"The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one. "
-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The more we learn about the people Barack Obama calls friends, the more scrutiny he receives, however, justly so. It's true we cant pick what our friends do or say. Though, it is a fact that more often times then not our friends are an extension of ourselves. As Emerson said in the quote above, you have to be a friend to have one. There has to be means of common ground and common ideas....or perhaps in Obama's case common ideology's?
Barack's latest extreme and extremely out of touch with reality friend is the Catholic priest Michael Pfleger. About a week ago at none other then, Trinity United Church of Christ, (Obama's home church) the raving priest made some extremely controversial and racist statements and once again the congregation responded like he was a hero.
Pfleger's comments revolved around when the other Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton displayed some public emotion in the form of tears on national T.V. He argued that he personally believed that the tears where real, and that she was crying because a black man was beating her. Implying that Mrs. Clinton was perhaps both an elitist and racist.
He said, "She just always thought that, 'This is mine. I'm Bill's wife. I'm white.' ... And then, out of nowhere, came 'Hey, I'm Barack Obama." And she said, 'Oh damn, where did you come from? I'm white. I'm entitled. There's a black man stealing my show." He then proceeded to mock Mrs. Clinton pretending to wipe tears out of his eyes with a handkerchief. Then continued by saying, "She wasn't the only one crying, There was a whole lot of white people crying."
The comments are absurd, but let me remind you that Barack Obama has called Pfleger both a friend and a great spiritual leader. Sounds eerily similar to his pastor of 20 years who made a slew of racist and insane comments himself. Such as "God Damn America"...and many others. The list doesn't end there, however. What about the slime bag Rezko, who is being charged with wire fraud, bribery, money laundering, and attempted extortion. Obama called him a friend too. Furthermore, you cant leave Ayers out of the controversial list of friends that Obama has under his belt. William Ayers is only a professed terrorist, who has admitted to bombings in the U.S.
I personally believe at this point it's more then bad judgment on Obama's part. He is just as radical and out of touch with reality as these cooks are. The only difference is he's running for president so he's trying to hide it the best he knows how. Need I remind you of his comments that many Americans are "bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
Wow, were bitter and have antipathy to people who aren't like us and that's the source of our frustration. Any idiot could see the common logic in that statement and the one Pfleger made. These guys all think alike and share common ideals. Barack Obama is one of the most inept candidates to ever run for the office of presidency and its high time we see the radical for who he is.
