Clinton Doesn’t Deny Campaign is Pushing Wright Story to Superdelegates

Yes Hillary. Anything you say Hillary. Perhaps this is a REAL case of the chickens coming home to roost. Your campaign is a disaster and you are a nasty, nasty person. The superdelegates should just put us all out of our misery and choose Obama already.

Clinto is just throwing mud again to see what sticks.

Ruthless.

Hillary is upset because all the experience she was talking about has been proven false by the papers that were released yesterday. she has to find a way to distract people from that the same way Bill Clinton was launching missiles to iraq and other places in order to distract people from Monica Lewinsky scandal…

I support Hillary on this one. Actually, I think anyone who is conernec about the fate of dem’s chance in Nov. should do the same. Let the supperdelegates know the wright problem of Obama – this is close to fatal. Those clips will come out again in Nov when BO is the nominee, and more will come out. This is for sure…
Just imagine, an ad. showing:
wright’s hateful ranting, obama’s nodding (I am 100% sure by then there will be evidence show he was there when Wright said United States of White America), Obama’s not wearing the flag pin, Michelle’s “my first time”…. When you have every dots connected, it is scary…
I did a little more research online, there is a lot more about Obama comming out. Rezko is still going on…
The mainstream media is makinig Obama the King, who can help the voters make the case to the superdelegates.

Time to go home Hillary, in reality the math is not on your side. Your campaign was a disater, poorly managed, your message was a soup, no real plans, HillaryCare for everybody even if you do not want it. Please, you are not more electable than Obama, we are sorry but you may think that the US presidency is only for White people like you and McCain.

While HRC slings mud Obama is going after the man he will face in November, in an intelligent manner.
Enough of Clinton already!

People’s votes should count. there is no dispute about it. Hillary brought all the mess. if she had followed the rules, it would have been easier to re-vote. she wants to be leader but she cannot follow policies? we are a nation of Laws and policies if you cannot abide by one that do not put it in writing. let us reason beyond the political ambitions and be real.

Gion, with the economy the way it is, with Bush’s poll ratings, with the war going on, McCain should be 20-25 points behind both Hill & Obama. Just the fact that he’s even with them or ahead SPEAKS VOLUMES.
Say hello to President McCain and get use to it.

Now the story of Obama rushing to say Imus should be fired will be the next Obama scandal. He said he’d NEVER have anyone racist like that on his team. BUT HE DID!! What a total PHONY.
I can’t believe all the people fooled by Obama. Really, you’re embarrassing yourselves, falling all over someone who is just as dirty and racist and corrupt as any of them.

Normal Americans that love their country and decided to give Obama a chance now want a revote. Had they known about Obama’s 20 years in a racist hate America church, they would have NEVER trusted him in the White House. Obama is lucky as hell the media are on his side, otherwise this would have come out a long time ago.

Obama – Yes We Can……change the subject.
Won’t work. Audio & video are very very powerful things.

If the party continues to cannibalize itself, the unthinkable will happen for a 3rd time, and John McCain will be President. Will your damn party get it’s priorties straight before we get sentenced to a 3rd BUSH term. If the Democractic party is determined to cut off their nose to spite their face, we are ALL screwed!!! (Is it too much to ask for a competent Pelosi or Reid, to counter and NOT cower to the will of Bush, EVERY single time???)

Obama has lost his lead with independents is one of his big problem and the other is women are backing Hillary and we do not like men that cheat go around with the wrong gang. And we never forget who has hurt us . GO Hillary

You have the Hillary supporters who loathe Barack & his people who will stay home & not vote in the general, and you have the Barack supporters who would never vote for Hillary.
It’s a win-win for McCain. Thanks!

Obama has said his white “rascist” grandma is a TYPICAL white person. This guy is doomed!

Jo McCains Campaign brought up Obama’s pastor. Was that wise seeing how some of his close religious buddies have made some comments about all catholics being whores? He isn’t just sitting back.

All the more reason for the press to start uncovering her closet full of skeletons. How about her upcoming trial re: campaign fraud (a $17 million-dollar lawsuit against the Clintons). Let’s bring the story to the forefront. She’s amazing – now there is direct evidence from her White House papers that she supported Nafta – actually was a notable speaker at a few pro-nafta gatherings. But this info came out yesterday (way after Ohio and Texas vote). Careful what you wish for Hill – maybe Obama will ask Ohio for a revote…..would you be up for that????? Step down PLEASE!

Who said that superdelegates can chnge the will of the people? Is that democracy? If people elect Obama, superdelegates must respect it. If people elect Hillary, superdelegates must respect it. So stop saying she is more electable, go to to the polls and elect her, do not ask for darkrooms to do it there, have some respect for yourself, do not ask for superdelegates decide who win, you votew have value, or just you sold it?

Here’s the fundamental self-serving falacy that the Hillary supporters now reveling in the Wright fallout fail to understand:
By the time of the general, this issue will be as buried as the hundred Clinton scandals out there.
So the question doesn’t come down to a “clean” candidate vs. a candidate with the Wright stigma.
It is a choice between a candidate that can be made to look like a racist through questionable associations with a made-up pastor image, or one that can be made to look like a murdering, drug trafficking, terrorist pardoning, land dealing crook who let Al-Quaeda run away and was responsible for 9/11.
Nobody in the Obama campaign will mention it, because they have the class to understand that democrats aren’t supposed to tear each other down.
But you’d better think about it for a bit before you decide on who would be the best candidate.

Hillary has no shame, and uses racial issues as a tactic.
Very sad and ugly.
But Hillary is a lost cause:
-Hillary stealing the nomination by coup makes her unelectable.
-Hillary dragging out her losing bid for the nomination to the detrement of the party makes her unelectable
-Hillary endorsing John McCain makes her unelectable
-Finally, losing the majority of states, delegates and popular vote make her unelectable

I won’t vote for either Sen. Clinton or Sen. Obama. However, I cannot blame or think less of Sen. Clinton for using this matter to support her claim that she is a better choice for the Democratic nomination. Sen. Obama chose to keep a close relationship with a man who is clearly consumed by hatred, bitterness, and loony conspiracy theories. The depth and length of this relationship brings his judgment into question, and that is a legitimate point to make in the primary and general election campaigns. Sen. Obama has not yet won his party’s nomination and he’s not ahead by much. Sen. Clinton has a right to continue her campaign.

John Blair,
What about McCain’s endorsement by those 2 Pastors- one that said those nasty things about Catholics and their religion and the other that condemned gays, I think. (Their names escape me.) Do you think McCain can bring Wright up during the elections and Obama will not bring up these Pastors names? Do you see why this will not be a major point in the election?
Only Hillary is clinging to this Wright issue to win the nomination by hook or by crook. She is desperate now, and so are all her paid staff who are all over these boards. She failed to run a good campaign by not focusing beyond Feb 5, and she calls herself a better Manager than Obama? Now all she is left with is negative campaign, to the extent of even raising McCain above Obama, a fellow Democrat. What an abomination! And what do we know now about her ’35 years experience’ from her recently released schedules? Not much!
The press is on her side. Otherwise, why are they silent over Paul vs. Clintons? Why are they not pushing for the release of the Clinton Library donors’ list so that we can connect the dots between those pardoned and the donors? How much did Hsu really give her? We know she returned $850,000 after the guy was jailed. But how much did she receive? Can we start discussing Bill’s eight years after leaving the White House? Talk about baggage!

to all those who attack me and other posters personally, intelligent mature people can debate and state opinions without personal attacks… have a great day

“isome,”
Great observation. Yet, when Columbus, Lincoln, Washington & Jefferson are viewed in their proper historical context versus by today’s standards — unfortunately their actions were status quo in their time.
Yes, U.S. society has progressed from outright slavery and other forms of oppression. And, yes, there are still many other areas requiring improvement. However, judging individuals from the historical past by utilizing today’s standards is unfair and a bit of forced revisionism.

For those of you who think this Wright this will be used during the campaign proper, check this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_obama_video
Only Hillary will use this negative stuff because she is desperate. McCain will not. I respect him for that.

My concern is not just Rev. Wright’s comments, but how excited the whole congregation was to cheer him on and enthusiastically slapping hands in agreement with the inflammatory speech. If Senator Obama had been present at this service, would he have said anything, left the church, or rocked his body back and forth to the rhythm of the moment? Regardless, this is the culture in which he was raised and it’s an ugly one, regardless of any context. Many people, not forgetting native Americans, also have legitimate claims to discord with our government, but Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans and others continue to strive within the system for change. This is far more commendable than falling back on hate-speeches which can only foster more divisive hate.

Obama lacks judgment by participating and supporting Rev. Wright’s congregation. He sat there and listens to those hateful messages for 20 years without opposition. He didn’t have enough common sense to just walk out and condemn that type of behavior. He lacks character by associating what his white grandmother told him in private to that of the public hateful messages of Rev. Wright as being equivalent. We don’t get to choose our Family but we get to choose our Pastors, churches and friends. Obama chose Rev. Wright and his congregation to be part of his life for the last 20 years. I have been a Democrat for over 30 years. If Obama were to get the nomination, I’ll be switching over to the Republican Party and voting for John McCain. I’ll never go back to the Democratic Party and the reason is simple, I love my country more then I love my party. Obama lacks judgment and character. Obama is not Wright for America.

It does not matter who is pushing it. Its news and it matters.

GO HILLARY —-YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT TELLS THE TRUTH —LIKE IT IS—–OBAMA IS MR. RHETORIC—WHEN HIS LIPS MOVE THEY SAY —HI EVERYONE —I AM A RACIST AND A LIAR

After Hillary has destroyed Obama’s reputation and stolen the nomination, I encourage all of you disenfranchised voters to join the Libertarian party

Rev Wright the gift that keeps on giving.
Church full of laughing, dancing and screaming Obama “friends” and fellow members the Sunday after 9/11.
Yeah. Obama is a patriot. Obama can get elected.
LMAO

It’s Time!! It’s Time!! It’s Time!!
Mr. Obama Resign!! Mr. Obama Resign!!

Amy, losing the the African American vote with everything else going against Hillary is far more fatal than the Wright fiasco.

It will be very unfair for HRC to go that far. Please pass this to her camp:
A few spews of crap…
John Hagee (McCain accepted his endorsement):
“All hurricanes are acts of God, because God controls the heavens. I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, and they were recipients of the judgment of God for that.”
Islam in general — those who live by the Koran have a scriptural mandate to kill Christians and Jews.
Liberal bloggers are uncovering other controversial past positons as well, including a fundraiser that included an appeal to “Make plans to come and go home with a slave.”
64,000,000 Americans belong to an “apostate church,” the “Great Whore” that is Roman Catholicism.
We must attack Iran to bring about the Second Coming.
Rod Parsley (McCain accepted his endorsement / Also regarded as John McCain’s “spiritual advisor”)
I cannot tell you how important it is that we understand the true nature of Islam, that we see it for what it really is. In fact, I will tell you this: I do not believe our country can truly fulfill its divine purpose until we understand our historical conflict with Islam. I know that this statement sounds extreme, but I do not shrink from its implications. The fact is that America was founded, in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed, and I believe September 11, 2001, was a generational call to arms that we can no longer ignore.
It was to defeat Islam, among other dreams, that Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World in 1492…Columbus dreamed of defeating the armies of Islam with the armies of Europe made mighty by the wealth of the New World. It was this dream that, in part, began America.
Pat Robertson:
“The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.”
“[Homosexuals] want to come into churches and disrupt church services and throw blood all around and try to give people AIDS and spit in the face of ministers.”
“I know this is painful for the ladies to hear, but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the head of the household and the husband is the head of the wife, and that’s the way it is, period.”
“Presbyterians are the spirit of the Antichrist.”
“There is no such thing as separation of church and state in the Constitution. It is a lie of the Left and we are not going to take it anymore.”
“You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if [President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela] thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It’s a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. And I don’t think any oil shipments will stop. [...] We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don’t need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It’s a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.”
Jerry Falwell:
I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won’t have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!
Labor unions should study and read the Bible instead of asking for more money. When people get right with God, they are better workers.
AIDS is not just God’s punishment for homosexuals; it is God’s punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.
Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan in America.
I am such a strong admirer and supporter of George W. Bush that if he suggested eliminating the income tax or doubling it, I would vote yes on first blush.
I believe that global warming is a myth. And so, therefore, I have no conscience problems at all and I’m going to buy a Suburban next time.
There’s been a concerted effort to steal Christmas.
Rod Parsley:
“Two lesbians were having perverted sex, drinking alcohol, and snorting cocaine. But when I shouted, ‘Come out’ their glasses burst in their hands and they slithered out of the bed and got gloriously born again and filled with the Holy Ghost.”
John Hagee:
“Do you know the difference between a woman with PMS and a snarling Doberman pinscher? The answer is lipstick. Do you know the difference between a terrorist and a woman with PMS? You can negotiate with a terrorist.”

