'A portion of the hardcore left thinks Wright and Ayers are a feature, not a bug.

NRO ^ | 5/6/08 | Jim Garaghty

[moneyrunner]

It’s always fun to switch Democrats with Republicans in the same situation and imagine what the media would be saying, but with the Obama campaign, it’s become more head-popping than a Kafka play. Imagine John McCain was discovered to have been attending the Westboro Baptist Church for 20 years, and responded by giving a speech about how Fred Phelps is a part of the American experience, a man he could no more disown than he could disown the entire white community. Imagine the majority of white Americans sitting quietly by as Phelps is declared one of their most important voices, and rewarding McCain with only slightly diminished poll numbers. A few weeks later, Phelps gives an interview accusing McCain of being a disingenuous politician, which makes an angry McCain completely reverse his previous excuses and finally denounce his hateful pastor - to a thunderous round of media applause and loud calls to let the story die. Around the same time, we begin seeing pictures of McCain’s old friend, an abortion clinic bomber, tap-dancing on an American flag. The media responds by yawning and suggesting McCain’s primary opponent should drop out of the race so we can get back to “the issues…” You can’t do it.

[ought-six]

The sad and simple fact is that protected classes (i.e., anyone other than a white, heterosexual male) can say and do pretty much whatever they want with varying degrees of acceptance by the chattering class.

[MovementConservative]

And if your target is Christians, then you get bonus points. You can even be a straight white male and make derogatory statements about Christianity.

[Cowboy Bob]

We've been hearing a lot recently about Wright and Ayres, but what about Obama’s mentor when he was growing up in Hawaii...the Communist?

[MtnClimber]

I can see how Ayers could be quite taken with someone whose last name sounds like “Obomber”.

[Dionysius]

Wright may be black and protected, but he’s still a world class traitorous, parasitic scumbag. There are no words vile or scathing enough to describe Ayers. The fact that Obama had anything at all with this pair renders him unfit for holding office of any kind. He doesn’t have an ounce of patriotism behind his unctious and artificial demeanor. Holy Mother, this bizarre election is getting more terrifying by the minute! The only alternative to the Democrat disaster is a dolt that wants to legitimize 20,000,000 criminal trespassers, thereby dooming our culture and destroying the two-party system forever (not to mention sacrificing our economy to the false god of Global Warming).

[genghis]

don’t forget resko!!
If he is elected, impeachment is a near certainty.

[Clock King]

I don’t believe Obama has abandoned Wright or his screwed up ideas. Obama says so in his book. Lie to peoples’ faces just to “get along”. Sigh... Maybe America needs to experience such an incompetent Marxist to understand why Socialism is really so bad. When almost everybody is hurting, only then will people face reality. But some people want to be slaves, so they don’t have to think.