Obama Comments on the Rev. Wright and Rezko

change and spin and lies and a mean hateful pastor what can you say he will never get elected and he has made a sham of this race.

Well, you hillary folks are not going to budge a bit, are you? Nothing will please you but for the front-runner to just give up and turn over the keys to the White House to Hillary and Bill! Welcome back, Monica!
But don’t celebrate just yet.
Obama 2008 — Yes, We CAN!!!

If Obama fails to QUICKLY distance himself from Black Militants and anti-American extremists, he WILL lose the election. It’s that simple.

Um Rev Wright has been spewing the same message for the entire 20 years Mr. Obama has been a member and financial doner to this church.
Sorry, the I wasn’t in church that day line is total horse manure.
Mr Wright visited Khadafi in Lybia with Mr. Farakhan in the late 80′s, when Lybia was still targeting US miltary instaltions.
Did Mr Obama not know about that either?????

He has been a member of that church for 20 years. So Sen. Obama is going to have us believe that everytime Wright preaches, Sen. Obama sticks his fingers in his ears and says “la-la-la-la-la”.

Obama on Rezko
“The mistake was he had been a contributor and somebody involved in politics,” Obama said. Voters, he said, should view it as “a mistake in not seeing the potential conflicts of interest” while also “see[ing] somebody who is not engaged in any wrongdoing … and who they can trust.”
Obama’s decision: Obama allow Rezko to raise Money for his campaign even when there was a mistake from Rezko.
Obama on Wright
“… When these statements first came to my attention, it was at the beginning of my presidential campaign…”
Obama’s decision: Obama allow Wright to work for campaign even when he was aware of statements.
Obama should have better explaination for above decisions else Obama’s judgement on Iraq will be consider as a co-incidence..

Ah well, I guess he handled it well, I mean compared to Hilliary. At least he isn’t blaming it on “some vast left wing conspiracy!!!”

I wonder if he’s aware of anyone else in his campaign that would like to say “GD” to America. He doesn’t know who is in his circles. I just wish the people that want to vote for him would just look at the cloud surrounding him. Enough. There is too much. Including his wife who only “now” is proud of her country? Am I missing something here or isn’t the President of the United States supposed to be around and with people that love this country!!!

Now let see his wife report that she had written in college. If it has this type of tone as their pastor. let see how much they were not listening.

It’s not God damn America, it’s God help America. Sadly, many will support the Rev., and if America elects Obama, the we will get the government we deserve. As I said, God help America.

If Obama claims to not know anything about a man who’s been his close personal advisor and spiritual leader for 20 years is saying and doing with the $20,000 a year he gives him, how can Obama be trusted to run a governement???

And that it folks. Its all out there and it is nothing. Obama comes clean on all of his bad associations and there we are. This is good politics on his behalf. Try to keep this in the news if you want, but it will be gone soon. Wright kills the Muslim thing, Obama denounces Wright and reveals all of the Rezko association in a single day. So what else have you got Mrs. Clinton? And sorry John, for blowing so soon, but its gone now.

Why are Americans so scared of opposing views? They are a nation filled with historical hatred and they want to propogate their views to the rest of the world.
I don’t think, if American school curriculum contain an iota of other great civilisations. Just see how racist they are, the white are calling obama to be black, while he’s half white. folks use your common sense.

The article states:
“Obama said that the did not know the extent of Wright’s controversial comments until recently. He confirmed that he was not in the church when Wright made the comments that were reported this week.”
The article states:
“Obama said he never personally heard Wright preach the statements at the center of the controversy, but he first learned of them when he launched his presidential campaign.”
Riiight. In the 20 years Obama was a member of this “church,” the only things he heard preached were fellowship and goodwill. These Farrakhan-esque remarks were nothing more than an aberration, an isolated episode wherein the good reverend lost his train of thoughts. That’s all. Merely an unfortunate misunderstanding. Riiight.
Really now. I’m sure that after announcing the “condemnation” of the remarks uttered by his old pastor and dear friend, Obama then got on the phone to his old pastor and dear friend and privately expressed his unwavering loyalty. It was likely another “I wouldn’t worry about it too much” moment, just like with the Canadians and the NAFTA statements.

Obama continues to prove he has class and perception. I am very hopeful for his success in leading the US out of the current morass of problems.

How stupid does he think we are?

Geez, Obama has been going to this church for 20 years and it took a news organization to purchase tapes of the speeches to open his eyes to the teachings of his pastor. Yah, that seems logical to me.

Does Obama every speak to people in his church? Even if I missed a few weeks of my church and the pastor was saying such hateful things I would hear about it through the grapevine. I don’t buy his explanation for one minute.

Of course he knew the nature of the good reverend’s preachings and hate speech. How stupid does he think we are? Pretty stupid, I guess. When it comes the the Obamatomatons, stupid is as stupid does; they would doubtless still support him if evidence came out that he was in league with Bin Laden.
Really, this “pastor” and close friend and advisor, of whom Obama has been a parishioner for 20 years, is pretty much a Louis Farrakhan carbon-copy, and Obama is a card-carrying member of his “flock.” Disgusting hate-inducing scumbag, calling himself a “reverend.”
Bigotry, hatred, and insanity are alive and well and thriving in Obama’s church.

It is well for Senator Obama and his handlers to finally distance the campaign – and the Senator – from Reverend Wright. The Reverend’s lifelong racist rantings would absolutely have sunk the Obama campaign.
I believe Senator Obama has properly and adequately dealt with this issue. The story should now cover the bottom of voters’ bird cages.
Let’s move on, hold the Clinton campaign accountable for their misrepresentations of her alleged “experience” and “accomplishments” over the past 35 years. I supported Senator Clinton until I watched her chameleon-like performances. Senator Obama is certainly not the answer for 2008 and beyond.
And, don’t get me started on the concept of Senator McCain as president of our country. What a disaster that would be, domestically and globally!

This is it folks. This is your campaign. A crazy pastor and a bad neighbor is all you’ve got. There is no wrongdoing, no statements and no actions by the candidate. This is it. Go for it.

I heard Obama say that he goes to church every Sunday — but I guess he missed the Sunday when all of the “damn America” sermon was given. No one in his church ever spoke to him about it. His wife missed that sermon too. None of her friends told her her about it. No one in the entire church discussed this with Obama or his wife at any time. He knows nothing about his pastor’s outspoken views hating America. He knows nothing about Rezko’s criminal past. He never asked Rezko how he made so much money to buy that mansion that he visited many times. No one at his law firm when they were working on the case involving Rezko ever talked to Obama and explain anything about Rezko. No advisor or people on his staff while Senator never discussed the Rezko issue with him. He is totally in the dark about these matters. He said he took no favors from —what do you call buying the his house at a huge discount with Rezko’s help and having Rezko buy the expensive adjacent lot because he did not have enough money. That is not a favor but something else. I seen no change in this man except deception and the ability to not answer any questions clearly but just offer up what the public wants to hear even if it does not make any sense.

Here! Here! to GuyFawkes!!! I absolutely agree with everything you said — AND
to paraphrase Geraldine Ferraro, the only reason he gets away with this (to the extent he does) is that he’s a black Democrat.
Can you imagine the cries of RACISM if he were white? or worse… if he were a white Republican??

My dad is a Limbaugh-like republican, with whom I often disagree to the extent that Obama disagrees with his retiring pastor. But I still love my dad, and I can see how Obama still appreciates the good in his pastor, which has escaped the news media. Obama has been quite vocal in disavowing his pastor’s unacceptable views. I would have been less vocal repudiating my dad, but then again, I’m not running for president.

Freedom of Speech, he can have all the freedom of speech he wants; no one is crying for his arrest. But Obama will have to answer for the “freedom of speech” exercised by his pastor of 20 years. The truth about your “savior” is coming out, and it stinks worse than excrement.

Rev Wright has had his fifteen minutes of fame.Posing with Obama–big smile on his face,arm on his shoulder.He can now go forward and demand big bucks in enterviews for his opions on Obama.Texan

The good news is that the new pastor of the church is no different than Racist Wright. He was “hand” picked. Glad to hear that the Obama’s are looking forward to this.

to allie:
“If Obama fails to QUICKLY distance himself from Black Militants and anti-American extremists, he WILL lose the election. It’s that simple.”
He has done this over and over again. Do you not read the news, including the article on which you are commenting?

Obama knows that the college students will believe anything he says. Even the far left as well as media outlet like MSNBC, NBC, CNN, and NPR believe everything Obama says and are willing to give him cover over these matters.
The problem is the rest of America is not that stupid, or are we?

Why did Obama allow his children to attend Rev. Wright’s church the last twenty years if he did not agree with his Pastor’s racist and Anti American sermons?

Obama…..Here is someone who’s….Mother was a commune-living hippie searching for Shangri La, who flitted between husbands and father-figures for a young Barack. His childhood mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, was a certified member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), and introduced him to Marxist literature at a young age. His pastor gives sermons about his hatred for a racist America, who are responsible for all the ills in the world. His wife declares that the first time she was ever proud of America is when they started voting for her husband for President. Her doctoral thesis was an American-bashing lament of the racism of America. As an Illinois legislator, he personally helped block legislation that called for a ban on infanticide after an abortion attempt resulted in a live birth. THIS GUY is supposed to have “excellent decision making” capabilities??? Can we trust THIS GUY to lead America???

Obama has no judgement (certainly not enough to be leader of the free world) if he thinks Americans are going to believe him. Thanks ABC for being the only major news outlet that is telling the story!

i bet most of the obama people are still for obama–because they know that he is not perfect or responsible for everyone that he personally “knows” on earth’s opinion–neither is Hillary or McCain for that matter.
Use your wits folks and vote for someone that singlehandly has managed to at least try to have an inclusive party.
Everything they throw at Obama is about his “affiliations” — come on–Hillary is still “affilated” with a lying, cheating-in-the-white house prez on our dollar husband, that wants us to just “forget about monicagate” and let them back in–come on.
if you have foregiven that–what the heck is this goofey old preacher–NOTHING!!!

Appeasethis – neither Fallwell nor Robertson would ever become president. How can you defend that sort of thing? I want a black man for president too – we are overdue. But we can’t just turn a cheek to this stuff. We need the best candidate for the job as the most powerful person on the planet. We can’t just pretend all of this stuff didn’t happen. Obama is a great speaker but this it too much.

Ahhh…and its only just begun. Wait till the weather underground terrorists controversy erupts…Obama made some bad decisions who he’s associated himself with. This has just cost him the presidency. Too bad people didn’t ask the right questions and just fell off the bridge one by one mesmerized by the “Change” and “Yes we can” bumper sticker rhetoric.

God dam America is pretty inflammatory and speaks to deep feelings of anger, this is true. But where problem in denouncing America for it’s “treatment of Black Americans”, or “treating our citizens as less than human,” comments about our South African, Palestinians policies do not concern racism. Is anyone who questions our government a racist? Would the comments be considered racist if the Minister were White?

Tyrell….plus his wife’s doctoral thesis on American-bashing lament of the racism of America which is under locked and Keyed.

Jeremiah Wright is obviously of mixed heritage and an intelligent man with years of experience in America, so obviously he knows that of which he speaks.
Write is also a former Marine of the ‘few good men’, so he most likely has the courage of his conviction. lol
Nevertheless, some truths aren’t worth saying; because they are more likely to cause polarization when some people can’t handle the truth or don’t want to hand the truth.
Barack Obama has tried to avoid a polarizing politics; because he’s astute enough to know that partisan and other forms of polarization are at the heart of the nation’s inability to solved its mounting problems, at home and abroad.
Even though they are MERE WORDS with not intrinsic power and although it is surprisingly ironic that citizens of a powerful nation allow themselves tgo be floored by mere words, statements that have the effect of polarization helps no one, and certainly not help the nation we hope to move forward.

Appeasethis —- Your comparisons make no sense…they do not compare at all. Obviously you are biased.

Faye, that “goofy” old preacher is Obama’s mentor as he proclaimed…this doesn’t have an impact for you??? Wow, talk about looking the other way to a potentially very dangerous situation that can put our country and unity in jeopardy.

come on people especially those that live in chicago ,he has put it all on the line tonight by saying he was never present when on of thease outregous sermons were given .dig people if it can be publicly proved that he attended one then he is done and cooked .at that time he will have been caught in a bold faced lie.please for the good of the ountry if you have the ability to dig then dig ,lets fnish this antiamerican charlatan now before its too late.

How about reporting that Barack Obama has been misleading the public about Rezko. He now admits that he had received 250,000 from Rezko in prior campaigns. Sounds like same old politics to me. For someone that is running on that he has better judgement, this shows that he doesn’t.

It’s just funny how the most prejudice people on Earth like to jump on these kinds of comments from the pastor, to cry about racism against them. The very same people whose racism and bigotry made Obama a black man by their RACIST J. Crow laws. Just like Obama stated, this pastor is of another generation which has endured the (worst) oppression of black people by the people who brought them from their homeland. So if you don’t hear these kinds of statements in public, be darn sure others like him are saying in private.

I no longer support Senator Obama for the Democratic nomination for President.
I am sorry, but I have my boundaries and Barack Obama has pushed them to the ppoint of no return.
I will stay home on election day in November and I am truly sad tonight.
Always a Democrat,
C. H

OH pullleeezzee… this man baptized him, married him to Michelle, was his spiritual advisor, his inspiration, is like an uncle to him in the absence of a father, shaped his views and morals, and praises Farrakahn as a man of greatness which Obama was aware of… no way do I believe Obama did not know this man’s beliefs. The new pastor was interviewed tonight and said “our Christian calling is to afflict the confortable and comfort the afflicted”… he says he is not carrying on Wright’s work in the same way but “afflict the comfortable” seems to me to be exactly the same because that implies “fight the rich”… yet Obama has stated how much he looks forward to working with the ascending Pastor … please America… vet this man well

Faye…wake up. Obama has been exposed for the lying fraud he is. He was clearly uncomfortable on Fox this evening and knows he’s got a major problem. People are not stupid. All your excuses and dare I say blindness to the reality and severity of this situation clearly shows no matter what or who Obama associates himself with (including domestic terrorists) should be irrelevant. Are you sure your not voting because of the race card yourself? Then you fit in with Obama’s church.

After all this fighting of who is least qualified to be Commander In Chief I am swinging my vote for the Other Democrat…John McCain

Give me a big-time freaking break!!! Obama was fully aware of the pastor and his comments. For Pete’s sake – he has a TWENTY year history with the guy and thinks of him as family. He should have NEVER EVER even had the racist pastor on his campaign at all and should have totally denounced him 100% earlier – say about 19 years earlier than what he did. He’s just doing it now because the truth is out of the bag and Obama cannot hide the TRUTH. DO NOT trust Obama, folks! His true colors are finally shining through. He is not a divider. He is a lost soul who has a huge ego in the hunt for the most powerful position on the planet. Blech!

Watch Hannity and Colmes on Fox News tonight at 12:00am ET/11:00pm CT. They interview Rev. Wright(you have to see this!) and have Obama on. They actually ask Obama a little tougher questions.

AMERICA HERES THE TRUE BARACK OBAMA.THANK YOU BARACK AND REV WRIGHT HILLARY ITS TIME TO SHINE GO FOR IT GIRLYOU HAVE MY SOPPORT.

I have been crying for the better part of the evening as I watched Obama on his various media interviews. All afternoon I hoped Obama would come clean, be humble and tell the truth.
Instead, he lied, spun and, as far as I am concerned, he made fools out of those who have supported him all the way through this long and painful campaign.
There is no way I can support a man who doesn’t absolutely come forward immediately and CONDEMN any pastor or anyone else who says GOD DAMN AMERICA.
This garbage that Rev. Wright is “like Obama’s uncle” was the point of no return for me.
And to think, I just send sixty dollars I could barely afford to Obama’s campaign.
God help America.

If these were not typical sermons and beliefs of the church don’t you think the audience members would look a little surprised by what they were hearing instead of jumping up and down and clapping? I don’t believe what Obama said.

ThinkAboutIt — Dropped the Bomb? Estimates say there would have been 2 million deaths invading Japan. WE dropped ONE, and they didnt surrender! Next One???

LOL
disses Natalee Holloway
“Black women are being raped daily in Darfur, Sudan, in the Congo and in Sub-Saharan Africa. That doesn’t make news,” “One 18-year-old white girl from Alabama gets drunk on a graduation trip to Aruba, goes off and ‘gives it up’ while in a foreign country, and that stays in the news for months!”, “Maybe I am missing something!” Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Then African news media should put it in the news!

Obama: enough with your nonsense. Get back to Washington to do the job you were elected to do. Save people’s homes. Save people’s jobs. You are no unifier and you’re not getting my vote.

Clearly the rest of the congregation agreed with what the pastor was saying. Why would Obama still want to be part of a church where he was the ONLY ONE who didn’t agree? Unless … he actually does agree!

nancy riley, so right about him getting the million dollar earmark for the hospital where his wife works! and funny how she got a $212,000 raise (tripling her salary) the week after he got elected. no corruption there, of course.

I would like to find out just how much the Clinton’s are paying you people to keep this up. I myself don’t want either Clinton to answering the phone at 3am. I have sat in church many times and have not agreed with every thing that my Paster has said. But thier has been far many more times that I have agreed with him. How many Priest have mested up but people kept going back!

Obama’s tale that he NEVER was in the congregation when Wright (I can’t bring myself to call him Reverend)spewed his hatred and vitirol against the government and “rich white men” strains the credibility factor. You can’t tell me that someone that sat in that congregation for 20 years didn’t hear this garbage, and therefore, since he didn’t leave the church, some of it must have rubbed off on him. I’m sorry, I don’t want a First Lady that is just now “proud to be an American” or have a president that speaks out of both sides of his mount. The mantra of “change…change….change” might not necessarily be a good one – not all changes are good. And considering what a far left (on the far left side of socialist)President would come up with, it is downright frightening. YOU BETTER WAKE UP, AMERICA. The Americans that love America, not the ones that GD America. I never thought I would or could vote for Hillery — I thought my right hand would fall off when I marked her name. But…I voted for her in the Mississippi primary – and the Mississippi coastal counties carried her. Of course, the African Americans carried the state for Obama. That was my way of hoping she would continue to challenge Obama (I don’t know if her campaign is behind securing these tapes, but if they were, all I can say is “Thank you”. I know a lot of decent, respectful Christian African Americans, and this Wright character can not be called any of that. I challenge everyone (white, African American, Hispanic, oriental) to demand that the media continue to look into Barack Obama — there are too many wisps of smoke surrounding him, and where there’s smoke, there’s fire. WAKE UP!!

strangelove – remember this quote?
“He who owns the youth owns the future.” – Adolf Hitler
Combine the fact he went after the youth vote with an almost identical speaking style and the hatred of the “rich white man” that his mentor preaches… yes America should be concerned.

Ava Wil-Burton —- Dont feel bad, you should feel good that you now know the truth!!

The Democrats campaign for the office of the presidency is over this election cycle. I think a lot of middle of the road Democrats, Republicans and Independents who would have normally voted for Obama in the general elections will now not vote for him. If Hillary somehow gets the nomination she will reap the retribution of the black voters who will vote for McCain out spite or will stay home on Election Day. Too bad it would have been great to see an African American man and a woman in the office of the Presidency. I say that a middle of the road Repulican who was ready and willing to vote for Hillary and or Obama.

I love the comments that say a person is not responsible for his/her pastor… No, most people aren’t. THIS GUY IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT! HE WANTS US TO TRUST HIS JUDGMENT!

Jeremy – he knew… he is just a really good liar when speaking… see below
New York Times April 30, 2007: “Mr. Wright, who has long prided himself on criticizing the establishment, said he knew that he may not play well in Mr. Obama’s audition for the ultimate establishment job.”
“If Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me,” Mr. Wright said with a shrug. “I said it to Barack personally, and he said yeah, that might have to happen.”

barack Obamas CHANGE = Whitey and White America are going to get what they deserve.

Now,, after this happened..
who’s to blame?
The media have give him free rides or…??
I wonder after today American still love him as much as those celebrities support him?

Will Obama agree to being strapped to a lie detector? I dont believe a word he says.

