In Focus: Obama Would Leave Church If Wright Didn’t Retire
Obama’s speech on Rev. Wright and race has resulted in a situation I have dreaded for some time: people who held ‘racist’ views and were kept out of the mainstream of American society, now have reason to believe that their views are worthy of consideration. Case in point, David Duke (former?) member of the KKK, called in to the Mark Davis Radio Show (WBAP AM 820)here in Dallas last week to express his views on the whole Rev Wright mess. Many of the observations that Duke made were no different than those of many other callers previous to his. The only comments he made that some may consider ‘classic’ David Duke were his comments on standing up for the rights of European-Americans. Given the comments made by Rev Wright, Duke’s comments were, by contrast, tame.
That ‘Feel-Good’ effect that Obama’s speeches seem to have over so many people, has had the unintended consequence of making people such as David Duke (and others like him) ‘feel good’ about their views.
If Rev Wright’s views are not thoroughly dis-credited (as they should be), then we can expect more David Dukes to hit the mainstream in the coming years. There may be someone who can bring the races together, but judging by the events of the past few week, Obama is not “The One”
