The Colvin Report: The Credibility of Obama's Denunciations

Obama had to come out and publicly denounce the statements of Rev. Wright as soon as he saw them... or thats what he says now. He would have quit the church if he had ever heard the statements repeated.

But what is the truth?

I find it amazing that a man could take his family to the same church for 20 years and never hear the anti-american and anti-white rhetoric. A Reverend who openly travels to Cuba and Libya and maintains a close relationship with Farrakhan. A man who could even consider the proposition that "the white man" created AID's to kill black people. The man who said Bill Clinton "did to black people what he did to Monica Lawenski, he was riding dirty (add thrusting motion)." But somehow Obama missed it. For 20 years he had no idea, even though he credits Rev. Wright for shaping his religious foundation. Heck, Obama even named his book "The Audacity of Hope" after a Rev. Wright sermon.

Thats judgment we can count on?

No, thats the same judgment that entered into a land deal with Rezko after hundreds of papers reported on illegal activities that lead to his federal indictment. (But on a side note, Obama did have the "judgment" to get Rev. Wright to come to pray through and bless his chicago home).

If Obama had no idea about the Reverend, why did he withdrawal his invitiation to Rev. Wright to speak at his presidential candidacy announcment ceremony the day before? The answer is that his senior staffers warned him.

Lets take a closer look at beginning of his campaign. In an effort to build consensus between his new politics and faith, Obama's campaign launched a new Web page, http://www.faith.barackobama.com that prominently featured a testimonial from Jeremiah Wright. Now this has been removed, as Rev. Wright has stepped down from Obama's committee of religious advisors.

This drew a quick rebuke from the Catholic League wherein the organizations President Bill Donohue stated that Obama knew his spiritual advisor was so divisive that his inclusion could cloud the ceremonies. He further noted that "Wright has a record of giving racially inflammatory sermons and has even said that Zionism has an element of 'white racism.' He also blamed the attacks of 9/11 on American foreign policy."

This letter from Bill Donahue is irrefutable proof that Barack Obama is lying when he claims no previous knowledge of Reverend Jeremiah Wright's hate speech.

But lets not jump to conclusisons; lets look at things closer. Wright stated in a quote to the New York Times, "If Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me," and "I said it to Barack personally, and he said 'yeah, that might have to happen."

Well, why distance himself if Obama had no idea? Interestingly enough, that article dated April 30, 2007 mentions several of these anti-american and racial sermons with direct quotes.

Seems odd to me that he just found out about this. Harvard law, top of his class... and he missed all of this? If thats the case, he wouldn't have made a very good lawyer because a 20 year lapse in judgment would amount to malpractice.

Take off the shades and take a good hard look because the great light that came to save us all is not as bright as it seems.