Outrageous!! Obama should dropout!

This Obama guy needs to go,too.I can’t believe that people still defend this person.To think he could be elected President on lies and racism it’s very discouraging for us, the rest of the world.

what did the reverened say that was NOT true??? everything! he needs to move to new country. never have I heard such American hatred from a Christan pulpit!

what did the reverened say that was NOT true??? everything! he needs to move to new country. never have I heard such American hatred from a Christan pulpit!

Obama said he was never in the pew for sermons like these. Why then were the people clapping and cheering for the pastor if these were isolated sermons? This might have been a better question for A. Cooper to ask Obama versus “would you sing God Bless America? hee hee”.

C’mon, Senator Obama! TWENTY YEARS as a member of Rev. Wright’s congregation, and you’ve NEVER ONCE heard him preach inflammatory anti-American rhetoric from his pulpit??? His sermons are a matter of record, yet prior to placing Rev. Wright on your spiritual advisory committee you were NEVER AWARE of any of his controversial political views, nor his inclination towards expressing them from the pulpit??? Well, maybe Michelle IS more of a church-goer than you are if SHE only recently has become proud of America “for the first time in [her] adult life.” But please don’t insult my intelligence – nor that of the American people – by having us believe that for all these TWENTY YEARS you thought Rev. Wright was as pure as the wind-driven snow! That you would have quit his congregation if you had heard one of those unpatriotic and profanity-laced sermons! Your supporters might be that naive, but I can assure you MOST AMERICANS ARE NOT!!!

Gillis says “I must also add that there are religious groups in this country, the mormons being one of them who believes and has in their own so called holy books chapters of claims that God himself has damned and cursed blacks. Talk about provacative.”
Right, and there’s not one of them who might win, is there?

Too little, too late for me, Barack. Your pastor lost my vote for you and any others I can persuade to do the same.

I am a white 49 year old female supporter of Obama. I lived in Georgia for 41 years. I worked in corporate america and heard whispers of racism many many times. I lived in small towns at times and saw blatant examples of racism. If you live in “white” america suburbs, you can’t say you haven’t seen little signs here and there of racism. Do you call people out on it. what about a relative that made a raciest comment, did you call them out on it? My point is that even in 2008 in places you don’t think you would hear racism any longer, you do. How may people in our prisons are black? How many of our poor and homeless are black? How many governors and senators are black?
Okay, so this older man is so angry, and beyond anything I can understand, but when Barack says that this gives him an opportunity and the country to honestly talk about race issues, and the divide between people who grew up in the 60′s that are are still so very angry, and the younger black people who are seeing more opportunities. We can look at this as an opportunity to have a real discussion of the race issues in this country. I mean think about it, it wasn’t that many years ago that a black person could not drink out of the same water fountain or sit at the same booth. I’m not condoning the comments made by this preacher, but I am saying to take the horrible things away that he said and listen to some of the words, there are facts in the words.
I believe in Barack Obama. I’m not fearful of Barack having a preacher who’s angry at America, I’m fearful of our country continuing to be run by special interest and lobbiest and the continuing of politics as usual with partisan bickering and nothing ever getting done. I’m fearful of the crumbling of America as we spend 12 Billion dollars a month in Iraq as our economy spirals out of control. I’m fearful of the debt we owe to countries like China. I’m fearful that when I fly next month that the cargo on my plane hasn’t been checked. I’m fearful that our ports are not secure. I’m fearful of a media that concentrates more time on what one preacher, or one ex-senator said than our American soliders being killed in Iraq. Can’t any news station show their pictures and talk about their sacrifice other than newshour? I’mj fearful that the average american doesn’t know there’s almost 1 million children homeless in America. I’m fearful of how Afganistan is being taken back over by the Taliban. I’m fearful of how much other countries hate America now after this arrogant administration wasted an opportunity after 9/11 to bring the world along with us to go after terrorist. I’m fearful of how many people as they get older are going to be on street with no retirement or social security. I’m fearful of becoming ill and my entire savings being wiped out and my spouse being left with nothing when we’re old. I trust Barack Obama, and the last thing I care about is the fact that his preacher is an extremely angry black man that may have some horrible things to say, but I’ve never walked in a black man’s shoes in America, never lived thru a time where I couldn’t drink out of he same water fountain or sit at the same counter or see my friends or family beat or hung.
I do know that we have plenty of things to be fearful of, and this preacher is not one. Barack Obama is what America needs and I’m fearful of us missing out on being led by the person that I have no doubt is what America needs at this time in history.

David, I will not be voting for anyone. I am neutral just as Jesus Christ was. How dare you make reference to the book of Revelation in such an incorrect and foolish way? You are dead wrong about the anti-Christ. The war of Armageddon will be fought against the governments of this world. The whole world is under the influence of the wicked one SATAN THE DEVIL. 1John 5:19. Wise up before its too late Guy. (1 Timothy 3: 1 – 6).

Imagine his cabinet nominees!

Well, this week America believes
Obama is not a Muslim. Thanks ABC NEWS

Carolyn’s post says it all:
As a mom, I felt that heavy feeling I get when I catch one of my kids in a lie.
Obama has been caught in a lie. AGAIN. Obama-Rezko, Obama-Wright. Shame on Obama and shame on the media for giving him a “free pass” until HIS campaign attacked Ferraro.
Michael

Can we request Obama get tested on a lie detector to see if he harbors hatred towards whites and america please?

Pastor Wright kind of makes you think Rezko is no big deal. Wonder what else Obama is hiding up his sleeve?

Absolutely contemptible that a man who would defend a person like this could even be allowed to run for President. I’m not at all averse to a Democrat being President, but this skirts treason.

The more things “CHANGE” the more they stay the same…

Clinton can’t win the general election. Obama is proving what he stands for. I predict Democrats lose the general election in a landslide and that they lose a large number of house and Senate seats as well. The Democratic Party is dead. They won’t even exist as an entity 5 years from now.

DanaT,
He is running for president not in BIG BROTHER show.

As you all are spewing your venom against Barak Obama, The dollar approaches being worth less than the peso, and all your intrest rates just went up.

I would really like to know why is it you can only find anything about this story of Obama & his pastor from ABC is on the internet? Looks like when you really want to know what is going on in our world ,you can find it on Fox News…So we know who ABC stands for in this election…I have always admired Diane Sawyer until the last two days…when she thinks it is so much more important to talk about Geraldine’s comments & not even bat an eyelash at what that disgusting pastor of Obama”s preaches about…how smart is it for a man to attend a church for 20 years and not know what his pastor stands for…a man that wants to be OUR PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA & his pastor teaches his memebers to HATE AMERICA & all WHITE people…if white people go to a gathering like that…well we all know what that would be called!!!….I was all for him until this… My bible teaches LOVE not HATE!!!!i have no respect for anyone that could attend something like this & to have his children grow up learning all this HATE & to be subjected to the pastors VULGAR ways….DISGUSTING!!!!!….So he says he wasn’t in attendance during these sermons …well it is obvious it was preached on way more than one time…SO IS HE A MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH OR NOT?

I love how all the Obamaniacs keep saying “Let’s get back to the issues!”…
Well, people, whether or not a presidential candidate can be trusted, whether he has sound judgment, AND whether or not he has any love of his country or not IS an issue. And a DAMN IMPORTANT ONE.

All of you who are chilled to the bone by the Pastor’s comments, just ask yourself this: “What would happen if Jesus visited Wall Street (Money Changers)? What would happen if Jesus road down Pennsylvania Ave., defied the White House (Pharisees), and taught of a different way to live in this world? Have you heard the call? Do you walk with God, moral and upright? Are you prepared to die or loose all your power and wealth, for your convictions? Obama’s pastor’s words are inflammatory, as were Jesus’s words inflammatory. They challenge us to think about what we are doing to ourselves and our neighbors. I can’t condone the pastor’s damning America. But I can understand his deep, deep conviction that we are not without guilt. We can do better. We reap what we sow. Sadly, many younger people are ignorant of the Bible and would not understand the above comparisons. Like all things, to those who understand, no explanation is necessary. To those who do not understand, no explanation will do.

Sounds like the Audacity of Hate…

Everyone needs to get a grip! Obama’s church is identical to thousands of black churches throughout this country. We are highly patrotic and also highly brutally honest about our realities in this society. We are all motivated to be above average citizens and live the american dream. His pastor only ECHOS what we all already know and have to face every day. This sudden “shock” by white america per these blogs is so disingenous as to the tone of the pastor. These same “shocked” people had no problem with the outrageous statements of the Falwells and his kind – Give me a break!!

cdp: You miss the point. Hate and anger is everywhwere. At some point, we have to get a leader who will address this for us. So Barack heard those things and came out campaigning for change. He is obviousely conflicted with himself being both black and white.
Now perhaps you see why he is a better position to help us all heal.

It strains credibility for Obama to not say he was aware of Wright’s views and statements. Obama is moving slowly just doing what he needs to do to try to stop this forestorm, but it won’t go away. Wright (Farrakhan’s pal) is his “spiritual mentor”, “his sounding board”, and he is Wright’s protege. Wright and that Church and its orientation produced Obama. Obama can’t fire Wright or leave that Church – because they are what he is all about.
Wright is not Dr. King. Dr. King loved America and embraced its ideals and challenged America to live up to those ideals. That was the power that raised up blacks and all of America. Wright is angry, hateful and divisive and scorns America. Unfortunately that is the orientation that Obama seems to have been schooled in.

WHY IS THIS NOT ALL OVER EVERY NEWS CAST AND NOT JUST FOX NEWS

Obama is lying big time. He used to worship this man.
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor for the last 20 years at the Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago’s south side, has a long history of “inflammatory rhetoric,” “The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing ‘God Bless America.’ No, no, no, God damn America, that’s in the Bible for killing innocent people,” he said in a 2003 sermon. “God damn America “Here is his pastor of 20 years preaching anti-American, racial hatred, anti-seminitc, revenge-seeking language. That candidate wouldn’t last 15 minutes! (Neither should this one.) No wonder Michelle Obama felt so comfortable saying she finally has a reason to be proud of her country! Bet she hangs on every word her Pastor says! The hatred he spews toward whites is about as bad what the KKK is noted for spewing toward blacks. Neither has any place in this country. Obama has been going to this church for 20 years, listening to this subversive, anti-American crap and continues to go to the church and call this man his spiritual advisor. Why is the media not going after Obama and asking him why he didn’t leave this anti-American’s flock? How can someone be President of the United States when for the past twenty years he has been going to an “I Hate America” lecture every Sunday. I want a President who is committed to America 100%. Obama himself stated that he did support the committment to Africa. Just think of how “God Damn America” will be played over and over and over again in Republican ads. The Democratic party needs to wake up and realize that we’re being sold a bill of goods where Obama is concerned. What has the man accomplished during his short time in the U.S. Senate?The Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s anti-American, hate speech sealed the deal for me and millions of other citizens of this Great nation. Wakeup American we do not need to have three mistakes in row. This Guy singing for 20 years “God Damn America” and now some people want to give him the honor to be president.
To insult our country and to damn our country, while this man enjoys the very blanket of freedom that I (being military) provide, is absolutely unforgivable. I would NEVER vote for Obama. Not even for the president of the PTA. I HOPE THE SUPERDELEGATES OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT THIS BEFORE THEY MAKE THE DECISION TO GIVE THE NOMINATION TO SOMEONE WHO SEEMS TO BE LACKING IN GOOD JUDGEMENT WHERE HE RECEIVES HIS SPIRTUAL GUIDANCE.

FoxNews has purchased over 5 of Obama’s paster tapes and reported that they are all the same ####.

Gillis, you’re telling me that the fox is the best one to guard the henhouse!
No way! If he’d been running on some other platform, he might stand a chance. But he’s been telling Americans for months to TRUST HIM!

Thanks Freethinker,

Pastor Wright’s video is all over the net. It’s scary.

Since Mr Wright has favor (maybe even has relation) to Palestinian, Farakkan so maybe those muslim countries are watching and happy Obama is leading.
Are we fool?

Barack already had to muzzle his racist wife, now he is making his racist mentor and pastor retire, so he can hide the fact of what “CHANGE” really means. Im ashamed to say that I almost bought this great deceivers lie.

Clinton is winning among older American whites, says the news. Guess what? They are just about the same age as the pastor. That generation knew about hating.

Obama’s Not knowing Rezko very well at all, has grown, and grown and grown.
Not the first time he has lied and come back to change what he said.
He has seem to make a habit of lying though.
Rev wright was your best friend, confidant, and mentor, someone you talk to when your making political decisions. Now he is like and old uncle that runs at the mouth.
Mr Ayers, The terrorist who bombed Washington DC, you didn’t know him, then you did. You were at a fund rasier at his house, met him a college, on some committee, lecture at the same college he is at now, he donated to your campaigan.
Al sharpton, said, he told you to distance yourself from himelf, jessie jackson, Louis Farakam, and rev Wright.
How close were you to all these people? anyone else?
Michelle Obama was on the landmark committee is that how your house was able to go through the process so quickly?
Any other committees you and michelle on?
Should we use White, Latino,Indian, Asian American, or should we all use the nationality of our ancestors? We have always loved American just fine though.
When the new Christian church opens with the 12 point White Value system, that won’t be racist or anything.
God Bless America

Somewhere Geraldine Ferraro is smiling.

DCVoter that is fair question? I wonder what Oprah Knew about Rev. Wright and when did she know it? If we find out she was involved with this pastor our knew Obama was, then I think she will lose a great deal of audience!

ABC…you need to cover more about OBAMA associations with Rev Wright! I always have doubt with OBAMA and never vote for him even my foolish friends tried to persuade me, coz I know there is something leery about him, his speeches does not fool me, it means I am rational than those people who votes and supports for him! Wright is the pastor from hell who was sent by SATAN!

We no longer support Senator Obama for President of the United States. We wish him health and happiness.

cdp said “… Falwell’s full of it, too”
Well now he is. He’s dead. In a few decades that generation of hate will al die off. Then perhaps we can beging to discuss bread and butter rather than hate and hating

WE DID NOT SCREW OURSELVES! Obama lied to us! He tore this party apart with lies, when all along he was supporter of UN-American rhetoric! Now we all have to get behind Hillary we can still win this thingm but she is all we have now!!

I never thought that I would say this, but Hillary looks like our next president. I would never vote for a closet black radical like Obama. He always talks about others being a racist, time to look in the mirror! Obama is a racist hypocrite !!!

Jeremiah doesn’t represent any hope to anybody. This guy doesn’t represent any future. This guy is pure hate, ladies and gentlemen. Obama knew all about him. This is the guy who gave an award to Farrakhan. This same preacher, Jeremiah Wright, went to visit Moammar Khadafy in the 1980s! He has given an award to Calypso Louie. Now, Obama knows all this. He knew all about him. Now he plays the role of offended, centrist Democrat? When Ferraro says what she says, he’s out there acting offended? By the way, they axed Ferraro. She has been thrown under the bus. She is gone, and she is mad. She is still livid that people think she’s a racist. You compare what she said. What she said was right, it was truthful. You compare that to what Obama has been listening to in church! The point that she was ultimately making was and she said it about herself that somebody with two years experience, who was white, would not be this far advanced in the Democrat presidential sweepstakes.
This is Jeremiah Wright on the Clintons from 2003 sermon.
WRIGHT: Hillary is married to Bill and Bill have been good to us? No, he ain’t! Bill did us just like he did Monica Lewinsky!
CONGREGATION: (cheers)
WRIGHT: He was riding dirty!
“He was riding dirty” with “the big, fat nasty.” Riding dirty with the big, fat nasty. Here is more Jeremiah Wright, 2003 sermon in Chicago, Trinity United Church of Christ.
WRIGHT: The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law, and then wants us to sing God bless America? No, no, no! Not God bless America! God (bleep) America! (cheers) — it’s in the Bible -for killing innocent people! (cheers) God (bleep) America for treating her citizens as less than human!
You can’t compare Clinton’s campaign finance committee Geraldine Ferraro’s vs. Obama’s Rev. Jeremiah Wright pastor, spiritual leader, and is on his campaign.

Do you really believe Obama didn’t know?
In 2006, Obama donated $22,500 to Wright’s church. The largest donation he made. In January 2006 Wright said (among other things) that the
“government created AIDS to infect and kill black people”.
Do you really believe Obama didn’t know?
If you can stomach hate-speech at your church for over 20 years; well, that means that at some level you believe
in the words being delivered.

Whaaah! I cannot believe that you called Wright a pastor!!! What kind of pastor is that who curse????? ABC cover more about OBAMA association with Wright, Ayers, Rezto and among other bad people! We want to know more about him… Don’t let FOX tells all the news about Wright and OBAMA>\.

DJ | Mar 14, 2008 11:35:25 PM
Good point made by DJ!
How many of you white supremacist call out the racists in your family, in your friends in your neighbors in your nation?
A lot of the white supremacists are using the rants of this reverend as a means to appear “HOLIER THAN THOU!”
He sure did not start racism in America; he’s only commenting on racism in America; but some can’t handle the truth because that how ignorance works.
THANKS TO THE BIGOTED CLINTONS FOR GETTING OFF ISSUES AND POLARIZING AMERICANS; because their ‘inevitable candidacy’ got thrashed, and rightly so.
This time, Americans will REJECT THE BIGOTS!

I guarantee you that Oprah will do a whole program on this in the next month, trying to explain it all away for her “guy.” Oprah, girl I love ya, but there is no “explaining away” this one.
I’d love to see Obama’s two daughters sit down for an interview (without their parents) ask them questions and then pop a surprise question “What do you think about America” and see if they’ve soaked up any of the hate. I’d bet my house that they have.

Tomorrow I will take the Obama decal off the window of my car.
I won’t be voting in the general election if he is our nominee.
God Damn America? And Barack ONLY comes forward about this because abc broke the story and revealed the video?
I was a huge Barack Obama supporter – some people even said I took it too far.
They were right.

I am in heaven. People finaly see and get it that Obama is not for real.
You go Hillary, the momentum is yours,and rightfuly so.

cdp says “… But he’s been telling Americans for months to TRUST HIM!”
Well, lets. We have not yet.

My HOPE has been crushed. Barack Obama is a lying racist, and Hillary is well Hillary…Thank God I still have a choice of a true American Hero that is a Centrist.

The sign in my front yard has come down. I cannot support a man who has been part of this for 20 years.

By the way, just to be fair, NBC Nightly News did report on this tonight, for about 5 seconds, in the middle of the broadcast, then followed it with a story of about 5 minutes long of how the people of Indonesia are so proud of him, and how people who went to school with him hope that he will come back as President for a class reunion…I thought I was going to lose my dinner…

For the past 11 months I have been on a “high” thinking our country finally was getting behind the one person who could unite us and make being American something to be proud of again. I thought that man was Senator Obama. The past few days have been rough for me as I have been forced to see Barack Obama in a new light and I don’t like it. He told lies yesterday on television – one after the other. He went to those tv interviews with his prepared script and that script was fill of lies.
I am sad for our party and our country this morning.

Rob, have you tried to get ahead in life by pointing out all the injustices done to your ancestors? Doesn’t that sound like a pointless strategy for success?
I can’t imagine how talking to my students about how terrible things have been will help them see what each of them is capable of on his/her own!
Why on earth would we want a president who spent his time being mentored by someone looking over his shoulder?

Wow. What horrible things to say. This guy is running for president? God I need to register to vote this time around.

Wright is so WRONG!! A black person brought slaves to America!

Obama’s non-denial denial just won’t cut it. He’s known this man as a personal friend and advisor for 20 years. Even if he never went to church, he knew his views and apparently shared them. Why would you bother getting up on Sunday morning to hear someone rant about things you didn’t believe in. Not to mention the monetary support. Sorry Obama, not buying it.

malthusian77, got that right. media has missed that angle.

Martin Luther King must be rolling over in his grave with the idea that this is the “First Black Man” who could be President.

Obama is toast.He spent 20 years in a church that says that all black woes are happening because rich white people are out to make them fail and whites are oppressing the black man in all things.I personally ask God to help these people.No wonder so many black people are so sure that nothing has changed for them.Because in the blacks mind its still happening cause they hear it every day from each other.They have turned it into a religion.

