Barack Obama doesn’t care about Black Liberation Theology (or does he?)

Surly
i’m also fucking tired of hearing Hillary and everyone bitch about Rev. Wright and Obama’s relationship with him (or whatever)
Surly
Have you watched Rev. Wright’s speech on YouTube that everyone is bitching about? It’s fucking rad.
Annoyed
i’m just sad obama broke with the only part of his campaign that was interesting to me
Surly
It just scares the shit out of white people, especially when picked in pieces
Annoyed
he’s a student of James Cone and other liberation theologians
Surly
yeah
Surly
It’s not totally clear to me that Obama has broke with him, just one comments that people got huffy about. He seems to have actually tried to put the whole speech in larger context. He’s been handling it pretty well, all things considered
Surly
hahah … http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/23/sean-hannity-confronted-o_n_92961.html

Annoyed
well, he’s also been removed from obama’s campaign
Surly
really?
Surly
I didn’t know he was officially part of it actually. Just was gonna give a speech at one point and Obama was part of his church
Annoyed
nope, he was part of a committee and was asked to leave i believe
Surly
ahh
Surly
well, that blows. If understandable, but blows.
Surly
It’s interesting to google “obama wright”. there are some crazy fuckheads out there in mainstream media positions
Annoyed
yeah
Annoyed
i mean, he questioned our innocence in 9/11
Annoyed
of course he’s some crazy nigger in the eyes of terrified white america now
Surly
yeah
Annoyed
Naturally, Turner has got a blustery warning for us all: “Another big difference is that I am perfectly willing to use force and violence against my enemies while Sean Hannity and others are not. Those using me as a prop to attack Sean Hannity would do well to remember this fact. Rest assured I will remember them when the opportunity presents itself; especially as it pertains to that douche bag sodomite Max Blumenthal for the falsehoods and total trash he wrote about me in ‘The Nation’ magazine.”
Surly
they also cut up that statement when they first presented to make it sound more radical than it actually was
Surly
it’s amazing how much that has been happening
Surly
haha…christ
Annoyed
yeah, well its not surprising. obama is going to get some pretty amazing hackjobs. He’s a politically minded black man who grew up in the 70s. he’s probably got some associations that scare the shit out of the honkys
Surly
yeah, no shit
Annoyed
what’s pathetic is that even those people who are behind Obama’s “CHANGE” slogan are totally leaving him out to dry.
Annoyed
I guess the fact that Clinton is going batshit insane will be what propels him to true victory
Surly
Yeah. Although his recent speeches on race and the Iraq war have been pretty good. One talent he seems to have is to keep his foot out of his mouth and/or recover quickly.
Surly
Which allows him to reframe the debate onto things that are relevant to an election.
Annoyed
yeah. I just hope he doesn’t fall into the whole “BRING THEM HOME” trap, because man oh man that’s a bad idea.
Surly
that’s rare, considering all the time spent on candidate A or rep. from Canditate A. saying something retarded or having something taken out of context and then spending way too much brain/media space parsing that “gaffe”
Surly
Clinton seems particularly horrible at this
Surly
and has gotten worse
Surly
although it’s not clear to me that the voting public cares. If negative campaigning and stupid sound-byte arguments didn’t work, they wouldn’t use them I guess
Surly
I think Obama is a vessel
Annoyed
That’s true. People are far less concerned with a candidate’s ability to address substantive issues than with their ability to shit talk
Annoyed
a vessel for black jesus?
Surly
for some reason, his charisma is such that people tend to project onto him
Surly
like, he represents something to a lot of people, even though his platform isn’t particularly radical
Annoyed
EXACTLY
Annoyed
and, the majority of supporters don’t know what his platform IS
Annoyed
they only know his charisma and attitude (and his attractiveness)
Surly
I don’t think that’s bad, but it’s interesting to watch. Clinton was like that too, I think.
Surly
Bill, that is
Annoyed
Well, it’s just sad that the same people who were standing outside San Quentin protesting an execution are now hanging Obama signs in their cars even though he’s not anti-Capital Punishment across the board
Annoyed
its little things like that that make me question his campaign and the people supporting him
Surly
I do think Obama is genuinely left of Hillary and a lot of Dems on the war, healthcare, worker’s rights, etc. though. I do think he’s the most progressive candidate outside of Dean that has a shot of winning in a long time
Surly
yeah, that’s true
Annoyed
That’s true, he’s just not the CHANGE that his supporters present him as.
Surly
I think it’s a fact, though, that most leftists aren’t radicals nor are they single-issue. SF politics aside, most leftists identify as Dems and vote against the Republicans at the national level
Surly
yeah, it’s sloganeering
Surly
i’m starved. gonna run out to get a sammidge then come back to “work”