[Vision2020] Questions for No. Weatherman

[No Weatherman]

Chas:

I'm going off point here for a moment but I need to clarify something.

I understand that YOU believe Wright is not a black-separatist
anti-Semitic America-hating racist pig and I presume you understand
that your view is the minority view.

You have maintained that political expediency forced Obama to throw
Wright under the bus. You described it as a cowardly act.

I'm curious, therefore, exactly what political expedience do you
believe compelled Obama to disassociate from Wright, saying, "I have
been a member of Trinity United Church of Christ since 1992. I have
known Reverend Wright for almost 20 years. The person I saw yesterday
was not the person that I met 20 years ago. . . . What we saw
yesterday out of Reverend Wright was a resurfacing and, I believe, an
exploitation of those old divisions. Whatever his intentions, that was
the result."

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/04/obama_denounces_wright_press_c.html

What "person" was Obama talking about?

I always assumed it was the black-separatist anti-Semitic
America-hating racist pig.



On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 16:53, No Weatherman <no.weatherman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This post:
>
>> http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2008-October/058071.html
>
>> and this post:
>
>> http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2008-October/058073.html
>
>> contain the essence of my question.
>
> Assuming that you genuinely mean "question" [singular] and not
> "questions" [plural], I took your question to be essentially this:
>
>>  I believe the onus is on you to explain Obama's unique
>> relationship with Wright.
>
>> That's the point I'd like to exhaust.
>
> I proceeded to answer your question, and even gave some indication
> that that I thought I had finished the job with these words:
>
>  > I think that wraps up the Wright non-mystery pretty nicely.
>
> No, I don't believe that Wright is "a black separatist anti-Semitic
> racist pig," though I might have if I not acquainted myself with all
> of the evidence, rather than just soundbites.
>
> Yes, I believe that the onus is on you to prove that he is, as I
> attempted to convey when I wrote:
>
>> The ball's in your court.
>
> Chas
>