To tgb1000:
No, Obama never said those comments about 9/11. But he chose as his spiritual adviser, for 20 years, someone who holds these crackpot views and should have his judgment questioned for choosing such a man.
And what difference does it make whether we pretended we were going to vote for him or not? In November he could be OUR president and as OUR president should be scrutinized for any and every thing he’s ever said or done. Are you saying that liberals who oppose the Iraq war have no right to question McCain’s support for the war because they weren’t going to vote for him anyway?
Obviously you missed the whole point of Lionel Chetwynd’s piece. The only way to get through such hatred and paranoia is to confront it rationally within each other, not defend it outward on the grounds that it is “understandable” or “contextualized.” Not holding people accountable only enables them to continue as such and keeps them insulated within their hate-filled cocoons, ultimately widening the gap that people like Obama say they want to narrow.
P.S. Why do you think Jewish people today are so successful despite rampant anti-Semitism and recent genocide? Is it because of affirmative action? The intervention of civil rights groups? A Million Man [Jew] March?
