Of G-ds and Monsters

Whew, so the political wheel turns. . .and KIA and I are all over the place with our "debates" which is really just him trying to articulate the unarticulated. . .WWOD. . .What will Obama Do to bring about the change? KIA has been looking all OVER the place, cannot really nail down a foundation of a plan, beyond the fact that Obama wants a 'change" what that will look like, how it will be accomplished, details, where the devil lives, are few and far between.

So, of G-ds- the uproar over the whole Wright stuff, what he said, what Obama heard and when, and the brass tacks of the schism between being American proud, and at the same time being Black in America and all the rest was packaged up in a neat little race bundle by Obama this morning- watched every bit of it here is the reaction;

1. I do not think his grandmother and his pastor are on the same level with their comments, there is a HUGE difference between ignorance and incitement, his white grandma did not repeat over and over the cry to damn America, and did not offer screed after screed at whites and Jews, his pastor did. These are NOT the same, neither in their intent or delivery.

2.The continued downplaying of the distinct anitsemitism in this church and with this presidential wannabe's 'spiritual advisor" is a huge waving red flag. He mentioned Israel as a "stalwart ally" but did not really put to rest the overt antisemetic rhetoric about "bloodsucking Jews" and "gutter religion"from Farrakhan and Wright. This cannot be ignored given his stance on Iraq.

3. Slavery as "original sin"? We, as a nation, did not allow women to vote until 1920- and there is continued gender discrimination as well, domestic chores and the lack of legal rights for women in this nation was also a part of the problem.

4. The acknowledgement that whites who embraced the "assimulation" model and became part of the melting pot cannot understand the relationship between their lives and the hands up given to people of color under affirmative action was a start, as well as the statement about the more radical liberals assuming that all whites are racists, with such a default assumption, resentment was almost certain. He did not speak as strongly about this, prefering to stay safe, but it was a start.

5. This should be interesting, the reaction and the fallout. . .hmmmm

Something tells me that KIA may be voting differently in November. . .