fear of a black preacher

Kotsko sums it up:

white preachers obviously believe all kinds of crazy things -- for instance, that political events in the Middle East should be manipulated so as to conform to some kind of magical heavenly code that will set off the end of the world

Not to mention that Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans, that America is "no different" than Nazi Germany, that we should rewrite the Constitution to "god's standards", that America deserved 9/11.

And no, the powerful white fundamentalist nutjobs are not marginal figures: Bush, McCain, and Reagan all had close ties with him. Bush has been more than happy to give federal jobs to graduates of Pat Robertson's law school (see also here. McCain, as we all know, actively courted Hagee's endorsement.

The fact that anyone is fooled by this obvious double standard along the axis black/white (not to mention the axis left/right) is disgusting and shameful.

Update--see also this post over at PostBourgie. With bonus video.