Someone just forwarded this article to me. Notwithstanding what I said about Sen. Obama’s speech, I find this
highly disturbing. For me, the line has been crossed.
Obama church published
Hamas terror manifestoCompares charter calling for murder
of Jews to Declaration of Independence
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=59456Promoting the Hamas terrorist agenda on the “Pastor’s Page” of the Trinity United Church of Christ newsletter goes way beyond any justification or explanation of church positions offered by Senator Obama in his recent speech.
Before you dismiss this as a fabrication by the right-wing
World Net Daily – here is a link to the actual Pastor’s Page:
http://www.bizzyblog.com/wp-images/TUCChamasColumn072207.jpgAlso, before you dismiss this with the observation that the same article was published in the
Los Angeles Times Op Ed section (which expresses a wide variety of opinions on the Middle East), keep in mind that the publication of this article
on the Pastor’s Page constitutes a tacit (if not express) endorsement of Hamas by Pastor Write. This is confirmed by the fact that the Pastor changed the name of the article to a more sympathetic title: the original piece was titled, "Hamas' stand" but was re-titled "A Fresh View of the Palestinian Struggle" in the church newsletter.
Hamas is responsible for scores of shootings, suicide bombings and rocket launchings against civilian population centers,
including the “suicide-bombing” murder of our friends’ only child (a young woman who was pregnant with their first grandchild). She was a tourist in Israel visiting the Sbarro pizza shop in Jerusalem. Yes, compliments of Hamas, our friends received a “fresh view” of their daughter and her unborn child, soaked in blood.
Hamas is listed as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department. In truth, Hamas is one of the most vicious anti-Semitic terrorist organizations on the face of the planet.
For me, and perhaps for many others,
enough is enough. I feel both enraged and sick to my stomach over this. Nothing Obama can say, no excuses, offered by him or his apologists, will justify his affiliation with this so-called “church.”
The promotion of this Hamas screed fits a demonstrable pattern of public statements by Rev. Write and figures honored by the Trinity United Church of Christ.
For Obama to turn a blind eye to this is sickening. If that's what he did. Maybe he really does agree.
It is a shame that the first African-American presidential candidate of a major political party who really has a strong shot at the nomination has ties of the sort that are being revealed.
If this is what constitutes “change” – I want none of it.
Update Added Later Same Day:With the new revelation that Obama's church endorsed Hamas, Barak Obama has issued yet another condemnation.
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107643.htmlAs far as I am concerned, it is too little too late. It is impossible to believe that Sen. Obama did not know what his church and pastor were up to. Barak Obama is not a stupid man. A member of the Trinity United Church of Christ would have to be comatose not to know what was going on. Write's "perspective" was expressed with sufficient frequency that only fool would not understand where the man is coming from.
Obama's condemnation of the church position now, on the eve of the holiday of Purim, is nothing but pure politics. Aimed at placating the largely liberal American Jews -- an important segment of the Democratic Party.
This whole thing is
so disgusting.