Oh please. So if anyone even mentions Wright or race down the road then Clinton is playing dirty politics?
Fox news is playing these soundbites over and over and will find new one’s to play and most of us have seen enough to come to our own conclusions. Obama supporters will continue to support him but people will come to their own conclusions based on what they see or hear and it’s Wright’s words itself that will impact people – not anything
Clinton and her camp can say.

What’s really really really sad about al of this is that Rev. Wright is so far from being a racist.
The Clintons have done a fantastic job of creating the spin they needed out of this to demonize Rev. Wright whom most people know little about and I just wonder how many of us understand how dangerous that really is.
Where was that spotlight when Wright, whose church was no less Afro-centric than it is now, led Trinity to be among the first in the nation to take the fight against South Africa’s former racist government to the streets?
Where was that spotlight when Wright took a small but devout membership and grew it to an estimated 8 ,000 members that include some of the most respected citizens in Chicago?
Where was that spotlight when Wright launched one of the earliest responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the black community?
Where was the media?
As it is, the political warfare has thrust Wright, a man with a charismatic leadership style, a big-hearted nature, and grass-roots organizing skills, into an undeserved spotlight.
And most of us are content to judge him based on 3 minutes of a 45 minute sermon.
We were nowhere to be found.
I have not spoken to Wright, who will retire in June as the church’s senior pastor, but I imagine his heart is broken.
After all, he didn’t labor in the vineyard for 36 years among the mighty and the low to be demonized by white people who not only don’t have a grasp of the black church experience, but apparently don’t have a desire to understand why that experience is rife with emotions.
Despite all the hoopla, Wright is revered on the South Side of Chicago and is treated as a gifted theologian across the country.

The color Purple. Much as we may crave it, we do not live in a democracy. If we did then each person would have one vote in every issue, and that vote would count as much as any other. But we don’t. If you participated in a caucus, your vote counted about ten times as much as someone who voted in a primary. In the general election, what ultimately matters is the votes in the Electoral College, not the popular vote, as we re-learned so painfully in 2000. So the question facing the uncommitted “super-delegates” is how do we run the best campaign with the highest probability of defeating John McCain in November, and win the majority of Electoral College votes. Cuurently Clinton has 267 electoral votes and Obama has 202 electoral votes using the same method as used in the GE. Assume that Hillary wins PA, WV, Indiana
and Obama gets SD, NC , OR , MT , Clinton will have 308 electoral votes and Obama will have 230 Electoral votes. You know who should be on top of the DREAM ticket.

She is a boldfaced LIAR, just like her husband. She now says she was always against NAFTA well according to the White House records she has always been a fervent supporter and pusher of NAFTA. Now am I going to indirectly condem Obama because his pastor is a jerk or condem Clinton because she is directly lying about a fact that has gained her support with those all important blue collar workers who thinks she is on their side when in fact she’s helped take their jobs all along. http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20080320/cm_thenation/1300860_1

“Purple” states are those where, for example, the Presidential vote in 2004 was separated by about 6% or less. Those include Ohio, Florida, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and New Mexico which Hillary either already won or is leading. These are the states that the Democratic Party must win in November. It is critically important that the Democratic candidate be the one who draws most strongly in those key states. To believe that the candidate who did not attract a majority of Democratic voters in the primaries there, will somehow get not only most of those Democratic voters but also draw similar voters from outside the Democratic Party is naïve and dangerous if your ultimate goal is to not have a Republican in the White House this time next year. Upto now Hillary has 2064 delegates and Obama has 1394 delegates using the same method that is used in the General election. Assuming that Hillary wins PA, WV,Indiana and PR & Guam and Obama gets SD, NC , OR , MT , she will have 2439 delegates and Obama will have 1606 delegates. If Democrats ignore this and give top of the ticket to Obama, 25% of the Democrats will vote for Republicans and we can lose both the House & the Senate. This is exactly what happened when Anti War hero McGovern was nominated and we lost all states except Mass.

Truth, African Americans have never liked Hillary Clinton. The African American community embraced Bill Clinton and if Bill were the candidate I doubt Obama would have a chance. However, after this experience I doubt even Bill’s influence can bring the African American community to vote for Hillary.

“Purple” states are those where, for example, the Presidential vote in 2004 was separated by about 6% or less. Those include Ohio, Florida, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and New Mexico which Hillary either already won or is leading. These are the states that the Democratic Party must win in November. It is critically important that the Democratic candidate be the one who draws most strongly in those key states. To believe that the candidate who did not attract a majority of Democratic voters in the primaries there, will somehow get not only most of those Democratic voters but also draw similar voters from outside the Democratic Party is naïve and dangerous if your ultimate goal is to not have a Republican in the White House this time next year. Upto now Hillary has 2064 delegates and Obama has 1394 delegates using the same method that is used in the General election. Assuming that Hillary wins PA, WV,Indiana and PR & Guam and Obama gets SD, NC , OR , MT , she will have 2439 delegates and Obama will have 1606 delegates. If Democrats ignore this and give top of the ticket to Obama, 25% of the Democrats will vote for Republicans and we can lose both the House & the Senate. This is exactly what happened when Anti War hero McGovern was nominated and we lost all states except Mass.

THIS TYPICAL WHITE WOMAN SAY I SURE AS HECK HOPE SHE IS, CAUSE IF SHE ISN’T SHE IS NUTS IF THE TABLES WAS TURNED HE WOULD IN HEART BEAT, BUT JUST LIKE A TYPICAL BLACK MAN IS GOING TO CRY, RACIST,,,,,,

Obama is “your typical black person”
Michellw is “your typical black person”
Poor white grandma!

Sorry media folks, this is one thing you won’t get away with blaming on Clinton. Good try, though.

The SUPERDELEGATES are not stupid, nobody has to push this story. They know that come fall election, if they have endorsed OBAMA and they are running for office, they will be subjected to clips of JEREMIAH WRIGHT with a voiceover saying how once it was revealed that OBAMA has WRIGHT on his campaign, and this candidate endorsed OBAMA, the candidate will have their own JUDGEMENT called into question. At that point its all over except the cryin’. OBAMA is NOT ELECTABLE, no doubt.

The Rev. Wright issue will be the reason many psuedo Obama backers will cite when asked why they no longer back the “Oracle of Illinois”.Barack, you were so correct…of course, words mean something.

It labeling is granny as typical white woman is not racist remark I will kiss you fat butt, and someone tell just what is a typical white is ,,,,,,,,

More… can some one tell pubilc what Obams has done to black community besides donating his money to his church? What has he done to benefit AA? Why will AA support him??

What a cheap shot ABC-Clinton has not waded into the fray of this ugly Wright fiasco. You just can’t handle 10 minutes without controversy, so you make it up instead. Why don’t you try reporting the news instead of manipulating it.

Truth, Obama has not told a single lie. You folks are just selective in your reporting or recording of the commentary.

interesting that ABCNews and other media outlets aren’t even thinking of touching the Clinton’s or McCain’s bagage in the same way they are doing so to Obama.
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That is because at every turn they are tearing Clinton to pieces, there’s nothing left to dig into. Quit crying, its about time they looked into Obama’s past.

I did not blame him for the comments his pastor said ,but i did however hold him accountable for staying and letting hate been drilled into the minds of those children,,,,,,but I do blame him for the hate in his words with the A Typical White Woman Remark,

Gosh, I would hope that her campaign is pressing the super delegates on this issue. Somehow, I don’t think it will be as heavy-handed as what the Obama campaign did to John Lewis and other super delegates when they pressured them to switch their support – does anyone remember the look on Mr. Lewis’ face, how beaten he sounded?
If the goal of the democrats is to win in November, I’d hope that Clinton can make her case that she’s the most electable. Democrats can’t win with only african americans and the liberal wing of the party. Let’s hope the super delegates listen.

Truth, Obama has not told a single lie. You folks are just selective in your reporting or recording of the commentary.
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How about last week he wasn’t there for the sermons. This week in his speech he was. Second one Rezko contributed 150,000 dollars a few months later it turns out to be 250,000 dollars. Those are lies to me.

One question for all you self-righteous pains, who runs America?

Thinking: If Hillary is slinging mud I hope it doesn’t miss Obama. Because he’s full of mud. He couldn’t run a cleaning plant let alone this country. We need someon that has intelligence, capabilities and foreign policy and that let’s him out. We also need someone that does not have close ties to a racist pastor unless they are a racist themselves in sheeps clothing. I heard the comment Obama made about his white grandmother calling her a typical white person. He is not my choice for the presidency and I am glad people are starting to see him as he really is.

Ross Douthat and Ezra Klein are arguing about whether Jeremiah Wright’s statements are comparable to those of Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and John Hagee’s. To argue that they’re not comparable, Douthat — like most people commenting on this raging controversy — conflates two entirely separate analytical issues:
(1) Given their close and long-standing personal relationship, does Wright merit more scrutiny vis-a-vis Obama than white, radical evangelical ministers merit vis-a-vis Republican politicians? and,
(2) Are the statements of white evangelical ministers subjected to the same standards of judgment as those being applied to Wright’s statements?
Even if the answer to (1) is “yes,” that doesn’t change the fact that the answer to (2) is a resounding “no.”
The statement of Wright’s which seems to be causing the most upset — and it’s one of two singled out by Douthat — is his suggestion that there is a causal link between (a) America’s constant bombings of and other interference with Middle Eastern countries and (b) the willingness of some Middle Eastern fanatics to attack the U.S. Ever since the 9/11 attacks, we’ve been told that positing any such causal connection is a sign of vicious anti-Americanism and that all decent people find such questions despicable. This week we learned that no respectable person would subject his children to a pastor who espouses such hateful ideas.
But the idea that America deserves terrorist attacks and other horrendous disasters has long been a frequently expressed view among the faction of white evangelical ministers to whom the Republican Party is most inextricably linked. Neither Jerry Falwell nor Pat Robertson ever retracted or denounced their view that America provoked the 9/11 attacks by doing things to anger God. John Hagee continues to believe that the City of New Orleans got what it deserved when Katrina drowned its residents and devastated the lives of thousands of Americans. And James Inhofe — who happens to still be a Republican U.S. Senator — blamed America for the 9/11 attacks by arguing in a 2002 Senate floor speech that “the spiritual door was opened for an attack against the United States of America” because we pressured Israel to give away parts of the West Bank.
The phrases “anti-American” and “America-haters” are among the most barren and manipulative in our entire political lexicon, but whatever they happen to mean on any given day, they easily encompass people who believe that the U.S. deserved the 9/11 attacks, devastating hurricanes and the like. Yet when are people like Falwell, Robertson, Hagee, Inhofe and other white Christian radicals ever described as anti-American or America-hating extremists? Never — because white Christian evangelicals who tie themselves to the political Right are intrinsically patriotic. Does Douthat believe that those individuals are anti-American radicals and that people who allow their children to belong to their churches are exercising grave errors of judgment?

The issue shouldn’t be whether Clinton is pushing the Wright story. The issue is why is Obama trying to take the high road? He cannot distance himself from 20 years of association with a church and pastor who promote racism (have we forgoteen this church honored Farrakkan – did Obama even mention it). Obama should drop out of the race. He has no place as a representative of America (his wife has only been proud once to be an American?). He has the audacity to continue!

