Testing the Left's Double Standard

The left sure is funny - all bent out of shape about Cornyn and Hagee, yet willing to forgive and forget Obama and Wright.

Obama sat in a Black Liberation afro-centrist ‘church’ for 20 years, gave money to a nutjob Rev Wright who in turn preached about hating America and called Africa the homeland, gave awards to another hater Louis Farrakhan. Obama insists Wright is “a brilliant man who was still stuck in a time warp.” Wrong, Obama. Wright is a hate-mongerer who would be JUST AS WRONG if we were to go back 20 or 30 years and hear him say “God D**n America”. Obama’s behavior on this is absolutely and totally inexcusable. Obama has endorsed by his 20 years of association with this church that preaches alienation from America. Such connections are far closer than those between a politician and an endorser.

Pot, Kettle ... er, African-American?

UPDATE: Mickey Kaus says "Obama's very first service at Wright's church was ... controversial." Mentions Obama's autobiography describes the sermon - "the Reverend Wright spoke of Sharpesville and Hiroshima, the callousness of policy makers in the White House and in the State House." And mentions that "Obama isn't disapproving of this sermon. In the book he weeps at the end of it;" The Rev Wright sermon that Obama loved. Kaus' point - Wright's alienation-based sermons didn't drive Obama away, they attracted him to the church.

Kaus also talks of "He's a wuss!" and "He's arrogant!" as the 'underdeveloped memes' on Obama.

UPDATE2: ABC reviews the Wright sermonology:

An ABC News review of dozens of Wright's sermons, offered for sale by the church, found repeated denunciations of the United States based on what he described as his reading of the Gospels and the treatment of black Americans.

"The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people," he said in a 2003 sermon. "God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme."

In addition to damning America, Wright told his congregation on the Sunday after Sept. 11, 2001, that the United States had brought on al Qaeda's attacks because of its own terrorism.

UPDATE3: Nice catch: Dean left the church over a bike path.