For the third night in a row, Sean Hannity not so subtly implied that Barack Obama might be a black racist and African separatist, a claim based on one page of Obama’s church’s website. Last night (3/1/07), Obama’s pastor appeared on Hannity & Colmes to defend the church and its policies. Hannity was more interested in playing the race card than he was in listening to the pastor’s explanations of the church’s doctrines. Unfortunately for Hannity, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright knew just how to deal with Bullyboy Hannity. So after several fruitless attempts to badger Rev. Wright, Hannity hilariously pretended he wanted to be brought together in the spirit of Martin Luther King. With video.
You can read more about how Hannity has "honored" Dr. King in the past here.
Earlier in the day, we also noted attacks on Obama during FOX & Friends when FOX News contributor Newt Gingrich said that if the nation wants "therapy," it will elect Obama. Video and more on FOX & Friends bashing Hillary Clinton can be found here.
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Chris,
In response to your response, I agree with you, if you meant to be sarcastic, and I quite certain you were. But my comments were not about affirmative action. It was about Sean Hannity grasping at straws in an attempt to discredit Barack Obama by attempting to make the church appear racist.
The intent of the "black" doctrine was all about self reliance, a very conservative value. It is like a mission statement which was written at a time when churches were still, for the most part, (and not by the choice of blacks) segregated. Also, did you not notice that most of the church patrons in the video clip were white? It is beyond clear that the church is not racist, and if the intent of the doctrine is anything other than what the pastor was attempting to explain to Sean Hannity's unwilling ears, I am sure those white people would not be giving patronage to that church.
By the way, you should not call people names.