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This (June 2007) Trinity United Church of Christ newsletter from last June seems to be making the rounds in Jewish circles. I have now had it e-mailed to me three times in the last 24 hours from friends who all more or less seem to have gotten it through their synagogues. On page 8 of the newsletter, entitled “Pastor’s Page”, Jeremiah Wright prints an “Open Letter to Oprah from Ali Baghdadi on her visit to Palestine.” Baghdadi is described as an “Arab-American activist, writer, columnist,” and the letter, among other things, accuses Israel of once working with South Africa “on an ethnic bomb that kills Blacks and Arabs.”

It also accuses Israel of war crimes, quotes Arnold Toynbee saying that “what the Zionist Jews did to the Palestinians is worse than what the Nazis did to the Jews,” speaks of “Israeli death squads” and so on.

Mostly very familiar accusations, of course (though I don’t know if I’ve heard the one about the ethnic bomb to kill “Blacks and Arabs” before), but apparently the Rev. Wright saw fit to pass them along to his congregation; and someone else (I can’t imagine who) has seen fit to make sure Jewish voters contemplating their options in the remaining Democratic primaries are aware of it. There are very few states where Jewish voters really make a difference, but Pennsylvania is one of them.

http://tucc.org/upload/tuccbulletin_june10.pdf

Oh, and in some irony, the next page of the newsletter is an article praising Obama for his “civil” faith and for his choice in churches to attend.

As far as I am concerned I know nothing about Senator Obama and almost everything about Hillary and McCain. A man who has friends and associates who have friends and associates linked to ‘anti-zionist’ groups is hard to trust.

One wonders how he swam for so long in the pool and did’nt get wet and how he sat in a church for twenty years and never heard his pastors views?

The very fact that this guy does not salute the flag or respect the oath of allegiance means that he blames the USA for something. We dont know what that something is and I for one would never vote for him and will oppose him.

sarasara - 27 March 2008 09:29 AM

The very fact that this guy does not salute the flag or respect the oath of allegiance means that he blames the USA for something.

That’s the same problem I have with Obama. Someone who’s idea of “patriotism” is to intentionally disrespect the symbol that so many of our brave heroes have paid the ultimate sacrifice for is inexcusable.

Obama is not fit for the office of POTUS. His “example” is divisive and bad for America.

Extract from a westerncivilizationandculture.blogspot:

“Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama is currently hiding his anti-Israel views in order to get elected, according to a well-known anti-Israel activist. The activist, Ali Abunimah, claimed to know Obama well and to have met him on numerous occasions at pro-Palestinian events in Chicago.

In an article he penned for the anti-Israeli website Electronic Intifada, Abunimah wrote:

“The last time I spoke to Obama was in the winter of 2004 at a gathering in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood.

“As he came in from the cold and took off his coat, I went up to greet him. He responded warmly, and volunteered, ‘Hey, I’m sorry I haven’t said more about Palestine right now, but we are in a tough primary race.”

“I’m hoping when things calm down I can be more up front.” He referred to my activism, including columns I was contributing to the The Chicago Tribune critical of Israeli and US policy [and said:] “Keep up the good work!’”

“I remember personally introducing him onstage in 1999, when we had a major community fundraiser for the community center in Deheisha refugee camp in the occupied West Bank,” he recounted.

“And that’s just one example of how Barack Obama used to be very comfortable speaking up for and being associated with Palestinian rights and opposing the Israeli occupation.”

http://westerncivilizationandculture.blogspot.com/2008/03/covert-anti-semitism-hussein-obama.html

Well, Obama has said that he can’t disown Jeremiah Wright.  But he has “...condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy.”

That list of controversial statements is growing, daily it seems.  It’s a long list.  At the completion of the list, what will be left not to disown?

I think a lot of voters will not be so reluctant to disown Obama.  But that’s just me.

The TUCC Newsletter was quite interesting.  In addition to the “Open Letter to Oprah from Ali Baghdadi on Her Visit to Palestine” and the “Obama’s Faith: A Civil and Social Gospel”, I thought the piece on Climate Change was particularly interesting:

LEAVE SCIENCE TO THE SCIENTISTS

M. Linda Jaramillo, Executive Minister
Witness for Justice #323
June 4, 2007

I am amazed that politicians continue to argue with highly qualified scientists about climate change and the looming environmental disaster affecting the world. It seems to me that such a serious threat to the future of creation should
bring our leaders to their knees and compel them to set aside politics to save the world.

<snip>

Check it out at Bowman’s link at the top of the thread.

GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER?

Senator Barak Obama breaks bread with the late supporter of Palestinian extremism Professor Edward Said in May 1998 at an Arab community event in Chicago at which Said gave the keynote speech.

While we’re at it, I want to say I’m sick of hearing about the TUCC’s “social gospel” and “civil faith.” Apparently these terms are supposed to mean that the TUCC gets out in the community and does good works and gives money to the needy and takes stands on various political issues—as if this distinguishes it from other Christian churches, which presumably do nothing but sit around all day praying. Screw that. Every Christian church service I’ve been to in my life spent at least a few minutes asking for the congregants to give a little something—money, time, whatever—for this or that needy cause.

Miss Orange - 27 March 2008 03:53 PM

Every Christian church service I’ve been to in my life spent at least a few minutes asking for the congregants to give a little something—money, time, whatever—for this or that needy cause.

Yeah, I’ve always found that to be extremely annoying.

sarasara - 27 March 2008 09:29 AM

As far as I am concerned I know nothing about Senator Obama and almost everything about Hillary and McCain. A man who has friends and associates who have friends and associates linked to ‘anti-zionist’ groups is hard to trust.

One wonders how he swam for so long in the pool and did’nt get wet and how he sat in a church for twenty years and never heard his pastors views?

The very fact that this guy does not salute the flag or respect the oath of allegiance means that he blames the USA for something. We dont know what that something is and I for one would never vote for him and will oppose him.

Well-stated, sarasara.  I agree wholeheartedly.

Worryingly the Dumbocrats do not see any danger in the election of Senator Obama:

According to a new poll published in the US, Senator Barack Obama was more widely supported among Jewish Democrats than among white Catholics and Protestants.

However, he and his opponent, Hillary Clinton, were almost evenly matched.

The poll conducted by Gallup Poll Daily showed that 48% of Jewish Democrats supported Clinton, while 43% supported Obama. However the five-point Clinton advantage falls within the 6% margin of error for this sample of Jewish Democrats.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3524095,00.html