Obama needs to Man-up and bow out at this point,…He will be able to have a “comein to the lord” moment down the road in 8 years and maybe he can run again. If of course he is able to convince the American people that his judgement is better and that he has learned from his horrible mistakes.
NOBAMA 08

BTW, Obama has been also honest to admit himself already even in his own words…
That is the fact…

Now that I’ve had a chance to read some of the ugly comments people have made about Hillary, I need to add something. It’s really amazing the adjectives that people who don’t support her use – many gender based. People, when you’re running for the presidency, you’re expected to have sharp elbows, a tough skin, resiliency, an ability to fight, – all this in addition to judgement and experience and a strong command of the issues. This race should not be a rehash of her husband’s personal behavior or a pouring over of date books from 10 years ago. I’m appalled that Brian Williams recounted where Clinton was while her husband was cheating on her. What makes that relevant? Women are taking note of the extreme bias that continues against Clinton. Can the Democratic Party afford to turn off large numbers of women and win November’s election?

This is not news to African Americans, Black Churches preach the same way because we have been through the struggle and the fire, and all of you white critics have not been through the fire, you may have had a personal horrific event in which you have called on GOD, but you all have not as a race gone through the fire so really you cannot call any of them racist we are just a product of what America made us and now that you have to deal with us you hate it, oh well deal with it! I LOVE BEING BLACK, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT FAKE, WE ARE REAL!

By the way, the facts show he wasnt even at church on the Sunday that either of those sermons were delivered but I’m sure you overlooked that fact in all your “research”.
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Read his speech. I didn’t overlook anything.

WOW – now i really don’t like her. I have to admit. I can’t see how I would vote for her in the general election. She is just as filthy and disgusting as the republicans in so many ways.
Maybe Republicans hate her so much is 50% because they are so much a like and 50% because she comes off as an annoying scum bag who will say and do anything to win except run a good campaign…
OH – and feels that she is promised/due/next in line/expected to be the next POTUS

To the Obamanites: I think it would not matter what other secrets or garbage will be revealed about Obama you would still be pro-Obama. I bet you even if a video surfaces showing Barack and Michelle Obama clapping and cheering Wright while he spews his hateful words against USA and White America you will just put your BLINDERS on…and say…WHAAT..WHAAT…I DON’T SEE THEM…..THAT’S NOT THEM…lol

Susan, because he obviously hadn’t heard the most inflammatory comments. He heard some “controversial” comments. Do you honestly believe he would have invited Rev. Wright to a political role had he heard all of those remarks? That would’ve been political suicide in a campaign against the dirt slinging Clintons.
Not only that….Rev. Wright is a brilliant man. Regardless of what the media has led you to beleive the man is not a racist. Not even close.
He hates racism himself too much to ever support it himself. This is the same man that challenged the church to include homosexuals and same sex marriage but I’m sure the media didn’t tell you that…

Hillary Clinton is disgusting and a Monster. Every time she is in a weak position, she changes her mind,++++++++++Now that is funny ,like Mr I alway tell the truth and stand by my word has, lets see, I didn’t vote on the war,{well that was true, YOU HAD TO BE THERE FIRST] then I didn’t do NAFTA, oh wait I did, then I was not there, never heard it, Wait I was there , I have heard it, and I don’t have any papers , oh wait I do have,,then Granny was a racist, no wait she was A Typical White Woman ,,,,,,,,,,,and the list goes on,,,,,

Whoever thinks Ohama didn’t know his pastor’s hatred comments for 20yrs is underestimating Obama’s intelligence and your own intelligence…

Obama is Finished…you can like him or you can dislike him. You can trust him or you can distrust him. Obama is Finished!!

According to Obama we are all just “typical white people” … he is a racist! … and you buffoon liberals are going to elect McCain!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to the Clinton campaign, and their scorched-earth politics against Obama, and their quasi-campaigning for McCain, the writing on the wall is at least 4 more years of destructive Republicanism in the White House. And with John McSame McCain and his 100 year war and his bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran. How tragic.

John G,
True spoken words. Racism is everywhere in the world. America is not immune to it, however it’s a great country to live in. Canada is right up there with America, though :-)

Syl,
I’m not saying that Obama knew about the anti-America remarks, but why would he dis-invite Wright to candidacy speech and then give him a place on the campaign??
The “controversial” remarks that Obama knew/heard about before Feb 2007 had to be strong enough for him to dis-invite Wright.

Believe it…Obama could have had all the numbers in the world 2 weeks ago, but our Democratic party will be forced to find any possible way to take those numbers away from him. They will call it “New Math”. Obama is Finished.

Truth…your probem is in thinking Rev. Wright is a racist.
Posted by: Syl —————–
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What would call him then? If you agree with this type of stuff, God help this country.

Roger, I doubt that will happen the Democrats can’t afford to do something as insanely divisive.

FOX poll today says BILL Clinton would win against Hillary, against Barack, and against McCain if he were eligible to run again. If Bill is so well loved, why does everyone hate Hillary? He pushed through NAFTA and he misbehaved in the White House, but these things are obviously Hillary’s fault. Man, if Barack is teflon then Hillary is velcro. Let’s cut to the chase, people. How about a public flogging. Or maybe hold her head under water and if she drowns she’s holy, if she survives she’s a proven witch.

Obama needs to resign from the race and his Senate seat. Even his comments today show he lacks character. Also his dealings with shady individuals–Ayers, Rezko and the continuous lies he tells to cover his past shows he has poor judgement, is dishonest,a hypocrite and is not a creditable candidate to hold the Presidency. He was one of the first people who said Imus and Trent Lott needed to resign, so why hasn’t he resigned???

Sigh. Is Clinton pushing the Wright story? Is the Pope Catholic? Where do bears go to the restroom?
Come ON!

Why doesn’t anyone ask Obama why he added Wright to his campaign AFTER he knew his comments were controversial? Obama knew BEFORE he declared his candidacy. And according to Wright, Obama knew he needed to distance himself from Wright. That was back in FEBRURARY 2007.
So why would Obama add Wright to his campaign??
Obama church published Hamas terror manifesto:
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=59456
Here’s a copy of the church bulletin:
http://www.bizzyblog.com/wp-images/TUCChamasColumn072207.jpg

Dfinke, because he’s done nothing that would warrant a resignation. Why doesn’t Hillary resign her seat for lying to the public about NAFTA, withholding her tax returns, lying about her foreign affairs experience and her lack of credibility?

I can’t call Wright is a racist…
But I know a true pastor is not to promote hatred but to ask people to repent their sins in the name of God..
Wright crossed his line as a pastor… The racist is a political term not from Bible…

Unless Obama implodes, Hillary can’t win.
I’m just waiting until she releases her 8 years of back taxes, the names of the people who donated to the $165 million Clinton library, the rest of her documents as first lady, and explains in detail the roll Bill Clinton’s will have in her administration. Maybe the mainstream media will grow a pair and instead of being afraid of being seen as misogynists they will be more afraid of being seen as the cowardly hacks that they’ve shown themselves to be so far.

Wow Susan, I knew Hillary was a liar but I thought even she would stop short of fabricating literature. Damn! Now, that’s incredible.
You are something else. Well Hillary did say she was a fighter, she never said it would be fair.

Two words.
Lanny Davis.

BTW, even Bush knew Obama has not been nominee yet…. Don’t crown yourself too quick without putting on the clothes..

Bob, more arrogance from the Hillary camp. I guess I should shuffle away because you don’t like my responses.
Sorry, its’ 2008 Bob. No intimidation.

WEBSTERS THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY: racism – the assumption that psychocultural traits and capacities are determined by biological race and that races differ decisively from from one another which is usually coupled with a belief in the inherent superiority of a particular race and its DOMINATION over others.
We definitely have tried to embrace white america, but when has white america openly and publicly embraced us, if there were no racism from your culture in the first place there would be no arguments going on right now, but NNOOOOOOOOOOO The US GOVT. let racism exist they had the power to cut racism at the root during the Civil War, but that hate was passed on to sons and daughters thru 60′s on up to PRESENT. I cannot classify all whites but the ones in here calling out OBAMA AND WRIGHT to be such “RACIST”, who started it, Rev. Wright went thru the fire during the Civil Rights Movement and experienced head on, where the hell were you!!! sitting down eating ice cream watching TV. Some of you werent even born. You dont know what kind of anguish that man feels, You want him to be so quick to forgive YOU (whoever the racist white is on here) when the pain was inflicted on him, that is ridiculous somebody spit on your face, break bottles on your head, kick you in the @$$ and then tell you, that you cannot be angry, and put a GIG ORDER ON YOU! how Hypocritical can you be you SELF CENTERED RACIST BASTA#$%S

According to the poles Obama has the backing of the collage educated upper-class. This being true I figure they will see that he is a racist hiding behind a front as a unifier. There may be some of you die-hard Obamaites who would sell out the party if you don’t get your way but I don’t think you are a majority by no means. It is sad that Obama was so greedy that he couldn’t wait long enough to learn the ins and outs of politicing. There is the seedy side and the honest side. Poor Obama didn’t wait around long enough to learn how to combat the negatives that will inevitably come up during a campaign. My guess is, his greedy wife wanted it all and she wanted it now. In essence I think she threw him to the wolves by not allowing him to learn the ins and outs. She didn’t allow him the time to learn that Americans are not going to abide him sitting listening to racial anti-american sentiment for 20 years and not be completely turned off. As a result of this I feel he has ruined his chances to ever be anything more than a one-time senator from Illinois.

Kutan
Are you F#*%king kidding me…”HRC has less baggage than BO”
Have you been in a cave for the last 15 years?

Barbara the advantage of having that demographic supporting his campaign is that they actually research the issues instead of taking the issues at face value or based on media reports.
That alone will lead them to dismiss the Wright story. The bigger issue is the tone between Obama’s campaign and the “beer drinking” blue collar workers as CNN described them. By the way, those aren’t my words.

Oh yeah the Wright story was planted from day one. Yeah Obama was forced to attend Wright’s church 20 years ago,sit in the pew when Wright was giving some not so right lectures, was forced to call Wright his mentor and spiritual advisor, was forced to make Wright part of his compaign, oh, the Clintons are really powerful, don’t you agree?
It’s not his fault! All Clinton’s fault!
Yeah blame others as you want.

TypicalWhiteWoman, here’s an open invitation. I will pay your way to Chicago and ask that you attend one service at UCC. If you leave that service believing Rev. Wright and his congregation hate white people I will cast my vote for Hillary.

“Do whatever they can to win”?
You mean threw your grandma under the bus to save your compaign? Picture your grandma who loved you, raised you as a racist?

Syl – you are not responding intelligently to the people here. You are attacking them. Arrogant – are you calling yourself that? Because you are the arrogant one not me. Just admit it that you are a paid blogger by the Obama camp. I have never seen anyone respond to almost everyone that is against Obama. Did they hire you to stop the bleeding and do damage control?

People, don’t be morons. If Hillary were behind this story don’t you think it would’ve come out BEFORE Barack stacked up his string of tiny red-state wins? I don’t have a dog in this particular race, but it’s clear which one attracts the biggest numbskulls.

As Obama and Clinton show their true colors, John McCain is looking good. Does Michael Dukakis ring a bell here…

As Obama and Clinton show their true colors, John McCain is looking good. Does Michael Dukakis ring a bell here…

Did you hear what Obama said today about “typical white people”. It was another offending remark from the race candidate. He’s going to implode his candidacy with these kind of statements.

Why Obama attracted some high-income class dem or independents..:
Be frank: because they don’t care about the blue working class… They only like to have new faces, new star…Who is elected will have minimum impact on their life… They just like drama… Ohama fits their desire..
That is the fact…

^^^I agree with a lot that you just stated!

The question is not “Why Barack Obama stayed at his church for 20 years”. If you belong to a church you know it’s not all about the pastor. Barack started attending that church when he first came to Chicago when he was a community organizer; these are people he fought for and with to get housing and jobs. The church is about God, it’s about fellowship, it’s about relationships you’ve built, and it’s about family… The question that should be asked is who are you and what are you willing to do to change America. Do you want more of the same or do you want a better America…We may have all arrived on different boats but we are all here together now and if we want a better America …We are the change we have been waiting for and Barack Obama is the man to help us get there. Please do not let the media divide us any further.

