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Several years ago, when my mouth tended to outrun my brain -- not that it doesn't happen now, but this particular incident happened several years ago -- Brad ran into a situation similar to the one Barack Obama is experiencing now.
We had just walked into the bar when Brad saw a young man he wanted to talk to. I had "enjoyed" a few too many drinks at another bar and was feeling a little cocky. I walked up to the group of eight young men who were sitting with the one Brad wanted to talk to.
"Brad wants to talk to you NOW," I told him in my best mother's voice, obviously not a welcome tone of voice for eight drunken men in their early- to mid-twenties. Brad was walking up behind me, unaware of the fact that I had already made his intentions quite clear in a tone he most likely wouldn't have used.
By the time he got to the table, chairs were being shoved back. Within seconds eight drunken, early- to mid-twenty-year-old guys surrounded us. Brad was a little confused by the hostility. I was scared to death -- my alcohol-induced courage had crawled through all the feet and out the door.
Brad turned his back to talk to one of the young men he knew and someone shoved him from behind. He flew about two feet into the corner of a pool table and ended up with a couple of cracked ribs and a pair of broken glasses. Turns out the guy that shoved him was a 25-year-old felon who stands about 6'4", weights about 250 pounds and has a black belt in karate. My husband is 5'10" and tips the scales at 160 pounds.
I ended up unscathed. Except for the guilt over my husband's pain.
The point I'm getting at here (I know I took the long way around) is this: Why is Barack Obama being persecuted for sentiments uttered by other people?
He can no more control their rants than my husband could control mine on that fateful, and for Brad, painful night.
Obama has denounced the opinion of Rev. Wright, what more is expected of him?
I find it irritating that this has continued for as long as it has. When Hilary Clinton was caught in an outright lie -- using her own words and not the words of her minister, or confidant -- the media covered it for a day or two and then it went away, how can you "get confused" about whether or not you arrived in a foreign country under a barrage of enemy fire? Is it something that she went through so often that she simply got her days mixed up?
It's time to quit putting other people's words into Obama's mouth and move onto other, more important things: fixing the economic mess the current administration has gotten us into; ending the war in Iraq and the astronomical spending that goes with it; finding a way of bringing jobs back to America and stopping subsidies to companies that keep sending those jobs overseas; addressing the energy situation; and stopping bailouts of companies that obviously are too inept to be in business in the first place.
I could go on and on (just ask Brad) but everyone has their own list of concerns and worries.
The point I'm trying to make is that the Rev. Wright fiasco is over and it's time to move on. Are we going to abandon Obama simply because of something someone else said?
Thankfully, Brad is much more understanding than the American media. He didn't divorce me after his ribs healed. In fact, he told me not to worry; the guy that blind-sided him was always looking for a fight.
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Looks like we know who you're voting for. Problem. is. Obama followed this rev for over 8 years and believed in him. Is Obama becoming a flip-flopper? Will he do this in his government also? Why would we want someone like this who so called beleives in something/someone for so long and then all of a sudden changes his mind? Doesn't sound like a very reliable individual to me.
Wow Ms Masoner! With your line of reasoning we should not be concerned if a presidential candidate associates with the Mafia. It is just more of your Liberal drivel to try to justify something that happened to someone else because you were dead drunk. Causing a fight in a bar as you did is quite different than using Wright as a mentor and spiritual advisor as Obama has done.
What else could Obama do but finally denounce the Pastor's remarks when it all became public? Only when his feet were held to the fire did Obama do anything to dismiss the tirades by Pastor Wright. Prior to the firestorm, Obama made all sorts of excuses for the Pastor's behavior, even to suggest that he had never heard him say such things before. It is pretty hard to believe that in all the years Obama attended the church pastored by Mr. Wright he did not realize what a radical Mr. Wright was. Obama is either a lousy judge of character or he tried to lie his way out of it and dismiss it. Either way that should disqualify him to be president but most Liberals would look at it as resume enhancement.
I do not agree with your logic, but will, and have, defended your right to have your opinion. Please allow others to be concerned about Mr. Obama, as their logic sways them, also. Perhaps, if what you said, you said on a regular basis, and your husband said he had never heard you say anything like that, in over twenty years, someone would probably have concerns about your husband, if he were running for the job of leader of this country. You, also, would have people not wanting you to have access to the White House, if it came out that your mouth could cause much hatred, or even war. Think on it. Arley Steinhour
Guilty by association, not to mention donation.
