Why Isn't AIP Founder Sarah Palin's Reverend Wright?

[jefferson_dem]

Why Isn't AIP Founder Sarah Palin's Reverend Wright?
from TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent

Reverend Jeremiah Wright said this:

And they will not only attack you if you try to point out what's going on in white America, U.S. of K.K.K.A.

...and this:

"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."

And Joe Vogler, the founder of the Alaskan Independence Party, said this:

"The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government. And I won't be buried under their damn flag. I'll be buried in Dawson. And when Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home."

Why isn't Vogler's quote just as controversial? Wright called America the "U.S. of K.K.K.A." Vogler professed his "hatred for the American government. Wright said "God damn America." Vogler referred to our "damn flag."

You can argue that the parallels aren't perfect. Sarah Palin supposedly wasn't a member of the AIP. But she courted the group repeatedly over the years, and her husband was a member for around seven years. You could argue that the AIP isn't really a fringe party in Alaska. But Wright's church isn't really fringe on the south side of Chicago, either. And Vogler said what he said.

Just to reiterate: The Republican vice presidential candidate repeatedly courted -- and her husband belonged to -- a secessionist group founded by someone who professed hatred for the American government and cursed the flag.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/why_isnt_aip_founder_sarah_pal.php

[gateley]

1. And why aren't some of those whacky videos of Palin's church being

shown with the frequency we had to watch "the chickens have come home to roost" clips?

[BeyondGeography]

2. Because he's a quirky and ultimately harmless white guy

as opposed to a quirky and ultimately harmless black guy.

[mcctatas]

4. as Chris Rock says...

"It's all right if it's all white" ;)

[No Elephants]

8. I disagree that Wright and this guy are ultimately harmless. What clergy say can be very

powerful, if you believe it. Why have Jews had so many centuries of religious persecution? (Not only by Christians, either.) What was the impetus for the Crusades, the Inquisition, the massacres of native North and South Americans? Today, why are homosexuals getting attacked by small mobs? What are parents shunning their own homosexual offspring?

Why did the Christian Coallition have such impact on the politics of this nation?

Never underestimate or trivialize the impact of clergy!

[Lerkfish]

3. If you're a republican....

rule of law does not apply to you, nor fair and equal treatment in the press.

[ananda]

6. One law for Dems.. no law for Reeps.

nt

[LaurenG]

5. Because the media won't attack Sarah like they did Obama

I'm still hearing Obama is not patriotic enough yet Sarah wants to help Alaska secede from the Union and she's given a free ride?!

Someone needs to assure me that the right IS.NOT.THIS.STUPID. How could they possibly give the VP spot to someone who has LESS experience then most CEOs? How can they possibly want someone to take away their birth control? Do they think before they act or is it like a high school football game; it doesn't natter how bad the Quarterback behaves or how terrible his grades are, it's WIN at all costs?

[slackmaster]

7. Latest story is that Sarah Palin was never a member of the AIP

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/alaska-party-official-says-palin-was-not-a-member/?scp=9&sq=palin&st=cse