tlm: dont ever be surprised by how insecure, immature, or compliant obama will be concerning his black identity. remember, this individual was not just abandoned by his father at a very young age, he was, in effect, repudiated by his father. the short time young obama spent piddling around in the madrassah did not reflect a genuine concern by his father to “school” obama jr. in the religious ways of obama sr. it was a holding pen for the kid. obama never connected with his father, nevermind the very obvious wishfull thinking embodied in obama’s first book. so obama’s inherent intelligence does not help him in this area. obama’s tragic character flaw is this probably insurmountable deficit caused by his father’s treatment of the child. it is why the u.s. can never send this man to the bargaining table of international politics and policies–he will always be looking to please an ever elusive phantom of a long gone father.

“never the less, mccain needs to hit him hard and ruthlessly.”

I have read McCain’s remarks on Senator Obama calling “tiny” Iranian threat (May 19), on Cuban Independence Day (May 20) and the statement on Senator Obama and National Security (May 21). I don’t know what you mean by “ruthlessly”, but McCain’s statement seems me ruthless and pungent enough, but above all exact. And they show that Obama is not only an absolute ignorant in foreign affairs and political history in general, but that he has very clear goal: to save the most criminal regimes in the World. It is sufficient to quote these McCain’s words:
“I have news for Senator Obama: I have met some very bad people before in my life. It is not fear that drives my opposition to unconditional meetings with Ahmadinejad, Khamenei, Kim Jong Il, and Raul Castro; rather it is my clear understanding that such a course will fail to eliminate the threat posed by these rogue regimes. I don’t fear to negotiate. Instead I have the knowledge and experience to understand the dangerous consequences of a naive approach to Presidential summits based entirely on emotion” (On National Security).
One can ask: why this obsession to save Islamofascist and communist dictatorships? It is perfectly explicable by Obama’s radical milieu. It is also completely obvious that to negotiate with “rogue regimes” means to reduce the US to the lowest place in the international politics. It is the weakest point of Obama’s foreign program, but he cannot give it up because it is the essence of his radical program of “change”. And McCain hits him “hard and ruthlessly” exactly in this weakest point because he understand as a true soldier that here there is at stake not simply democratic or republican “presidency”, but the very existence of the US as great democratic country, as the only foundation of all democracies in the World. A rule of radical demagogues, like Obama & Co., would have catastrophic consequences.
Dr. Hanson’s prognosis was exact: “in Obama we are witnessing the slow formation of a McGovern candidacy, a disaster to come that won’t be fully appreciated by now starry-eyed Democrats until September or October when, as in 1972, it will be too late.” Now this formation is completed.
As a political emigrant from totalitarian country I could appreciate the clearness of McCain’s remarks. All political emigrants, Cubans, Iranian, Russians, and many others staying in the US or Europe, see in Obama their absolute foe.
I am not American citizen, but I vote in my soul and spirit for our companion in arms John McCain.

“Jesus as God is indeed a basic tenet…but as an anti-white God…because if He is not anti-white, HE must be killed. That is the preaching that the congregants are taught and inspired with, that is the sermon that defines the theology portion of the politics.”

Very deep and exact analysis. They worship a God that “must be killed”, adore a victim that they must sacrifice. As a scholar of archaic traditions I can say: here we are in the centre of a chthonic religion, of extolling of the spirits of earth and of death. It is clear that this archaic (or archetypical, in terms of C.G. Jung) credence must be presented in some political guise. An archaic coincides here with a radical. It is what happens in Avant-garde art: a return to the most archaic forms. In the same way a political radicalism or radical ideology is a return to the most archaic (or chthonic) vision of human life as doomed to absolute destruction. This chthonic vision is the essence of all religious or political radicalisms. You have touched, I think, a central (“ontological”) point of Obama’s phenomenon. And it is very serious problem because here “the Devil leads the dance”. Marxism is only a cloak for this “theology”. But what is Marxism if not a kind of “theology” without God?

I agree with your depiction of TUCC and of Obama. I’ll admit, though, I am always surprised when someone as intelligent as Barack Obama adopts the leftist course in life, seeks out radical father figures to guide them on their journey beyond bitterness to blissful ignorance, clings to religious/political malarkey, and then wants to take the rest of us with him.

Interesting point, TLM. But I think it misses a key element, if I may.

Wright’s “Christianity” itself, is a bit of a misnomer. A deeper review of that particular sect at TUCC finds that Jeremiah is preaching a far removed splinter group-think that shrouds itself in a “Christian” cloak.

The teachings there are predominantly hostile to traditional Christian beliefs and followers.

In fact, a very strong argument could be made that the belief system is more aligned with the Nation of Islam and Louis Farrakhan than with, for instance, the Crystal Cathedral.

The Jeremiad that gets spewed on the South Side of Chicago is more political movement than religious movement. It is Marxist inspired and tinged with black separatism.

This is NOT a secret…from which ANY congregant would be easily misled or fooled. Certainly not for 20 years.

Jesus as God is indeed a basic tenet…but as an anti-white God…because if He is not anti-white, HE must be killed. That is the preaching that the congregants are taught and inspired with, that is the sermon that defines the theology portion of the politics.

Sen. Obama was not particularly devout as a Muslim child in school growing up…following his mother’s footsteps …viewing religion and religiousity as more historical artifacts
for curious study, than for living a faith based lifestyle.

However, he was tutored and mentored by “Frank” Marshall Davis, his most radical professors, Saul Alinsky, Jeremiah Wright, Ayers & Dorhn, and the like.

It was this radical political theater that attracted him to TUCC…it offered more than simple prayer and hymnals. It offered the adrenaline rush of hostility, anger, bile, …the heady 60’s redux, for community activism via protest and rage against the establishment.

THAT is the common thread that binds Sen. Obama and Michelle to TUCC. THAT is the tie that binds “Frank” Marshall Davis and his imposed “wisdom”, the radical professors, the far leftist voting record, the association with Ayers & Dorhn, the Edward Said, Ali Abuminah, Rashid Khalidi ties.

Sen. Obama is not only a product of hard leftist mentoring, he is and has been a lifelong seeker of attachments to hard leftist mentors and advisors.

TUCC isn’t about religion. It’s about political theater. It is about anger, bile, hatred, racialism and racism, blame, rage against the establishment.

However, a hard leftist can’t get elected dog catcher in a national election in this country. So, he must come with the cloak of a centrist. Peel the onion. Connect the dots. What is left underneath…is what is real. Forget Muslim/Christian. You hit the nail on the head…that’s a sleight of hand to fool the eye.

Keep our eye on the real trick. How does he continue to be able to run away from a lifelong attraction to the shrill voices that espouse hatred of America?

i can close my eyes and see the same scene playing out in the roman senate of antiquity. exotic, charismatic newcomer from the heartland sweeps thru the staid, old-fogey demigods of power and seemingly initiates a tidal wave of new thinking. emotions run high. intrigues abound as some of the old farts jockey to get on board with what looked like the new power vortex.every so often somebody got knifed, usually the old guy. but that was then, this is now. we are a civilized society.

never the less, mccain needs to hit him hard and ruthlessly. he needs to come out ranting about the farm bill big time. he needs to keep up unrelenting observations, based on obama’s current and surely-to-come gaffs concerning international policy. michelle is in this whether she now thinks she likes it or not.( actually, it’s probably the campaign moguls who want her duct taped.) the vestiges of republican conservatism in the national govt need to breathe into paper bags and hold their tongues or support mccain when and where they can.

and rush limbaugh needs to tread very carefully.