Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Words Matter: Michelle Obama
No, the above link will not send you to an article about Mrs. Obama’s recent comment about how proud she feels about America now that they are leaning toward electing her husband. Instead, the above link is about Bill O’Reilly’s comment about lynching her. Yes, he’s probably meaning this is a metaphorical sense, but talking about lynching the wife of a bi-racial presidential candidate, a black woman, is at minimum insensitive, at maximum unconscionable.
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Saying such a thing is certainly a dumb comment, perhaps on par with Michelle's own dumb comment.
Of course, Michelle probably didn't mean she wasn't proud of anything the US has ever done. And O'Reilly probably didn't mean he was going to lynch her. But such is the nature of politics: dip your foot in that water, you're fair game to the sharks.
(This is one reason I dislike politics and think the whole thing is very un-Messiah-like.)
Looking at the quote in context, I see O'Reilly was actually sympathizing with both Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton, saying he "didn't want to go on a lynching party".
Any honest person would have to concede O'Reilly was saying, "Let's not attack her unless she really meant what she said".
I suspect this attack on O'Reilly is a counter-attack meant to divert attention away from Michelle's own comment.
Man I hate this stuff. When Messiah comes back, I hope he brings justice to everyone participating in these slanderous, lying, backstabbing form of politics. Every single person will be accountable for this junk.
Soon in our day, Lord! :)
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