Truth, come on if that were the case they would just vote in a woman.

Why is racist white america so blind? IS IT DENIAL!

There goes ABC News again. Trying now to put “Blame” on the Hillary Camp. Just because “THEIR OBVIOUS” chosen candidate but humilited by his former pastor, now they want to place suspicion on the Clinton Camp. Why did not ABC, CNN, NBC, and CBS air anything originally when this news story came out late last week. CAN ABC ANSWER THAT QUESTION? It is so obvious that ABC (and the above networks) were for him with all the Clinton bashing that had been going on for weeks. That’s all they every talked about. How she had no chance and might steal the election. Quit with the theories and quit trying to place this in the minds of Americans!!! Putting Obama on Nightline and Good Morning America to better explain his pastor’s remarks is not going to help either. It may be too late for him. I did not watch or would listen to him anyway. It had to take Someone from his Fox News Program to point out how ABC only mentioned about tens seconds of it last week and had only posted it on its website, NBC and CBS did not even bother to mention what Rev. Wright had said because “They, the news media” felt it was not news worthy. Guess the rest of the media, which is being neutral and who reported the story felt otherwise because they felt strongly that it was important information that the American people realize the type of person who wants to be president? What do we really know what he thinks of inside. Even though it is the pastor’s words, Mr. Obama had previously stated that he had looked up to his pastor and praised him. How can he look up to someone who obviously has such hatred towards America. Mr. Obama was aware of the type of sermons that his pastor has been giving for over twenty years. Now we know what Michelle Obama meant. Is this the kind of woman we want as First Lady? Hillary is the best choice and most experience. I certainly hope the media (and you know who are) would quit trying to persuade their point of view and influence the vote. New Hampshire, California, Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico and Texas (and a few other states) did not listen to you and voted their own minds. I certainly hope the Super Delegates now realize who is and has always been the better candidate, they can see for themselves who is the better choice. Guess Obama was right about one thing, “Speaches are not mearly just words” Guess he did not figure that it worked the other way too. What is most shocking is that his (former pastor and he now calls him) uses profanity not only in front of children BUT uses the Lord’s name in Vain, AND in GOD’s HOUSE. Shame on the pastor and Mr. Obama!!!

New politics, which Obama represents?
..it is that Obama has introduced PASSIVE/ AGGRESSIVENESS…
…into politics.. that is what is new…
doh!

Hey the white resume compared to the black has SLIME written all over it, so NO you dont get to win the POSITION of trust with US! SORRY! YOU ALL WILL HAVE TO EMBRACE US, NO MORE KISSING YOUR @$$ THOSE DAYS ARE OVER!

The funny thing is this is exactly why she is less electble …because almost everyone outside of her supporters hates her…and it is not because she is strong woman.
It’s because she (“blech”) slimy as all hell. She releases info with chunks missing …over states everything makes crap up…
ugh … You think she has a better chance of the American people picking her? Are you kidding …people want to like their President…she’s …she’s
C’mon fear, wrapped in lists of scandals…wrapped in that smile…wrapped in this crap… and topped with her first lady years as her proof of experience over obama and McCain.
C’mon

Why Obama attracted some high-income class dem or independents..:
Be frank: because they don’t care about the blue working class… They only like to have new faces, new star…Who is elected will have minimum impact on their life… They just like drama… Ohama fits their desire..
That is the fact…
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Well said. They call those working class “downscale democrats”, “beer drinking” blue collar workers”. Watch CNN, MSNBC, you can clearly see their comtempt toward them.

Redraz, I agree with you completely. His use of a stereotype was totally out of line. Does that make him a racist?
I surely doubt you believe that…

I saw the sermon, my eyes are not lying to me about what that tirade was all about. He was right about Hillary, Nobody ever called her the N word. Why would they?

Posted by Syl:
Susan, name the racist remarks that offended you? I have listened to both sermons (in their entireity) and I have yet to hear anything racist.
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Oh, PLLEEEEEEZE! Who ARE you??? and what planet do you live on?????

Susan, does that mean you won’t name one or you can’t name one?

HRC is shameless like her Billy boy in the Whitehouse corridors with young interns!!
Filthy rich with connections to filthy rich special interests. America you really want change. GO CRAZY FOR OBAMA. Obama is probably the ONLY positive candidate. The ONLY who can give America back to Americans. He can deliver you to you from the clutches of lobbyists and shameless agents of the big Corporate culture that has brought nothing but frustration and helplessness to the people.
GO OBAMA! WE ARE ALL FOR YOU! YOU CAN. YES YOU CAN!

ATYPICALWHITEWOMAN if you had to throw it out there you already believed it! And unlike you, we already know what we need to do, we do have our faults AT LEAST WE ARE NOT ASHAMED TO ADMIT OUR GUILTY STAINS FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT! YOU AND YOUR CRONIES HAVE TO SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG AND ARE TO AFRAID TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF RACE BECAUSE YOU ALL DONT WANT TO DEAL WITH THE “TRUE” UGLINESS YOU RACIST WHITES TO POSSESS, AND THAT IS NOT MEANT FOR ALL WHITES JUST THE RACIST ONES!

TypicalWhiteWoman, I’ve read and heard the comments before but I thought you were trying to make a specific point. Was I incorrect?

I’m counting down the moments until someone from the Obama side who will cry that this is racism. I can’t stand a Hillary administration, but if her side is pushing the story, it’s only fair game. You’re right – pass the popcorn.

Posted by Syl:
Susan, does that mean you won’t name one or you can’t name one?
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What it means is: I’m not going to answer such a ridiculous question.
A couple of the posters referred to you as a paid (or un-paid) Obama staff-member. I’m beginning to think they’ve got something there.
BTW, you haven’t answered my question: Why did Obama dis-invite Wright to the candidacy speech and then give him a place on the campaign?
But it’s okay if you are unable to answer that question. Don’t want to stress you out.

Andy, I should add that I too think that theory is utterly ridiculous because we all know the government created AID’s as part of chemical warfare experiment that went terribly wrong.
We also know the government wouldn’t spend that much money on black folks. :) (thats a joke my man…lighten up.)

Still a quite bit of Obama’s fans used dirty words for Hillary as personal attacks…
It only shows what kind of quality of his supporter is….

HEY SYL, SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE ME UPSET, I AM SO IMMUNE TO WHITE CRITICISM IT IS FUNNY, THE FUNNY PART TO ME THOUGH, IS THIS, THAT THE ANGER SHE FEELS NOW, WE HAVE FELT FOR SO MANY YEARS AND AT HIGHER DEGREES, SHE CANT EVEN TAKE WORDS BEING THROWN AT HER, SO YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TAKEN SHE DEFINITELY COULDN’T TAKE! LIKE I SAID THEY HAVENT GONE THRU THE FIRE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT OPPRESSION IS. SO THEY ARE IGNORANT AND BLIND TO THE EFFECTS. THEY HAVENT BEEN TREATED WITH THE MEDICINE THAT WE HAVE TAKEN, THAT IS WHAT SCARES THEM THE MOST, IT SCARED THE MASTER ON THE PLANTATION WHEN SLAVES REVOLTED AND IT SCARES THEM NOW!

Where in the world is Waldo Wright?

I think that the Obama supporters are forgetting a little something here. Obama picked the Wright person to sabotage his campaign. The media is the weapon. Burn the Obama campaign down!

Where in the world is Waldo Wright?

Andy, if it were factual…where’s the beef? This government experimented on black men during the Tuskegee experiment. That’s the frame of reference from which Rev. Wright makes his comparisons.
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as I heard, Wright certainly was not making a comparison. And he certainly was not refering anything. Seems to me he really believed what he said.
And if you have to seperate “the government is controlled by rich white” from “it created AIDS to kill off blacks”, you are all free to do so. But I’m afraid you cannot convince me, let alone many others. “it” has not its own motive, it’s the “people” behind “it” who are responsible. That is what Rev. Wright deliverd to his church members, of which many are very young and are not able to tell right from wrong yet.
If you choose not to see this point, well continue support Obama.

Susan, that’s cute. So obviously you have dismissed the act that every “racist” comment that’s been raised from Rev. Wright’s sermons have been dismissed as either gross exaggerations or determined to be factual and not racist at all.
Now, the invitation was actually withdrawn at Rev. Wright’s request and the request of Sen. Obama’s advisors. That reasons behind that have not been disclosed but if I’m a betting man I would bet someone had wind of the potential for Rev. Wright to make potentially inflammatory statements.
What you must know is that Rev. Wright is known across the globe as a fiery speaker and he can be a loose cannon. That’s not in the sense of a racist loose cannon just that he is extremely outspoken.
Now, I answered your question. Go do some research and come back and return the favor.

If this is what passes for political debate in the the USA, then you are truly bankrupt. If you haven’t already damaged your country beyond all repair by electing George W (twice!) then this is your last chance to avoid the total collapse of your country. I’m not American, but I don’t want one of the most influential of all democracies to demonstrate to the world a massive failure of the democratic system. Put down the mud and talk about issues!

Jo: So what? What if he’s toast? How does that help you because the fallout is McCain wins. You’re delusional to even nurse the hope that Clinton can still pull this off after all these. With or without Obama, Clinton is toast.

And that’s typical of Obama supporters. Stand by a racist pastor, justify curse of their country, to win, they will do anything they can. God D*** america. That’s just outspoken. 9/11, chicken come home to roost, just outspoken. No sorry to 9/11 victims, no sorry to their families. Just outspoken. You got to understand him, right? Well tell this to 9/11 victims! tell this to their families!

A CLINICAL EXHIBITION OF PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR:
“Funny how Oprah (Huge Obama Supporter) happened to be “sick” when the ABC news program “The View” tried to contact her regarding his pastor’s comments. Seems like she…”
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Posted by: Clinton [another socialist] Supporter | Mar 20, 2008 8:01:40 PM
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Heck!… even DR. PHIL would say Obama is Passive-Aggressive..
..but he can’t: he’s a OPRAH SHILL… on her payroll…
SHEEEEEESH!!!

To Mark Williams
I will make you a deal……..I will stop reacting to things like this just as soon as someone sticks a sock in Jessie Jackson and Al Sharptons mouth.

So now you blame Hillary for the what was said.. Let’s face it, the Rev. Wright just happens to be a Black Racist.. Racist, come in all colors, and Blacks are just as bad (or good)at it as all other Races around the world.. He just floated to the top because of his main man Obama.. Obama can say that he’s ok with it, but the voters seem to be thinking differently.. You can’t go to that Church for 20 years, and not have that vile talk effect your politics..

Oh please, like the Obama camp wouldn’t be doing the exact same thing. It’s politics. Obama is an opportunistic,
overly-ambitious, rank and file, corporate candidate just like them all.
Give up the pipedream.

Well, when Bill and Hillary were trying to patch things up after Monica-Gate, they asked Jesse Jackson to come and advise them. Jesse and Wright are not good presidential choices, but Barack Obama is.

The question Democratic voters and superdelegates have to ask themself is will a Willie Horton type campaign ad. will sink Obama in general election. I can almost guarantee that it is coming. McCain may not approve such tactic but he can not control 527 groups.

Obama’s chickens are comin home to roost,…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Hillary Clinton has reclaimed the lead from Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential race for the first time since early February, a new national poll out Thursday suggests.

Andy, not sure if you were referring to me but you are correct. I stand by my conviction that Rev. Wright is not a racist. Sorry, but I know better. I’ve researched the man and unless the KKK is building schools for the black underpriviledged as Jeremiah Wright has done for the white underpriviledged I can’t say the man meets my definition of racist.
Unless I hear other “conservative” ministers speaking up for the rights of homosexuals in society and for equal acknowledgement of their marital status, I can’t call the man homophobic or full of hatred.
Unless I see or hear him say blacks are superior to whites I can’t say he discriminates or is a racist.
Interesting dynamic at play. White folks aren’t accustomed to having this type of dialouge and although I know it’s uncomfortable it’s the discussion that must be had. Non-whites don’t think it’s all that far fetched to say the government is run by rich white people that don’t care about people of color.
Just look at Katrina.
Now, that’s not to say EVERY white person falls into that bucket or even the majority but that generalization wouldn’t be viewed as racist by most people of color.

