Al Sharpton: Will There be an American People Revolt if Obama isn’t the Democratic Nominee?

I can see the point that Al is making when asked the question, “Will African Americans revolt if the Democratic nomination is taken from Barack Obama?”

Reverend Sharpton was quick to point out when asked the question by Giraldo Rivera on Fox News tonight, that not only African Americans but a lot of white voters voted for Barack Obama.

True. But …

Right now I’m wondering just how many of those people who voted for Obama back in January would like to change their votes. We’ve already seen the results that Obama’s statements made during the Pennsylvania campaign. Now we have the antics of Jeremiah Wright this past week and are anxiously awaiting the results of the primaries in North Carolina and Indiana to judge the effects of these most recent revelations on the political fortune of Barack Obama.

Fortunately for Barack Obama, he’s able to validate his claims to be the Democratic nominee based on static results in a fluid campaign season. Does anyone really believe that the voters in Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota and Georgia have been hibernating since their primary? Isn’t it entirely possible that the national polls that are showing marked declines in Obama’s national standing might not have a few of those previous voters weighing in with their changing opinions also?

For example …

Let’s face it Jimmy, all those people who voted for you in 1976, a very slim margin though they were, simply weren’t there in 1980. I suspect that it took a lot less than four years for the people who voted for Jimmy Carter to be president to realize that they had been duped and made a horrendous mistake.

People can and do change their minds frequently for very obvious reasons. But, elections would have no value if the results at the time of the election, even a primary, don’t carry weight. That’s just the way it’s supposed to be.

And we’re supposed to trust our news media to be responsible entities to help the public fairly and accurately assess candidates, to acquire information regarding the candidates and to disseminate it in a fair and impartial manner … except they don’t and they didn’t.

Maybe this year will change the entire psyche of the election process. Wouldn’t it be interesting if all of the states started vying to see which could have the last primary … quite possibly the state saving the nation from a national disgrace and fiasco. Some good could come from this election year after all.

Marxism … Alive and Well at Trinity Church of Christ

After watching Jeremiah Wright’s “coming out” party around last weekend beginning with Bill Moyers on PBS last Friday and ending with the grand finale at the National Press Club this past Monday, we finally have a clearer perspective of what Wright’s church has been like for, not only the past twenty or so years, but since his appointment as it’s minister in the early 1970’s. Wright’s Liberation Theology full of Marxist philosophy and rhetoric is the core of his ministry at Trinity Church of Christ.

Anyone who has any doubts regarding the Marxist basis of Wright’s ministry should watch the following video clips from Hannity’s America presented on Fox News last night. One is on the basis of Wright’s theology, frequently strikingly presented in Wright’s own words:

http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=6079bef1-d213-419b-807f-b11da4abc474

The other is an assessment of Wright’s ministry as presented by fellow black minister, Reverend Eugene Rivers:

http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=e08148c8-873a-464b-8904-6e87bd9727cf

Both the presentation of Black Liberation Theology presented in the first clip and the assessment of Reverend Wright presented in the second clip should leave very little doubt regarding the origin of Wright’s philosophy and the use Wright has put it to in his ministry.

Jeremiah Wright can be minimalized as an eccentric as well as egocentric demagogue functioning outside of the norm of American society in general and the black community specifically if one is inclined to do that. I have no doubt there are those who actually share his views of the world in general and the United States specifically, but for those who don’t should be seriously asking the question regarding how this man has influenced and impacted Barack Obama, the leading Democratic contender for President of the United States.

Barack Obama, Democratic party leaders and Democratic pundits would like to push this entire issue under the table and get back to what they refer to as the real and important issues. Of what value is discussing issues when spouted from the lips of a person in whom there is no confidence, credibility, or trust?

Are Americans truly the sheep that political leaders treat them like that they may be herded, used, sheared and dismissed at a group of politicians’ or a fanatical demagogue’s whim?