Obama points a finger

Now that Barack Obama’s speech the other day has him back in the good graces of the Kool-Aid drinkers who swoon at the mere sound of his voice, the presidential hopeful is trying to win over the more discerning folk among the Democrats.

While the liberal press coos over Obama’s “honesty” in addressing his pastor’s racism, the Obama campaign has resorted to some classic underhanded diversionary finger-pointing by releasing a picture to the New York Times showing President Clinton shaking hands with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s racist, anti-American pastor.

The event was an annual prayer breakfast with religious leaders, at which President Clinton discussed his personal experience with sinning, just hours before the Starr report was released detailing his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Al Gore is visible in the background of the photo, and Hillary Clinton was also in attendance at the breakfast. Notably, President Clinton was asking for forgiveness, something Obama refused to do the other day.

Wright was among many pastors invited, and he received a thank-you note for his support some six weeks later. The note read:

Dear Pastor Wright:

Thank you so much for your kind message.
I am touched by your prayers and by the many expressions of encouragement and support I have received from friends across our country.

You have my best wishes.

Sincerely,
Bill Clinton

The message of Obama’s speech was “I’m not a racist despite hanging around a racist kook for 20 years, because blacks can’t be racists, and you must be a racist if you think I’m a liar, even though I’ve clearly lied about my association with Pastor Wright.”

The message of the photo’s release at this time is “Bill Clinton must be a racist because he shook Pastor Wright’s hand once — and we all know that Bill Clinton is married to Hillary. Gasp! Hillary must be a racist! … (but I’m not!)”

If somehow there are still people who don’t question Obama’s judgment and character, the fact that his campaign is actually suggesting that a hand shake by the husband of a presidential candidate is equivalent to a candidate who himself supported and followed a racist, anti-American nut for 20 years, should clarify the issues.

When Obama claims he’s going to change Washington, apparently he means for the worse.