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March 26, 2008
Conservative Christians Rabidly Anti-Obama
It is extremely fascinating to me to see how completely over-the-top the right-wing has become in its anti-Obama efforts since his big speech on race relations. I’m particularly intrigued by the fact that right-wing Christian websites are so acutely focused on National Enquirer-style attacks in an effort to paint the man as the most horrible threat ever to the American way of life and to Christians. Here’s a quick sampling of what I mean.
WorldNet Daily’s top six headlines this morning:
1. Revealed: Obama's dad polygamist, alcoholic: Parent not hero portrayed in 'Dreams from My Father'
2. Catchy Obama phrases have been used before: Politician plagiarizes freely from others, even movies
3. Top Obama adviser: NYC, Miami Jews 'the problem': Also compares Muslim terrorists to religious 'radicals' in Oregon
4. Obama-church newsletter: Israel making 'ethnic bomb': Accuses 'apartheid' state of creating weapon 'that kills blacks and Arabs'
5. Obama 'money man' tied to 'house n-ggers' pastor: Indicted fundraiser Rezko also raised cash for senator's spiritual adviser, superdelegate
6. Another Obama supporter has Farrakhan links: Priest also exhibits low tolerance for 2nd Amendment rights
At Cross Action News (a conservative Christian news clearinghouse) today, the top headline of the day (accompanied by ridiculous cartoon Obama) is:
- Obama Advisor Blames US Jews for Lack of Mid-East Peace
And at CNS News (formerly Conservative News Service, but now Cybercast News Service), the top headline of the day is:
- Obama's Pastor Slurs Italians in Latest Magazine
The message is clear: Those evil liberals have no problem with any of this and they want to take this country straight to Hell. Voting for John McCain on election day is a moral Christian imperative! We cannot allow this evil Obama character to ruin our country!
Maybe the problem here is that they know they are facing a choice between an honest moral liberal black Democrat, a lying liberal white female Democrat, or a lying adulterous moderate white Republican. They’re clearly having trouble with the liberal part, because Hillary is also mentioned in their trash headlines, though she doesn’t get top billing of late. But the fact that McCain is left fairly well alone and the fact that this anti-Obama thing has kicked up to such a frenzy all of a sudden tells you something: The worst thing of all in these right-wing Christians’ book is to be black.
Being black is worse than kissing up to lobbyists. It’s worse than cheating on your spouse with a rich young woman, even after your wife stayed true to you and raised your kids while you were a POW. It’s worse than waffling on abortion. It’s worse than being a member of the infamous Keating Five. Incidentally, it’s also worse than lying about being under sniper fire, lying about your daughter’s whereabouts on 9/11, and lying about your amazing abilities to play the stock market. It's worse than being liberal, for God's sake.
Not only are these people not acting like Christ, who very likely had some black genetic ancestry and, it could be argued, was liberal, they’re not acting like true Republicans. Their rabid reactionary rhetoric is both repulsive and irresponsible (snazzy bit of alliteration, don’t you think?).
Posted by Becky at March 26, 2008 09:57 AM
