This is a serious question that has again captured my attention. This time it is in reaction to what almost everyone sees – a media blatantly refusing to report on legitimate issues and distorting anything or anyone who stands in the way the Obama election efforts. The Senator's past and the people who are close to him, the influences in his life, the experiences that shaped his thinking, those who have shaped his feelings for America, those that have shaped his religious views and values – they are critically important to know or predict where Sen. Obama might take America.
When I look at how the media has given Sen. Obama a complete pass on his past controversies and current allegations that are still out there, hidden from the public, I shudder. When I look at how the media and Sen. Obama have not allowed the general public to fully know or understand what his relationships and associations are really about, I shudder.
When Sen. Obama attempts to conceal his relationships and their importance, by making statements that require us to suspend our disbelief, I shudder. How could anyone stay in a church for 20 years, have his children baptized there, be married there, stand and clap, sit in the pews and still not understand the hatred and racism of Rev. Wright, his minister and spiritual mentor? How can anyone truly believe him?
How can anyone believe what the Senator says about the people he has distanced himself from?
· Rev. Wright - the former preacher for a church the young Obama needed to belong to in Chicago to further his career. That's not the Reverend Wright I knew was Obama's response. After Sen. Obama threw him under the bus, Rev. Wright noted that Obama was distancing himself because Obama is a politician and that's what a (Presidential) politician needs to do.
· Pastor Michael Pfleger - whose radical ideas and preaching are well known in Chicago went under the bus. Not the Pfleger I knew.
· Bernradine Dorn and William Ayers – Senator Obama sat on a board with Ayers, gave lectures with him, and went to his house for his blessings upon entering politics in Chicago. Ayer's and Dorn's group bombed the Pentagon. Obama has denied a close relationship. New evidence is now showing a much deeper relationship with William Ayers. (See Stanley Kurtz's work)
· And Tony Rezko. He raised money for Senator Obama's political career, gave him a sweetheart land deal, introduced him to influential people, and most likely taught Sen. Obama a lot about corrupt politics in Chicago. Rezko went under the bus after Obama minimized the relationship. There might be new information coming out about this relationship now that Mr. Rezko is apparently singing to the Feds in hopes of reducing his possible jail time.
So what I know is that Senator Obama learned his lessons about Chicago politics well. When it was time to throw someone, anyone, a church, a grandmother, under the bus to advance his political career; he did it with prose and ease.
Also what I know is that people in Chicago understand that politicians say and do the things that politicians believe they need to say and do. Rev. Wright's comment that Obama was distancing himself from himself because Obama is a politician and that's what a (Presidential) politician needs to do - clearly reflects this understanding.
So what is my fear? If Senator Barrack Obama finds himself in the White House, then it is entirely possible (likely) that all of the people mentioned above will be welcomed back into Senator Obama's life. The Senator said that he could no more disown Rev. Wright than he could disown the black community? This leads to my questions:
Will we see Rev. Wright, Pastor Michael Pfleger, Pentagon bombers Bernradine Dorn and William Ayers, Minister Louis Farrakhan and corrupt Tony Rezko and his associates, staying in the Lincoln bedroom?
Will ACORN, an organization involved in causing the current financial crisis and numerous instances of voter fraud, have a seat at his table?
And lastly, will the American Tax Payers be forced to endure the ultimate humiliation by being required to foot the bill for pampering and honoring Louis Farrakhan and the Brothers of Islam, for honoring Senator Obama's racist pastors, for honoring Pentagon bombers and terrorists, for honoring (and possibly pardoning) the Senator's corrupt contributor Tony Rezko and his associates? At this late date, it appears very possible. Therefore, it is imperative for voters to look closely at Sen. Obama's actions, companions and friends.
Those of us who have closely observed the Senator's campaign and the Media's support fully realize just how unfair the playing field is for Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin.
How much attention has been given to the ongoing federal lawsuit challenging Sen. Obama's eligibility to be President (Berg v. Obama)? The answer is very little.
How much attention has been given to Larry Sinclair's allegation's that he did cocaine and engaged in consensual sex with Sen. Obama in 1999? The answer is very little.
How many reporters have been dispatched to Chicago to vet Sen. Obama? The answer is very few.
How many reporters are looking into the new allegations concerning massive amounts of illegal campaign contributions coming into the Obama campaign? Not many.
How many reporters are seriously looking at Sen. Obama's connections to ACORN and the failure of Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac? The answer once again is very few.
How many reporters are looking for people who can tell Obama's story? I'm not sure anyone can without damaging Senator Obama. The media is not looking for them.
Who are the people endorsing Sen. Obama? Many of those who want our destruction.
Ask yourself about the feeding frenzy the media is engaged in regarding Gov. Palin.
Regrettably, it appears that 2008 will be noted as one of America's worst years for journalism.
