Obama will make<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2018American\u2019 house<\/b><\/p>\n
Letter to Pastor Zimmerman:<\/p>\n
I am not in agreement with the tone and context of your letter to the Renton News (March 29) where it pertains to Sen. Barack Obama. You condemn Sen. Obama\u2019s silence and refer to him as a coward for not confronting his pastor (Rev. Jeremiah Wright) and questioning his teachings. How would you know what he did concerning those matters? When a reporter asked Sen. Obama about his conversations with his Pastor, being the prudent man that he is he replied, \u201cThat is between me and my Pastor.\u201d<\/p>\n
The question I ask of you based on your letter, Pastor Zimmerman, is \u201cWhat have you done to stop the spreading of these messages from Rev. Wright that you find so offensive?\u201d You said \u201cmy prayer would be that all believers have the courage to stand up and compassionately confront ignorance when preached, especially from the pastor in the pulpit\u2026.\u201d In order for you to effectively criticize Sen. Barack Obama, who by no measure of anybody\u2019s self righteous yardstick is weak, timid or cowardly, you must first be partaker of that which you preach. A greater burden is placed on preachers, pastors and spiritual leaders to denounce \u201cignorance\u201d whether from the pulpit or any other source since you are called by God to evangelize the world. If indeed it is the \u201cmessages\u2019 of Pastor Wright that you find so offensive, why would you attack Sen. Obama and hold him accountable for the misdeeds of another?<\/p>\n
Somewhere in Sen. Obama\u2019s journey he learned to hate the sin, and love the sinner, likely in Rev. Wright\u2019s church! Some simple-minded folk harp on the fact that \u201che sat in that church for 20 years!\u201d The clips and sound bites the media has relentlessly played over and over again add up to less than five minutes. Obama eloquently and unabashedly declared that was not all he knew about the man. Undeniably he rose from the midst of Rev. Wright\u2019s congregation<\/p>\n
to pursue the highest seat in the Nation, the President of the United States of America and commands world-wide attention. His Pastor\u2019s perception of the ills of America, as defined by Secretary Condoleezza Rice as \u201cThe Birth Defect\u201d of America, was probably a factor in that decision. Sen. Barack Obama will change the \u201cwhite\u201d house to the \u201cAmerican\u201d house, bringing us closer to the Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/p>\n
Beatrice Clark<\/p>\n
Renton<\/p>\n
Smart move to put<\/b><\/p>\n
Parker on council<\/b><\/p>\n
The citizens of Renton made a smart move in returning King Parker to his familiar seat on the City Council, where he now chairs the Planning and Development committee. This venerable politician and salesman is comfortable in City Hall surroundings.<\/p>\n
His article, \u201cReflections,\u201d in this week\u2019s Renton News shows the style of a longtime resident who wants better times for his constituents and admires the progress made in his absence on council. Planning is his strong suit. Time will tell. One thing King Parker knows is how to return calls and that in itself is greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n
Tom Winter<\/p>\n
Renton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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