’ve read today’s statement from Senator Obama. In it he states “When these statements first came to my attention, it was at the beginning of my presidential campaign. I made it clear at the time that I strongly condemned his comments.” Oh really?
Sen. Obama announced his candidacy on 2/10/07. The first Democratic debate was 4/26/07. The first votes in the Iowa caucus were made on 1/2/08. The first time Obama has pubicly denounced Rev. Wright’s comments were on 1/15/08 which were in relation to the public learning that Rev. Wright’s church had given Louis Farrakham an award. After that, Obama only referred to Rev. Wright like “an old uncle” who sometimes says things that you deeply disagree with. Until today, Obama has never publicly addressed or denounced the inflamatory statements made by Rev. Wright in Sept. 2001, the “God Damn America” statement in 2003, or his Dec. 2007 statement.
Senator Obama has been campaigning for over a year knowing these inflamatory statements have been made by Rev. Wright. Yes we can now see how transparent a President he plans to be.

“Learn your history. White people like you started the hating 450 years ago. And obviously they haven’t stopped hating.” Is it any wonder this country doesn’t move forward? It’s better to teach someone about the past than to continue to live in it, in the future. Everyone shares in the hate, whites, blacks, everyone…but if you blame your life today on something that happened 100, 200, or even 450 years ago, you may as well just be standing still, because you’ll never make anything better of yourself than what you are right now. And as far as the “white people like you” remark…I’m black, and I don’t expect anything except what I work for, and there will always be ignorant people of all colors, but amazingly enough, I’ve found if you treat people with the same respect as you want to be treated, the sky is the limit.

Hillary: thank God, she will answer the phone at 3 am in the White House !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank God for Sean Hannity of Fox News. He’s been researching this pastor for over a year. Hannity & Colmes is the only one who has interviews with Rev. Wright.
Now you lefties wonder why we love Fox News. They keep us informed, while the biased MSM turns a blind eye.

Obama is a liar. He knew exactly what his spiritual adviser believed and was preaching; check out this earlier article from the New York Times (March 6, 2007), “Disinvitation by Obama is Criticized”:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/us/politics/06obama.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
or try the following URL: http://tinyurl.com/2kdbna

I think that it is time Obama steps down from the Senate and stops this campaign for the White House. America does not need this racist perspective in a leadership position. It is time to bring America together and put an end to racism.

Dear fellow Americans,
Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, please consider being loyal to your country first. Obama does not deserve to be even an American, let alone Senator or President.
If you have been supporting Obama, have you ever wonder about everything we now know about Obama. And I’m sure we haven’t heard everything about him yet.
1. He does not respect the national anthem. No need for anyone to elaborate on this.
2. His close relationship with his racist, full of hatred Pastor whom he still considers his uncle. Obama has been listening to this hateful racist for 20+ years and as recent as 2 days ago, this racist was still on Obama’s campaign spiritual advisory committee.
3. If you have been listening and know your Pastor is the one in your family with such hatred viewpoint, why would you put him on your campaign spiritual advisory committee in the first place.
4. If this news didn’t break out, then what?
5. Obama can always use words and lies to come up with excuses as he is nothing but a fake.
6. Why would Farakhan want Obama to become President? There has to be a reason.
7. And don’t forget that his wife had never been proud of this country.
8. You might not like Clinton or George Bush, and you might disagree with them both. Their approaches and their policies might be controversial and ineffective. But at the end of the day, they want the best for this country.
This election is not about a candidate from your Party can become the President. It’s about a true patriotic American to become our Commander-in-Chief.

Barack Obama is lier and a hipocrate by saying that he did not hear Rev. Wright racist and inciting sermons after attending the church for 21 years. So where is the honest guy now, he will say anything to be elected.
You can see how hateful and arrogant Michelle and Barack Obama are in their speeches: Michelle being only now proud of her country when Barack started to win and Barack cannot accept to be Hillary’s vice president.
Besides Barack is so inexperience and only a good talker, and not a hard worker who will solve the economic, security, health care,etc.problems of this country.
Please God help us elect the most qualified and the best candidate for president.
Vote Hillary!

Racism and sexism still exist in this country but much progress has been made. Much like terrorism, the roots of racism lie in ignorance and in some cases differences of religion.
We still have much work to do but tolerating reverse racism or reverse terrorism will not lead us down the path to peace and racial equality. I think most Americans agree that the teachings of this man are not to be tolerated by a civil society working to embrace equality for all in our country.
Obama asks us to judge him not his pastor. The issue today, in the most pivotal Presidential election in our history, is that a candidate who asked us to trust his judgement appears to have been caught in multiple lies and multiple cases of poor judgement. Our vetting should not be about race or gender and it is not. Obama ran on a platform of good judgement, ethics, transparency, honesty, morals, and values combined with his limited experience. He tells us he has the judgement to lead and to be right on day one and to be a unifier. Yet, we are consistently seeing him only reveal things he has been hiding from us as they are made public. Given the lack of other qualifications, we have no choice but to look hard at these issues.
With Senator Clinton, she has been vetted, we know what we are getting – a candidate who has worked many years as an activist for civil rights and human rights around the world and as an advocate for children and the working class. As a supporter of Obama, please look closely at the facts: 90% voting record similarities since 2005 in the senate, 95% similar plans for the country, supported by the black voting bloc 53% before the misunderstanding in SC, supported by a significant majority of the hispanic voting bloc, the white voting bloc, the female voting bloc, and the GLBT voting bloc. We can unite behind her and together beat the Republicans in November.

As an American I believe that all Americas people have the same rights,I dont care what race they are.I dont care what a persons orintation is or religious views.I feel sad for people who genuinely feel as these people seem to feel,they seem to feel as if all white people are out to get them or hold them down,sad very sad.Obama is not a man I can vote for.

All along the Obama’s campaign knew about his association with his pastor, Rezko, etc. and etc. .. trying to supress the press but when there is a smoke there is a fire. How can the cheering squad of Obama, the likes of Ophra, roberth de niro, and the movie stars did not foresee the events are coming. They should have picked someone other than Obama and so stupid enough to support this man. The only thing possible is they were also hypnotized by his speeches. There is no turning back for Obama except to face his fate. Either he decides to alienate himseslf from the Black people who are still bitter because of slavery and discrimination or stick with them to win votes for the Black. The new pastor now in his life will not solve the problem of his ” judgment” because he still goes to the same church and beleive the same values with them. He should be practicing what he preached, heal and unite the democratic party by withdrawing from the race. He should be American enough to accept his doom.

Even Obama denounces from the pastor today, still not enough. The pastor’s view has already been in Obama’s BLOOD. The pastor reflects who Obama really is. Remember, he has been Obama and his family’s mentor for so many years. Now we know, is Obama another JFK? Absolutely NO! Is Obama another Martin Luthur King? Definitely NO! So many people have already been cheated by him. Parents, please teach our children well in this juncture, don’t trust the stranger until the stranger shows the proof who he is.

“As you all are spewing your venom against Barak Obama, The dollar approaches being worth less than the peso, and all your intrest rates just went up.”
Yes, and BO just voted to increase our taxes next year. Bet that helps us get out of this economic slump.

What are we voting for? we are voting for president of America. The president of course should be an American. Legally, a person born in America land is defined to be American. BUT, is his/her heart American? If a person hates America, his heart is not American, is he/she really American? If someone is not a true American, can he be voted for president of America?

I am a devout Catholic and we believe that Jesus is a man of peace not hatred. Anyone who speaks of Jesus but spews hatred is not a follower of Jesus.
My wife used to go to one church every Sunday morning until we had a bad experience with the priest who criticized one of the churchgoers for singing the wrong song. That is enough for us to be biased against that priest. My wife and I never attended the services at that particular time since then. The priest didn’t spew hatred, racism or even unpatriotic words. The mere fact that he didn’t have finesse to criticize one of churchgoers was enough for us to be turned off.
I am not running for the highest office in this beloved land of ours but if my priest spews hatred against the same people that our God died for (Catholics believe that Jesus sacrificed his life for all mankind, not only whites or blacks), I have enough conviction and good judgment to determine that it is wrong and that the priest should be outright condemned even after his first sermon of hate and racism.
No wonder Mrs Obama commented that “Now I am really proud of my country” because all this time she was brainwashed by Rev Wright about how ugly America is. Now that her husband is given a chance to run for the highest office, her views changed?!!!

One reality check question (and I don’t know the answer): how typical is this of Rev. Wright’s sermons? Someone on another blog said that they looked at all 12 of the sermons that are available on the church web site and that the ‘greatest hits’ video (i.e., the clips now being shown everywhere) took parts of only two of the sermons and left out all 10 of the others plus most of those two, parts that in one of them contained 3 reminders of the importance of loving one’s enemies. I don’t know if that it true or not, but if someone wants to condemn a man based on assumptions about what went on week after week in that church, then it might be wise to find out from more than a tiny sample someone else selected. — No, I do not at all excuse the anger and hate and racism in his statements (tho many of the facts are accurate, like the “Tuskeegee experiment” that few know about today). I’m simply saying that Obama’s knowledge of the man is based on a great deal more than snippets from two sermons, and I believe that the person we’ve all been watching – closely – for over a year does deserve the benefit of the doubt. What has he said or done to make anyone question his patriotism (and btw, the picture where he was standing at attention was taken while the national anthem was playing, not the Pledge of Allegience – he was taught, as I was, that you stand at attention for the anthem, put your hand over your heart for the pledge). Judging from the comments here, most people aren’t going to take the time to think and consider what you might be throwing away. Which, I believe, is a great pity. But — I guess, in the end, we get the president we deserve. We certainly did in 2000 and 2004 when most fell for the Rovian lies. — But if anyone is interested in being accurate or fair, there are other things that can be done to find out more accurate facts. Actually, reading Obama’s books would be a good place to start — juding him on his own words, not Wright’s.

“Black women are being raped daily in Darfur, Sudan, in the Congo and in Sub-Saharan Africa. That doesn’t make news,” “One 18-year-old white girl from Alabama gets drunk on a graduation trip to Aruba, goes off and ‘gives it up’ while in a foreign country, and that stays in the news for months!”, “Maybe I am missing something!” Rev. Jeremiah Wright” Yes Rev. Wright you are!
What Pastor Wright left out is that these are crimes being perpetrated by blacks on blacks. The trial of Charles Taylor from Liberia is loaded with horrific details of the murder and toture of women and children. That is in the news. Mean old President Bush sent in Marines to get that tyrant out of Liberia and end the violence overrunning the country.
Bush 41 sent American Military to Somalia to provide food for starving black peole. They were repaid by dragging soldiers dead bodies in the streets. Ruwanda/ Sudan/ Darfur/ Somalia are all black on black genocide.
Not created by the United States. We send billions in aid to all these countries. Bush was the first president to even visit Africa. He sent Colin Powell, first black Secretary of State to Darfur a long time ago. He proposed the original 15 billion to combat aids and malaria there. He just doubled that amount. Wright is just a bigoted racist and hateful person who is instigating trouble for all people not contributing to the black community. His sermons aren’t hopeful they are horrible.
As a country we’ve sent billions in aid to Africa to build up that continent for all the peole there. We didn’t do that for Natalie Holloway.

Obama’s time has come and gone. The truth is out about your associates and your true feelings about this great country. Both Barrack and Michelle Obama received a free Ivy League education through affirmative action, but their grades were not acceptable to attend and they lacked the funding for tution fee. I would be very grateful for this chance in life, not full of hate and racism. Obama should resign for the good of the democratic party !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last night after I watched that pastor’s video, I could not sleep well. I think I still can not sleep well tonight. What a horrible message he delivers.
So far, we didn’t hear anything about Obama’s ‘change’ plan. He claimed he doesn’t want to see the same folks in the government again and again; he doesn’t want to see the same policy again and again. Now we know what his plan is——-he plans to appoint his pastor or other close friends like his pastor or Rezko to be in his government; he wants to deliver that same message as the pastor delivered.
Enough Obama. If Obama still keeps relationship with the pastor, that’s definitely bad thing; however, if he denounces from him now, still not good thing. Because the pastor helped him get lots of votes. If the pastor leaves, Obama will lose lots of votes, some of his friends will leave him, he will look more badly. So no matter what, it is a knot. The only solution is —— Obama get out of the campaign. If he gets out, the dem party can save lots of money for the campaign. We want to see Clinton and Mccain to have a real, fair competition. We want to trust the people whom we have already known for 20 or 30 years.
Get out of the campaign, Obama!!!

There is a thin line between feeling bad about wrong utterances and actually going ahead to lean to toward thr same utterances. If my father wrongs a nation, should I really be scape goat for his acts? If my mother is caught in an adultery, should I really be the sacrificial lamb? That I have lived with my parents all my life does not really mean that I share their idealogies. I hate drinking liqor and I detest smoking so passionately, yet my father did both so religiously. Will you hold me accountable for his acts? Or will you ask me to denounce and reject him? Unless we are carefull how we castigate Obama, we might just be adding our voices to Rev. Wright’s argument. Obama does not have to die for Wright’s sin no matter how much we hate him. He does not have to lead this country but he deserves a place of respect.

Some of what the minister said crosses the line (especially the stupid AIDS remark), but there is truth in a lot of it. Our country does promote violence and inequality in a lot of ways. Wake up, people! If our country had its sh** together so much, we wouldn’t have so many factions arguing about how to make it better. America sucks in many ways. Just because most other countries are even more screwed up, it doesn’t mean we are unpatriotic for pointing out the flaws America does have. I think it’s good to shock people a little now and then so they see just how much human beings (including Americans) have left to learn about establishing a great government.

I have attended a mostly black church all my life. I have NEVER heard this kind of mean, hateful, racist remarks. Our church is poor, but we care for everyone. If I heard this tone in our church, I would use the exit door in a hot Atlanta minute. I am sorry that I voted for Obama in the Georgia primary, can we have a do-over?

For all the parents and people concerned about the children:
I just once again saw the video clip of Wright condemning Bill Clinton as a rich white man “doing to them what he did to Monica… (as he was making sexual gestures immitating the BJ) during a sermon to a mixed congregation (children were present). I consider this immoral to expose children to because it teaches them by example, ie. hey if my pastor can do those gestures I can too… Obama exposes his daughter’s to this?

k – i dont hold Obama responsible for the teachings of his pastor… i hold him responsible for being dishonest and not trustworthy in this campaign… it is a judgement made based on multiple lies and bad judgement calls he has been exposed for.. some he even admits… he said judge him… so i did

Somebody on the Forum brought up a thought provoking question.
If McCain or Clinton went to church.
Come to think of it I don’t think that Bill, Hill or McCain claim to have set foot in any church. The Clintons, I believe are founders of the Church of The Almighty Dollar & THE GREAT I AM! Rather prejudice in their beliefs as shown by their testimonies.

Only Me: Hillary and Bill go to church on a regular basis. If you watch TV, it’s there. I don’t know about McCain.

Obama’s pastor’s hateful diatribe against Hillary Clinton, women and white people blows Geraldine Ferraros’ seemingly innocent one line comment out of the water! How is it that Clinton is allowed to be crucified by Obama and the media for a truthful comment by one of her surrogates and yet Obama is not held accountable for the hatred spread by his pastor of 20 years? Explain this hypocrisy to me.
This pastor is basically advocating hatred of white people and white women, in particular. He is suggesting that such hatred is acceptable and that all and sundry should be held accountable for the actions of past generations that current white Americans had no part in. How dare this man dismiss the tremendous suffering that WOMEN have endured for centuries. How dare he. How many women, sisters, mothers and daughters have been victimized and oppressed at the hands of men. How dare he dismiss their suffering. How dare he.
The Audacity of ARROGANCE!
The Audacity of IGNORANCE!
The Audacity of HATE!
It’s time for Obama to drop out of the presidential race. He is using racism, sexism and ageism to divide this country. It’s appallingly irresponsible and a danger to the future unity of this country. He is not a uniter, he is a divider, and one who will stop at nothing in order to satisfy some narcissistic need to gain power at the highest level. A true Democrat would NEVER set about dividing the country in the manner that Obama has.
Sure, it would be nice to have a person of color as president – my partner is African-American and I have the upmost respect for people of color. Just not this one. His ethics are appalling – established ties to Rezko, Farrakhan and Pastor Wright!! And, by the way, what has Barack Obama done for the African-American community to deserve their unwavering support? Nothing. How bitterly disappointed and angry they will be when it becomes apparent to them how systematically Obama has used them to elevate and inflate his popularity.
OBAMA – LEAVE THIS CAMPAIGN NOW.

Obama reminds me of Bill Clinton when he denied any “sexual relations with that woman”. he had to say it our he would get impeached. Bill didn’t deny knowing Monica or working with her or evening saying anything bad about her, but he lied to get out of the crap he was in asap. then after everything, it all came out. This will be the same with Obama. After he is President, he will then admit to attending the sermons and listening to Wright preach about hatered towards whites and America. But he’ll try to smooth is over and explain himself by first becoming president to try to unite the country. What a load of crap!! Do not elect this A–hole!!!! he is a wolf in sheeps clothing, basicaly the anit-christ and will do and say anything to be elected. they all do people, so why are you all believing him. he got cought and needs to get out or we just can’t vote him in. if we do then we will be the ones in the back of the bus because they feel it’s payback time. this country will have it’s own civil war and iraq will be the thing of the past. it’s already happening. if this man was a true black american and had roots here in america and can relate to the black community as having their ancesters as slaves then perhaps he is a true “black american”. Why would the black community even consider this man, just because of the color of his skin. this man is African folks and has no heritage here in America!!!!! He has not black roots here, he can not relate at all. it’s like going to Iraq and converting to Islam and trying to fit in. it won’t happen. they will still see you as an american and someone with no roots in their country. Obama is not a black man..excuse me..Obama is not an American Black Man. His website is full of “African American”. When did we ever consider anyone who puts another country before our own. Our soldiers in Iraq are not fighting and dying for someone to put America last!! Liberated Iraqies are not changing their country to American Iraq. This is stupid and the black community needs to wake up and see the true side of Obama!! His pastor Wright is there to help him win votes of Amercian Blacks who can relate to the oppression. Wright’s not running for President, Obama is. If you don’t want Hillary or McCain, then vote for the guy who has the 1% vote right now. He’s probably our best shot anyway.

With Mr Obama it has been lies, lies and all lies, deceiving the people of the US since day one, and the funny thing is that de decries the dirty old politics. Obama, the chance you so yearn for in US politics, how about start by cleaning your own house. Now we hear that he missrepresented the amount that this Resko guy gave his political campaign. Obama that’s 100,000 dollars short, i know that’s chump change for you, but that’s alot of money and if you can’t run your campaign, how the hell you want to run the White House. Once GO HOME OBAMA!!!!
Take a look at this story…..
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9049.html

I am sorry if I sound bad. I guess I should read less of what others are saying here. I have voted continuously for white people all my life, without judging them or their pastor or even their parents. Hillary’s father was not very fond of blacks you know. But I don’t hold it against her. If I was hateful, I guess I would disconnect and stay away from voting booths. I voted for Mr. Clinton and supported him through his impeachment. I think I should be offended when he plays the race card and that everyone expects Obama to say no evil and hear no evil.

Only Me – I dont know about McCains church but Senator Clinton is an avid church goer and has awards from church groups for her work on civil rights.
Hillary Clinton -
Religion: Methodist
Some of her Awards:
-International Women’s Philanthropy Award, Lion of Judah Conference of Combined Jewish Philanthropies
-Black Women of Courage Award, National Federation of Black Women Business Owners
-Martin Luther King Jr. Award, Progressive National Baptist Convention
John McCain -
Religion: Episcopalian
(I could not find any awards associated with religion or race for him.)

Norman: Because most women vote for Hillary, this has kept her in the race. So, Hillary has benefited due to her gender. And guess what, women make up more than 50% of the population, while African-Americans make up less than 10%. Yet, Obama is ahead. So, he is doing well with more than African-Americans. Listen and learn. She is bad for the democratic party. When you denigrate another democratic candidate and tell the world a republican is more qualified, she cares about herself, not you or me. If Hillary cannot win, she doesn’t want another democrat to win because she wants to run again. Vote for Obama!

