Yes, once again Excitable Andy goes off the rails
For me, this is an epiphany of sorts. Not that I have changed my mind about the things I wrote in “The Conservative Soul.” Not that I have stopped believing in limited government, individual freedom, personal responsibility, pragmatic change. But I have come to believe that large swathes of today’s conservative movement truly are hateful. A reader writes:
One letter, and Sullivan determines that “large swathes of today’s conservative movement truly are hateful.” What were the conservatives doing? To shorten the letter, they were not buying into the bullshit that the Obamessiah was pushing, either in person while watching the speech, or on conservative radio. Apparently, we are not allowed to question Obama’s speech, and, if we do, we are hateful.
We are not allowed to question 20 years of going to listen to a hate filled, bigoted, racially divisive pastor, who…..well, you know the drill. If we do, we are hateful. Apparently, a 20 year history can all be put into the memory hole after one speech. We apparently cannot even wonder about that 20 years of dealing with a guy who Obama said was a mentor and almost like his uncle.
Yet, Excitable Andy can paint “large swathes” of conservatives as hateful over one letter. One. He won’t paint Trinity Church and the Rev. Wright as hateful, because, woops! that would paint someone who attended for 20 years, got married by the pastor, kids were baptized….well, you know the story by now.
Keep carrying that water for Obama, Andy, and cBS will probably give you Katie Couric’s slot!
Meanwhile, I truly enjoy the Washington Post’s headline: Obama Urges U.S.: “Move Beyond Our Old Racial Wounds.”Perhaps Barack should be telling that to the Trinity Church and his hateful, racially divisive pastor, rather then preaching to the rest of us. Maybe Obama should look in his own heart and heal it, first.
PS: I wonder how Andy would react if it was McCain’s pastor?
More: Jim Geraghty asks, If Obama Was So Troubled by Wright’s Words… Why Keep Bringing His Daughters?
Over at the Politico, the GOP sees Wright as a pathway to winning in November
I think Mo Dowd had an orgasm while watching the Obamessiah. So did probably the rest of the NY Times staff. You’re welcome for that visual which will stick with you for quite some time.
Michael Gerson at The Washington Post said the speech fell short.
The Big Trunk at Powerline says Obama threw grandma under the bus.
Dan Collins at protein wisdom has some gleenings.
Right Wing News calls BHO Al Sharpton 2.0: But, did [BHO] give any sort of genuine explanation as to why he has been hanging around the black equivalent of David Duke for 20 years? No.