Obama, the so called uniter, has been setting race relations back 50 years. He seems to be doing it on a weekly installment plan. In today’s chapter, which occurred on station WIP in Philadelphia, he spoke of typical white behavior. I cannot imagine any other candidate remaining in a political race with this type of baggage. Talk show hosts have been removed for less.

Syl [WROTE] | Mar 20, 2008 8:11:38
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…”However, I believe Obama will get another chance because the generation of folks that support him will be more influential in 4-8 years…”
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…&…. OBAMA will be more, much more politically mature!…he is so smart, in tune to america to be otherwise..
…and in 4-8 years, he will outgrow his passive/aggressive, politically immature intelligence, which is now firmly focused on SOCIALISM (ayers, wright, davidson..&, his book-mentioned-mentor, “Frank”, which was Frank Marshall Davis (interesting why Obama didnt mention his full name in his book)..and AFRO-CENTRICISM…
…yes..in 4-8 years Obama will be formidable…immensely formidable..
..after/IF he(and america) MATURES POLITICALLY…
my final $0.02…

Why does the media continue to allow Hillary Clinton and her campaign to get away with
a) lying about her support for NAFTA and
b) her active participation in “conservative Bible study and prayer circles that are part of a secretive Capitol Hill group known as “The “Fellowship,” also known as The Family”?????
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080331/ehrenreich
c) Why was it alright for her and Bill to invite Wright to the White House?
Why does the media keep allowing Hillary Clinton to get away with everything???

Clinton had a lot of reasons to be front runner. There were a lot of others. Remember the inevitable and invincible? Well, that did not go through. Then, experienced? Well, they also acknowldge Obama is experienced enough. The latest one happened to be Mr. Wright. You know what, nobody really buy those arguements except her die-hard supporters. Those are die-hard supporters any way.
By the way, you think GOP will go easy with Hillary Clinton? I wouldn’t count on it. Check out her tax returns. I can visualize ads “Even Hillary herself admitted that McCain is more qualified as the commander-in-chief”. Hmmm, what can Hillary say? “Had I known then what I know now, I would not have said that”!
Hillary, it is time that you announce your change of party affiliation and McCain may select you as his running mate.

Syl,
I agree with you 100%. I was a democrat for most of my adult life, 8 years ago, I decided I could not agree with the dems any longer and voted for Bush. When I had a choice between Gore and Bush, I couldn’t vote for Gore. So I feel partially responsible for where we are today..lol.
I had made up my mind early on to vote for Obama, and I did. He was the firt democratic candidate to come across as being above all the crap.
He has attracted young voters in numbers that I have never seen and most of them will continue to vote for him. I just can’t do it now.
I don’t want to believe any of the crap I am hearing, but I have heard it and some of it has put doubt in my mind.
I’m not sure I can put up with 4 to 8 more years of Clinton drama, so I guess I will be voting for McCain and hoping for the best.

I guess the Obama campaign was right, she will do anything to win. Shame on you Mrs. Clinton, shame on you.

Of course they’re pushing it. . . they’ll use anything they can to try and win. Meanwhile, the media’s giving them a free ride on so many things.

I am your typical white person, Obama you insulted me today! You have lied to me several times. Hillary will be the democratic pres. because you will drop out because of your associations, judgement, lies and inexperience, and you need to get out now before I have to add shame to the list.

Obamamaniacs, read the “breaking DRUDGE”..
“A similar data breach took place in 1992 when State Department officials looked up data on presidential candidate Bill Clinton, in an attempt to find out information from the late 1960s, amid unfounded political campaign rumors that Mr. Clinton had sought to renounce his citizenship to dodge the draft during the Vietnam War while a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. ”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080320/NATION/541139809/1001
SHEEESH!!!….
you all OBAMANIACS are trully Chavista’s , who probably send valentine/christmas cards to cindy sheehan..
SHEESH!

D: “I am your typical white person, Obama you insulted me today! ”
What is this yelling and screaming all about? Let’s face it, you would never vote for him anyway. Why your opinion matters? A twisted soul!

you are so right catiger, and I will spend every day reminding you clueless B.O. supporters are.

D: “you are so right catiger, and I will spend every day reminding you clueless B.O. supporters are.”
Wooo, that’s scaaaaaary!!

Barack and Hillary are running for the commander in chief position not GOD. When you get to their position there is no way all their dealings, friends, associates etc… will slways be 100% pure. They are people too and have weakness just like the rest of us. I think the smart voters were look at the whole picture and see which of the two will do a better job for the country.

I believe that Obama’s speech was pretty good, although he could have probably used a couple of more flags on stage. If he wants to make a bigger impact next time, his handlers should dress him up as Uncle Sam or even Abe Lincoln.
Just my opinion.

Man you unintelligent, lets get to the facts if there is still a housing (real estate)issue how will Clinton combat that?

Why shouldn’t the Clinton camp talk about the Wright story? Everyone is. Whether or not you and others fully acknowledge the impact of this story, for whatever reasons, people on the street have been shaken by it as has Obama himself. The Wright story has damaged Obama beyond the point of being able to be elected in November. Every day it gets worse. Today he said his grandmother was “just a typical white person”. He’s done. Don’t you see that yet?

LOOK LETS GET BACK TO POLITICS, BECAUSE IT IS OBVIOUS THAT US AS BLACKS AND WHITES DISAGREE, LIFE WILL JUST HAVE TO TEACH YOU, WE HAVE DONE OUR PART! WHAT WILL CLINTON DO AS FAR AS BOOSTING THE SELL OF REAL ESTATE!

Ugh! chickens coming home to roost needs to stay with the Obamas since he is the one who has condoned Wright and cannot disown him!

“Typical White Female,”
I appreciate both your 7:34p post re: Bill Cosby and his comments & your 8:07p post. As Gandhi stated, “An Eye For An Eye, Makes The Whole World Blind.”
I’m part Black myself. Yet I’ve always considered myself American — especially after living abroad. There’s good and bad w/all countries. Yet, truly, this is one of the more tolerant. And, as a female who worked for a Japanese co. for 2 yrs in Tokyo, I learned from being in the fire. However, there does seem to be a negative tone present in this election process unfortunately. It’s politics so I guess it’s to be expected.
Sen. Obama is a man, a candidate for POTUS. Sen. Clinton is a woman, a candidate for POTUS. And, although their separate life paths leading to this day are vastly different, it is sad we cannot reflect upon that in a more mature and less hostile manner. I respect Sen. Clinton. She accomplished a lot while w/the Children’s Defense Fund and beyond. Sen. Obama has his positives and flaws as well.
Yet, the fact remains he comes off as arrogant to some and has just in too many instances displaying a strong undercurrent of sexism. From his Pastor (referencing Natalee Holloway and Monica Lewinsky) to his statement concerning his grandmother and several other factors too long to elaborate. As an independent voter, I do hope we can somehow come together and reasonably and rationally select a president. But, it seems respect for now is out the door.

Oh my gosh! Obama on Larry King. He plans to go to Iraq once elected. Boy, this guy is deluded! It’s so hard to listen to him talk about his proposals. Why is he wasting his, Larry King’s and our time? It’ over.

You have to wonder why the President would invite a “racist” anti American figure to the White House not once, but twice and call him a “friend”.
That’s interesting.
I don’t generally call evil people “friend”…what about you Bob?

Interest. . .and now it is coming out that McCain’s campaign deliberately SOUGHT OUT the ENDORSEMENT of controversial evangelical John Hagee, and a member of his campaign has been dismissed for deliberately trying to push a hate video on the Wright situation.
So much for McCain’s contention that appearing on a stage with the Anti-American hate minister was just a nicety, and that he has no control over those who endorse him. His campaign deliberately wanted that endorsement.
See Editor and Publisher.

National Public Radio just did a short broadcast on the Obama speech. They basically said that it was eloquent
but held nothing new. They also said that he did not distance himself from
Wright and that was a mistake. It would help with his core supporters but that would be about it. You can probably find it on NPR.com

Obama, on Larry King.. I almost feel sorry for him. A rehash of all his empty words. “same old politics” – But, what he doesn’t say is how his campaign has been churning out “talking points” daily like: Clinton’s real involvement in the SCHIPS plan (Obama lied); Insinuations about Republicans voting in Democratic Primaries in Texas and Ohio (wait a second: doesn’t his campaign object to the fact that republicans won’t be able to vote a second time in a revote in Michigan!). I live in Boston. Daily, we’ve had a barrage of misinformation about Clinton. I don’t think the Boston Globe has the resources to pull this garbage together, but Obama’s campaign does and spread it all over the country to the liberal media who re-churn it out as though it’s their own.

I wish Larry King would ask him about the teleprompter the other day. If this was heartfelt and personally written, I find it hard to believe he’d need a teleprompter.

Mara, I agree that if I were in Hillary’s position I would push this story but I would do it factually. If she would do that she could honestly convince the Obama supporters that this is just a flaw that deserves attention.
The problem is…anyone that has researched Rev. Wright (and only few have) knows that he is not the hateful anti American they’ve made him out to be.
If Hillary could speak truthfully about what’s holding up the MI and FL re-vote instead of misprepresenting the facts and saying Senator Obama is the cause when the fact is she rejected his proposal and she rejected his.
Those are the things that are splitting the Democrats. Not the disdain for Hillary or the belief that the candidates are going to be that different in office in terms of policy. The only differentiator is character and depending on whom you support you will make your own determination.
Ultimately, the Dem’s are going to pay the price.

Gee, if Obama’s scandal hadn’t surfaced, he would have loved to shoot the breeze with L. King about what a charming wife he has and about all the change he has in store for us when he wins the election. Too bad he had such bad judgement to remain in a racist, divisive, conspiracy laden church for 20 years. He can’t seem to “change the channel”.

I am going to write one more post and then I am done. Too much of this gives me a headache!
The only way to start healing the racial divide in this country is to end the hateful, racially divissive speech that I have seen from the beginning of this campaign.
Their is racism on both sides and to my race, the solution is simple. For whites, the solution is for blacks to to get rid of the chip on their shoulders. To stop living on past hurts and take control of your future.
Having said that, I am not sure how African Americans feel. I would be very interested in an answer to that question. I would like to know what we can do or say that will take away the pain your ancestors went through.
That is the dialogue that needs to be started. It needs to be carried on with hatred or anger. Until that happens…..nothing changes and Obama does not become president.
I hope what I said did not offend anyone, it was not my intention.
I’m just a working mother trying to leave the world a better place for my children.

I feel the senator explained very well why he remained faithful to his church, while not agreeing with the sentiments expressed in those clips (culled from twenty years of sermons.) It embarasses me (a middle class white American) that people can be so stuck on this issue and not be concerned about the country as a whole, and the real problems facing us – all under the guise of indignant “patriotism”.

Obama wants us to know that the United Church of Christ is 99% white nationally. I have no issue with the UCC. I have an issue with a presidential candidate exercising poor judgement in standing by a pastor who spewed hate for over 20 years.

Redraz, let’s stay in touch. Deal?

Obama wishes we had spent the last week talking about important issues like health care. Yes, that would have been great if he hadn’t had the stunning bad judgement to associate himself for 20 years with a racist, paranoid pastor. Then, had to “explain” his bad judgement. Then, feel forced to teach us about the history and status of race relations to try to obscure the fact that he didn’t tell the truth about what he knew and the longstanding relationship itself.

The Senator needed to admit that using the phrase, “typical white woman” was a poor choice of words and wrong. It’s obvious that it was intended to be a derogatory comment about his grandmother.

All African Americans are not Wright followers. They feel a sense of distaste and shame to see one of their own behave in this manner. There is also a sense of bewilderment with Obama’s behaviour in staying in a church like that for so long. Just because Wright is black it does not meant that he has the unconditional support of African Americans. So people who say that African Americans will not support Hillary because of this are sorely mistaken. They are just hoping for this so according to their logic, Obama will get that vote. So very wrong!! Same logic as Obama’s grandma story. How weak it is!!

