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3.21.08 @ 12:01AM

CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
Re: Jeremy Lott's Hate to Inform You:

What Jeremy Lott should be feeling is embarrassment. Obama's Siren song was no doubt pleasing to the ears of college students, New York Times devotees, and adults who still suck their thumbs. But what was Minister Barrack telling us? According to Obama's speech we need only take more money from greedy corporations to fund more entitlement programs and create new give-always for any and all groups with a gripe against the US government. By so doing we will achieve racial Nirvana, Grandmothers everywhere will no longer whisper their fear of being alone in an elevator with black males, and Reverend Wright will close his Church of the Sacred Grievance. It is a song that the Democrats have been singing for the past 40 years. The singer may have a great voice and the lyrics have been improved but it is the same tiresome tune. Let us pray that the electorate is not as empty-headed as Mr. Lott.
-- Peter F. Killie
Ridgefield, Connecticut

Mr. Lott, your last paragraph brought this to mind. In the 1990 Texas gubernatorial race, Clayton Williams, the charming Republican "good ol' boy" candidate (Ann Richards, professional lady Texan, was the Democrat "good ol' girl" candidate), made one of his many memorable quotes to a group of reporters, which I believe he thought was off the record.

Mr. Williams was not a very astute press handler. Talking about Texas weather, he likened the bad weather at the time to rape, and said, "as long as it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it." Just your typical low brow humor from a typical cowboy, right? Well, he was castigated summarily in Texas newspapers for his insensitivity to women (he was running against one after all), which, among other things, cost him the race. Rape is still rape, a bad joke is still a bad joke, and bad legislation is still bad legislation, no matter how charming the perpetrator is in any of those cases. Perhaps, if you think of what Mr. Obama would be doing to the country in those terms, it will help you in your struggle. As far as hating the sin and loving the sinner goes, if Mr. Obama in due course, were to come to his senses, seek the repeal of said legislation, and ask the country for forgiveness, he would then have all the love I can muster for a Democrat, which admittedly, isn't much, but as you say, he's such a charming Democrat.
-- Mike Showalter
Austin, Texas

Based on Jeremy Lott's article and the opinions of others in the AmSpec blog I wonder whether we watched the same Barack Obama speech. Let me at least reassure you, Jeremy old chap, that while I don't hate Obama, I now despise him very nearly as much as I despise Bill Clinton. Too bad you find yourself unable to share my feelings.

What I saw was a flat unemotional reading of a speech that seemed to have been written by someone else, although we were assured Barack wrote it himself. There was no passion in his words, only a robotic attempt at nuancing serious concerns.

The message I got was that it's all our fault -- our cruelty to blacks, our unwillingness to treat them as full-fledged citizens, our stubborn refusal to comprehend the way they feel about things. And to top it off, he sacrificed his grandmother on the altar of political correctness. What a man!

Instead of blaming all his troubles and all Jeremiah Wright's insane rabble rousing on white Americans, he should have included something along these lines: "People of color should remember that while our ancestors were enslaved, the white population sacrificed hundreds of thousands of lives to free us. While we have been mistreated and abused, large numbers of non-black Americans struggled to give us full civil rights. While we have suffered from poverty, millions today pay taxes that go to our welfare in one form or another."

But that wouldn't have fit in with his strategy, which is to ride white guilt to the White House, and to raise the specter of racism at every turn.

Wise up, Jeremy, this guy is every bit as bad as the rest of those would-be totalitarians on the left -- just a lott smoother.
-- Richard Donley
New Lyme, Ohio

Sorry Mr. Lott that you cannot get worked up over the Rev. Wright's hate mongering. You must have a tepid interior. Or perhaps you don't have any investment in the War, as this family does. But as a family who has sent their son for his seventh time over there we feel gravely offended to hear G... D... America. I'd feel outraged even if our son wasn't there, as this man has just condemned the country I love and our son fights for. I am incensed he condemns the very country many have laid down their life for.

And I can't even get started recalling Rev. Wright's rants about whites causing AIDS, drug use, etc. etc. What I see has happened is welfare entitlement has enabled an entire group to create several generations who have developed real and genuine hate for this country, are sewing the seeds of anarchy, and diminish the sacrifices made by so many in their behalf. The only thing that comes from that is birthed anarchy and we have enough of that here already, as shown by the war protests escalating of late.

So, Mr. Lott, if you need an injection of spine or fortitude come on down to Texas and let me put you to working cattle. I'll leave you trapped in the cattle chute for a few minutes with our bull heading into the chute and let you develop the empowerment to climb out even quicker. If that doesn't give you what you need to work up some emotion over truly mindless hate mongering, nothing will.
-- Bev Gunn
East Texas Rancher

Mr. Lott, along with virtually everyone who has commented on Obama's pastor since last Friday, is not addressing what I believe to be the most important aspect of this entire matter. It appears Obama has put another one over on the masses by his focus on only the racial aspect of Wright's comments. Where is the "Christian" aspect concerning what Wright has said, and what Obama and his children have listened to for twenty years?

Romey and Huckabee were forced to answer questions about their religious beliefs. Romney was hounded for his church's refusal to recognize blacks for many years, and Huckabee was questioned about what his faith taught about the role of women, evolution, etc.. I think now is the appropriate time for everyone to ask Obama a favorite question when liberals want to play gotcha with conservatives: Mr. Obama, "What do you think Jesus would have done in your situation?"

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