Obama’s interview in the CNN did not make any damage control.. There is already big damage to his credibility and his judgment. The new pastor in his life now is a ridicolous solution..by the way.. Americans are not born stupid.. that is why this nation is the most powerful nation in the world because of people who are smart enough to know the difference between the truth from lies. between a good person and a slime politician.. and between a fair and a inflammatry statements. What Obama should do is to be man enough to withdraw from the race because the democratic party needs someone who can beat Mc Cain. He should retain the American pride of accepting the fact that his candidacy has already ended, he is doomed to fail in the general election. Save the democratic party

John Kerry wants to be vice-president. Enough said.

How convenient to say that you weren’t there for any of the disgusting remarks HMMM….Come one, someone who preaches hate doesn’t do it just once, they do it all the time, and i am 100% sure u were there for at least one of them nasty racist inflammatory sermons….and that’s me being considerate. Here we go again, Obama you are inexperience to be running for president. This has been in the news for 2 days already and u come out now renouncing the remarks, it doesn’t take that long to realized you are in hot water. Maybe its because you have surrounded yourself with inexperience advisors all along. GO AWAY OBAMA!!!!!

omg! Barack is a crazed racist because he listened to his loony pastor speak… I bet he spends half his day punching his white half in the face and cursing the white half of his family for bringing him into being… cause I know when I go to church and my pastor tells me how to think, who to hate, and what to do, I follow every bit of it like a mindless zombie… don’t you guys?!
Also, he “has” to be a black Muslim Manchurian candidate… cause… you know… people would listen to him if he became that while in office…yes…I can see it now… soldiers following orders and attacking their own cities… big threat there… I know he has wacky mind control powers! Watch out!
I also believe he has to be the anti-Christ… cause most anti-Christs I know spend half their life helping the homeless, jobless, uniting people, and teaching civil rights, law, etc… evil evil evil *makes sign of cross to banish the evil.
I hear the word “Rezko” a lot… I don’t really understand what it means (something about getting a good deal on a house and getting campaign money to do good work for others), but I will just go ahead and assume Barack = Rezko and is a scumbag because of it, because they must be the same person… cause… thats what the media feeds me… and I eat down every bite just like I am told…I would also like to acknowledge that McCain’s and Clinton’s past relationships have been perfect (I call them angels)
What is this patriotic crap?! He isn’t patriotic! He didn’t put his lapel pin on and hold his hand over his chest a few times during the national anthem, and instead, “sung” it!!!… the evil S.O.B.! this is a big deal…
I also hate watching him get babied by the press… Being called a Muslim Manchurian candidate, a racist, unpatriotic, ahead only cause of his color, mocked for his name, being accused of being raised in a strict Muslim school, getting threatened daily because of who he is, is not enough. He MUST juggle dynamite also.
——————- end sarcasm
hehe :) some of you people have less common sense than Sponge bob… Keep the Kool-aid flowing, the 9/11 conspiracy floating, and UFO’s flying… weirdos…
oh yeah… Obama ’08… cause I actually care about my long term future and am not goaded into how to think by the media, current administration, or 40 year old bloggers living with their mom and dad…
Obama is a great and good man, and his past shows that. You can attack the supporters that flock to him all you want, but it won’t change people’s minds. A bright flame attracts many, and he is definitely this generations flame. Yes, some bad people (like Rezko) get drawn in too. Can you blame them? Even the bad people wanted to be close to him and support him… Just imagine the things he can do with a lot of good people behind him…

ABC: can you please tell when you expect to air Obama’s withdrawal from the presidency contest based on stupidity in judgment?

It is irrellivant that Obama says ‘he didnt know’ . You cant go to a church for 20 years, pick out ‘inspirational’ speeches (title of his book) yet NEVER hear all these racist and anti american speeches.
The american public cant buy that. Would you?
Would YOU go to that church if the pastor RANTED like that? Would YOU take your CHILDREN THERE?
Would YOU get that pastor to MARRY YOU, and BAPTIZE your kids?
Of course not.
Obama is unelectable now. No matter HOW MUCH MONEY he has to buy off the liberal media, the REPUBLICAN MEDIA will NEVER let him live it down. Never.
All the way to the election.

obama campaign’s new slogan: Yes We Can…..Lose in November!

Wow, there are plenty of Hillary staffers making comments on this website. I am glad she is wasting money on it.

Barack HUSSEIN Obama is a MUSLIM.. TODAY-TOMORROW-NEXT WEEK-NEXT MONTH and NEXT YEAR. He is NOT to be trusted TODAY-TOMORROW-NEXT WEEK or NEXT YEAR..Once a MUSLIM always a MUSLIM..Like all the rest of them he HATES America.

Wendy – do you really think, after the RNC machine managed to have Ken Starr spend 40 million of our taxpayer dollars to investigate every single issue you mentioned, that there is any evidence of wrongdoing or corruption that would not have been revealed? The best they could find was marital infidelity and a coverup lie for it (most cheaters lie until proven guilty). Face it… Hillary Clinton has been vetted and is not to blame for Bill’s cheating or lying. She is her own woman… with her own accomplishments and qualifications. She is where she is today in spite of Bill… not because of him. Even Obama asked you to judge her for who she is not for who Bill is or what he did. She is Obama’s mentor in the Senate.

Too little. Too late. Damge alredy done. Obama lost his cridibility and bragging rights on judgement. He should have left the church and repudiated the Pastor. He is not running for US senate. He is running for US president and he can not keep any kind of associations with any person who is anti-American. Obama should stop his bid.

The real problem here is that this story ISNT NEW.
The democratic press SURPRESSED IT. Can you imagine that? The republican news -Fox- wanted to wait until Obama wiped out Clinton before they CRUSHED him. They cant wait any longer so CRUSH him now. The liberal media CANNOT hide it anymore.

The incredible rush to Judgement is stunning. Obama has disavowed certain statements.
But for Gods sake put this into context. This is not Obama. This is said within an an extremely disadvataged community that gets pissed on everyday.
The USA has done many despicable things since 2000- yet you can not be criticised – you are all nuts.
Obama is a class act – so much better than the shallow, self righteous myopic twits that rush to post their nonsense.
He is so much better than I – who when I see Americans talk they way they talk here Just want to thrust your stupidity and ignorance down your collective throats. And you have not even bombed me, tortured my kid, renditioned my Uncle, imprisoned with out trial my Grand dad, or Global warmed my house under the Ocean.
Please get a grip, or are genetically incapable of introspection.
Here’s a tip – if some one wants to burn your flag, laugh it off – because getting all silly and upset just makes flag burning fun.
Here’s another tip -if you do not like Terrorists stop creating them.
This preacher has helped build a community from 5,000 to 80,000 and given people hope. Other like Obama work in the same community – working to bring hope back. As the leader of these efforts – they are bound to meet and sometimes work together.
Compare their life experinces and their efforts to yours. What have you done today, or this year or with your life – sit back on a couch and eat yourselves into oblivion.
What have you done to help the poor, stop illegal Wars, promote an intellignet energy policy.
it is the bitching posters here that are full of hate and blind indifference.
Get a grip, travel, get a passport, see the world, read a book – just do anything to get out of your delusional, parochial and myopic world view.
You have produced an amazing politician – you have a once in a lifetime opportunity to get America back were it belongs – A country regaing some moral authotity, that can defuse hatred and show leadership.
It is time to get over your self loathing and get back some self respect.
This preacher is abit long in the tooth – but he is a bit like your old GrandDad who says something silly like Blacks need to get back to work – you do not through him out on the street, you do not even insult him – you just kindly say “Grand dad – I do not believe that that is appropriate – the world has changed”
Tolkein, a devout Catholic, I suspect would regard the posters on this thread aas “wraiths” empty people that have lost their good essence.
Come back – be decent. If some one critices the USA – think first and then rrebut in a slightly more intelligent way

It is only a matter of time before someone steps forward and says Obama was at some of those sermons. Then that will be the end of his cinderella run.

Obama’s theme for the campaign: lie, lie and lie, until you get caught, then lie, lie and lie.

Obama was shocked by those statements just as those of the congregation. This must of been the first and only time the Pastor said such comments. You can tell by the applauding and the hi-fiveing of the congregation. The comments were so unusual that Obamas church friends just forgot to tell him.
Get a better Political SPIN Mr. OBAMA.

It’s funny watching Obama on (a small clip) of the K.O. show on MSNBC, it’s the guy whose head looks like Mr. Potato Head. Obama is trying to make his points and KO helps him. The same thing happened on CNN with that blond guy who tries to act all cool, but he kind of looks like a leprechaun with that girl who looks like a squirrel. Most of the show is them talking real stupid stuff and about 4 minutes of politics, with stupid comments. For some reason, the camera likes to blow their faces up real big so that each half of your screen is their face. What the hell? I think it’s Anderson-? These low life’s are majorly in the tank for Obummer. Do they realize how gay (not that there’s anything wrong with that) and dim (this is bad) they seem?

Whenever I go to a website there are Obama people trashing Hillary. I don’t see anything here sounding like a Hillary staffer. I doubt she pays people to do this. I’m here because I care about politics and Hillary seems like such a good change for President, and I’m trying to learn more about Obama.
Obama people are always trying to contrive things to make Hillary look bad. It turn my stomach. On another website they constantly call he a Monster and say that Hillary and Bill are a Death Squad and even said that Hillary was going to jail with Spitzer for 5 years because they were running a prostitution ring together. I’m constantly amazed at this.
They will say Hillary is Negative and she is trying to Destroy Obama???????
It’s the wildest thing I’ve ever seen in politics.

It’s highly amusing to read these comments, but also it’s kinda ugly and sad too, for what the comments say about the people making them. I realize hardly anyone here is sincere in the least, especially those who are certain they’re critical to Clinton’s campaign.

Obama does not stand on anything or anyoneHe is bi-racial when its convenient, African American when it is convenient, defends his spiritual leader of 20 years, but when is not convenient then he suddenly tries to disassociate of anything that represents some guts on his part. He does not have any substnce at all. not on presidential issues not o personal standing

I challenge anyone out there to point out exactly what the Rev. said that is not true. I challenge anyone out there to point out exactly what the Rev. said that was racist.
II Chronicles 7:14 If my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land.

Unifiers like Obama relate with people of all kinds simply because that is the way to unify people, by allowing everyone to offer the best of themselves even when otherwise may be consider controversial people or different from the norm. Divisive people on the other hand, relate only among themselves and reject everyone else.

Obama titled his second book, “The Audacity of Hope,” after one of Mr. Wright’s sermons, and often talks about biblical underdogs, the mutual interests of religious and secular America, and the centrality of faith in public life.
You can’t compare this with nothing else. You Obama lovers are now desperate after learning this and don’t think for once that FOX NEWS will let this go. They are fair with each candidate and attack each candidate equally. I’ve received more than 20 calls today of how upset voters are of voting for Obama and wished they had voted for Hillary.
It’s already bad enough that we have other countries hating us and we sure don’t need to be inspired by an anti-American like Obama has by his pastor.
We, Americans that believe in our great nation, should not let this tragic news die down. We can’t let Obama’s inspirational pastor (Wright) be near our White House, like Wright has been on his campaign.

How ironic! Mr. Wright rants,”G.D. America!” He condemns the America that was ready to elect one of his parishioners, his “nephew”, as president. But now, thanks to his own racist, America-hating vitriol, it will never happen. Mr. Wright, in trying to condemn America, has instead, condemned his “nephew’s” chances.

I beg to differ about that Bush Comment. Mind you I think Obama is an empty opportunist, who only cares about himself and getting ahead. He seems to be hoodwinking everyone — at least his supporters, and he’s using them to get ahead and will not help anyone. He’s also using the campaign as a big book tour.
But let’s get real. The Texas Oil Guys and the Arab Sheiks are in Biusiness together and Bush socializes with Bin Laden’s Family.
That aside, when you listen to Reverend Wright trashing Hillary, no way in the world will anyone ever convince me Obama did not know about it. How could he not? Obama just figures he is above it all, and can get away with anything.
I’ve read passages from his books and he himself says all sorts of dumb racist stuff, and if you look up Obama his 3 books come up for sale first. He sure isn’t distancing himself from the profits from the books.
If anyone still trusts Obama’s judgment they need their head examined.

I was thinking about voting for Obama but now I don’t want to.

Carl Rove had to increase the size of his harddrive in his computer. The latest on Obama and his “G** D*** America” Rev. Wright articles was too much. Obama – McCain thanks you for the help in winning the presidency.

Unifers like Obama?????????? Who is Obama Unifying? He’s trying to start a race war, and is the worst thing that has happened to the Democratic Party since George Wallace.

This is for ALMA;
Here’s a passage from the story in the Chicago Tribune about Obama.
Obama knows his way around a ballot Some say his ability to play political hardball goes back to his first campaign
By David Jackson and Ray Long | Tribune staff reporters
April 3, 2007
A close examination of Obama’s first campaign clouds the image he has cultivated throughout his political career: The man now running for president on a message of giving a voice to the voiceless first entered public office not by leveling the playing field, but by clearing it.
“Why say you’re for a new tomorrow, then do old-style Chicago politics to remove legitimate candidates?” Askia said. “He talks about honor and democracy, but what honor is there in getting rid of every other candidate so you can run scot-free? Why not let the people decide?”
In a recent interview, Obama granted that “there’s a legitimate argument to be made that you shouldn’t create barriers to people getting on the ballot.”
But the unsparing legal tactics were justified, he said, by obvious flaws in his opponents’ signature sheets. “To my mind, we were just abiding by the rules that had been set up,” Obama recalled. (Whatever it takes, right Obama? No wonder you and your supporters say it so much. Too much protest is always suspicious…..)

Although Dr. Wright’s sermons are inflammatory, they are provocative and causes one to reflect upon the sociopolitical, socioeconomic, and sociocultural policies of this country on a domestic and international basis. Much of Wright’s rhetoric may be compared with that of Rev. Pat Robertson and the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, who both have made controversial and inflammatory comments throughout their lifetimes. Yet, our society appears to have given “a wink and a nod” to these spiritual leaders for years. Each of them has had relationships with U.S. presidents. Yet, there has not been a great outcry or scrutiny of their relationships with various presidents. Why now? What is all the fuss about? To this end, it appears that all of the news organizations have run statements/video clips made by Dr. Jeremiah Wright, former pastor of Sen. Barack Obama, but have not run statements and/or video clips made by the Revs. Rod Parsley and John Hagee (endorsers of Sen. John McCain) who have made openly racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, anti-Catholic, homophobic, and other disturbing comments. In addition, there is no playing of the anti-semitic comments made by the Rev. Billy Graham to President Richard M. Nixon at the White House years ago. Is this fair and balanced coverage? Why is this okay ABC?

If some one was actually in this Church and saw Obama applaud these off kilter comments – then you are allowed to call him a lyer.
If you are not that someone – then you are nothing more than slanderous oafs who need to get a life. Indeed you are probaly a bigot as well. You might want to get a life that involves helping people in dire poverty.
Perhaps you should listen to the sermons and try and figure out what he has to say.
I can not figure out what Robertson, Fallwell or Haggard have to say that have much merit. May be that is because I was allowed to study the Buble at school.

Jeanne – I certainly agree Wright’s sermons are provocative but question just what they provoke. I think we can see from the outrage that it provokes more than thought. But that isnt the issue for me as far as this campaign.
Obama said yesterday “Judge me not my pastor.” So I did just that… his statement of denial is not believable anymore than the other lies and bad judgement calls he is admitting to after evidence exposes them.

Shhhh – it seems so but then when I offer all I get is personal insults, prejudicial remarks, etc. LOL

Touche’ Republican spin machine! If you can’t attack the man, go after the people around him and see what sticks (Rezko, Michelle Obama, Church and Pastor, who’s next?). The thing that should be important is what negative statements Obama has made against America. Since there are none, this latest attack appears to be straight from the Racist Handbook, the chapter on creating fear and distrust among whites for blacks.
Throughout the history of media in the U.S., media sources have perpetuated images of blacks as “simpletons” (like when they say that Harvard Grad, US Senator, Constitutional Professor Obama is inexperienced) and as the “scary black man” (the questions raised about Obama over statements someone else said) when trying to push an agenda. I listened to conservative radio shows for the past few days. And their main topic is “what does Obama believe” and “what will he do if he becomes president” in light of several 20 second sound bytes from his pastor, trying their best to scare whites into being concerned about Obama’s patriotism and values. These radio hosts are only incorporating scare tactics reminiscent of the 1900s. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Obama has been an upstanding, inspirational, and charismatic candidate the entire time. Folks of all races and political affiliations have supported him throughout the campaign. He has not changed. If people fall for this old racial tactic, they deserve who they end up with in November.

Just wanted to say one thing about the “9/11 was the fault of the U.S.” comments. Falwell and other similar types have said that 9/11 was part of “God’s punishment” because of America’s acceptance of gays, etc. Wright said it was because of the bad things (wars mostly) America has done to other countries. While both of them (Falwell and Wright) are idiots for claiming it’s some kind of “divine retribution”, at least Wright’s comments have a grain of truth.
While, of course, none of the people killed and injured on 9/11 are in the least responsible for what happened, the same can’t be said for some of our current/former leaders. Surely nobody still believes the ridiculous “they hate us for our freedoms” argument. Sorry, but the truth is they hate us mainly for our foreign policy decisions over the years. If you don’t believe that, you know very little about history.

Are you serious? You sound like Hugo Chavez right now and Bin Laden. Blaming the USA to credit Mr. Wright’s preaching is a disappointment because that shows how brained washed you have been. You have every right to your opinions but let’s get one thing cleared; a president of the United States of America should never be inspired by a anti-American.

Wow! The same people that were complaining about paid Hillary people being on this blog are now posting long profesionally written disertations about how Reverend Wright is like Pat Robertson… They are going to plaster that everywhere until epople get tred of the subject hoping Obama can slide by this one… and wait for Mccain to bring it up later and nail him to the wall.
I hope to God Hillary wins, she is down-to-earth, and has actually done more for civil rights than Obama.
The funny thing is I did think the Wright video is unbelievable but I respect him more than Obama who waffles about everything, so he doesn’t make waves and is free to change his tune the next day to suit a new audience. People like Obama never change anything un less there is a personal advantage. He’s not someone who will dedicate his like to helping the USA, he’ll always play the field and try and make connection s to advance his career. Somesaid their biggest fear is that Obama would make us global and no longer a separate country and I could see that. obama doesn’t care about the USA.
At least Reverend Wright is passionate and cares about trying to get people passionate, though I don’t believe in his racist vews, and think he sounds dangerous. As Obama is too. Obama has thugs all over the internet trying to beat up Hillary because they think they need Obama to bring the Kingdom down to earth and that’s scary because Obama has no soul. I believe that. Obama does not seem to have a conciencse, he is all about ego. That’s what I’ve come to believe about Obama.

As an Independent, McCain is looking better and better as each day passes … the destruction of BOs character is complete …

Trinityusa
You are really one INSECURE person, aren’t you? Can’t be an American without your flag. Hey I sure hope you’re wearing your flag lapel pin right now . . . and don’t give me this “I’m in my pajamas” line. NO EXCUSE! And I want you to go outside right now and put a few more “USA, USA!!” bumper stickers on your car . . . there’s still a few square inches of open space left.
Your type are NOT real Americans . . . you’re just an emberrassment.

Wendy – per your post:
“Clinton supporters: “Where were you when Bill Clinton was caught with his pants down? Were you kneeling down there as well?” Please recollect…”
Get OVER it! Yes, Bill messed up but he did NOT associate himself with anti-America and racist remarks in the process. He made a personal moral mistake. Obama’s belief in the racist pastor goes waaaaay beyond the Bill and Monica fiasco. There is a HUGE difference. Bill is the one who messed up – NOT Hillary. And NO ONE has ever found any so-called “crimes” by Hillary. Ken Starr gave it a good shot but had NOTHING to offer up.
Obama is bad for America and the world.