All African Americans are not Wright followers. They feel a sense of distaste and shame to see one of their own behave in this manner. There is also a sense of bewilderment with Obama’s behaviour in staying in a church like that for so long. Just because Wright is black it does not meant that he has the unconditional support of African Americans. So people who say that African Americans will not support Hillary because of this are sorely mistaken. They are just hoping for this so according to their logic, Obama will get that vote. So very wrong!! Same logic as Obama’s grandma story. How weak it is!!

Now the 3rd or perhaps 4th iteration about his comments about his grandmother. Ohhhhhhhhh! “I love her as much as I love anybody. She raised me.” Oh my gosh! Though not pertinent, my grandmother and grandfather raised me for two years. I loved them more than anybody and fiercely. They provided refuge from a chaotic, noisy household (keep in mind unlike Obama, I’m not invading the deserved privacy of my family of origin – I wouldn’t do that even to make my point for I loved my parents too). My grandparents championed me, I hold them responsible for everything good that’s happened to me.
I’ll never understand how he exploited his grandmother to make a point. Cnn made its own point by showing him in a split screen while it replayed those embarrassing remarks.

So, when Clinton does something she’s to blame.
And when Obama makes a bone headed rookie mistake, Clinton is to blame.
Gotcha!
It’s amazing how Clinton has to take on her sins and the sins of her opponent.
If she says something, she’s damned…if she doesn’t say anything she’s damned.
You people are very transparent with this crap.

she should push this story
If BHO is the nominee, don’t you think the republicans will beat him about the head w/ this …… non-stop !!!!
There is no way in hell he can win NOW
Dems you need to face it
Reb

Syl
OK……my email is redraz99@yahoo.com. If anyone else wants to send me crazy emails, I will just delete them….
Goodnight All and God Bless America

Yes Hillary is doing whatever she can to try to win, who isn’t?
I think she has legitimate case to raise question about Obama’s electibility (especially based on his background with Rev. Wright). To the Democratic party, the goal is to win the White House to Democrat side. And Obama/Wright debacle raise serious questions because he has lost majority of Indepedents and many White voters.

I am a white man and I have no black friends and am not involved with a black woman and don’t go to a black church. I don’t live in a black neighborhood as a matter of fact there are very few black people where I live. MY QUESTION IS… WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEING AS TYPICAL WHITE PERSON?

As a black man I am hurt to see that this much division is still an issue. But I have to say that Rev. Wright brought it onto us with his hateful preaching. I think it’s important for everyone to understand that not all black churches are like this and there is no reason why what he has said should be accepetable. I hoped that Obama could be our next president. But now he is unelectable.

How is Bill Clinton’s tangential aquaintance with the Jeremiah Wright equivalent to Barrack Obama sitting in his church and listening to his hate filled sermons for twenty years??? You can be sure that Wright didn’t spew his anti-American blather to president Clinton when he met him.

Ed,
I love your headlines!! It was tough to chose, but I think this one is my favorite: “Hate-Speech is Fine, as Long as You’re Really Angry.”
Well done.

Only thing I accept is that McCain has an easy Victory. Hillary and Obama do nothing but battle each other.

Hillary is right. They know Obama is going to get destroyed and even if he is on the ticket either as President or Vice President, the DEMOCRATS WILL LOOSE.
Clinton campaign doesn’t have to push the story, heck they have ABC and Fox News to do that.
Rev. Wright with his own seeking glory is destroying Obama. Obama should have done like Oprah and left after 2 or 3 years.
Obama like Rev. Wright. He was a father to him. Well, his chickens have come home to roost.

I don’t understand why the economy is said to Clinton’s issue…. Her base are poor or lower income, uneducated (as to higher education) people … why would she do anything for those people and cut into her base?

Folks McCain is your next President. Thanks Hillary!

Jeremiah Wright, Farrakhan, Black Panther, Al Sharpton, Jesse White, Oprah, Michelle Obama… THESE ARE ALL RACIST BIGOTS!!! His gullible, dimwit supporters just swoon and drool in awe at his lies and misrepresentations. This man has no plan for America. His pretext of change will turn America into an inner city GHETTO!!!Get it?

“REVEREND” WRIGHT? You don’t call a bigot like him Reverend. He’s an idiot with cult-like parishoners like Obama who has no business running for the presidency. Obama would be better off sitting in his church’s pew, maybe he’ll finally hear his pastor spew hatred and bigotry that he hasn’t heard of in over 20 years. Then he can pretend to be upset & quit and exit church.

Obama has made racial issues of primary importance during this leg of the presidential campaign, and at virtually any other time it suited his purposes. He’s responsible for the racial “divide” we’ve currently embroiled in. Hillary Clinton didn’t invent the unbridled-racist-anti-American “uncle,” Jeremiah Wright, and she didn’t need to “push the story” either. Obama has effectively done that all by himself. When it comes to being self-serving, hypocritical, deceptive, and judgmental, Obama is the champ.
HILLARY 08

Obama keeps it going with his inability to accept any responsibility and trying to shift blame and distract from the issue.

I wondered how long it would take the Obama campaign and the MSM to start blaming the Wright controversy on Hillary Clinton. It’s not the Clinton campaign keeping this story in the forefront, it’s the American public. There is no “damage control” for what we have learned of this divisive “mentor” of Obama, because all of America has access to those tapes, and we are appalled. There is no “damage control” for Obama’s sring of lies concerning the Rezko relationship, then the NAFTA fiasco, and finally Reverend Wright, as we all saw Obama on TV, lying, lying, lying. Obama and his campaign have played the “race card” since South Carolina, and if the race issue now turns around to bite him back, well, what goes around, comes around, Senator Obama.

john,
Some of us were always pro-Hillary, and were smart enough to see through Obama from the start. Some of us also knew that John Kerry was a nitwit, but he was the only democratic choice at the time. He isn’t anymore, and neither is Obama. Thank heavens!
Hillary 08

I’m so tired of hearing these things from the Clintons. My personnel belief is that the Democratic leaders should broker a deal. Hillary and her campaign should tone things down. In exchange, Hillary will be the VP on the Democratic ticket.
Honestly, it’s the best thing for the party.
For the sake of America, we need the Democrats to unite. We can not afford to have a president who supports Bush economic policies.

Hey, super delegates, now that the MSM has finally begun to vet Obama, something they shamelessly avoided doing before, what if the primary elections were held today? Do you think Obama would even be in the contest?
And what if the caucus states, who obviously disenfranchise the core Democratic base of lower income and older folks, had held primaries instead of caucuses. Do you think Obama would still be in the contest?

Wright is a liability because his nasty little sound bytes will make unbelievable commercials for the RNC. Sen. Obama, in his eagerness to “rise above it all,” gave the RNC a great “graphic” on Monday with his speech-making body standing before 8– count ‘em — 8 American flags. So here’s what you get … Rev. Wright’s rant about “God damn America” with Obama’s image in front of the 8 flags. It’s an advertising agency’s dream and a campaign’s (Obama’s) nightmare. At some point the Obama campaign has to stop living “in the moment” and start looking to the November election if they plan on being in it. There’s no way they can fight that type of ad and don’t think for one minute you won’t see those ads. The Democrats do need to unite, but not behind Sen. Obama. Oh, and don’t forget the RNC possible ad about how the DNC disenfranchised voters in FL and MI, shutting them out of the nominating process. That’s going to be a terrific ad, too, like “This time, make sure your vote counts. Vote Republican and send Howard Dean a message.”

Vote for Barrack and all of your wildest dreams will come true.

Does Obama think he can win with all his political baggage, and that of his pastor and wife Michelle?

Seems many of you don’t understand the purpose of the Super Delegeates. They are in place to make sure the most electable candidate gets chosen. Hillary talking to them about the reality of the harm that has been done by the Obama/Wright story is in line with the Super Delegates purpose. Hillary is not supposed to just back away because some of you want Obama, this is a competition, she has as much right to compete as Obama.

Actually, Donna, who is concerned that Rev. Wright will be invited to the Whitehouse, he already was. There is nice photograph of him in the White House with Bill Clinton when he was President (and Mrs. Perfect was there too). Back then, apparentely, Rev. Wright was not seen to be racist and spewing hate, but then again, back then Obama was not running against Hillary.
I can’t believe that anyone actually believes that 60 seconds out of 30 years makes someone a hate monger. I am pretty sure I could follow most people around for 30 days and come up with at least 60 seconds of inflammatory material. This is nothing but swiftboating, and I thought Democrats were smart enough to recognize it. I guess some Democrats just can’t recognize it when their preferred candidate is behind it.

DQuinn says:Oh! And another thought for you Ohio voters–Hillary lied when she said she didn’t support NAFTA and she does owe Obama and the Ohio voters an apology. He newly released papers now prove several meetings she held in support of NAFTA! Oh and the Canadian NAFTA flap?
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All her daily diary said was that she attended a NAFTA meeitng, it said nothing about which way her support ran. Also regarding the NAFTA/Canada issue, Clinton’s people never spoke the the Candatians they came back and said that.

No wonder Michelle has never been proud of her country. She sat there for 20 years listening to all that hate coming from her preacher. She probably took those sermons to heart. So sad.

I hear more people saying if they could they would take back their Obama vote!!! Think about that Dems., anti Repubs., anti Mcsames!! If we all just shut our mouths, he would make it to the G.E. only to lose the White House again to BushIII. Think about it. 100 more years of war. Trillions in debt, our dollar is no better than T.P. almost. We are borrowing $$ from the chinese to give to the Suadis for oil!!
We are in a recession and they are starting to talk Depression. My Dad told me about The Great Depression..he said it wasn’t so great!!! I have been through a recession it wasn’t to great either. So think about what you wish for because you just might get it!!!

DQuinn,
As I said before on this blog, Clinton’s tangential association with Wright is not the equivalent of Obama’s twenty-year relationship with “uncle” Wright. It should also be clear for obvious reasons that Wright didn’t spew his anti-American, anti-Semitic hate to president Clinton. Furthermore, Hillary didn’t support NAFTA. She privately opposed it. Even you must realize she couldn’t oppose her husband on this issue because he was the commander-in-chief. Any employee of a company knows you don’t openly oppose the CEO. Yes, the first lady is an employee–she holds the job of first lady. It’s been a job (although unpaid) since Martha Washington held the post. As for your man, Obama, he lied at least twice about NAFTA, among so many other things.
Hillary 08

The time for speeches has past. We need results. I don’t want some slacker in the Whitehouse that’s going to be taking cigarette breaks every 5 minutes.

Hey James, that’s not what he meant.

There are so many black Americans in this country who have never heard hateful, racist “Wright” remarks in their churches, and I think it is so outrageous for the many Obama supporters in the media to blame this whole thing on white America not knowing the difference between white and black congregations. Many black congregations worship in a joyful true Christian atmosphere of love and forgiveness, and to paint them all with the hateful, divisive brush of Reverend Wright is to do a great disservice to millions of people.

New definition of “electability” by Clinton campaign: “acceptable to whites”. By pressuring the super delegates to vote for her because of Obama’s minister, her campaign has sunk to a new low.

Why is it “a new low” to remind super delegates that this is about winning in November, and that now that Obama is finally being vetted, he doesn’t have a chance? How do you think the primaries would go now, if they were held tomorrow? And how do you think the caucus states would have gone if they had held primaries instead of the caucuses that so disenfranchise the core Democratic lower income and older voters? It’s about winning in November, that’s why the super delegates came into being in the first place, and that’s why they are for the most part biding their time right now.

I would hate to be a ‘super delegate’. Ms Obama’s lack of pride in America combined with her husbands refusal to say the pledge of allegiance or wear a flag pin, cost him a few votes. Rev. Wright cost him many, many more. He is now unelectable; he is however ahead in the primaries. If the super delegates give the candidacy to Obama they are guaranteed to loose the election. If they give it to Hillary they will anger a lot of people and prove their elitism. They can either concede the election or destroy the party. Tough choice.

