[Vision2020] Racist pig Louis Farrakhan heralding Obama and the Messiah

[No Weatherman]

Ms. Mix makes the extraordinary claim that

"'This is the time the planet will begin to heal,' a paraphrase of an
Obama speech, is no more aggrandizing than Reagan's constant reference
to America 'as a shining city on a hill.' And he didn't originate it:
The Puritans arrived on these shores with the belief that their view
of the Covenant would usher in the coming of the Messiah. They weren't
talking Obama, and neither is Obama talking about Obama as anything
other than a candidate for President, the best I've seen in my
lifetime."

I don't dare presume to speak for Obama or Ronald Reagan, I'd much
rather go straight to the source and let them speak for themselves.
This is all the more true given Ms. Mix's deftness at misrepresenting
others.

First, Barack Obama assured us of his absolute certainty about the
waters rising and the planet healing as a result of his nomination:

"I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to
look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began
to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was
the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet
began to heal."
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/9621

(BTW: A rising tide lifts all boats but a rising ocean may sink the planet.)

Second, Ronald Reagan told us what he meant by a "shining city upon a hill":

"And that's about all I have to say tonight. Except for one thing. The
past few days when I've been at that window upstairs, I've thought a
bit of the 'shining city upon a hill.' The phrase comes from John
Winthrop, who wrote it to describe the America he imagined. What he
imagined was important because he was an early Pilgrim, an early
freedom man. He journeyed here on what today we'd call a little wooden
boat; and like the other Pilgrims, he was looking for a home that
would be free.

"I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't
know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my
mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans,
wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living
in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce
and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors
and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get
here. That's how I saw it and see it still.

"And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more
secure, and happier than it was eight years ago. But more than that;
after 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on
the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm.
And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have
freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are
hurtling through the darkness, toward home.

"We've done our part. And as I walk off into the city streets, a final
word to the men and women of the Reagan revolution, the men and women
across America who for eight years did the work that brought America
back. My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a
difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we
left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all.

"And so, good bye, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America."
http://www.reaganlibrary.com/reagan/speeches/farewell.asp

I dare say that Michelle Obama would disagree with the Gipper but the
difference between Obama and Reagan is that Obama declared with
CERTAINTY that his nomination was a planet-saving moment and Reagan
simply declared his vision and hope for America.


On 10/11/08, keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:
>
>  Without watching the clip and from reading Farrakhan's words below, my
> opinion of him hasn't changed.  He's nuts.  He's vile.  He clearly doesn't
> have a clue.
>
> Did I mention I haven't seen the video clip?  Are we all clear that I
> deplore Farrakhan's words?  Good.
>
> Clearly, Obama is  not the Messiah -- I believe Jesus is -- and just as
> clearly, Obama never has given anyone any fodder for this sort of idiocy,
> except for those conservatives who can't bear the lofty rhetoric in him that
> they found so stirring in Reagan.  "This is the time the planet will begin
> to heal," a paraphrase of an Obama speech, is no more aggrandizing than
> Reagan's constant reference to America "as a shining city on a hill."  And
> he didn't originate it:  The Puritans arrived on these shores with the
> belief that t heir view of the Covenant would usher in the coming of the
> Messiah.  They weren't talking Obama, and neither is Obama talking about
> Obama as anything other than a candidate for President, the best I've seen
> in my lifetime.
>
> Keely
> http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/
>
>
> > Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:02:39 -1000
> > From: no.weatherman at gmail.com
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Racist pig Louis Farrakhan heralding Obama and the
> Messiah
>
> >
> > I wish there was a religious person in this forum who could interpret
> > this for us:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OowxMcVTjTE
> >
> > This is the broader context:
> >
> > "You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about
> > universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And
> > he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't
> > care anything about. That's a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth
> > will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking.
> >
> > "Brothers and sisters, Barack Obama to me is a herald of the Messiah.
> > Barack Obama is like the trumpet that alerts you something new,
> > something better is on the way.
> >
> > "A black man with a white mother became a savior to us. A black man
> > with a white mother could turn out to be one who can lift America from
> > her fall.
> >
> > "Would God allow Barack to be president of a country that has been so
> > racist, so evil in its treatment of Hispanics, native Americans,
> > blacks? Would God do something like that? Yeah. Of course he would.
> > That's to show you that the stone that the builders rejected has
> > become the headstone of the corner. This is a sign to you. It's the
> > time of our rise. It's the time that we should take our place. The
> > future is all about you.
> >
> > "That's why you have never heard me make any comment. I love that
> > brother, and I want to see that brother successful. I don't want to
> > say anything that would hurt that brother, and I don't want them to
> > use me or the Nation of Islam.
> >
> > "He is not the Messiah for sure, but anytime he gives you a sign of
> > uniting races, ethnic groups, ideologies, religions and makes people
> > feel a sense of oneness, that's not necessarily Satan's work, that is,
> > I believe, the work of God."
> >
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