Barrack “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named” Obama denounced his renegade preacher last Friday for spurious anti-Americanisms heard in a Christmas broadcast. Although in a public statement he tried to distance himself from the reverend’s comments, according to Hannity and Colmes on 14 March 2008, Reverend Wright now works on Obama’s campaign. Despite saying he doesn’t support the church leader in his ideas, Obama gave over $22,000 in charitable donations to the church. In my opinion, you do not donate money to something with whose edicts you disagree.
After attending the church for 20 years, Obama thinks that a simple statement of criticism can mitigate his association. Their mutual improvement association saw the Obamas through their marriage, the baptism and raising of their children and now to myriad of endorsements in his presidential campaign. His proponents affirm that associations don’t count. Apparently they forgot the Reed Smoot Affair.
In 1902, after having been elected to the Senate, members of Congress opened a series of hearings that lasted four years meant to establish whether or not a Mormon could serve in elected office. Despite the precedence of prior Mormon office holders in Deseret Territory and later the state of Utah itself, the Republican party continued to crusade against Mormons for their prior but now mute issue of polygamy.
Allegations of the ignorant bombastically bombarded Smoot and his associates during the hearings. At issue during those hearings Senators wanted to know whether Smoot, or indeed any Mormon, advocated and endorsed principles contrary to the constitution and to American principles. The Senate’s stance was somewhat contradictory and hypocritical. When Smoot was finally seated in 1906, one of the senators remarked, “He believes in polygamy but he doesn’t polyg. We believe in monogamy, but we don’t monog.”
For Smoot, it mattered very much what religious affiliations and beliefs he held, and that was just to hold a senate seat which Obama already holds. Smoot never tried nor wanted to obtain the presidency. When Mitt Romney made the attempt this year, he had to again field questions that should have been answered over 100 years earlier by the Smoot Inquest. Every speech, every appearance, every debate involved him defending his religion, and that was to his fellow Republicans. When will Obama be called to defend his?
Smoot overcame the spurious allegations. Will You-Know-Who be able to?
After attending the church for 20 years, Obama thinks that a simple statement of criticism can mitigate his association. Their mutual improvement association saw the Obamas through their marriage, the baptism and raising of their children and now to myriad of endorsements in his presidential campaign. His proponents affirm that associations don’t count. Apparently they forgot the Reed Smoot Affair.
In 1902, after having been elected to the Senate, members of Congress opened a series of hearings that lasted four years meant to establish whether or not a Mormon could serve in elected office. Despite the precedence of prior Mormon office holders in Deseret Territory and later the state of Utah itself, the Republican party continued to crusade against Mormons for their prior but now mute issue of polygamy.
Allegations of the ignorant bombastically bombarded Smoot and his associates during the hearings. At issue during those hearings Senators wanted to know whether Smoot, or indeed any Mormon, advocated and endorsed principles contrary to the constitution and to American principles. The Senate’s stance was somewhat contradictory and hypocritical. When Smoot was finally seated in 1906, one of the senators remarked, “He believes in polygamy but he doesn’t polyg. We believe in monogamy, but we don’t monog.”
For Smoot, it mattered very much what religious affiliations and beliefs he held, and that was just to hold a senate seat which Obama already holds. Smoot never tried nor wanted to obtain the presidency. When Mitt Romney made the attempt this year, he had to again field questions that should have been answered over 100 years earlier by the Smoot Inquest. Every speech, every appearance, every debate involved him defending his religion, and that was to his fellow Republicans. When will Obama be called to defend his?
Smoot overcame the spurious allegations. Will You-Know-Who be able to?
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