her handlers ought to be ashamed of themselves. Yesterday we were treated to this story in the Chicago Tribune.

Although he stood on an orange chair to deliver a brief statement in Spanish, the language he says he’s most comfortable with after nearly 8 months living in Mexico, the 9-year-old son of controversial Immigration activist Elvira Arellano was shy in front of the television cameras pointed in his direction.

What happened to the argument that the deportation of illegals breaks up families? Elvira Arellano is breaking up her family on her own and using her innocent son to do it. Interesting in this article is that the child is more comfortable speaking Spanish after only 8 months in Mexico. That would most likely indicate that he rarely spoke English while living in the United States though he was born here, again that is not the child’s fault, rather it is indicative of his Mother’s refusal to assimilate and learn the language, this after breaking the law twice to cross the border illegally.

“It’s very inspirational,” Lozano said after the service. “Their sacrifice to make this issue public was very great, and it made them both very strong.”

Somehow I don’t think the child chose this sacrifice, rather he is forced into it by a selfish Mother and other adults with an agenda such as Slim Coleman and Emma Lozano.

There is no doubt that immigration reform is needed but amnesty is not. Using a confused 9 year old child is no way to start looking for a solution. If you read the article, the words of the adults and their reasons for the presence of Saul is at distinct odds with the words of the child himself.

“I want to be a regular kid, but I can’t,” he said. Then, he elaborated in Spanish to Lozano.

“He said he should be a child who is free, not a child who has to continually struggle to defend his mother,” Lozano translated.

The child could be a regular kid if his mother would get out of his way and let him be a 9 year old. Now that she is deported there is no need for Saul to defend her. I wouldn’t send my 9 year old to a protest with or without me, but somehow when acting in advocacy for illegal activity, it makes it acceptable to pimp a child. Elvira Arellano is not fit to raise this child any more. Her use of him for political purposes is abhorrent and evidence that to some people the cause outweighs common sense and decency, leaving a wake of human victims.

Posted by Biloxi in Immigration at 9:02 PM EDT

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In this video, quickly descending mangod Barack Obama states that John McCain is a better option as our Commander in Chief than George W. Bush though he withholds that either he or Hillary Clinton would be better yet. Mr. Bush has been no prize but generally has it right on National Security issues. Obama’s sideways endorsement of McCain as the steward of the party might be an indicator of the kind of Presidency we can expect from the supposed conservative.

This is yet another reason to believe we are in for a long 4 years, regardless of the outcome of November’s Presidential elections. While McCain is the best option out of the three contenders we are still looking at the most appealing pile of excrement out of the lot and that leaves us with excrement. Fortunately this country is strong and will overcome any one person, though this might be a good time for the Republican grass roots to get active. Elect strong conservatives to Congress and the President’s ability to do harm will be marginalized.

Posted by Biloxi in Obamastan, Politics at 8:38 AM EDT

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