Oh My
As if Obama didn’t do the same thing during and after So Carolina(And that was staged by the Pro-Obama Media with NO MERIT). Get real Obamanites…quit while your behind and stop the whinning and whimpering.

just a note…I agree that SLY is a paid shill for the Obama campaign. His first post is at 6:20 .. running until past 11:00 …

3/20/08…..Today on the internet an interesting photo surfaced that of……
~~~~Pastor Jeremiah Wright and Bill Clinton~~~~~~~together at the White House taken after the Monica Lewinsky fallout.
You can check it out on the Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/20/bill-clinton-and-jeremiah_n_92670.html

TO THOSE WHO BASH OBAMA:
I’m reading these comments and see that the spirit in White People now, is the same as it was during slavery time just not as overt. I think corruption is just in your DNA and many of you cannot help the way that you are. There is something very evil about SOME of you people. Is there any good in many of you? Why won’t you separate yourself from each other as you expect Senator Obama to separate himself from Rev. Wright? Rev. Wright is not a racist like many of you are. What he said this country does and what it represents is true. You hate Rev. Wright because you can’t stand looking in the mirror that he has put in front of your face so you can see yourself. You hate to see what you look like, that’s where your anger comes from. Don’t think that Senator Obama is the problem. He did not create the racial mess in this country, yet he’s willing to help solve many issues.
This country will never get over racism as long as people like most of you don’t change your ways. Just as Senator Obama said in his speech, you spate out your racist remarks behind closed doors and on the Internet and pretend that you are not part of the problem in America. This is one reason why Americans are hated all over the world. We want to dictate to other Countries about human rights and we don’t even enforce them in our own country. Do we not realize when we use the Internet our comments are read all over the world. What message are we sending to those in other countries? They can only see that we’re hypocrites.
Obama want to save us all. I don’t hear Hillary or McCain preaching Unification, or coming together to solve racial problems in this country. Many of you don’t even realize you’re being played like a pawn. Senator Obama tried to explain this to you in his speech. If you are not rich, you cannot afford to get the wrong person in the White House, we’re headed for a recession. This is a Capitalistic society. It doesn’t matter what color you are. It’s all about the money. Rich people of ALL RACES are privileged. The media play on ignorant poor, low income people of all races including White. White people are played like a pawn and, The MEDIA make them think that they are all that, just to keep the racism game going on. There are many Whites who feel disenfranchised because they are poor. Poor people are all affected economically the same way no matter what your race The Media knows how to light the fuel of racism especially during a recession or an election. They know Poor Whites think they should be privileged. You see the Media knows that they have been very effective making White people think they are. If you are on the verge of losing your job, have maxed out your credit card, living from pay check to pay check, living in a trailer, can’t send your kids to college and MUST have a job, don’t consider yourself rich. You can only dream. You are like most of us. You can’t play with the big boys. You will be affected by this economy just like everyone else. Don’t let the media fool you. You cannot afford to PLAY the political game if you’re NOT rich. If you’re not rich, you will be discriminated against no matter what color you are. Everyone knows that. Well, maybe not.
We need to hold our elected officials to higher standards. We all pay their salaries with our tax dollars and they should be accountable. They should be honest and fair to all people. After all, this is the government of the people, for the people and by the people.

I think since Bill Clinton invited Reverend Wright to the White House, the Clinton’s don’t have much room to criticize Obama on the Wright issue.
I am voting for Obama – he explained his outrage to the controversial comments of Wright without abandoning a friend, and I admire him for that.
Many on this blog are so quick to judge Wright even though you only saw a few seconds of his life of service to his community. And by the way, Obama is running for president, not Wright.
I have read Obama’s book, read and viewed many of his speeches, researched his policies, and I have no doubt that he would be a president that would solve problems for us…think about that – a president that wants to help us, not just manipulate us for votes.
What happened to voting for a candidate based on what they will do for the country – what about the issues? Instead, people are turning this into an endless soap opera – move on.

The one thing about the Wright episode is this – it has brought out into the open for the first time that both Obama and Clinton are masters in the art of spin, the only difference is Clinton has more credibility by virtue of her experience. She has less ideological statements to make!
America right now, needs a president able ‘to get down and dirty’, not high-minded ‘well meaning – good intentioned speeches’ on race.
Did u notice last weekend Bill Clinton in Louisiana lending his name and time and money helping to rehouse people! I wonder what the cynics have to say about that!
What annoys Obama is that when you have less experience, you really have less to talk about, particuarly in the context of politics. Doesn’t make sense to me why a potential apprentice would rule completely the No.2 slot! Simply not willing to serve his time – doesnt have to he has all the answers already!
gerry

And one more thing, to all of those in the “I saw 15 seconds of something inflammatory so that means (as the media tells me) that Rev. Wright has been preaching racist sermons for 30 years” let me remind you:
The the UCC said that Rev. Wright has been slandered and misrepresented, and that his church is not racist but in keeping with the mainstream of the denomination.
Marty Martin (who is a white evangelical who knows Wright well and who has spent time in his church says Wright has been slandered and misrepresented).
If I followed you around and recorded you for 30 days (never mind 30 years) I am pretty sure I could come up with 30 seconds of stuff at least this inflammatory.
And before you go off on your (but I know what I saw, and I am not a preacher, blah, blah), remember that:
John Kerry was slandered in exactly the same way. They took something he did and one or two things he said and took them out of context, and blasted them all over the media and then “interpreted” them for people so that he was “unpatriotic” and “had never really earned his purple heart” (disgusting).
John McCain (yep, because the Republicans even do it to their own) was slandered in exactly the same way in 2000 and AGAIN this January (by a group called “Vietnam Veterans Against McCain” –sort of eerily reminiscent of “Swiftboat Veterans for Truth” convinced everyone McCain is a traitor who gave up his fellow soldiers to the Vietnamese.
By the logic applied to Obama, it must be true that John McCain is a traitor, because it was reported, after all, this conclusion is based on what he said (yes him, not his pastor) and what he did. (Never mind that just like with Rev. Wright, it is just selected little bits of salacious information taken out o of context, plastered all over, and spun–it has to be true if its true Obama spent 15 years in a racist church–same rules of logic apply).
Oh, I forgot, now its been decided McCain is a hero (since he’s the nominee). So, you all just go ahead and forget about the traitor stuff (that was last month)…
Honestly, how can the public be this dumb?
And how can anyone have respect for McCain after he made a deal with people who slandered him, and who(at their bidding) backed down on the torture issue after saying if we torture our soldiers will be tortured?
And let’s (on that subject) remember all the nice things that John Hagee (McCain’s good buddy) has said about Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Homosexuals…
If we judge Obama by those Wright remarks, then fair is fair… we have to conclude McCain is not only a traitor but a racist, anti-semite, anti-Muslim, anti-Homosexual, anti-Catholic.
Does this kind of stuff seem really really low to you yet? Do you feel suckered yet?
Whoever said that we needed to get back to the issues is right. This kind of slash and burn politics just drives us further into the ground.

just pathetic, once again hillary has shown how low shes willing to stoop, some of us realize that not answering the question is just another admission of guilt…if your camp had nothing to do with it stand up and say so, this is just a preview of more to come if she’s elected. Everytime Obama has been confronted with an issue hes addressed it head on, Clinton on the other hand tries to manuever around or just ignore the issue. Which would you rather have as your leader?

I was so inspired and motivated by Sen Obama…now i have to reconcile the fact that i can not in good conscious vote for someone who aligns themselves with such a racist church. Being anti-white and anti-American is unforgivable since i am both. Sen. Obama, you no longer represent me and I deeply regret having voted for you. If he is is the nominee, Sen. McCain has my vote.

I just wish that Hillary would concede and…shut up. She’s giving me a headache; and, like someone said above, she’s a nasty, nasty person. ‘Know what’s really discouraging? We have someone outstanding like Obama come along once in a generation, and we may not even give him a chance. We just let Hillary attack him and badmouth him and some of us tacitly agree with her. If Hillary gets the nomination, I won’t even bother to vote. It’s not worth the gasoline to go to the polls.

Hillary shouldn’t have to push the issue. Anyone who heard Wright’s remarks and has half a brain should get it right from the start. Obama knew it, there are pictures of both him and Queen Michelle sitting in the pews listening. Then we have the testimony of the black people coming out of the churches that ABC interviewed that said it is the same thing preached in all of the black churches. People ought to be scared to death in this country that they even considered Obama for President. He says he is African American, well we need a President who is AMERICAN, period. The blacks segregate themselves and then want to yell that we do it. I don’t go about calling myself a Caucasion American, I am an American. Michelle is not proud of anything her country has done in 40+ years, Wright is yelling God Damn America and Obama is standing up giving speeches, that mouth flapping at both sides, trying to blame the whites in this country for it. I did not enslave anyone. None of my family have ever owned a slave, and no one in that church has ever been a slave, unless maybe they just got here from Indonesia, Obama’s stepfather’s home, or Chad, or Nigeria, or Darfur, or Kenya, because they are all killing each other because they are so racist that even though they are all black, the individual tribes are racist against each other and they all practice the slave trade. So, where is it that the roots of slavery and racism exist. America or Africa?
To answer the question of why the news outlets are going after all these clips of Obama’s minister and no one else’s minister is because Obama has preasented himself as LOVE, and PEACE, and HOPE, and CHANGE, and INSPIRATION, and as the great UNITER. So the news media, some of them who could actually see through the snake oil saleman that he is, deceided to check it out for themselves instead of falling for the hype. Everything the other candidates have run on has been picked apart in the media. It was Obama’s turn and he failed miserably, because now everyone knows it was all a bunch of garbage. The delegates and the voters had all better be thinking about this issue. Go and listen to the blacks in line at the polls who tell you that it is their turn now, that Obama is going to take care of us for everything the white man has ever done to them. I personally think that Obama will never do a thing if he is elected. But if there is one thing he is not doing, it’s uniting this country. If he is elected, especially here in the South, you will see the biggest racial divide since the Jim Crow days of the fifties.

The liberal media is H#LL BENT on putting Obama into the white house. They have thrown their entire credibility out the window to make sure it happens. This is the real story of this election, and there is going to be a huge backlash of outrage when the process is over.

I hope all Americian democrats independents and republican wake out of there dream before they elect obama/Wright if you vote for Obama you vote for Rev Wright. Everyone loves Obama so much they have accepted any think from him If he is elected I hope wright is in his cabinet and Amercia will kool stupid to the world. Obama has sold himself as the candidate of change but he has lied like all othe politician.He cares nothing about the Amercian people he joint hte chruch foe the black support an will not disown Wright.If he wins the nomination I hope mcCain wins in November .

You know 2 things strike me about tis whole Obama thing. One is how ignorant and ready we are to believe the worst because it comes on the news. Wright’s chickens coming home to roost statement was taken out of context because he was only repeating what he had heard US Ambassador Edwatd Peck say in an interview on FOX News in an interview with Linda Vester on October 10, 2001. But did anyone bother to look into Peck’s statements which have been very fiery? Maybe not because he was appointed by Reagan the beloved to be on the WhiteHouse terrorism taskforce. Maybe because he’s a white man, maybe because we wnat to believe that Blacks are hate mongers? ABC had a duty to look into this further and not just play the soundbite they received but to play the whole sermon and get the context. Guess that’s too much like right?
2nd is the fact that everyone thinks that the clintons are above the mudslinging and that they have room to judge this Obama thing with Wright. They don’t given the fact that Bill Clinton had a relationship with Wright and has had him at the Whitehouse back in 1998 go to http://www.thinkonthesethings.wordpress.com to see the letter Bill sent to Jeremiah thanking him for the visit.
One more thing, John McCain has pastor issues that have been on ABC news yet. What about his affiliation with John Hagee and Rod Parsley? These are white male pastors that have made some very strong statements about gays, Iran and bombing them, and other things that could be seen to hateful. Is Obama catching the wrath because of his Pastor or because his pastor is black not white? The media gives unfair coverage and if I can find this junk about what was really said and who associates with him, I KNOW these journalists can IF they want to know the truth.

