Well Gene,I’m glad you asked. Could it be because Mr. Hagee is -white? Now I’m not saying that Mr. McCain or Mr. Hagee are racist. I don’t believe that they are. I also don’t believe that Mr. Obama is a racist. Unfortunately many posters are still not acknowledging the fact that Mr. Obama is half white, and was raised by white women. Obama’s Kenyan father was not in his life. Whatever views that Mr. Obama may have about race were taught to him by his white mother and grandmother. So for anyone to say that Obama hates white people is to imply that he not only hates his mother and grandmother, but that he also hates himself. This is not the impression that I get from Mr. Obama. Now for the people that might say that Obama is racist because of Rev. Wright’s comments; you cannot judge a person based on the words of another. I wonder how many of our outraged posters or their friends have ever said something about a minority that would be considered racist in the privacy of their car, home or social club. Now think about it; using the same logic that says that Obama is racist because of Rev. Wright’s comments, that would make most of white America racist. Now if that is the way you think, you give affirmation to Rev. Wright’s comments. Thankfully, I don’t see things that way. I believe that an individual should be judged based on their own actions and not those of another. Now concerning Obama’s connection to senator James Meeks; James Meeks is the pastor of one of the largest churches in the Chicago land area with 22,000 members, at least half of whom are voting age. It was only politically expediency that caused Mr. Obama to visit the church to thank his constituents. Also it is interesting to note that James Meeks is a good friend of the Rev. Michael Phledger a man who shares the same ideology as Meeks, but happens to be white. Mr. Obama has also appeared at Phledger’s church, but for some reason no one has bothered to show outrage over that. Maybe because it doesn’t fit into the whole black power conspiracy theory that many have begun to circulate.