I think Obama thinks we’re stupid and won’t see through all his spin. I don’t understand why he would allow his preacher to stay on his campaign and even take a leading role on his body of African American religious leaders. He had to know that this would blow up in his face since he found out about Wright’s comments at the beginning of his presidential campaign. The fact that he stayed in that church and that he has called him his advisor and has clearly been influenced by his views over the last 17 years or so to be very telling. How could anyone disagree with their preacher’s views and yet remain in that congregation? Christian views do not support hate but love. Wright has misconstrued his interpretations of the Bible and his faith in order to support his own horrifically racist views that are unacceptable no matter what your color as well as his numerous un-American statements. There must be something in Reverend White’s beliefs that Obama agrees with to have stayed and been close to Wright. This is just another bad point in Barack’s and Michelle’s un-patriotic behaviors and statements. I don’t want a president who does not condemn and actively denounce racist views and does not believe in the country of which he wants to be the leader. I also find his unwillingness to outright repudiate Wright while excusing his behavior by explaining that it is similar to an “uncle’s” to be absolutely unacceptable especially after he was so up in arms about Geraldine Ferraro’s comparatively paltry comment because she was connected to Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

ratmach666,
I’m not running for President you moron. Plus, your name ratmach666, especially the 666 says it all. Anti-Christ supporter. Just like Obama, great judgement on your part to pick those numbers with all these Christians on here.

If BO would have been in politics for as long as 30 years, his personal crime won’t be less. As long as the law for the campaing finance won’t change, no polictician would be so-called clean.
If OB really wants the change his voters dream for, he should only use public funds for his campaign —- this is the only way to have comparatively clean politics.

To all of the Hillary Clinton supporters, I hate to burst your bubbles, but Barack Hussein Obama is going to be the next President of The United States of America and I know this because…
ISAIAH 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment; thou shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteosness is of me saith the Lord.

Trinity,
Thanks for that. I hope to get at least one of you per night… precisely the reason for the “666″. Personally I don’t believe in the “satan” myth any more than the “god” myth. But it’s fun when the “666″ causes people to come out crying, “Anitchrist! Antichrist! Oh dear lord, please save me!”
People who hang their hopes on religion (or blind patriotism for that matter) are just plain weak-minded. And yeah, I think Obama going on and on about “I pray to Jesus everyday” is idiotic. Of course he’s being forced to do that by the bigots, so I can kinda understand.
When the world is done with churches, preachers, religion, etc, then maybe it’ll eventually be a decent place. While religion can, on rare occasions, do good, it’s also true that most hatred in the world is inspired, in one way or another, by religion.

thatgirlb – Dream on! His free ride is over and he has been fully exposed. He’s finished! It’s Clinton or McCain in 08! Obama will NOT win!

As the ties to Wright are explored more and more, Obama will continue to unravel and be caught in more falsehoods. Wright is a seminal figure in his development, his thinking and his political career. Either: a) he was clueless about Wright’s preachings and the orientation of his church (which is problematic) or b) deep down he shares in the hatred for America, believes Israel=Racism, and sees America within a racist framework.
The irony is that Wright preaches America is too sick to elect a black person president and that is absolutely wrong. Rather, it’s the hatred preached by people like Wright and Farrakhan that pollutes talented black candidates like Obama.

well it does now appear that Obama was in attendence when Wright used his usual race hatred speach. So he just lied on the interviews tonight.
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/8/8/194812.shtml
check out it out

rgutty,
The way you have written your thought and minds down, and criticized and judged Sen. Obama without blinking an eyelid has gone a long way to prove my long held notion; that Catholics committed more atrocities in this great country during the time of slavery than any other denomination of the Christian religion. This is one reason why the black Americans, except recent immigrants those that came after slavery had been banned, are not Catholics. They could fathom or comprehend sitting in the same church with those that killed and dehumanized them.
It bothers me that you can make judgment without thinking. Before you cry foul, I want to assure you that I am also a staunch catholic passed down from generation to generation, but will not rush to judgment the way you do. The Bible told us all that we shall not judge because in judging we have assumed the role of GOD.

Shhh – they can change names all they want, but you know it’s is understandable if they are upset about the revelations of the day, i dont mind if they vent… i just ignore the posts after the insults… i dont reward childish behavior with attention… campaign issues are what matter to me.. this is one of our most important presidential elections in history and i hope all the voters want to be a part!

I have to go to bed. When Obama supporters start the routine about Hillary’s tax returns… and his elemenentary school teacher it’s degrading to read.
You may not believe as I do thast Obama will change nothing and Hillary will restore the USA to Peace and proseperity, but she’s no dummy. She would not cheat on her tax returns when she’s running for President. They are not due until Ap;ril 15, and Obama is not her boss and she’s not going to let him push her around just because he’s demanding them. plus Obama looks like an idiot talking about it all the time, so it works for her.
What I want to know is what happened to all his records form his time in the Illinois Senate, the Press does not believe a book writer would throw them away, and Obama has already stumbled on that, as he has since come up with some recorsd, and then returns to his claim he has none. Makes him look like a liar.
Another thing that would be interesting to know is how much money he’s made on his book sales since the campaign started, I bet a bundle.
Lastly, why is it OK for Obama to tal about all the drugs he did in his books, and all kinds of racist statements, but no one else is supposed to repeat that, without being accused of being Negative????? seems like a rediculous double standard and really passive agressive and demanding of Obama. I guess he’s sensitive. Poor Obama. Oh’ I forgot he’s always been rich not poor. Though he did lie to the Democratic Convention and say his father was a sheep hereder and lived in a tin shack when his book says his family were waelth Kenyon Aristocracy. Is Obama or Scizoid or what, maybe he’s still trying to figure himself out as he says in his books, he is still a lad at 46, which by the way is not that young, and too old to be doing this much lying and expecting to be forgivene, again, and again. What does he have on Ted Kennedy anyway?

Well, as awful as it all seems now, there is one ray of good news from the news on Obama’s hypocrisy and poor judgement. Now that this is out in the open, the Democrats no longer will have a nasty fight on their hands. Obama cannot now be nominated because of this scandal, and the super delegates can vote for Hillary without fear of offending Obama supporters and their black voters. Sure, some people will still be angry, but the nomination will no longer appear “stolen” by Clinton. The Dems have no choice. They have to go with Hillary.
If Obama had the good judgement he has claims to have, he’d withdraw from the contest now and give Hillary a chance to begin her campaign against McCain.
Anyone want to bet that Obama might do what’s best for the party now? Now that he has no real choice, that is. With politicians, you never really know, though.
Just for the record, I am not a fan of Obama or Hillary… don’t want to live in a socialist country. McCain seems like a good choice, not too freaking conservative, reasonable on treatment of illegal immigrants, tough on terrorists, not an earmark user, for cutting govt spending, a great believer in compromise and nonpartisan solutions, and a true patriot who has proven himself beyond any doubt.

Cruz – The Yahoo news article puts NOTHING into perspective and still does not change the fact that Obama’s pastor is a racist, hateful man. Birds of a feather, flock together! Kind of weak take on the subject if you ask me, and it’s not the opinion of TONS of people whom have posted their views on this topic tonight. Obama’s judgement is toast now. He has nothing to stand on, except his racist pastor’s friendship. Why is he JUST NOW disassociating himself with the racist pastor? Why now? Because he knows it will hurt his chances at the nomination. Why not denounce the racist pastor EONS ago? His story has so many holes in it and it’s waaay beyond comparable to any other candidates mentors!

Mary – that earlier link works… it is too long to display properly but if you just click the link it will open the article that proves Obama lied about the content of Wright’s sermons
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/8/8/194812.shtml

“Obama has said that in the fall of 2006, he broached the subject of a run for the presidency with Wright, who encouraged him to go ahead.”
Check out this January expose on the Obama/Wright/Farrakhan connection.
http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/obama_wright_farrakhan/2008/01/14/64332.html

If any of you people posting the anti-Obama stuff were Obama supporters before tonight, then we might be worried. Yeah, yeah, I know a few of you have said you are . . . but in the same breath you say something positive about McCain or Clinton. But up till now, the vast majority of Obama supporters had NOTHING good to say about either McCain or Clinton.
So the fact that all you Clinton and/or McCain supporters (really basically one in the same) are coming on here bashing Obama mean very little.

This literally sickens me. That people here could be DEFENDING this.
Good grief people.
Hatred is hatred. Racism is racism.
Aid’s created by our government? THATS a sick, sick statment on MANY levels.
Obama needs to withdraw.
This is SICK.

Democrats better HOPE that McCain and Clinton supporters are NOT one in the same–as has been just suggested here.
If they are, there is NO hope of Obama winning the election.
The MATH would prove that out.

Nick – My sentiments exactly!

Rat,
Obama has no excusees. He belongs to a racist church that is spreading ideas of hatred and lies FOR YEARS. He only has a problem with this…when he gets caught. I thought he had a higher calling.
Rat,
You mean you’d vote for a white candidate who’s church had just praised David Duke? And the white candidate continues his or her support for their church?
I WOULDN’T!
I agree with Nick.
THIS IS SICK!

nick what is sick is that people are blaming Obama for what someone else said. Obama didn’t say those words. I am pretty sure that you know plenty of people who have made some remarks that a lot of people wouldn’t agree with but does that mean that you should be blamed for them? People wouldn;t be so upset if most of the man’s remarks were lies, they are upset because most of his words are true and that reality is hard for a lot of people to swallow. Instead of jumping on a hate bandwagon people should be honest about the history of this country, past and present.
II Chronicles 7:14 If my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from Heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land.

Obama, finally everyone is seeing you, your church, your wife, and your “pastor” for the people you really are. The revelation is alarming; the shame is that all of this did not materialize earlier. Hopefully, it is not too late. Delegates to the next level, you can still switch. You need not feel obligated to continue to support a man who says he loves America but obviously hates Americans. When his other unsavory associates are finally revealed, then will those of you who have become intoxicated by the high-flying rhetoric of the silver-tongued Obama finally wake up? Obama, do us all a favor. Quit NOW!!!!!!!!

What Wright has “preached” is sick. What Farrakhan has “preached” is sick. It’s especially disturbing and sinister because it’s often coupled with positive messages of self-betterment and some good works but at its root there is ignorance and hate of America, Jews, whites etc. It can be a seductive message for many as it appears to have been for Obama.

Hugh Christopher Newsom, Jr., 23, and Channon Gail Christian, 21, lived in
Knoxville, Tennessee. The couple was out on a date after midnight on January
7, 2007, when they were carjacked and kidnapped at gunpoint by four men,
and later a woman as well. They were then driven to another neighborhood,
where over the next few days they were both tortured, gang raped, and
murdered. By some accounts they were mutilated as well.
In front of Channon, Christopher was first tortured, beaten and gang-raped
by the men in turn. Then he was shot, body burned to conceal evidence,
wrapped in a blanket, and later dumped behind some railroad tracks. Some
accounts claim that his genitals were also cut off, perhaps while he was
still alive.
But believe it or not, Channon’s fate was even worse. She was kept alive for
three more days, and repeatedly raped and tortured during that time. The
torture included beatings, forcing her to drink cleaning fluid, urinating on
her, and cutting off at least one of her breasts. She was eventually
murdered, and her body chopped up and placed in five different garbage bags.
Fortunately, the perpetrators were caught relatively quickly. One left his
fingerprints inside Christian’s vehicle, and when officers arrived to
question him, her body parts were found.

Wow. Based on the blogs, looks like Obama is finished. Might as well come out tomorrow and announce he’s withdrawing from the race. After all, we’ve seen what happens when blogs start to work their magic. For example, look at what happened to Bush. As soon as things got heated up on the blogs, and everyone gave their opinions and started calling for his head, look what happened to him. Impeachment, prosecution, conviction . . . now he’s sitting in a small cell in The Hague.
No? Yeah, I know . . . wishful thinking. But you Obama bashers are in for just as much disappointment as we Bush bashers have had. In other words, these blogs tell you VERY little about what’s going on in the “real” world.

After all of this, I’m glad to be supporting Hillary. I will work all the harder to see that she becomes the next President.

Bush was re-elected in large part because the Democrats ran a candidate that couldn’t even explain where he was in the Vietnam war. Was it Cambodia?
THAT was NOTHING compared to this!
McCain will easily be elected if Obama is the nominee.

Hmm here is an article about the disinvitation of Wright when Obama announced his run
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/us/politics/06obama.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

I JUST FELL OF THE TURNIP TRUCKas we passed into the ciyy. I want to know what all the canidates stand for with ideas to improve the whole united states population. Hope every one has hopes . We all want to be healthy ,WHAT DOWE DO TO PROVIDE FOR OURSELVES? Jobs if we don,t want to work we find a way to get on welfare an let our off spring roam the streets. Good old uncle sam will provide! Send allmanufacturing overseas continu to import more than we export.increase the national debt. Print more worthless money.Weons have go every thing figured out.

Hmm, interesting? So, John Hagee, who endorsed John Mccain called Catholic a whore and called for a nuclear bomb in Iran and nobody seem to care about yet when Obama’s paster said something that a little offense, people would not vote for him. WOW!

donis – hagee’s statements were repudiated by the mccain camp… he is just an endorser not a 20 year close as family spiritual advisor to mccain… and mccain didnt lie about the content of hagee’s sermons lol heck he prob didnt know and had to ask his camp … but this is totally not the same thing

Rhys “If Obama fails to QUICKLY distance himself from Black Militants and anti-American extremists, he WILL lose the election. It’s that simple”
Obama should have distanced himself from Rev. Wright and his bigotry seven years ago.

Senator Obama and his family have proudly attended (for 20 years +) the “church” of this unprofessional and unchristian preacher who is foul-mouthed and gives venomous “sermons”. I recently saw his church’s video footage of his new preacher, and this young guy mirrors the other pathetic and mean-spirited views of his older preacher. How can this not speak volumes about Senator Obama’s true mindset and deep-rooted beliefs? May the good Lord help us all!

donis
it’s the same thing if Hillary or McCain got an endorsement from David Duke from the KKK. It doesn’t mean they support his cause and give money to his church. It’s not McCain’s fault or choice on who endorses him. If Obama got an endorsement from the DC snipers, it doesn’t mean he supports what they did. An endorsement is different than belonging to that church. Obama did both with Wright, got the endorsement and illegal tax fraud they committed along with supporting the church, belonging to it and giving money to it. get the picture

Rat—
You Clinton haters can prevent her from winning the nomination.
But then you have NO HOPE of winning in November.
You can see that Obama can’t win now.
If you are a Democrat because of values. Then you’d see that Hillary could possibly win against McCain where Obama can not.
What other agenda could you have?

actually, Obama said Wright is the man who introduced him to Christianity… which is stronger than a spiritual advisor I think… makes me wonder… what was he before that? atheist?

ratmach – i guess you dont watch the news… it has been on all night since last night… it is the hot topic … even newt gingrich came out of the wordwork… the RNC is on it for sure

ramach
doesn’t matter because any politician will say anything to get elected. even mccain, and hillary. obama had already had a conversation regarding disassociating himself to wright last year if he got to the primaries. wright was ok with it because he knew that is how obama could win if he put the big spin. trust me it does not hurt wright’s feelings on what obama has said or done as long as obama is president and can put him back on his happy trail of bullshit later. that’s all he cares about. of course obama would do this, but the whole point is that he knew about this from the beggining and had wright on his campaign and held out until it was exposed. he should have done it from the beggining of his campaign not way later where it doesn’t even matter

donis – for me the issue is obama lying about not knowing anything about the hate speech in the sermons etc… combined with other lies and poor judgement on several things that have come up in the course of the campaign… its a no-brainer… Clinton is the best candidate for nominee

ratmach – it seems you may have a copy and paste conflict there LOL katrina and new orleans and homosexuals have nothing to do with foreign policy… umm new orleans is within the USA… that is about as accurate as mccain blasting clinton on NAFTA revision plans by claiming it enables more terrorism LOL

donis georgiou – Yes, I do! I believe whole-heartdly in the church I attend and it’s beliefs. My church does not spew hate, bigotry and racism like Obama’s does! If I did not believe in what my church preaches, I would leave -UNLIKE Obama!

John,
Thank you for being honest. At least you’ll admit why you oppose Obama. Sorry you can’t vote for W again . . . not to worry, at least McCain will bomb Iran for you (and kill a bunch of darkies in the process).

Well,
I’m going to bed now. it’s getting pretty boring. same ol same ol.
Good by Obama, thank God!!! Thanks to him unfortunatly he has made it pretty much impossible for another black man much less a minority to run for president for a very very long time. Obama, you can spin it all you want and try to deny all you want, but at the end you got caught and because of that you are not going to be the next President of the United States. Vote for anyone but OBAMA people!

i dont need to defend her participation in foreign policy as First Lady… a Nobel Laureate and people on the ground with her during many of her trips and work in the white house provide that evidence… i did my comparison of candidates without including those years anyway… she still has double the experience, a broader background, greater congressional and military support, more accomplishments, greater activities, and more awards than Obama

ratmach… we all know terrorists hate the USA… that has nothing to do with the issue of this thread unless you are bringing up wright’s association with people like farrakahn and momar and hamas etc… rice (of obama’s camp) thinks we should be talking with hamas – that statement led to obama having to spend yet another day trying to reassure jewish americans he does not agree with rice or wright… the lies, the crawfishin, its all snowballing for obama now… as the rep strategists last night said: clinton and mccain dont need to say anything on this fiasco… it is driving itself

First of all, I voted for Hillary but anyhow, that not the issue here. The issue is the economy is going bad. The value of your house is going to the toilet. You say that you would vote for a Republican instead of your own interest? Don’t make me laugh.

Other people are saying it. And it driving me crazy.

Some people just writes for writing sake.
Apart from Rezko and Rev Wright what are the other thing one can say about this guy.
If I may ask out of you people criticising this guy, do you want to say you or somebody very close to you has never done something wrong?
Did anyone of you remember in the bible when a harlot was brought before Jesus and they said to Jesus, She is a prostitute let stone her to death. Then Jesus turned back to them and said Let anyone of you who has never commit any sin before should first cast the stone. what happenned.
They all look at each other and left.
I dont think there is any reason why this Sen. Obama should be judged or potrayed as this.
If the NY Gov was not caught by FBI and was running against Sen. Obama sa sen.Clinton now you will all called him messiah.
Our Holy Bible said DO NOT JUDGE PEOPLE SO THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE JUDGED
I will say to any one of you to reframe from making inflamtory comment . Let look for the way forward.
We are in 21st century going toward 22nd century and still behaving as if we are 15th century, Wether we like it or not BLACK WHITE PINK YELLOW name it will continue to live together still marry each other forget the past and let us move on
Haw many black people were in the force today defending American interest fighting at Afghanistan in Iraq, how many of them has died defending this country interest.
How many of the black army wife has become widows because their husband is defending the interest a the country they loved?
Yee People of America both old an young black and white men and women we have to come together work towards the same common goal keep American safe.
Lastly. you people should realise who ever become the President of thos country will be act of God
Democrats voters let us look at issue at hand and look for the person who ca unite us together both at home and abroad so that American can be back in the 1st position we have occupied before.
GOD BLESS AMERICA

This will make the Democrats unelectable in the Fall if Obama gets nominated.

BO steps way beyond credibility to ask us – the voters – to believe that he did not know of these remarks earlier then he admited on Friday.
With each interview – by the hour – he admits a tad more – just a tad more each interview.
Now – I for one can believe he was not there when these sermons were preached.
However – these racist sermons are on CD and are sold by the Church. Did BO never hear the CDs? Never see the CDs as he went to Church?
Ok let us assume he was not there – and somehow he never heard or saw the CD or “taped” versions.
If his Church is like ANY other congregation in the country – people talk and talk about what the preacher had to say.
Sermons suggesting we are to blame for the 9-11 attack — sermons saying God Damn America and sermons talking about the U S of KKKK – well – IMO – for sure these sermons got talked about – and talked about – over and over.
BO had to know – and I believe he is now covering up. He should have quit that chuch and did not. Poor judgement and a lack of courage and leadership.
It is always the cover up that gets you. True for R Nixon – true for B Clinton – true for G Liddy – and now true for B Obama.
Further -I feel insulted by the games BO played in his denials on Friday — BO says “.. he would have quit Trinity had such statements been “the repeated tenor of the church. … ”
“”The REPEATED tenor of the church”" BO leaves open a door suggesting that BO could stay – as he did – if such racist – inflammatory – and anti American statements were infrequent.
Bo learns fast – look at our orator of change — the new policitician — note the word REPEATED …. it is the way all politicians lie and and then sleep at night — how can he ask us to believe he is different?