I read every comment and I can clearly see that America is in trouble. We have not moved away from race and people still feel slighted (white, black and brown). Everyone has an issue and everyone hide the fact that they are prejudice in some way. If we would pull back and look at the broader issues, things would be better. It doesn’t matter if you are black, white or brown…most of us in the middle and the bottom are hurting financially. We are spending 12 billion a day on the war and we are offering tax brakes while the economy is in shambles. That is what I care about, but it is not being addressed, because of sensational issues. If most people loved America like they say, then they would repair it’s image and deal with race. White people are not the only people who love America exclusively and we have to get rid of that notion. When people are treated poorly by their government, it’s hard to come back to center and say this is a great country. You get the great country for who? So, what Mr. Wright said was horrible to hear, but like it or not some of it is true. You the 800lbs elephant in the room. It’s here and we have to deal with it now. Let’s get back to the issues, which includes race in America and a host of other things. Just because it makes you uncomfortable, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t address it.

Clinton, Obama and McCain are all from the same mold. They are for the Military Industrial Complex running our lives.
Give this economy another month or two and Ron Paul will be looked upon as the Messiah.
Vote for honesty, integrity and Sound Money.
Vote for Ron Paul in your primary

I wonder if Hillary is warmed up yet…..

To Hillary haters:
I am wondering whether the video is true? Obama has been in close touch with a man hating American for 20 years! Unbelievable! Back to a question: what is his judgment? Is this his judgment?

to Edna:
How about the individuals involved in homosexuality on little boys? Are they protected in the similar level as what Obama to Wright? Btw, do the many Catholics knew that there are sombody involved in homosexuality with little boys when they attended the church?

Isn’t it ironic that now we have a picture taken at the White House of Bill Clinton and good old Wright. I guess he was good enough for them to seek out spiritual advice from but not for Obama.
Hillary Clinton is tearing the democratic Party to pieces in a self serving bide to steal the nomination. How sad for her but more important how very sad for our party!

Its a pity that things are developing in this manner. But how can people trust Clinton. Late last year she accepted and signed that the delegates should not be counted. Suddenly because she is loosing she wants them counted!!!
Where is her Judgment???
What a shame if she becomes the nominee. That tells the world who she is.
Dirty game.

Guess what Donna @2:24:24, Rev. Wright has already been invited for dinner at the White House. That’s right, 9/11/98, by then President Clinton who obviously has mad respect for the man too. Despite what two tapes show, and trust me, some poor aide sat through countless years worth of tapes, to come up with the 9/01, and 12/07 tapes. Rev. Wright is a respected spiritual leader, who has served his community in immeasurable ways over the last 30-yrs. I know, because I used to live in Chicago, and physically saw the transition that community went through as a result of his tireless work and dedication. And while many have summed Rev. Wright up, based upon the the tape EXCERPTS, as some anti-white/anti-American spewer of hate. That is not who he is, and I personally don’t believe the tapes suggest that either; my personal experience, coupled with my personal knowledge of Trinity Church and Rev. Wright, led to my very different interpretation of who Rev. Wright is.

Emily I challenge you to watch the tape in its context before you call rev. Wright a racist. You won’t not want other people to label you based on sources that misrepresenting you, do you? Why such easily arrived hate towards a man you came to know only through out-of-context clips other presented to you?

typical white people:I suggest you ‘d better vote for Obama, or you will be thrown under the bus.it is miserable

Kadius,
You right man. Nobody should vote for anyboby cause of color or sex we need to look at whats up first and then vote on what we do know not cause of the liberal media folks

Sick & Tired,
Thanks for making a great point, this is not a white / black issue.
This is the election for who will be the head of our country.
Where are the questions to the Asians living here, Indians, Native Americans and Arab Americans. Not meaning to leave anyone out but wake up everybody.
This election is being foraced as man against women and black against white and that sucks!
We are all peolpe and should make that a major factor in how we decise who represents the people best.
McCain will be running against ??????, you decise folks, read, eductae yourself about all the propects and then decide, prayer might just help and more than you think!!

Hillary’s experience? That’s debatable. Her judgement? The record is clear. On the most important issue of war and peace, Hillary voted 5 years ago to give Bush authority to use military action in Iraq. She voted again just last year, with no less questionable pretext than before, for legislation providing Bush blanket authority to attack Iran. She refuses to admit any lack of judgement in either case, except to claim she didn’t know 5 years ago what she knows now. Her more recent vote begs the question, has she not learned anything? Riding the swell of popular opinion against the war, she portrays herself as an anti-war candidate. She will do and say anything to win but on the record the difference between her own militarism and McCain’s is hard to tell.

If people want to show Wrights talk during the general election I think it would be fair to show Jerry Falwell’s and Pat Robertson’s as well since McCain needs their supporters he all of a sudden doesn’t think they are so bad. Wright damns the treatment of his people by the “establishment” (which BTW I’m white but EVERY single black person I know has suffered discrimination) while Falwell and Robertson damn innocent people they don’t agree with. But it’s ok because they are white Republicans and I guess white republicans as a whole are obviously more understanding of their own beliefs than people they cannot relate to one single bit.

One good thing about the Obama candidacy is that it has shone a light on what is going on in black churches across America and it ain’t pretty.
Obama needs to lecture his own church before he tell US we need to “heal” and “change.” If Obama couldn’t “heal” his pastor & his church, how can he heal a nation?
He can’t.

jaded, that is NOT McCain’s spiritual advisor!
He called him a spiritual guide, not HIS spiritual guide. Nice try though.
Learn to read and quit drinking the kool-aid.

First off… it is Terre Haute. Not Terra. I think it is great Hillary made a stop there.
I am tired of all the crap the Obama campaign has dished out. Has Obama stopped at a nursing home and sang happy birthday to a 99-year old? Has Obama gone out of his way to shake hands with people who waited outside in the cold by a fence just to get a look at him?
I doubt it. His aides have him covered up so much in order to keep him from making a mistake. He has nothing to offer us in Indiana. I work and live in Indiana, and I also work in Illinois. It has some of the worst roads I have ever driven on. The pay scale for women and blacks is so low compared to Indiana. The education level of the average American in these areas is not college grad and barely even high school grad.
It is ridiculous. I see no advantages to working or living in Illinois. Obama sure did his work there when he was Senator didn’t he?
Hillary or McCain in 08

Obama chose his hate mongering pastor over the american people. Now that shows really sound “judgement”. He could have ended his relationship with Wrght but instead Obama tried to minimize Wright’s hatred by throwing his White Grandmother under the bus. Then he backed the bus over her by saying that racism was “bred into her”

I don’t buy the argument that HRC has more experience. John Edwards had less experience than either Obama or Clinton and no one ever challenged his lack of experience when he was still in the race. And as for Hillary’s qualifications to answer that White House phone ringing at 3:00 A.M. If memory serves correctly, she didn’t even know what was going on in the Oval Office with her husband and Monica Lewinsky…when she was living in the White House. She believed Bill when he said he wasn’t involved with Monica. She believed Bush when he said Sadam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. She voted to give Bush permission to go to war. She has a history of believing the wrong men…which doesn’t bode well for future dealings with foreign leaders. On top of all that, I’ve lost all respect for both Clintons for their “win at all costs” campaign and the damage they’ve done to the Democratic party. I’m an older white woman who’ll be voting for Obama with pride.
SK

What else can you expect from Washington media establishment, except bad taste and poor judgment? Remember these are the same people who brought us Iraq war, now they are all blindly cheering for inexperienced Sen. Barak Obama. The fact is Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is far better qualified to be the president of our country than any other candidate, including Sen. Obama. Mrs. Clinton’s deep grasp of issues and policies makes her far more ready to take on the presidency than Mr. Obama. And at every debate that was held, we saw Mr. Obama merely copying her; without originality in thought or words not to mention the depth of grasp that she has. I agree he’s a good speaker; but what he says is very broad, usually without meaning or substances. Besides, he has no accomplishments. He’s a two term senator and one term US. Senator─ out of which, he has spent three years running a presidential campaign. His lack of foreign policy experience makes him even less qualified to be our next president while our nation is embroiled in two disastrous wars. In spite what seemed obvious differences in suitability and qualifications between the two candidates to be the president of the United States, what I see is complete exaggeration of Mr. Obama’s achievements and institutionalized slighting Sen. Hillary Clinton. This is heartbreaking disservice to our country. When I see this sort of bias reports such as this one from Washington media establishment about their pet candidate Sen. Obama, I want to cry out in disgust; I know this type of blind media adoration of a charming but inexperienced candidate─ without mindful analysis of his or her qualifications─ is a prescription for disaster.

I think it is time for the Democratic party to split on two factions. The Left leaning liberal side (Obama) and the Center (Clinton). Both factions should run in the general election. The split of the Democratic party is inevitable simply for the following reasons:
- The deep-seated hatred by the followers of Sen Clnton and Sen Obama. Each side is saying that they will vote for McCain if their candidate is not the nominee.
- The divisiveness of the leaders who instead of letting Sen Clinton and Sen Obama slug it out and prove who is the better candidate, chose to take sides making them part of the problem instead of part of the solution.
- The same can be said about the super delegates who tried to tip the election in favor of their candidate by declaring support while the election is still ongoing. I believe that the super delegates should have kept their preference a secret until the end of the primary.
- The disenfranchisement of Michigan and Florida coupled with mischief conducted by the Republicans made the primary lose its credibility simply because the primary does not reflect the will of the Democrats.
Those who argue against this idea will say that this will surely tip the general election in favor of John McCain. I don’t think so. Sen Obama has been claiming in his stump speeches that the Independents and the Republicans were voting for him in large numbers. We will now see if this is really the case.

you know what the fact of the matter is,people generally dislike to hear the truth good or bad but we can find the bad in everyone if we look hard enough everyone makes bad mistakes in their lives, we are not perfect in any shape or form. Clinton & Obama are going to have their lives exposed to us all just because they are running for president of this good ol USA. The real test is when something comes out will they acknowledge it and give us an answer or will they through up excuses and try to explain it away with a smoke screen so we don’t know the truth?

Why is Obama being Judge for what his Pastor Said? Obama is running for President not his Pastor. Obama Should be Judge for his own Personal Statements, Action and Deeds. Obama is not perfect He who has no friend and acquaintances that say things and do things you don’t agree with let him cast the first stone. The media has smeared a man that has inspired a nation to hope and come together. It seems there is a conspiracy in the media to smear Obama at any cost. For What Reason? And Who Would Gain the Most From this Smear Campaign? Who would have thought that a presidential candidate would be judged by his Pastor Statements or for that matter what anyone that he knows might have said or didn’t say.

For 20 years, Obama should know the pastor inside and out and it is pretty sure that he knew him well and Obama did not denounce him years ago. Why? Because Obama was ok with what he said. He did not feel the urge to denounce him. So he is running against his campaign, his ideology, united people instead of race. Even so, he now couldn’t disown the pastor. It is obviously that he just talked, using his speeches to put people in the false hope. Now people can see who the real Obama is. Shame on Obama. Why people are still clinging on him for what? Begging for some fake dreams? Obama made a big deal out of “unite” word. We are united anyway and improving. If it is not, I don’t think Obama has a chance to run for the presidency now.

“arguing that the relationship hurt Obama’s electibility”… IT CERTAINLY DID!! Not because of his association with Reverend Wright but because of his lack of “good judgement”. He wasn’t completely honest about it when first asked if he knew how radical Reverend Wright was. It seems to be a pattern with Obama of telling the media what they want to hear, and then things turn out to be otherwise. Thanks

Still looking for the truth ok
Race card have played beter for who?
Black or White

I think everyone should got off of Rev. Wright and worry about the problems your country is having. Loss of lives because of the war, mortgage foreclosures, unemployment. I think electing Hillary will cause you even more problems her and Bill come with alot of baggage they are in the middle of a law suit right now. The press doesn’t seem to be reporting on that. I am glad I live in Canada I can’t believe all the racist remarks.

I’m from Illinois and I am supporting Hillary Clinton. The reason being, I think things are going to be really bad the next few years and Hillary has the experience to take them on. She’s proved she can work with people on both sides of the aisle. Obama has no real experience when it comes to running the government. Hillary does. And the lack of judgement comments Obama keeps speaking about…well he went to a church for 20 years and listened to a pastor speak vile things about this country. Obama was getting something out of the messages or he would have stopped going. Is he a closet racist …. you bet.

Hillary Clinton’s pastor came out in defense of Rev. Wright’s comments. WOW!!