Posted by
Fred of the Great Mojave on Sunday, March 23, 2008 9:44:55 PM
Captain Renault, of course, was the police officer in the classic movie Casablanca who was a frequent patron of Rick’s casino. Ordered by his superiors to close the place down, his famous explanation (as he was being handed his winnings) was that he was “shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.”
No one believed Captain Renault, and no one believed Barack Omama when he claimed that he was shocked to learn that his pastor of the last 20 years was a loon who was spewing racist, anti-American delusions from the pulpit every Sunday.
What America wanted to hear from Obama was why. Why did you sit there for 20 years listening to your “mentor” pass out this garbage, masquerading as Christian teachings.
Two logical reasons come to mind; either he believed what he heard, or he was using his membership in the church to score “credibility” points in his community.
In his famous speech where he was going to explain all this, he revealed that the reason was…? Well, what do you know! He never explained all this. Instead, he told us that Reverend Wright was well, you know, sort of a crazy Uncle, who will, you know, say all kinds of nutty things. He’s such as card, that guy! But let me tell you about my white Grandmother! Now she is a racist. She is a typical white person who is afraid of young black men.
O.K. Obama, let me explain this to you. Granny is afraid of young black men who dress and act like thugs. Granny is also afraid of white skinheads, white guys with purple mohawk haircuts and leather jackets, and white guys dressed like Hells Angels bikers. Granny avoids all of these people because there is a good chance they may be dangerous. Granny does not avoid young, black men in business suits.
You know what? Maybe he really DID tell us why he stayed for 20 years.