I’m wondering why the press has been covering up for Obama all this time. Back in one of the debates in January, Obama said that his only relationship with Rezko was that he did 5 hours of legal work for him as a partner of a law firm. This was clearly a lie, as we know that he knew Rezko for 20 years and Rezko helped him buy his house, and Rezko raised at least 150,000 dollars for Obama’s campaign. How many lies does the press let him get away with?
Sue

No – no guilt by association – but yes guilt for lack of action.
Growing up I remember hearing over and over two wise “sayings”
Never judge a man by the clothes he wears – WISE WORDS and would not include women
You can tell a lot about a person by the people he hangs around with – WISE WORDS – and would include Rezko and the Rev J Wright
Shame on you BO – Shame on you – You have raised the hopes of college age kids across the country – to now be seen as no different
For this sin – For the apparent false hope that this time it is different – I suggest you, BO, look deep inside yourself and consider what you must do to really ask for and obtain forgiveness

corrected version
No – no guilt by association – but yes guilt for lack of action.
Growing up I remember hearing over and over two wise “sayings”
Never judge a man by the clothes he wears – WISE WORDS and would noW include women
You can tell a lot about a person by the people he hangs with – WISE WORDS – and would include Rezko and the Rev J Wright for BO
Shame on you BO – Shame on you
You have raised the hopes of college age kids across the country – to now be clearly seen as no different
For this sin – For the apparent false hope that this time it is different – I suggest you, BO, look deep inside yourself and consider what you must do to really ask for and obtain forgiveness
BO is a good man – and I will despite the above – vote for him if HRC does not get the nod
But I feel no joy as he is shown to be the same old same old.
There is no doubt he is liberal and bright and will champion for the people. There is no doubt that as far a politicians go – he is quite the honest and yes inexperienced politician on a relative basis
But – there is also no dobut he “”preached”" false witness and led a movement he should not have led. Only those still under the influence of the kool aid can not see all the truth.
No better – No Worse – but alas – indeed – no better.

As an American living overseas, I am quite amazed that Americans are polarized by the race issues that are still unresolved.Americans have ideas that run the spectrum 0-100, does that make anyone less American?I have a black friend who is extremely pro-black. I also have a white friend who is pro-white, I did not say racist. I am an American that believe’s in our founding fathers dreams, where we are united and every American live out the inalienable rights of life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness. My 2 friends are miles apart on their views, however
they do talk with one another with me sometimes acting as a moderator. They now talk with each other, and are actually friends now. What America needs is a President that can act as a conduit of discourse between opposing views. Therby bringing all sides to the rational middle ground, so that the real challenges of America are addressed and not poisoined by racial negativity, I’ve read a lot of that in these blogs.In the words of that famous American” Why can’t we all just get along?

There can be no doubt at this point Obama will NEVER get any white church going supporters . Not now nor in the general election if by some fluke this doesnt destroy his bid.
The clinton democrats cannot support a guy who LIED about his church being racist and anti american. We cant vote for a guy who took his wife and children to this place of HATE. Be friends with a racist anti american as a MENTOR.
You cant be ‘mentored’ by a racist -then claim you arent a racist.
You cant go to a racist ‘black power ‘ church, and NOT be a racist.
This is ridiculous. He should resign . His candicy cannot survive this.

to Charles
You can’t choose your parents, but you CAN choose you mentor and your church.

HUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Food for thought!!!

The fact is, none of us reagan democrats can accept this. Its impossible.
we will vote for hillary, but if somehow Obama survives this ,I pray for our children , and must quit the democratic party and join the republicans. I wil vote for mc cain.

It’s simple folks.
I just don’t believe Barack Obama anymore.

My husband is a Christian minister and I can gaurantee you that this kind of rhetoric and preaching from Obama´s pastor of 20 years has definitely been sprinkled throughout his entire ministry. Rest assured Obama has heard this over and over in different ways throughout his time with Wright. These kinds of thoughts-beliefs brew in our hearts for a long time and whatever is in our hearts comes out as we preach. Obama is not being truthful in this. I am fully convinced that he has heard this kind of thing on numerous occasions and that they have definitely influenced the way he(Obama) sees things. We must remember that it was Obama himself who stated how much his pastor has influenced his life over the past 20 years. To say that this is the same as McCain receiving an endorsement from Haggee is not the same at all. I don´t even believe McCain has ever even had a conversation with Haggee. It is not the same thing. Obama has been, according to his own words, heavily influenced by his pastor and we need to take a serious look at that and make a solid decision based on what is best for America at this time. America is a wonderful country and we must pray, work, fight, unite to strengthen her once again.

People only talk about whose bad side has been exposed but how about the others you did not know his/her past.
If this is only what this guy has as his disadvantage then there is a room for correction.
WELL EITHER HILLARY OR OBAMA, THE ECONOMY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITY.
AT THE END IF OBAMA/CLINTON GET THE JOINT TICKET. SHAME WILL BE UNTO THOSE WHO CRITICISED BOTH OF THEM DURING THIS CAMPAIGN.

Excellent post Chet!

Barack Obama is a charasmatic and dangerous man ie Jim Jones of the Guyana infamy and Hitler. His associates are what define him. I hope America wakes up and does not put him in office. His pastor and mentor spews hatred from the pulpit as do the Muslim counterparts. He has turned good black men and women into haters of white men-now, that, my friend is “racism”

Obama should withdrawl from the candidacy.
Democrats will NEVER win with their candidate tied to Rezko,Reverend Wright, Farrakhan and God knows who else.
Obama really didn’t think that these relationships were going to go away. Did he?
Judgement?

Chet,
All very fair and valid points. When we slow down and look at things, it IS understandable. He has every right to say what he believes and in context(except for the GDA) I would even go so far as to want to hear more.
But here’s the crux….I do not hold Obama responsible for what his pastor says or even how he may say it, IF he had brought the issue out himself. IF he had fostered a healthy discussion about these subjects, IF he told us clearly and up front what parts he brought into himself and what parts he struggled with, basically to share this man with us.
But
He didn’t do that. Not only did he not show leadership and strength by approaching a topic he had to know would come up, he appears to be playing politics and “parse the words” and honestly straight out lying, covering and worse distancing himself from someone he says is a major part of his life. I just cannot, I just can’t respect that. I do not see how it shows ANY of the true qualities I expected of him. AGAIN, not because I expected him to be perfect, but because he continually claims that role for himself.
What was called for here was honesty, candor and humility. Not today, but a year ago. Anything less and it’s just sad.

My God, on every site I’ve gone on 99% of the comments, from liberals and conservatives are negative against Obama. I was one of those idiots falling all over myself to prove to the world how enlightened I was by voting for Obama in the NY primary. After seeing Obama’s preacher (and I use the term loosely), make his incredibly malicious, absurd, and obscene rant (hey, there were children in that audience who were subject to that rant and the obscene sexual hip gyrations which I consider psychological child molestation), were more in keeping with the hate filled ranting of a mosque in the Middle East than in any Christian Church in the world. My God, this man was advocating murdering white people!
Now I know where Michelle Obama obtained her belief system which I always found troubling in light of the fact that she’s benefited so much from this country. But after hearing the insanity coming out of Obama’s church, I now realize where so much of this hatred came from. That so many of the people in this racist’s audience seemed to be in total agreement with what he was saying was also very troubling. It says to me that you can do back-flips to help people of color get ahead in life and try to atone for past sins and they are still going to hate you.
I’ve watched Barak on cable tonight and his statement that he never heard any of these rants in all the years he’s been going to his church stunning, or to use a Hillaryism, ‘defies belief’. Funny how the Barak managed to immediately hear Geraldine Farrar’s comments though, which are nothing compared to Wright’s statements. And Barack is the man we want to put in the highest office in the land who will be privy to the nuclear codes!!!! What a nightmare!!! I now think Obama’s talk about uniting the country a very dangerous ruse.
From now on I’m backing Hillary. And if Hillary doesn’t get the nomination, or if she chooses Obama for her VP, I’ll vote for McCain. At least I can be sure he truly cares for this country.
Finally, I want my campaign contributions back!!!

We all know someone who hates…I have family members in Louisiana that hate with all of them which is why I spend limited time with them. It is an effect of the generation they were raised in, fortunately, an experience I do not share.
I know how difficult it is for these generations who have seen so much hate truly believe otherwise and basically…I just let them say what they want to say and not allow it to touch my life at all because I’m intelligent enough to know the truth as it is. I know all White people are not rich racist devils and I know all Black people are not poor lazy criminals. I base my judgment of people on my personal experiences which are vast in the belief there is more good than not in our country and I see it daily in my perfectly mixed group of family and friends.
A lot of Black preachers are known for spewing hate from the pulpit which is why they are continuing to lose momentum in the community with younger generations. You think these remarks were bad you should hear what is said about the homosexual community and usually with a choir full of gay people right behind them singing with all their heart in support of the church. Just think of all the ADDITIONAL good this church and this Pastor COULD have done had he left hate out of the equation. Just think of the good our COUNTRY would have done so far had hate not ever been in the equation.
My name is Monica Mingo, a Black woman from Louisiana and I am Obama. My husband, a White man from Mississippi, is Obama. My nephew is Obama. My friends, of ALL skin colors, are Obama. We have hope for our country as we are smart and our focus, work ethic, values and BELIEFS are such that we can move mountains. We love our country and we REJECT hate between Americans of different skin color.
Hate is for the unintelligent, unexposed, and uninformed. Be the antithesis…show the world how EVOLVED we are.
Yes.We.Can.
BE BETTER…DO BETTER. STOP BEING STOOPIT.

drae – I can handle anything you want to say to me. The TRUTH has been told. The cat is out of the bag and NO amount of spinning it can change what has been seen and heard by the words of Wright and the actions of Obama. And I do still think Chet, you and the rest of the crowd defending Obama ARE blind to the lies and deceit he has spread across the country. That is MY view and MY opinion. I can forgive him for Obama for his wrong doing but that does not mean I want him in the white house, and I will NEVER agree to the hate Wright spewed.

I am an independent and this has solidified my vote for Hillary. I have decided to contribute to her campaign. I ask every white person on this blog to do the same. Hillary is the best candidate and he is NOT a racists. She was actually trying to help black people before they jumped her ship and went with BO and his black skin.
Go to http://www.hillaryclinton.com and lets get this new support train started.
The US will be destroyed if Obama gets the nomination – we have undo what has been done before we all knew what was in this guys heart – what he has listened to for years.
Also go read the State of the Black Union address from a few weeks ago. You talk about hating white people – just read it my friends – it is scary.
Hillary will save us.

HERE WE GO AGAIN EVERYBODY WANT TO NAILED THIS GUY.
PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HIS BAD SIDE NONE OF US SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS GUY. GOD IS LOOKING AT EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING WILL ALWAYS REWARDS US WITH OUR HAND WORK. IF YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR DO SO IF YOU DONT WANT TO VOTE FOR DO AS WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY SOMEBODY WILL WIN. ECONOMIY IS THE MOST PRIORITY
BLACK WILL ALWAY BE BLACK AND WHITE WILL BE WHITE BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT WE ALL HAVE THESAME RED BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama continues his so-called professed ignorance of remarks made by his pastor yet he has been attending his church for 20 years? Give me a break! And as for Rezko, Obama approached him to make a deal on his property even though he knew Rezko was under investigation. Rezko was well known around Chicago as “The Fixer” because for a price he could get things done. Rezko, a native of Syria, has ties in Iraq and there is speculation that Obama may have benefitted from the ‘Oil for food’ program. Obama is a lying politician just like Hillary. People are naive to think otherwise.

“Obama was short on specifics” He’s always short on specifics… lol

another peice of damage control by an ordinary politician. So much for the change. The only change I see is a candidate that sympathizes with people that hate America and caucasions. I think most Americans will reject it because bigotry and hate is wrong aginst blacks, homosexuals and ..yes white people too

I am shocked to say the least.I wanted it to be a Clinton/Obama ticket,but, if Hillary has Obama,I will hold my nose,blow hard and vote for McCain,even though the man and I are at odds on war,economy,healthcare etc.Though I am pro Hillary, I was a proud american as for the first time, we had a Black man and a woman as strong contenders for the race.Who says America isn’t a great country?Race or gender has no role.I wish I would see the day when we elct a woman and also an African American as a President of the US.However,not this black man.This man has declared himself a phony.He claims that he is no washington school of politics and that he is new and clean clean comparing himself to Joshua at times, and then his connections to Rezko et all surfaces and he tried to Ohio/NAFTA/Canda the Washington way.It looks like he is now disclosing some hitherto denials on Rezko as some of it will come out in the courts.True he had some flag and pin flaps,and Michele is finally proud of her country,but,now connections to a radical priest who is spiritual advisor,mentor,the title of his book,who has beem spewing downright racial hatred,anti american and anti sematic statements for the past 20 yrs surface.You did not know anything about it?Barack, do you think that we are stupid?Gimme a break.You attended his church for 20yrs,claim not to miss sunday mass,call him your mentor/friend/uncle and have him baptize your kids, and you claim that you were in the dark.You are a Liar Liar.I am quite disgusted.I didn’t expect this of you, as I wanted a Hillary/Obama ticket and I wanted you to be president for 8 years after Hillary.

mandy….you can ask any candidates to refund your donation. I would like to know if some of the donation money was used to develop the African American Religious group launched by Obama’s camp and which his pastor cheer until Friday? http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2008/obama/obama120407pr.html

so barack goes to church with media cameras to prove he’s not muslim.. then he says his minister’s sermons are appalling and wrong? what now barack?

Hi David, Actually Rev. Wright has a PhD and is a former Marine and was also in the Navy.

I am shocked to say the least.I wanted it to be a Clinton/Obama ticket,but, if Hillary has Obama,I will hold my nose,blow hard and vote for McCain,even though the man and I are at odds on war,economy,healthcare etc.Though I am pro Hillary, I was a proud american as for the first time, we had a Black man and a woman as strong contenders for the race.Who says America isn’t a great country?Race or gender has no role.I wish I would see the day when we elct a woman and also an African American as a President of the US.However,not this black man.This man has declared himself a phony.He claims that he is no washington school of politics and that he is new and clean clean comparing himself to Joshua at times, and then his connections to Rezko et all surfaces and he tried to Ohio/NAFTA/Canda the Washington way.It looks like he is now disclosing some hitherto denials on Rezko as some of it will come out in the courts.True he had some flag and pin flaps,and Michele is finally proud of her country,but,now connections to a radical priest who is spiritual advisor,mentor,the title of his book,who has beem spewing downright racial hatred,anti american and anti sematic statements for the past 20 yrs surface.You did not know anything about it?Barack, do you think that we are stupid?Gimme a break.You attended his church for 20yrs,claim not to miss sunday mass,call him your mentor/friend/uncle and have him baptize your kids, and you claim that you were in the dark.You are a Liar Liar.I am quite disgusted.I didn’t expect this of you, as I wanted a Hillary/Obama ticket and I wanted you to be president for 8 years after Hillary.

I am GLAD Barry turned down the joint ticket idea…. I never liked it anyway. Go Hillary! You’re gonna win Pennsylvania by a big margin…. I don’t see more people voting for OB after this story….

Most black leaders just complain about our society. i don’t see them publicly helping society, so i don’t ever see a black man winning the presidency at least for another 40 years or until their is a change in their attitude over a few decades. An american born vietnamese or hispanic will win the US Presidental election before a black man.

FoxNews will not let this story go. They have been talked about is all night and a special report this morning on Obama. FoxNews states that this story is just the beginning and they have purchased as least a 12 of Obama’s pastor tapes….same messages.

NOW ELECTION HAS NOW BECOME A RACE ISSUE. I THINK MOST OF YOU TALKING ABOUT BLACK AND WHITE HERE SHOULD BURIED THEIR HEAD IN SHAME
THE LOOSER OF ALL THIS IS DEMOCRATIC PARTY
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAS BEEN SWITCHED OFF I DONT THINK THEY CAN BE BROUGHT BACK I FOR ONE I HAVE MADE UP MY MIDE TO VOTE FOR WHO EVER WIN THIS RACE BUT NOW i WILL NERVER VOTE FOR ANYBODY
tHIS COUNTRY STILL FULL OF RACISM I WILL NEVER BE A PARTY TO IT
GOD BLESS AND SAFE AMERICA

Texan07,
A man is a man is a man. Obama is done because he wasn’t truthful, he played the game he accused Hillary of doing. Clearly it was him. This is why he is done.
His being black was his strength, his foot in the door…
He should have taken the VP. Pride will never end well.

No matter how much Obama denounces Rev. Wrights comments, A person is known by the company he keeps. If you think things are bad in this country now…just wait and see what Obama REALLY thinks about this country if he is elected. God help us all…..

I’m white. I’m not rich. I do not live a life of priviledge. I did not have affirmative action help me get to college. I am so sick and tired of hearing how bad Obama’s life has been. I don’t live in a mansion.
This boils down to right and wrong. As a christian I will never support Obama. I firmly believe that Obama has lied to us about not knowing or being in attendance when this man spews his hateful, hurtful rhetoric. I don’t know who I will support–but it will never be Obama!

I am a white man I will still vote for Obama whatever it take somebody out there is trying to bring him down.
If it is his rival I will not mention names but you know yourselfs.
You have used all available blackmailers it did not work now you want to user another tactics try it to see if it will work
Go on Obama you will win the nomination and become first white/black American president because your mother is a purely white lady who cut across racism and married to black man. that is American we want .United America not divided America

Let me see if I’ve got this right? BO has been attending a church for 20 years that is led by this man with the “race” chip still on his shoulder. Most regular church goers attend churches in which they believe their pastor. Come on Barak how stupid do you think your followers are? History has shown that people with the race chip on their shoulder never amount to much other than stirring up a lot of hate and trouble. They never learn from it nor do they rise above it – all we hear is “woe is me”! Barak followers watch out – voting for him could possibly get you a president with a chip on his shoulder that stirs up hate and trouble. Think about it!!

So Oprah Winfrey was a congregant at this church and later disassociated herself in the recent years. One must ask, why did Oprah disassociated herself, was Oprah a member doing the time Obama’s 20 years? Did Oprah disassociated herself because of the pastor’s believes, if so, was Obama and Oprah friends. If Oprah knew of this pastor’s believe and knew Obama currently attend, why did she force the on her viewers?

He’s going to be defeated with a huge margin in Pennsylvania, from there onwards it’s going to be one downard spiral for him.Mr.Obama and his backers are completely out of touch with reality. Obamania is over. Obama is toast. ……..
Mr.Obama has two choices – leave the race with some dignity left……..or go through this and get humiliated in the remaining states…………..His current status as the “frontrunner” is solely because of the media which pimped him for months and gave him a free pass. Once people know him who he is he is toast………..

Kay,
His racist Pastor has had that view and has been preaching hatred for a long time. His Pastor does not have a positive viewpoint about you simply because you’re a white man. If this news didn’t break out, this racist Pastor probably remains as Obama’s spiritual advisor throughout Obama’s presidency (if he goes on to win the election). Why did Obama let a racist advise him in the first place?

It’s really quite amusing that some Obama supporters choose to think that Clinton had something to do with all this. Yeah I guess she led Obama to this church some 20 years ago, got him and Michelle together, convinced them that they should get married in the church, and to, by all means, raise their children in this “church” of racial bigotry….knowing of course that they would be opponents for the Democratic nomination for Prez some 20 years later. It’s amazing that when even the light is shining right in their eyes, how they cannot see. Racism is alive and well for sure, and will never end until BOTH sides admit to it, and work to end the hate, and stop pointing the fingers at each other.

