tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24843854.post5690895600517495660..comments2023-10-24T04:46:01.468-05:00Comments on New Orleans Slate: Campaign in the Name of Jesus and Keep Her Safe From WitchcraftSam Jasperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15609640045088229908noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24843854.post-70641555859963506432008-09-28T18:17:00.000-05:002008-09-28T18:17:00.000-05:00As someone who has occasionally flown here under t...As someone who has occasionally flown here under the banner of anonymity myself, it's disturbing to me that I could ever conceivably be mistaken for the person who left the above "anonymous" comment, which I find quite misguided. ;-)<BR/> I have to admit that, right after 9/11, righteous anger towards corrupt US foreign policy was not near the top of MY emotions list... I was too shocked and horrified for that. I could not conceive of any way that the 9/11 attack was justified, no matter HOW evil some US policies may have been in the past or how many innocent deaths have resulted from US military actions. It just hits too close to home when it could have so easily been my friends, my relatives, my co-workers, my acquaintances who died there. <BR/>But am I angry at Rev. Wright for saying what he did?? HELL no! I believe that I see where he is coming from, or if I can not entirely see it, I at least respect it. I guess I have too much consciousness of the history of racism to be offended by "US KKK of America." <BR/>I do not hold it against Obama in the least that he dissociated himself from Wright, though, because I think Wright was getting out of hand by that point -- if you recall, by that point he was presuming to speak to the media on behalf of Obama and to suggest that Obama was hiding his true viewpoints (which were supposedly secretly in alignment with Wright's) because he is a politician, while Wright is a Reverend. I do not think Obama is faking it, hiding his true sentiments.. I think the guy's beliefs are truly closer to the mainstream Democratic foreign policy platform than Wright's are (or would be if he were a politician). And that is what seems to make Obama more electable than, say, Kucinich, or Nader, despite his quirky name and racial/ ethnic background. Right now I find myself praying (in some kind of Unitarian/ quasi-Buddhist/ reform Jewish way) that Obama will be elected. I do respect that Rev. Wright has stayed out of the public eye since Barack denounced him.<BR/>best wishes to you -Fretful PorpentineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24843854.post-89867362966112133102008-09-26T07:21:00.000-05:002008-09-26T07:21:00.000-05:00Weird, odd, perhaps even bizarre. Rev. Jeremiah W...Weird, odd, perhaps even bizarre. Rev. Jeremiah Wright: that's scary at the TOP of the other ticket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24843854.post-49159307418102976652008-09-25T14:05:00.000-05:002008-09-25T14:05:00.000-05:00My rituals will work. Must remember to pick up bla...My rituals will work. Must remember to pick up black candles, tons of sage and chicken blood. (Oops... I have the chicken blood... need wax for the voodoo doll)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com