Lionel Chetwynd is right on. Obama is trying to ingratiate himself with those who dwell on whatever can conceivably be regretted about the past. This is precisely the kind of indulgence to guard oneself against in order to build one’s future, regardless of extraction, racial or otherwise!
A great pastor is one who elevates the perspective of his followers, not one who encourages them to wallow in self-pity. Why should this criterion apply differently according to one’s skin pigmentation? What does context has to do with it?
Just in case we forgot, we got a dramatic reminder about the fact that not all pastors can be great, alas, and some of them can even be AWOL, to put it charitably.
How can one maintain a close personal relation to a pastor who cultivates a sense of victimhood, and at the same time paint some kind of luminous future in his melodic campaign speeches? Something is broken in this picture!
My gratitude to Lionel Chetwynd for illuminating the issue, and to Pajamas Media for publishing his letter.