How anyone can condone what this pastor has said is beyond me. Anyone who can still vote for Obama after reading this, there is something wrong with you.
Unless of course you believe what the pastor said and Obama’s lies that he only knew of one or 2 of these statements. He has also lied about how much money Rezko has given to his campaigns. What next? I am glad PA hasn’t voted yet. I will not vote for this man!

the fact is Obama has more integrity than both the Clintons combined. He has denounced the the pastors comments and has shown he is a man who can stand on his own when it comes to it. He has principals unlike the BILL and HILL.
Does anyone really think that HILLARY doesn’t have any radical friends and advisors? The Clintons have a track history leading up to the whitehouse and livng in iT. DO WE WE REALLY WANT THAT HISTORY RELIVED?

Give me a break Obama, you have been a member of the church for 20 years and did not know about your pastor statement until now? Give me a break, I can tell on the 360 interview that you were trying to pull stuff out of your @$$ to lied you way through. Your true coloring is coming through. Your campaign is all about hope and LIES. All of Obama supporters are still in denial, wake up America.

Clinton and McCain have known each other for years, and have worked together in the Senate…unlike Obama who chose to play the spoiled brat newbie, and tried to insult McCain from the very start. Now how is that bringing people together, and working across party lines?

Senator Obama is surrounded by people he does not know and people he does not know what they are doing, even when they are acting on behalf of his campaign.
His best explanation: “I DON’T KNOW”! Well, why would we want him as president? Is this the way the country will be governed? Imagine the president who does not know what his team is doing, saying, who they are, etc.
Senator Obama knew very well about his pastor. His pastor said in 2007 that they spoke about how the pastor could end up a liability because of his many controversial stances. Senator Obama is again lying to the american people. He would have kept his Pastor all the way if he had not been caught. This is the result of the failure of the media to do the job they are supposed to do. Instead, they went to bed with senator Obama and neglected to ask him hard questions. Right now, I am not sure really if at this stage with so many states having already voted and given Senator Obama the front runner status, could it be that the media is just playing out their game, so that later on they will say, “Well we ended up calling him on these things?”
DEMOCRATS: THIS IS IN YOUR HANDS! DO NOT REPEAT THE MISTAKE OF 2000. we have all lived to regret it.
The question that is troubling me is: WHAT ELSE IS NOT KNOWN THAT WILL SURFACE LATER? Can you imagine how the GOP will play with Senator Obama? I bet there are things the GOP already know that they will not mention now until he is the nomminee and then they will smash him.
The only chance to avoid a President Bush Third Term is for democrats (VOTERS AND SUPER DELEGATES) to make sure Senator Clinton is the nomminee.
WAKE UP DEMOCRATS! If Senator Obama is the nomminee, the GOP will certainly have a much much much greater chance of keeping the White House.
“I CANNOT REMEMBER” used to be the best argument. Now it is “I DID NOT KNOW”.
AMERICA RUN RUN RUN NOW FROM OBAMA!
VOTE FOR SENATOR CLINTON!

Obamas wife and this preachers statements have done Obama in; his wife and this preacher have condoned america and it values. Could they have gotton this far if they were in Africa? Obama and his racists kind have lost my vote.

well, BO always talked about his JUDGEMENT. I want to know where is FAMOUS JUDGEMENT for 20 yrs. if you remember MRS. OBAMA’S comment “THIS IS THE FIRST TIME i FEEL PROUD ABOUT THIS COUNTRY “something like that. joined with this. it makes PERFECT SENSE.
BO KNOWS HOW TO TALK THAT’S IT. WE HAVE ANOTHER HYPOCRITE

Ok, so we should all just let this go and move on? I think proud Americans should kick these people to the corner before they get elected and ruin this country.

Demo rules, No I’m not…and what that has to do with the argument at all simply shows your tunnel vision. We all need to work together, republicans and democrats, blacks, and whites..everyone! I can see where you’re coming from though already, as since you can’t make a proper argument you choose to try to insult. I’ll refrain from stooping to your level.

Im not an Obama supporter but in all fairness to him, he cant he held by guilt by association.Nobody is free of that. Sen McCain too is under fire for Rev Hagee.He made inflamatory statements too.Neither Sen McCain nor Sen Obama should be held responsilble for the words of their associates.Each should be judged on his own merits.

Now, it is easy to understand why Mrs. Michelle Obama said that ONLY NOW IS SHE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN. ONLY NOW WHEN HER HUSBAND HAS MANAGED TO MANIPULATE HIS WAY THROUGH THE NOMMINATION PROCESS!
I guess if you sit through such sermons and they feed your spirit, you would come up with the same conclusion. So really, whereas her comments could have been understood to be a mistatement, now Rev Wright influence on their life gives it much clear meaning. And we should not ignore this.
DEMOCRATS, HEED THE SIGNS! AGAIN, HEED THE SIGNS!
I bet Rev. Wright has not been proud to be an American either!
Now, IF SENATOR OBAMA HAS BEEN SO CLOSE TO HIS PASTOR AND HE CLAIMS HE NEVER HEARD THESE SERMONS, DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HIS SPIRITUAL ADVISOR BELIEVES IN, THEN SENATOR OBAMA IS IRRESPONSIBLE TO ENTRUST HIS SPIRITUAL LIFE AND THAT OF HIS ENTIRE FAMILY TO SOMEONE HE DOES NOT EVEN KNOW.
During his counselling, what did Rev Wright tell Senator Obama? Did he tell Senator Obama about the ‘black race and the rich white men”? IS THIS WHY SENATOR OBAMA OPPOSED THE IRAQ WAR? Because his Spiritual Advisor had told him that America brought this on ourselves? NOW I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT THAT IS SO PALPABLE IN SENATOR OBAMA. I guess it went like this, “The rich white men have ruled this country and it is time, it is your turn. DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN, STOOP LOW, LIE, NEVER ADMIT THE TRUTH, ALWAYS SAY I DID NOT KNOW, ETC. YOU MUST GET THE PRESIDENCY”!
Senator Obama promised to bring an end to the DIVISIVE POLITICS. At the same time, his candidacy is based on devisive motives.
FOLKS, CAN YOU SEE THIS? WAKE UP AMERICA!
Vote for Senator Hillary Clinton!

Now, it is easy to understand why Mrs. Michelle Obama said that ONLY NOW IS SHE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN. ONLY NOW WHEN HER HUSBAND HAS MANAGED TO MANIPULATE HIS WAY THROUGH THE NOMMINATION PROCESS!
I guess if you sit through such sermons and they feed your spirit, you would come up with the same conclusion. So really, whereas her comments could have been understood to be a mistatement, now Rev Wright influence on their life gives it much clear meaning. And we should not ignore this.
DEMOCRATS, HEED THE SIGNS! AGAIN, HEED THE SIGNS!
I bet Rev. Wright has not been proud to be an American either!
Now, IF SENATOR OBAMA HAS BEEN SO CLOSE TO HIS PASTOR AND HE CLAIMS HE NEVER HEARD THESE SERMONS, DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HIS SPIRITUAL ADVISOR BELIEVES IN, THEN SENATOR OBAMA IS IRRESPONSIBLE TO ENTRUST HIS SPIRITUAL LIFE AND THAT OF HIS ENTIRE FAMILY TO SOMEONE HE DOES NOT EVEN KNOW.
During his counselling, what did Rev Wright tell Senator Obama? Did he tell Senator Obama about the ‘black race and the rich white men”? IS THIS WHY SENATOR OBAMA OPPOSED THE IRAQ WAR? Because his Spiritual Advisor had told him that America brought this on ourselves? NOW I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT THAT IS SO PALPABLE IN SENATOR OBAMA. I guess it went like this, “The rich white men have ruled this country and it is time, it is your turn. DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN, STOOP LOW, LIE, NEVER ADMIT THE TRUTH, ALWAYS SAY I DID NOT KNOW, ETC. YOU MUST GET THE PRESIDENCY”!
Senator Obama promised to bring an end to the DIVISIVE POLITICS. At the same time, his candidacy is based on devisive motives.
FOLKS, CAN YOU SEE THIS? WAKE UP AMERICA!
Vote for Senator Hillary Clinton!

Whatever people say about Obama is not the problem the problem is there are machinery who want to win this race at all cost because they wanted to create history. They never search their consence to see if what they are doing is right or wrong. they put their interest 1st before the nation. United American we stand the divided racism will fall OBAMA for president he is unstopable with or with PA election victory OBAMA will be crown 1st white/black American president, he is from both white and black backgroung.
His Mum is pure white , his grand parent are also pure whites.
What a white can do black can also do better GO my man all well thinking whites are behind you we will vote for you in april 22 . we the white youth in PA will tell the old white racist that we are now in the 21st century, color never matters us we all want united America not divided America as some greedy selfish set of people want..
Go on Obama; “the heaven will open the celetial choir will come down and they will be singing . we have broken the backbone of racism is America”

Obama did not know about Wright’s sermons until yesterday? Read a quote from his first book and decide for yourself:
“It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year, where white folks’ greed runs a world in need, apartheid in one hemisphere, apathy in another hemisphere…That’s the world! On which hope sits!”
And so it went, a meditation on a fallen world. While the boys next to me doodled on their church bulletin, Reverend Wright spoke of Sharpsville and Hiroshima, the callousness of policy makers in the White House and in the State House.”
He is clearly referring to the 9/11, Tuskegee experiment speech.

Any True Demo would see Hillary needs Booted from the Democratis Party after she Praised McCain on National T.V.
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On the contrary!!!
John McCain deserves respect, and is certainly better qualified to be the President………After all he loves this country (SHOULDN’T THIS BE THE FIRST REQUIRMENT FOR APPLYING FOR THE JOB OF POTUS??), proudly wears the flag, for heaven’s sake spent 5 years in a prison so that Barack, his wife and minister live freely in this country and badmouth the US of A.

Demo Rules
You are a fool. Obama praised Reagan and that’s fine? What Hillary point out are facts about Obama. He attack her for foreign policy but never held a meeting on Afghannistan and he’s on the committee. YOu need to wake up and stop drinking the koolaid. I bet you think his Pastor statment is no big deal? Obama is nothing but a liar and I can’t believed supporters like Demo Rules are that dumb to still believed in him.

Obama chose Rev Wright as his spiritual advisor and mentor. Now with his leftist, identity politics exposed, Obama throws Wright under the bus. Hmm, lots of integrity here. NOT.

McCain is a Old Angrey Man and only thing he will do for this Country is land us in WWIII.
========================================And your point is?? Obama is a 46 year old angry man with angry and bitter wife, anngry, venomous pastor………

Come on America, stop acting like you don’t have associates that may say ignorant or racist things in passing. This does not mean it is a reflection of you. Obama’s pastor made some stupid statements, but I do not judge Obama by them. He is a bi-racial man, who has grown up with all types of people. Obama’s entire campaign has been inclusive and reached out to all types of people. I judge him by his actions. He did the right thing and distanced himself.
He also did the right thing when he spoke out against the war in 2002.
I don’t see mainstream media looking deeply into McCain’s Hagee endorsement or Romney’s mormon church.
Obama represents the future of this country. Stop acting like there aren’t deep seeded racial issues in our country’s history. Obama is the only president that could help move us forward.

If you Obama people can’t see the harm this man will cause, God help you all!

Does Obama agree with all the audience members who were clapping and cheering during the pastor’s many hate filled sermons. It’s more than the pastor it’s the WHOLE CHURCH!

RACISM AT ITS BEST RIGHT FROM AFRICAN AMERICANS.people should see we have more racism within ourselves we need no help from other races.THIS IS A DISGRACE TO GOD AND OUR RACE.OBAMA DOES NOT DESERVE THE CREDIT HE HAS BEEN GETTING HE IS NOT QUALIFIED TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.

There is no one without blamesh, Rev. Wright is paranoid,, he is suffring from the treatment he got from our old grand parents that is why is was still felt cheated, I never supported his words and preaching but we should not take it out of the innocent guy who is trying to put wrong to right we are still maintaining our commitment to him we will suprise Hillary and her cohort in April we are all going to vote for Obama, we we see if heaven will fall. and when he become the prisedent we shall see if all of you saying this or that will not suprised about how his is going to united this country with other countries.
OBAMA for president white youth will prevail in uniting this country. No place for racism in America.
AMERICA for unity

Obama is a liar and a racist and should even be removed as a US Senator. He must think we are all stupid, well, actually most liberals are pretty stupid.

All you far lefters have been duped. I hope you are happy, it might be too late and we’ll be stuck with Obama. No way, he beats the repubs. The states he’s won are republican states where the preacher’s comments will be played ad nausium over and over, and it will work. The states he’s losing, that are critical to democrats (OH, PA, MI, FL, NM, Cal, NY, NJ) well, some of those will fall too.. probably the midwestern ones and FL. Thanks moveon.org.. in your zeal to embrace rhedoric, you’ve sunk our chances!

About the only thing the good reverend said that I can agree with, is that Pearl Harbor was no suprise to the FDR admin.

Hillary will start pulling troops back within 60days but she cannot just pull all the troops. Even Obama’s so-called foreign advisor has the same belief as Hillary’s.
So do not dream that if Obama comes, he will withdraw the troops the next day. Also Obama will end up creating more wars in the world that will be even worse. He will attack Israel and the Europeans. He thinks all whites are a disgrace to the society… that is why he took kept his African father’s name and attended a African focused church for the last 20 years led by his pastor uncle. He also dropped the name his mother gave ‘BARRY’.

The thin veil is being rippef off it’s pole- 40 years of “civil rights” was all about “me” taking something from the white man. By “me” I mean (fill in the blank) women, blacks, hispanics, gays, Native Americans, etc. Why would any white man vote for either hill or Doh-Bama?

I have always been a Hilary supporter, but if Obama gets the nomination, I will vote for McCain. He has had 17 years to distance himself from this type of racism. Not only his pastor a radical racist, but he has other known questionable asscociations.

Allison, THANK YOU, for admitting it. And it’s not all your fault, the media knew about this and they suppressed it. They did it on purpose. The mainstream media is owned by corporations that want a republican in control (just follow the money), so they propped up the weakest Democrat, knowing the repubs couldn’t beat Hillary. And they waited until Hillary was almost defeated to bring out the dirt. I called this months ago, and I was right. The liberal media outlets didn’t help, (moveon, air america). They blindly jumped on the bandwagon and fell in love. Started bashing Hillary (using the republican talking points against her) and led the leftist sheep to Obama.
Thank you, madam, for admitting a mistake, it takes a big person to do that, and frankly, you are the only Obama supporter I have heard do it. Good for you.

Double Standards. That what this is all about.
Most of the reactions on this issue have just wiped away 40 years, and it sounds like we’re back in the 60′s. Interesting how folks talk about Obama and his affiliations, but even more interesting is now, how many racists have come out of the closet with the same hateful words and comments as from over 40 years ago.
What I have learned over the past couple of weeks…its ok to be racist if you’re white. And that anyone with melanin is a problem and is not to be trusted, ever. Every black or brown individual is nothing but a liar.
Yes, this country definitely has turned the page, and turned back this countrys clock like never before. The world watching must know that this country is full of nothing but a bunch of immature punks, and I am totally ashamed.
The black and white divide will never be erased, as this country will remain stuck and divided for all eternity.

Democrats, we better wake up. If Obama gets the nomination, I and many I know, will not vote or vote for McCain now.
We can’t tolerate this kind of hate and racism. I am shocked. This is wrong and we better stand up and say so and start supporting Hillary!

Good for you Demo Rules, and I’m black and I support Clinton, so your point is? Clinton and Ferraro have done more for minorities in this country than Obama would ever dream of doing. It’s funny how when Obama supporters want to talk about racism, that their candidate is suddenly black….when most other times he’s bi-racial. Which side are we seeing when he attends this racist church?

Someone has to dig on his past. what else we need to know about this guy? are there anymore skeletons on his closet? he lied yesterday when he said he did not hear his pastor saying those statements for 20 years! What was he thinking? lame excuses! I’m very disappointed. onther politician who will try everything to achieve his personal ambition!

And if anyone is interested in what Jeremiah Wright was talking about when it comes to AIDS, read the Strecker Memorandum…
http://sonic.net/~doretk/ArchiveARCHIVE/Aids/6.Strecker%20Memo.html
And try reading with an open mind, not a racist one.

MLK was all about “judging” someone by the “content of their character” not the color of their skin. What is affirmative action, but US Government sponsored racism, and sexism? This race is all about skin color and genitalia. This country spent a trillion dollars on fixing this stuff since LBJ in 1965, not to mention all the white guys who lost jobs, promotions, etc., due to EEO. Where has it gotten us? This s###. I say we declare victory in that war and really “move on.”

Obama could not lead his church where he spent 20 years and could not change their ideology, how come he can lead our country.
VOTE USING BRAIN

You people are idiots! This is racism against the whites! I don’t care if you are black or white–THIS IS WRONG!!!! Because of something that happened hundreds of years ago–I AM SUPPOSE TO PAY!!! I am already paying enough in the form of taxes! I beleive that orgainizations (that are govermently funded) that are for a certain race need to done away with!
Let’s put us all on a level playing field. I don’t have a mansion. I work hard for everything I have! If the media would have brought this out instead of hiding it–Obama would be a NON-ISSUE right now!!

I’m a military mom.
I’m a current active duty member.
I am a veteran.
I am black.
I am reminded just how racist my country is.
I am voting for Obama’s message, not his skin color.

The answer for our next president is crystal clear – John McCain.

LA Indiana, I did not agreed with you that the enternity the country will be diveded, it you and I and any other well informed fellow can bring about this change I am a whit from Phyll.we are in support of this guy his past is past we are talking about future here, let give this guy a benefit of the doubt. Hillary is a nice lady but she has spent 8 yrs in white house, let give the young blood a chance, she is getting old. she should go and retire and have some engadgement to keep her busy and start to prepare Chealse for first American woman president. if it were to chealsea I will support her that is our youth century.
We have to fight against racism in this country once and for all this is the right time.
Let vote this guy in the the barrier of racism will be broken p.
Vote for Obama sticjk with your mind to me and my friends will will vote for him

Focus on the actual campaign issues.
Stop the abuse already.
Should all Catholics leave their church due to the actions of some priests.
Should all the Potestants leave because some of their minister/reverands etc had sex scandals or ran scams to rip members off.
Enough of this.
Focus on the actual issues and how the candidates have stood on these issues both now and in the past.
Look at Bills voted for…or proposed
in short try looking at what the Election is really about.
It might not sell as many newspapers
but it will let you make an actual informed choice

Kay: It’s pretty clear to anyone reading these comments that you have a serious problem with “tunnel vision”. If you are too ignorant to even spell correctly, then you are too ignorant to comment on an issue as important as this is. Open you eyes, pal!

LA in Indiana
“I’m a military mom.
I’m a current active duty member.
I am a veteran.
I am black.
I am reminded just how racist my country is.
I am voting for Obama’s message, not his skin color.”
I feel sorry for you. My eyes have been opened to how much anger, hate and racism there is in the black community. I’m appalled and disappointed. MLK must be rolling over in his grave.
Apparently, all the hateful racist things Obama’s pastor said is supported and encouraged by a lot of people like you. I wish I would have known this before voting for Obama.
You are wrong. Our country needs to move on and heal. It’s sad that black people like you are now the racists. You should know better.
We are all God’s children and hatred bitterness and racism have no place in this country. God help us.
Hopefully Hillary can make a comeback.

All I can say is thank GOD this information that I knew about months ago is going mainstream.
He is a wolf in sheeps clothing. I’d rather it come out now before it’s too late.

Step out of the presidential race Obama!
The President of america should not have any of the beliefs that this preacher has. I fail to believe that you went to this church for 20years and never heard any of these negative remark
And shame on every news station that does not give this proper coverage. If this had been a white preacher we would have been crucified! The next president should be a person that shows the american values! Obama no longer fills that position!

