Comments on: Obama's Radical-Left Ties Broad And Deep

National Review Online: Senator Approves Of The Political-Theological Outlooks Of Michael Pfleger and Jeremiah Wright

[dolcette]

Hey Hopeful08,

"Guilt by association?"

Haven''t you been paying attention? Did you even finish, let alone read, the article above?

Obama secured hundreds of thousands of tax dollars in federal grants for both Trinity AND Pfleger''s church. That''s mere "association?"

Even if you don''t belive the article''s assertion that "Pfleger threw his considerable support behind Obama%u2019s failed 2000 bid for Congress," keep this in mind:

Jesus said, "For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man, out of his good treasure, brings forth good, and the evil man, out of his evil treasure, brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment men will render account for every careless word they utter; for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." - Matthew 12:34-37

Pfleger must know this passage. He is a Catholic priest, after all. So he obviously must have felt something significant for Obama to seemingly throw his eternal life to the wind and utter words which, by our own measure let alone God''s, were n-o-t "good."

Unless, of course, Pfleger is not really a Christian, in which case he can speak as insultingly and as dreadfully awful as his little heart desires, never having worry about his ultimate fate.

Scary thought, though, to a Christian.

[bill1fj]

Strange that the mainstream media says little to nothing about his use of drugs, sexual escapades, and failure to vote on many issues while serving in the Illinois State legislature.
But they raked Bill Clinton over the coals.
Double standard?
Obama has done nothing but talk and self promote.
I will not vote for him.
If he is the Democratic candidate I will either sit out the election or do a write in.

[carld717]

What a joke.

Take out the author''s spin words ''radical'' and ''rabid'', and there''s nothing here.

Everyone knows ACORN are Alinsky-style reformists and the Woods Fund are decent liberals, and that both Wright and Pfleger, despite occasional over-the-top rhetoric, have received awards, wide and deep, for their positive impact. The list of them really goes on for pages.

Yet this NRO guy has been snookered by the Hannity-Fox lynch party. (Bill O''Reily''s term not mine).

I was part of the real Chicago left for decades, until I recently moved. Believe me, Obama is not part of it. Which is not to say he isn''t a decent reform politician running a decent campaign, who opposed the war, and did good things for Chicago. He''s my best option in November.

Truth be told, Obama is a ''high road'' industrial policy capitalist and multipolar globalist--just read his Cooper Union speech a while back. Clinton is a garden-variety corporate liberal capitalist, which got her on the board of Walmart for years. And McCain is an unreconstructed neoliberal capitalist--''state all evil, market all good''--that kind that says ''We''re in business to make money, not steel, so we''ll gut these plants and speculate in oil futures, and the workers and towns be damned.'' In other words, the ones who ''cut taxes'' by putting everything on the China Visa card and got us into this mess.

Actually, Obama''s brand of capitalism is best for productive businesses, as opposed to speculators, and does least harm to the working class.

[carld717]

What a joke.

Take out the author''s spin words ''radical'' and ''rabid'', and there''s nothing here.

Everyone knows ACORN are Alinsky-style reformists and the Woods Fund are decent liberals, and that both Wright and Pfleger, despite occasional over-the-top rhetoric, have received awards, wide and deep, for their positive impact. The list of them really goes on for pages.

Yet this NRO guy has been snookered by the Hannity-Fox lynch party. (Bill O''Reily''s term not mine).

I was part of the real Chicago left for decades, until I recently moved. Believe me, Obama is not part of it. Which is not to say he isn''t a decent reform politician running a decent campaign, who opposed the war, and did good things for Chicago. He''s my best option in November.

Truth be told, Obama is a ''high road'' industrial policy capitalist and multipolar globalist--just read his Cooper Union speech a while back. Clinton is a garden-variety corporate liberal capitalist, which got her on the board of Walmart for years. And McCain is an unreconstructed neoliberal capitalist--''state all evil, market all good''--that kind that says ''We''re in business to make money, not steel, so we''ll gut these plants and speculate in oil futures, and the workers and towns be damned.'' In other words, the ones who ''cut taxes'' by putting everything on the China Visa card and got us into this mess.

