Sunday, May 11, 2008
About That Whole "Separation Of Church And State" Business
Via The Wonderful Weekly Standard:
All you wops on the lawn squawking about how Bushco and the Neocons have been violating the Constitution had better audit the political culture of Southside Chicago, whence Obama springs, and decide if that's what you want in the White House. Because in Southside Chicago, racial politics is king, and Barack will be carryin' those bags into the Oval Office.
In that context, Stanley Kurtz considers Obama's friend, mentor and spiritual advisor of twenty years- until Barack martyred him- the reverend Jeremiah Wright, on the separation of the powers of church and state:
As part of the Oath of Office, The President must swear to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States to the best of his ability. Perhaps more importantly, he must be naturally compelled to do so in his heart. As the politically made guy in the Southside Chicago political machine and a very high-profile leading member of the Trinity Church, Obama failed miserably in that regard.
Why would anyone think he will suddenly figure it out now?
All you wops on the lawn squawking about how Bushco and the Neocons have been violating the Constitution had better audit the political culture of Southside Chicago, whence Obama springs, and decide if that's what you want in the White House. Because in Southside Chicago, racial politics is king, and Barack will be carryin' those bags into the Oval Office.
In that context, Stanley Kurtz considers Obama's friend, mentor and spiritual advisor of twenty years- until Barack martyred him- the reverend Jeremiah Wright, on the separation of the powers of church and state:
T]here was no separation Biblically and historically and there is no separation contemporaneously between 'religion and politics.' . . . The Word of God has everything to do with racism, sexism, militarism, social justice and the world in which we live daily.Which is to say that Obama's pastor has no regard for the First Amendment. That's fine and perfectly acceptable, even expected of a man in Wright's position. Irresponsible and indefensible, but perfectly within his rights. Obama knew this about Wright for years, and as a teacher of American Constitutional law he certainly understood the implications of Wright's sermonizing.
As part of the Oath of Office, The President must swear to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States to the best of his ability. Perhaps more importantly, he must be naturally compelled to do so in his heart. As the politically made guy in the Southside Chicago political machine and a very high-profile leading member of the Trinity Church, Obama failed miserably in that regard.
Why would anyone think he will suddenly figure it out now?