With a name like:
Obama
Hussein or
Barack.......Who would trust him?
Jim
Wow, and I claim to be from Nebraska, let alone the McCook area. Looking at these responses, maybe I should tell people I am from Mexico. Let's see, so since I have gone to church at least a couple times a month for my whole life and to the same church, if my pastor said some horrific things then I would be thought of as believing these same things?
I am not voting at all and have no favorites anyways, but just reading the reactions and comments of these few posters before me makes me sick. Its people like you that are turning our society into what it is becoming today.
Thank God my friends don't read the comments on this site. Maybe they would quit being my friend because I am from the same area as you guys!
Think about it. Those of you who go to church. If your pastor said these things, is it your fault? Heck, most of you probably don't think it is your fault that your kids talks back to his/her teachers or that it's okay for your kid to bring a gun to school to protect him/herself, but hey lets say Obama is the devil because someone he knows did something stupid.
McCook Nebraska, Nebraska's Hot Spot (Full of Jerks)
Nebraska, The Good Life (As long as you don't go to church and believe in God)
No wonder I moved away.
To those who have commented on this story:
All Catholics are child molesters because one Catholic priest molested a child. The actions of one always reflect the view of the group. Good thinking. Smart McCookites there!
Just like I read in the paper today, "Everyone complains all of the time when things go bad, yet no one will come to our meetings to give input on what we can do to make things better."
Maybe some of you should try being part of the solution, instead of part of the problem.
Wow! you have enlightened me, maybe he could get David Duke to run as his vice President.
Gloria, Gloria,
Once again you amaze me. You must have been still drunk when you wrote this?? Obama followed this hate race baiter for 20 years and only disowned him after the press caught on. Wake up girl. Guilty by association, heck ya.
jhagg,
You're rhetoric sucks.
You wonder that if you went to a church where a sociopathic preacher preached hatred on a regular basis, that we would think that you believed what he preached? Heck yes. But on that same token, I would assume that you had enough brain cells in your body to quit attending "that" church once you found this dialogue routine. Most people go to church to learn something from the preacher........Get it?
You are comparing apples to oranges. And obviously you are a devout Obamayomama supporter whether you will openly admit it or not. That is your right and I respect it. But disavowing us for our views shows your ineptitude for carrying on such a conversation.
I can see now why you don't live in the heartland anymore.
Jim
Jim,
Be that as it may, I disagree with the commenting opinions.
In going to church, I hear many things that I fully believe in and some that I disapree with. That doesn't mean that I believe in everything I hear. Having had different pastors at my church, there were some I disfavored, but that doesn't mean that I quit going to church until we got a new pastor or drive 30 miles to the next closest church of same denomination.
As far as the comment of, "With a name like Barack Hussein Obama, who would trust him?" So am I correct in saying that you are an Australian alcoholic due to your name being Foster? Names mean very little when it comes to who a person is. Did you pick your name?
As far as my previous comments are concerned, my point is that we are all attacking someone instead of debating. All debating goes out the window when you start attacking the individual personally.
Attacking Obama based on his name makes little to no sense. Attacking Gloria personally by calling her a dead drunk is heinous. Defending someone does not mean that you are simply trying to uphold their beliefs. I was always annoyed with this kid years ago in high school. Few liked him as he was just a weird kid with an unusual appearance. When others picked on him and called him names, I defended him. Was I forming a partnership with him or was I simply saying that it is wrong to hurt someones feelings to make themselves feel good?
We should not personally attack another individual. Attacking Gloria because she is tired of hearing the same things over and over is preposterous.
By the way, shouldn't the aspirations of those going to church be to build a relationship with God and others?
I shouldn't have to defend myself, but just to let you know, I am a social drinker enjoying 2 or 3 drinks every couple of weeks. Sorry, that argument doesn't wash
As for the "accusation" that I an Obama fan, the only thing I can possibly say is, "duh. . I think it's time for Hillary to throw in the towel and let the obvious winner of this race begin focusing on the November general election.
Stick that in you pious pipe and smoke it.