The funny thing about liberals is that they like to answer a question with a totally unrelated question of their own. “So, what do you make of the current Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy surrounding Barack Obama?” It was a really good speech he gave, wasn’t it? Of course it was, we get it…the man gives great speeches. But that response is the response of a typical liberal: when a topic you can’t defend is brought to your attention, simply revert to a topic that makes “your guy” look good (or start bashing George Bush). But the hate speech and class warfare rhetoric that spews from the mouth of people like the Rev. Jeremiah Wrong is indefensible, even by the most pompous liberals, which includes our good friends in the mainstream media.

 For the past year, Senator Obama has ridden this self-created wave of blind enthusiasm straight to, what will inevitably be, the Democratic Presidential nomination. He has been heralded as nearly untouchable by the mainstream media (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, PBS, MSNBC, CNBC…get the picture?) and can do no wrong in the eyes of the followers who chant his name at rallies, “Barack….Barack…Barack…” This man practices a new type of politics. Not the politics of other political hacks like Hillary Clinton or All-Star swimmer Ted Kennedy, but the politics of hope and, that’s right, change. No longer, Obama claims, will our leaders be held unaccountable for their actions. No longer, Obama claims, will the American people be made false promises by their government – out with the old, in with the new.

You see, with Hillary Clinton, we know what we’re getting. We know that both her and her husband lie profusely and always find a way to beat the system (Michigan and Florida delegates, anyone?), but this is something we’ve all come to know and love about the Clintons. “Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes,” claims Senator Obama. Now hold it right there. Just last week, when FOX News' Sean Hannity asked Obama if he was ever a witness to such speech, he denied it. We’d expect this from Hillary, but not from you Barack.

 It seems to me that liberals (must I always include the media?) continuously give Obama a free pass. Neither he, nor Clinton for that matter, has been asked those really tough questions that usually lead to the abrupt end of a press conference, with the candidate pleading, “Come on guys, I’ve answered like eight questions already!” (Oh wait, that did happen) Yet again, another substantive issue – in addition to the Rezko scheme and his charming wife’s brilliant display of patriotism – goes unchallenged. Instead, liberals look on the bright side: That was a great speech, wasn’t it?

 “I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy. For some, nagging questions remain. Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely - just as I'm sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed.”

 Actually, no, my priest has never stood at his pulpit and screamed, “Goddamn America!” Nor has my priest ever blamed the white man for infecting blacks with AIDS as a form of genocide. My priest never gave Lewis Farrakhan – an outspoken black supremacist and anti-Semite – a “Lifetime Achievement Award.” It may have a little to do with my priest being white – or maybe he’s just not a bigot. Beats me.

 What I don’t understand is how no one is holding this man accountable for his actions. Well, you can’t blame him for something his pastor says! Maybe Mike Huckabee's got it right, as he stated on Morning Joe on MSNBC “…you have to cut some slack -- and I'm gonna be probably the only Conservative in America who's gonna say something like this, but I'm just tellin' you -- we've gotta cut some slack to people who grew up being called names.” Oh really? So in Chucklebee’s eyes, we need to cut Rev. Wrong some slack, maybe give him a little extra room to preach even more hatred. You Huckabee, are not the only conservative who wants to cut slack to hatemongers because you Mike Huckabee, like Senator Obama, are a liberal – a big taxing, big spending, open boarders liberal.

 Okay, so Obama denounces or rejects…actually, he denounces and rejects the statements of Rev. Wright. But how come, Barack, you refuse to denounce the man himself – the man who, by your own admission, “expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country.” Senator Obama, as we all know, is a politician. And Senator Obama consulted Rev. Wright, his mentor and spiritual leader, before he announced his bid for the presidency. Now, if you are about to run for the most powerful office in the world and hope to become the next the leader of this great country, would you consult someone who has a profoundly distorted view of America? What kind of issues would you talk about? Who should we knock off first: Islamic terrorists or the white man?

 “I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother.”

So his grandmother is a racist too? ‘Well, what is he supposed to do?’ many ask. The answer is simple, you take your wife and kids, you get up out of your pew and you leave. That’s it, end of story. You don’t go back Sunday after Sunday, week after week, year after year for twenty years. You don’t donate over $22,000 to a church whose pastor’s comments “you strongly denounce.” You don’t get married there or baptize your children there. You don’t consult this man about anything, especially politics – unless, of course, you agree with what he says.
   
As with most liberal quandaries, hypocrisy is always there to rear its ugly head.  When Don Imus was getting publicly raped by the media last April, Senator Obama – along with the Rev. Al Not-So-Sharpton and Jesse Jerkson – was the loudest mouth calling for Imus’ firing. "He didn't just cross the line," Obama said. "He fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to deal with today in America.” So now we learn that Obama’s own daughters are called ho’s as well. It seems like that word gets thrown around an awful lot. Yet, he no longer wants his daughters to experience such disgusting, racial and derogatory speech that is so divisive and cynical. Come on kids, let’s go to church!
   
I know how much liberals hate Jesus so I’m going to invoke his name just in spite. When Jesus was being persecuted and consequently crucified by the Romans, his followers were persecuted as well. The disciple Peter denied Jesus three times when questioned about their affiliation for fear of punishment. It's kind of like when you accuse a liberal of killing babies. They are programmed to say that they are "personally against" abortion, but are fearful of losing the votes of fifteen year old tramps (wait a second, you have to be eighteen to vote). Senator Obama should absolutely be held accountable for Rev. Wrong’s comments, even more accountable than the reverend himself, because it is Barack Obama who wants to be our president. It is Barack Obama who has played the role of “political savior.” It is Barack Obama who, day in and day out, talks about bringing the country together and ending the racial politics that supposedly divide us. Well, if this is what he truly believes, maybe it is he who should be mentoring his mentor.