PrintAugust 1, 2008
Reparations Rising
Did I just hear Barack Obama call for "reparations?"I think I did. "I personally would want our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged" said Obama. (those elements have only been the Democrat talking points daily since 1992 for crying out loud.) "The most important thing for the U.S. government to is not just offer words, but deeds."There is plenty of wiggle room for Obama, but I think "deeds" here is code for, well, cash. And if so, it would not be totally inconsistent with those many sermons and messages of Jeremiah Wright Obama apparently missed while faithfully attending and supporting the Trinity United Church of Christ for a scant couple of decades.Among Wright's accomplishments are being keynote speaker at the advocacy group group N'COBRA (National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America) in 2007. We can only assume that this was the Jeremiah Wright that Obama "doesn't know." (I...(Read Full Article)
