Back Again with Obama

Before I get to the gist of today’s posting, I have to apologize for not being here for quite a while. This isn’t the first time this has happened, but it is the first time I’ve had a good excuse. Got sick, got treated, got well. So, enough on that subject. Now, to the Obama furor.

The Magic Word

Not once have I heard, or read, the magic word that is, I believe, the key to understanding all of this: Trust.

Trust, or the lack of it, lies at the base of our current race problems. Rev.Wright experienced segregation and its cohort humiliation growing up and after his military service. He was aware of the Tuskegee experiments et al. He then extrapolated from that to believe that, of course, the Government could, and would, use Aids/drugs to decimate black citizenry, and all the rest.

What is missing here? Trust! Should we expect Rev. Wright to trust the government based on his life experience? Lyndon Johnson promised him relief and the Great Society decimated the previously strong black family. Should we expect Rev. Wright to see that as a good intention gone wrong?

Senator Obama, and myriad others, sit through Rev. Wright’s sermons and raise no protests. Why? They understand where he is coming from, they see all the good he has done in the years of his ministry. His congregation doesn’t rush out and blow up buildings. They understand that his experience is not theirs. They also know, from experience, that all is not right within their black community.

For every Bill Cosby preaching self reliance, there are two or more people prominent in the black political hierarchy screaming for reparations, more handouts, and encouraging the ridicule of kids who study. The last thing this encourages is trust.

Senator Obama should not be judged by his association with Rev. Wright, but by the sum of his associations and his deeds, by what he has said and what he has written. I said in an earlier posting that he is a bit to the left of Lenin. I stand by that, but it is irrelevant here. What he must do now is prove himself worthy of both black and white trust by being entirely honest and forthright. Until now what he said was accepted without much scrutiny. That is over. We must know, and soon, whether this man is worthy of our trust and a suitable candidate for the high office he seeks.

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