Actually, Obama''s brand of capitalism is best for productive businesses, as opposed to speculators, and does least harm to the working class.

[carld717]

What a joke.

Take out the author''s spin words ''radical'' and ''rabid'', and there''s nothing here.

Everyone knows ACORN are Alinsky-style reformists and the Woods Fund are decent liberals, and that both Wright and Pfleger, despite occasional over-the-top rhetoric, have received awards, wide and deep, for their positive impact. The list of them really goes on for pages.

Yet this NRO guy has been snookered by the Hannity-Fox lynch party. (Bill O''Reily''s term not mine).

I was part of the real Chicago left for decades, until I recently moved. Believe me, Obama is not part of it. Which is not to say he isn''t a decent reform politician running a decent campaign, who opposed the war, and did good things for Chicago. He''s my best option in November.

Truth be told, Obama is a ''high road'' industrial policy capitalist and multipolar globalist--just read his Cooper Union speech a while back. Clinton is a garden-variety corporate liberal capitalist, which got her on the board of Walmart for years. And McCain is an unreconstructed neoliberal capitalist--''state all evil, market all good''--that kind that says ''We''re in business to make money, not steel, so we''ll gut these plants and speculate in oil futures, and the workers and towns be damned.'' In other words, the ones who ''cut taxes'' by putting everything on the China Visa card and got us into this mess.

Actually, Obama''s brand of capitalism is best for productive businesses, as opposed to speculators, and does least harm to the working class.

[carld717]

What a joke.

Take out the author''s spin words ''radical'' and ''rabid'', and there''s nothing here.

Everyone knows ACORN are Alinsky-style reformists and the Woods Fund are decent liberals, and that both Wright and Pfleger, despite occasional over-the-top rhetoric, have received awards,wide and deep, for their positive impact on Chicago. The list of them really goes on for pages and pages.

Yet this NRO guy, to be kind, has been snookered and suckered by the Hannity-Fox media lynch party. (Bill O''Reilly''s term not mine).

I was part of the real Chicago left for decades, until I recently moved. Believe me, Obama is not part of it and never was. Which is not to say he isn''t a decent reform politician running a decent campaign, who opposed the war, and who did good things for Chicago. He''s my best option in November.

[carld717]

What a joke.

Take out the author''s spin words ''radical'' and ''rabid'', and there''s nothing here.

Everyone knows ACORN are Alinsky-style reformists and the Woods Fund are decent liberals, and that both Wright and Pfleger, despite occasional over-the-top rhetoric, have received awards,wide and deep, for their positive impact on Chicago. The list of them really goes on for pages and pages.

Yet this NRO guy, to be kind, has been snookered and suckered by the Hannity-Fox media lynch party. (Bill O''Reilly''s term not mine).

I was part of the real Chicago left for decades, until I recently moved. Believe me, Obama is not part of it and never was. Which is not to say he isn''t a decent reform politician running a decent campaign, who opposed the war, and who did good things for Chicago. He''s my best option in November.

[downsteamjim]

To Hopeful08: Why not go out and visit the churches of Hillary and McCain? You know that if they were as wild and racist as Obama''s, 60 MINUTES would be there every week.

[downsteamjim]

To saj210: You have my sympathies. It must be tough looking at a racist everytime you look in a mirror.

[becket03]

When a leftwinger criticizes "John Wayne individualism" he''s speaking code for "Everything inside the State; nothing outside the State," Mussolini''s slogan for Fascism. If you want to see a real attack on the Constitution --- not the mere piddling stuff Bush has been accused of --- just elect Barack Obama to the presidency. His "collective" vision wants everything you''ve got, starting with your liberty.