Retraction and Repudiation

On Tuesday, January 8, 2008, I endorsed Senator Barack Obama as the Democrat nominee for President of the United States. I did so because I believed that he was a relatively honest and well-meaning, though completely wrong liberal candidate. I assumed there would be some dirt, but I was willing to let it slide until the general election. Also, my desire to see the Clintons banished from relevance in politics was overwhelming.

I now have to retract that endorsement and return to a neutral stance in light of the information that has come to my attention over the past few days. In addition to the end of the fun trip that was Obamamania, I have begun to see a side of Barack Obama that he never wanted to let become public. I will go through it with you now:

In the early days of the campaign, there were small gaffes. He wasn't wearing an American flag pin. He didn't put his hand over his heart during the national anthem. When confronted with these softballs, Obama knocked them out of the park masterfully.

Then came his wife's comment which I commented on: “For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country.” I gave her the benefit of the doubt. I figured she was trying to make a point and just misspoke.

I had heard some things about Obama's pastor, who had associated with Louis Farrakhan, a known racist. And there's his association with the former Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers. I chalked it up to having to get a certain amount of black and liberal creds to run in the Democrat party. Also, I knew that Obama had been a member of this church for nearly 20 years, had been married there, had his children baptized there.

But the pattern became clear to me when I heard that pastor in all his glory over the past couple of days. Obama's pastor, the "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright is a soulless, racist, hate-spewing, evil son of a bitch. I have a few more dozen things I could say about him, but I would have to lower myself to his level to put them in print. While I'm sure that not every minute of every sermon was hate-charged shit, there is no doubt that Obama knew of the bastard's views, and has grown in this church.

This is not a casual relationship, such as John McCain and the hate mongering John Hagee. This is a church that Obama chose, supported, and drew inspiration from, including his book, The Audacity of Hope. It is only in the past days that Obama has made strong statements condemning this bile, and it is certainly a case of too little, too late.

I can't say that I know what is in Obama's heart, and what he does and doesn't believe as it relates to this hate speech. But there are far too many coincidences, too distinct of a pattern to ignore. And after listening to Obama himself trying to wiggle out of this earlier, trying to thread the needle between condemning the the statements of this hateful piece of shit and justifying staying in this church with this vile bastard, I am firmly and irrevocably convinced that there is a taint in Obama's heart.

I'm not ready to condemn him, as I have no evidence, only my instincts to go on here. But no longer do I see him as a well-meaning liberal politician. And I did want to like him, even if he was a political opposite. Now, sadly, a side of Barack Hussein Obama has been revealed that shows his idea of change may be of the worst kind imaginable. And that's the most disappointing thing of all.