Apologists for Obama will say where he attends
church and what he exposes his children to have
nothing to do with being president. They are
mistaken.
It_has_everything_to_do_with_being_president.
Obama Embraces New Caustic Pastor
Thursday, May 8, 2008 9:39 AM
By: Ronald Kessler
Can you imagine the president of the United States attending a church
where the pastor says everyone has a bit of =93thug=94 in him and praises
a rapper with a criminal record as a prophet?
How about a pastor who calls the biblical patriarch Abraham a =93pimp=94
and says Noah and Moses were thugs, Jesus has a =93soft spot for thugs,=94
and everyone has some =93thug proclivities.=94
If Barack Obama is elected president, that is exactly what will
happen. Now that the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. is retiring from
Trinity United Church of Christ, Obama has said he will continue to
attend the church.
Explaining his decision, Sen. Obama said that the =93new pastor, the
young pastor, Reverend Otis Moss, is a wonderful young pastor.=94 He
said he also still values the Trinity community.
Known as the "hip-hop pastor," Otis Moss III has served as assistant
pastor of the church for two years. Moss officially takes over in
June.
While Moss has not expressed hatred of America and of whites, as
Wright did, in a sermon on YouTube, Moss derides middle-class America
for not accepting the =93prophetic brilliance=94 of thugs.
See it here @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
to these thugs, Moss says sardonically, =93There are times
when our prejudice keeps us from hearing ghetto prophets, who preach a
brand of thug theology which keeps us from hearing the truth from
their lips because of their course language and ragged subject-verb
agreement.=94
To applause, Moss approvingly cites Tupac Shakur, a =93gangsta=94 rap star
with a long arrest record. Before being fatally shot in a drive-by
attack in Las Vegas in 1996, Shakur faced a 120-day sentence for
probation violations stemming from offenses including assault and
battery and a 1994 ***ual abuse conviction in New York. Shakur served
11 months in prison for his involvement in the ***ual attack on a 21-
year-old woman in a New York hotel room. Judge Daniel P. Fitzgerald of
the State Supreme Court in Manhattan described it as =93an act of brutal
violence against a helpless woman.=94
Shakur had also been convicted in Los Angeles of assault and battery
on a music video producer and for carrying a loaded, concealed weapon.
Most Americans look to places of wor****p for inspiration and moral and
spiritual guidance. Moss=92 message is the opposite. Claiming Shakur=92s
message speaks to our =93current condition,=94 Moss blurs the distinction
between right and wrong: He says those who don=92t get that a rapper
like Shakur is a prophet and biblical figures are thugs are confined
by =93bourgeois paradigms.=94
Instead of condemning those who break the law, Moss says to exuberant
applause, =93Our society creates thugs. Children are not born thugs.
Thugs are made and not born.=94 He adds, =93This is good news for somebody
who has a proclivity for 'ghettoistic' conduct.=94
Indeed, it is good news for those who do not want to be held
accountable for their own conduct. In making that statement, Moss
endorses the message of many black leaders who encourage blacks to see
themselves as helpless victims of a bigoted society. As outlined in
the Newsmax article =93Rev. Wright Furthers Black Victimhood,=94 the
victim mentality limits blacks=92 aspirations and torpedoes their
chances at success.
What is most disturbing about Obama=92s continuing attendance at Trinity
is the fact that he is exposing his children to its negative message.
Instead of uplifting members of his congregation and calling on them
to adhere to the best values, Moss denigrates American society and
looks to guidance from thugs.
A president is commander in chief and chief executive officer of the
government. But he is also a moral leader. When President Clinton was
caught having *** with Monica Lewinsky, parents all over the country
were embarrassed and disgusted that they had to explain to their pre-
teens the meaning of the ***ual terms their kids read in newspaper
articles describing Clinton=92s activities with the 22=96year-old White
House intern.
What kind of moral leader****p can be exercised by a man who sends his
kids to listen to sermons denouncing America and whites and now
calling Moses a thug and praising a convicted rapper as a prophet?
What kind of example is set by a man who does not denounce the
destructive message sent by this church to blacks and whites alike?
Tragically for segments of black society, in belonging to Trinity and
contributing $26,270 to it last year, Obama is helping to spread the
crippling message among blacks that they are victims.
Apologists for Obama will say where he attends church and what he
exposes his children to have nothing to do with being president. They
are mistaken. It has everything to do with being president.
Ronald Kessler is chief Wa****ngton correspondent of Newsmax.com.
=A9 2008 Newsmax.
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