Who is Barack Obama?

Who is Barack Obama? You can a tell a great deal about an individual based on the company that they keep. Now, many people said that conservatives were judging Barack Obama based on a 30 second sound bite of his Pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. I on the other hand, thought that the sound bite of Rev. Wright spewing racist and hateful words from the pulpit was probably a decent indicator of who Jeremiah Wright really is. Last Sunday Father Michael Pfleger spoke at Obama's Trinity Church in Chicago. The sermon that he gave made Rev. Wight seem mild in comparison. He painted whites in this country as wholly racist and having a sense of entitlement. His sermon was despicable and divisive (See above clip). Worst of all, his speech was given a standing ovation by many in the congregation.

After watching this video of Father Pfleger it is becoming more and more apparent who Barack Obama really is and at the same time less likely that Rev. Wrights comments were an anomaly. These hateful sermons are the norm at Trinity Church, the church Barack Obama has called home for the last 20 years. It is hard for me to believe that Barack Obama would attend a church where hate speech is preached so regularly without espousing those same views himself. It is ironic that in an election year featuring both the first African American and the first woman running for President, an election year that was considered a great opportunity for both blacks and whites to come together, that the rift between the races is actually widening. It is reasonable to assume that after Rev. Wright's first comments Barack Obama really didn't know the extent that his pastor spewed hate speech. However, following Pfleger's comments, a trend is beginning to emerge. Lets look at some of the people Barack Obama associates with. Michelle Obama, Barack's wife, recently made several controversial statements. First she said that she wasn't proud of her country until her husband ran for President, she also questioned how her and her husband were possibly going to be able to survive on "only $500,000 per year. The Rev. Wright whose comments have been well documented. Father Pfleger, whose comments can be viewed above. Louis Farrakhan the leader of the Nation of Islam who has called Judaism a "gutter religion" and said that the white man is a "drain on society". William Ayers, the terrorist who set bombs at the Capitol and the Pentagon and who also said that his only regret is that he didn't set more.

According to recent polls, the general election will be a very tight race. The people who will decide this race might very well be undecided white voters, the very people who are the target of Trinity Church's vile rhetoric. For the most part, these voters will be very turned off by this type of language. Only the extreme liberals (who are probably already decided anyway) will disregard these types of statements. It is my opinion that Barack Obama cannot recover the votes lost due to his church's controversies, therefore, he can't win the election itself.

I challenge Barack Obama to give his own speech at Trinity Church. I challenge him to condemn any remarks that are meant to divide our country. I challenge him to admonish his fellow church goers for applauding and cheering while Pfleger continued his anti-white and sexist rant. I challenge Barack Obama to leave his church and their racist ways behind. Of course he won't do any of those things. Because the individuals that he associates with represent his core group of voters. Barack Obama actively seeks out the radicals within our society and asks for their support. Perhaps this is who Barack Obama really is.