Test of Faith: Spiritual Mentor v. Ambition
Coverage has abounded on the reckless statements of B. Hussein Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright. However, what I have been waiting for is a conversation about how you throw your pastor of 20 years under the bus the way B. Hussein Obama has done. Dinesh D'Zousa does a great job in his most recent article of addressing this very issue (give it a read). Shouldn't the pastor-congregant relationship be one of the most imporant relationships in one's life? I know it is for me. The argument that B. Hussein Obama did not know the radical views of his pastor is not a plausible argument in my mind. So, the real option for Obama was:
A. Remain loyal to my pastor and spiritual mentor and face the consequences.
B. Throw my pastor and spiritual mentor under the bus in the name of political expediency.
Obama was faced with a lose/lose situation, but he may have chosen the worse option. What does it say about a person when they sell out those closest to them in order to pursue their ambition? Nothing good. Is D'Zousa right? Is Wright really the consistent one, while Obama hides in the shadows? You can dedide for yourself. Here is an expert from the D'Zousa article:
Now Obama would have us believe that, as far as Wright is concerned, he's had just about enough. But why? What has Wright said that has finally caused his disciple to end their relationship? While Wright has been pontificating a lot lately, he has not given us any new bombshells. But he did suggest that, in his beliefs like the one about the U.S. government and AIDS, Obama agrees with him.
Wright noted that of course Obama is now saying something different; that's because Obama is now running for president. So he has to say something different! Translation: what we see with Obama is not what we get. And Wright is in a position to know. He's nursed Obama intellectually and spiritually over the years. It is Obama himself who has given us this man, and assured us of his integrity and reliability.
The more I examine the two, the more I think that it is Wright who is being consistent and calling it the way he sees it, and Obama who is hiding the part of himself that once embraced this man and maybe still agrees with many of his beliefs but now finds him a political liability. While Obama continues to portray himself as Mr. Straight Talk, at this point he is a candidate enveloped in shadows

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