After listening to Obama, I can’t believe him. First, he stumbled over his wording, of course makes one listen very closely. He first said he only knew of one statement and later changed to one or two statements. Which was it?
He was careful to use words such as “in the pews” or “did not hear him say”. I can tell you, he had to have known about it. No pastor could have said statements like those if they were out of the norm as Obama wants us to believe, without the congregation talking about it later. If that happened at our church, which by the way, would never happen without the pastor being run out, phones would be ringing. Those members that weren’t there would have known within the hour if not that very day. What seriously worries me is that this IS the mindset of the Obamas as was revealed by Mrs. Obama recently. I think this is the norm at that church and has become no big deal. I think in Obama’s mind it was no big deal, which explains 20 years of tolerance. The outside world got a glimse to the inner world of the churches thinking and we are shocked. Obama knows he can’t get elected now if we knew he was apart of this thinking. Too late Obama, but nice try. If Obama gets elected as President of the United States of America, the land that I love, then for the first time in my adult life, I will be ashamed. God BLESS America!!!!

And a troubling pattern of simple denials of knowledge are beginning to take the forefront in Senator Obama’s campaign for the most important job in our country. Clearly at this point his judgement and fitness to sit in the Oval Office should be in question, particularly after the continuous stream of stories lately about the many questionably charactered people he’s chosen to surround himself with over the better part of his adult lifetime. (Rezko, Weather Underground, Rev Wright…)

I for one am now dissappointed in Oprah for her support, surly she was aware of this relationship when she came out so proudly in his support, i feel sick

I like the way politicians just get rid of people that the media doesn’t like anymore. These people were obviously a part of the campaign for a reason but as soon as the media labels them a liability they are gone! I guess that tells you something about the loyalty of these candidates huh?

I find the Rev. Wright’s comments truly disturbing. I am a true independent who has not decided how he will vote in the coming election (I generally jump back and forth between the two main parties as well as third parties). However, Obama’s church will not be something I consider in the coming months. Many of us belong to churches. Many of us belong to churches that sometimes act in ways with which we do not agree. However, tradition and family are sometimes stronger. I am a Roman Catholic. According to the “message” of my church, I am pro-life, believe homosexuality is a sin, and believe that only Christians go to heaven. In fact, I believe none of those things, even though that is church policy. I am pro-choice, gay, and believe that there are many spiritual paths to salvation. I stay in the Catholic Church, despite these differences, because of my love of tradition and my realization that all churches are fallible institutions, because they are led by people. The basic message of all churches is a good one, and I would not suggest we rely on the secular media to paint us a fair picture of any faith. Don’t assume that our churches always speak for us. And, don’t assume that logic and reason trump tradition and history, because they don’t.

mamatuffy…Excellent, and very much true observation.

Alright fellow Americans, a couple a weeks ago, Obama was a Muslim now he is a Christian with a “militant” pastor, who by the way gave the most radical speech NOT at Obamas church, but at Howard University, a historically black university. You have to look at in what context things are said. With that said, are we willing to scrutinize everyone that McCain and Clinton are associated with as closely? Not just spiritual advisors but friends as well? I think you are opening up a bad bag of worms if you judge a person by who their pastor is. I understand the concern because you do not know Obama, but look at “HIS” actions. What I have noticed is that he is an inclusive person as opposed to an exclusive person.
Let me ask you a question? Would Jesus have associated with Rev. Wright???

Kay, typical Obama supporter and comments. Good luck catching that cat that got out of the bag, and the ones that will soon follow. But just curious, if this one is all but a wrap-up for Obama, then aren’t you the one really wasting your time here, or are you looking to convert a few more lost souls? And by the way, your masters in economics doesn’t hinder your ability to proofread, or does it.

He is all outward fluff and does not have the substance to be our president. Unfortunately, the media protects him so much, he may beat Hillary. Do you really think McCain is going to keep quiet on Obama’s affliations and ultra-liberal agenda? Obama will be destroyed by McCain during the campaign leading to November and lose. If we want a Democrat to win this year….WE MUST BE SMART AND PUT THE PERSON IN THAT HAS THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN–HILLARY. She may have a few skeletons…but they have already been pulled out of the closet and examined. She can beat McCain…Obama certainly will not. Be smart people.

Barack Obama describes longtime pastor Jeremiah Wright Jr. as “like an uncle” and a spiritual mentor
Obama told FOX News he wouldn’t have quit Wright’s congregation if the pastor’s more controversial statements were isolated, but if that became “the tenor or tone on an ongoing basis of his sermons” Obama said he would have quit.
what comments do you consider racist by Bill or Hillary??????

Considering that Rev. Wright is such a hate filled bigot, I can’t help but wonder if he didn’t release these DVDs intentionally to sabotage Obama’s campaign. After all, had Obama been elected president it would have put Wright out of the hate business and proven him wrong.
I was hoping to find that Obama’s relationship with this nut had been estranged which would support the sabotage theory but it doesn’t look like it since they just canned him from the campaign. I’m feeling betrayed, even gullible.

This is why I love America. The freedoms we are given are sometimes taken for granted. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but when FACTS are given in order to better clarify an issue it is in the best interest of society to understand the message and it’s purpose. Rev Wright is more like Rev Wrong. He is a radical racist. Obama has spent 20 years attending services yet flat out denies ever hearing any statements as those being played in the media? We are supposed to believe Senator Obama is capable of being the President yet RED flags keep appearing. Maybe it’s time you take a few steps back and evaluate your position because our childrens future depends on it. Ask yourself what direction would you like our country to take? We might not be perfect, but I still love the United States of America!

In a 90-minute interview with Tribune reporters and editors, Obama disclosed that Rezko had raised more for Obama’s earlier political campaigns than previously known, gathering as much as $250,000 for the first three offices he sought.
Rezko helped bankroll all of Obama’s subsequent campaigns except his presidential bid. Rezko was on Obama’s campaign committee in his failed run against U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush and gathered between $50,000 and $75,000 of the estimated $600,000 raised in that race, Obama said.
This is all true, just search this on CNN and Fox News.

May I suggest some reading for you all. Remember Martin Luther King? Read some of his speeches in and out of the pulpit. Weren’t they also inflamatory and did they not contain remarks that exposed the hatred of white America?

Obama will just be a footnote of this election. Bye Barack, bye Michelle.

The democratic party needs to understand that this is a deal breaker in the race for the Presidential nomination. The Republicans will not let this pass. Obama cannot win the Presidency in November with this hanging over his campaign. It will take a great deal of time to distance himself from this, just as it took the Clinton’s time to distance themselves from the Republican attacks of the 1990s. He can recover and hopefully, run in the future, but not this time around. We need a Democrat in the White House to clean up the Bush mess and it won’t happen with this story looming over the election.

Obama’s pastor’s hateful diatribe against Hillary Clinton, women and white people blows Geraldine Ferraros’ seemingly innocent one line comment out of the water! How is it that Clinton is allowed to be crucified by Obama and the media for a truthful comment by one of her surrogates and yet Obama is not held accountable for the hatred spread by his pastor of 20 YEARS? Explain this hypocrisy to me.
This pastor, who Obama refers to as being “like an uncle”, is basically advocating hatred of white people and white women, in particular. He is suggesting that such hatred is acceptable and that all and sundry should be held accountable for the actions of past generations that current white Americans had no part in. How dare this man dismiss the tremendous suffering that WOMEN have endured for centuries. How dare he. How many women, sisters, mothers and daughters have been victimized and oppressed at the hands of men. How dare he dismiss their suffering. How dare he.
The Audacity of ARROGANCE!
The Audacity of IGNORANCE!
The Audacity of HATE!
It’s time for Obama to drop out of the presidential race. His network of “connections” seems truly rotten – Rezko, Farrakhan, Rev. Wright – who next will we learn about??? He is using racism, sexism and ageism to divide this country. His “politics” is appallingly irresponsible and a danger to the future unity of this country. He is not a uniter, he is a DIVIDER, and one who will stop at nothing in order to satisfy some narcissistic need to gain power at the highest level. A true Democrat would NEVER set about dividing the country in the manner that Obama has.
Sure, it would be nice to have a person of color as president – my partner is African-American and I have the upmost respect for people of color. Just not this one. His ethics are appalling – and I repeat – established ties to Rezko, Farrakhan and Pastor Wright!! And, by the way, what has Barack Obama done for the African-American community to deserve their unwavering support? Nothing. How bitterly disappointed and angry they will be when it becomes apparent to them how systematically Obama has used them to elevate and inflate his popularity.
OBAMA – LEAVE THIS CAMPAIGN NOW.

On another note, I sure wish that Martin Luther King, Jr. were still alive. An intelligent, true man of God such as he would have no trouble putting Mr. Wright in the right place.
Mr. King must be turning over in his grave over the people invoking his name in the way they do, and for the purposes they do.
Mr. King NEVER, EVER preached hatred or racism.
He, like my father taught to judge a man by the content of their character, not the color of their skin.
Obama has said that his campaign is running on judgment and character, it seems to me that his choice of churches, pastors, fund raisers, advisers and friends seriously calls into question both his judgment and his character.

Hello JJ
Thanks for your advise, when another chance arises people like you will find another kitchen sinks to throw to him and then put us white youth into shame and promise us again that somebody better than ??????? will emerge.
The truth are clear If the time comes we ask Chealsea Clinton run for white house we will support he because she is our generation type. old politician should go she has served her term with her husband. she should now be a back driver giving advises to the youg ones.
do not patronize us anymore. we have made up our mind in this case.
Continue throwing in more kitchen sinks we dont care. anymore . He is not the one making those remarks as result it will not count agaist him.
if those remarks comes directly from him the he will be held responsible
Thanks you all united we stand with Barak Obama, the divided the racism will fall.

Oh
So now BO’s Pastor is a “sort of pregnant” — you need the “context” – he was only racist a few times each year out of many other nice speeches
HUH
You can not be sort of pregnant – you are or you are not
Likewise – you can not = NOT be Racist because you were not racist as often as you were not racist
Who will fall for such a standard – this give situational morality a whole new nine lives

I am just amazed how unhinged and bigoted some of these writers. They had no original intention of supporting Obama in the first place and was just waiting for an opportunity to spew their stupidity and bigotry.. Ok folks get it all out of your system
McCain / Hagee 08!

Here’s a piece of what Obama said in the Huffington Post:
“The statements that Rev. Wright made that are the cause of this controversy were not statements I personally heard him preach while I sat in the pews of Trinity or heard him utter in private conversation. When these statements first came to my attention, it was at the beginning of my presidential campaign. I made it clear at the time that I strongly condemned his comments. But because Rev. Wright was on the verge of retirement, and because of my strong links to the Trinity faith community, where I married my wife and where my daughters were baptized, I did not think it appropriate to leave the church.”
Come on. He never personally heard him preach these words or utter them in conversation? He didn’t know of them?
Reports say that is precisely why Obama prevailed on Wright to “retire” as pastor. As Ben Franklin said “When you lie with dogs, you end up with fleas.” How many of the fleas on Wright have been transmitted to Obama?

not only It will be shame for democratic party to nominee him, a whole nation will be shame.
God Bless America.

Thanks ABC CNN NBC for the great story and making it so easy to vote against my own black race to a real leader. I have seen some radical pastors but this reverand Wright…Woee…he’s pathetic and twisted and Obama has been a member for how many yers? 20? I’m sure his true colors and beliefs are as twisted as the Reverands.
Obama nor Wright can be trusted with the future of over 350 million (350,000,000) Americans and a global economy. Let’s all help keep this ship ffrom sinking.
Obama been around this reverand too long. Go back home O! Peace, D

Jo: Geraldine Ferraro is a Bigot just like pastor Wright is!
His statements are shocking and disgusting but that doesn’t let
Ferraro off the hook!
She made the same racial comments about Jesse Jackson 20 years ago that she made
about Obama less than 2 weeks ago!
Tell the truth you woudn’t have voted for Obama even if these tapes of Obama’s pastor hadn’t shown up!
If he was Mr Clean and everything was
perfect you wouldn’t have voted for him!
Only you know the reason why!

The changing math that Barak Obama uses in his response to the latest figures of Rezko contributions to his campaigns should give everyone pause for consideration.
Initially, we were told that Rezko contributed insignificant amounts to Barak Obama, and that Rezko’s primary contribution was to provide Obama with introductions to potential financial supporters.
A short time later, the Rezko contribution figures rose to about $15,000 given for support of Obama political efforts.
After further investigation leading up to the Rezko trial, the amount Rezko gave to Obama began to rise from $50,000 to $150,000, depending on the source.
Now, the Associated Press reports the Rezko trial has produced a significantly larger amount:
“Rezko helped raise up to $250,000 for his various political races, Obama’s campaign said. The campaign had previously put the figure at $150,000 but now says that amount was only for his 2004 Senate race.
And in interviews with two Chicago newspapers, the Democrat again said it was a mistake to involve Rezko in his purchase of a new home — not just because Rezko was under federal investigation but because he was a contributor and political activist.”
And the official reply of Barak Obama is that he did nothing unethical.
That much I can agree with as I view the Obama/Rezko funds as illegal rather than unethical.
A significant number of inmates in America’s prisons insist that they did nothing unethical.
I guess it all depends on what the basis for your ethics are, Mr. Obama.

I don’t see Ferraro’s comments as racist. I understood her comment(s) to mean that had he were he not a black man he would have been subjected to as intense and villifying scrutiny as HRC. I do believe this. I believe that, for the most part, the media doesn’t want to report/say anything that anyone can in any way construe as racist. And it does seem to me that any time Obama is questioned about anything his campaign cries racisms.
I don’t think what Ferraro said was racist…I think it was realist. He has not been subjected to the same type of scrutiny he would have gotten had he been a white man. He has not been gone after full force by the media the way other candidates have.
Racist would have been if Ferraro had said a black man wasn’t smart enough to run the country because he was black.

I truly do not think Obama is a bad guy overall but I do think he is clearly an inexperienced politician with poor judgement. That is why I have not supported him for President. This fiasco solidifies my commitment.
For those who no longer support him, his plans by his own admission are 95% the same as Clinton’s. Clinton has been his mentor in the Senate and he has voted with her 90% of the time since 2005. Clinton has been vetted by the RNC to the tune of 40 million dollars and no wrongdoing was ever found against Senator Clinton. She has 29 years experience fighting the RNC and can lead this country back to its status as a leader in technology, economics, human rights, and peace.
It is not too late… the nomination process allows some of the delegates to change their position since they are not allocated yet. The superdelegates can certainly tip the election as is their job to do when things like this happen. Support a true democrat … be active in getting the word out and vote for Clinton 08.

Will Reverend Wright officiate at Obama’s inaugeration? DAMN!

First of all, why are ABC and Fox News are the only network airing this piece? All others including CNN are down playing this. However, when the Ferrero news came out, it appears on every network. The mainstream media is definitely biased and unfair. Also, why did Obama say he doesn’t know anything about those Rev. Wright’s controversial statements when Obama has been associate with the same church for 20 years. I just don’t buy it. Obama really has a lot of explanation to do.

Nette60….As African American well put. some of my friends stop talking to me for not supporting Obama but I continued to support Hillary.

I STAND WITH OBAMA ALL THE WAY.
And I’m glad he is still friends with his pastor. Some of The Rev. Wright’s comments are jarring, but anyone who has heard him preach, as I have via Chicago TV, knows that he uses dramatic language to get his point across. Loving America does NOT mean blind acceptance of everything our government does. ON THE CONTRARY, it means caring enough to question and challenge our foreign policy, which IS often wrong-headed and HAS resulted in many thousands of deaths in other countries, including about 100,000 in Iraq alone since our tragic invasion in 2003…but who is counting? The Bush Administration and much of our news media seem to care only about Americans.

Obama’s Remarks at Plainfield, Indiana Town Hall
Let me just close my initial remarks by talking about bringing this country together. You know, Bobby Kennedy gave one of his most — gave one of his most famous speeches on a dark night in Indianapolis. Right after Dr. King was shot. Some of you remember reading about this speech. Some of you were alive when this speech was given. He stood on top of a car.
http://thepage.time.com/obamas-remarks-at-plainfield-indiana-town-hall/

As a proud American I think it is important to understand that you can love your country and still speak out against the injustice that exists within the country. I find it alarming how quick people are to condemn the comments of Rev. Wright WITHOUT acknowledging the history of oppression and discrimination in this country that has bred them. No one who loves this country should ignore those facts. To acknowledge the injustices that have and continue to affect minorites in our country does not mean that we don’t love our country. We should all love our country enough to want better. We should all want the promise of the American dream to be fulfilled. Obama himself has worked honorably to bring ALL Americans together and THAT is what should matter. For those that say “shame on you” to Obama while ignoring those facts, SHAME ON YOU.

I don’t know about Rezko , i don’t know about my pastor’s speeches.
All I want to know is I’ll be the next president.
That is my statement.

The pastor of my church once made an insightful analogy, saying that the Samaritans stood in much the same position relative to the Israelites as the Protestants do to the Catholics.
The next words out of his mouth were, “And like Samaritanism, Protestantism is evil!” Should I be condemned because my pastor made an incredibly stupid statement?

While it is true that there is much nastiness in the recent swipes against the previously untouchable Obama (with, no doubt, more nastiness to come on all sides), the Jeremiah Wright issue is not of a piece with he rest of the background noise: this one has substance and, quite possibly, traction within Obama’s core constuency. One data point: Obama’s shamefully weak response has cost him any prospect of winning this lifelong Democrat’s vote.

I’m not sure if I’m just naive, but I really thought the world was changing for the better, when it came to racial issues at least. I know that racism exists, I’m not stupid, but I thought we were moving forward as a nation. When Obama began his run for President I felt humbled and proud of the acceptance Obama received from our country. I remember telling my girls this is going to be a historical year and I’m glad they will be part of it.
How disappointed I am to learn that the man who speaks so eloquently about change, really meant 20 steps backwards. I don’t think you can attend a church for 20 years and not be affected by these sermons.

On the Obama pastor issue, we have to remember, that just like the recent Ex-governor of NYC, who came in under the flag of “CHANGE”, he did just that, he changed into his core beliefs. We don’t know who Obama is, he doesn’t like using is middle name now and his pastor, for over 20 years, I don’t understand how a person can know someone for over 20 years, he is the pastor that married them, he baptized their children’s and Obama doesn’t know him? I think Obama is not telling the truth and yes words do matter. This pastor has said things that amount to the overthrow of the USA government; Obama wife said she wasn’t proud of the USA until now and Obama doesn’t like to wear the flag or salute it during ceremonies. We didn’t connect the dots before 9/11, should we at least try to connect them now before we get someone in the White House whom core beliefs we don’t even know.
One last point, I am a government worker with a Top Secret clearance, if I had a pastor that I had been listening too for over 20 years as a friend, my wife didn’t feel there was anything to be proud about the USA until recently and I wasn’t proud to wear the flag pin or salute the flag, I can guarantee you I would not get the clearance, nor would I get the job, but are we now willing to give this very sensitive job to someone we really don’t know? It is not better to be with the devil you know, then the one you don’t?

The: 1-2 knockout punch for Baroque will
be his waffling as to why he finds himself as a candidate for president in a party that enslaved blacks with direct
African roots, and who gave him such a large lead thus far.

There’s no amount of specious sophistry that can rationalize or erase the revolting image of Obama’s fellow churchgoers rejoicing in obvious approval and exultation at Mr. Wright’s rant that 9/11 was a case of “America’s chickens coming home to roost” (a phrase cribbed, by the way, from Malcolm X’s press conference on the Vietnam War in the 60s).
This was the Sunday after the 9/11 attacks, you have to remember, when everyone I knew, regardless of their political, cultural or social differences and divisions, came together in recognition of one another’s humanity and to share in common grief.
I cannot fathom a mind that would take that Sunday, or any Sunday for that matter, to plunge to the subhuman depths to indulge in malicious joy in the face of unspeakable suffering and loss by their fellow countrymen and their neighbors.
What separates Obama’s fellow churchgoers, whooping it up and high-fiving each other at the thought of those victims getting their just retribution for America’s “sins” from the murderous Muslim radicals who swarmed the streets of Afghanistan or Iraq in jubilation when the Twin Towers collapsed in a flaming heap with thousands trapped inside?
And was Obama and his family not present for that sermon as well?? How convenient . . . On a day when even agnostic Americans found it necessary to seek out their nearest places of worship??
The thought that if Obama should become President, the likes of Mr. Wright would be advising him on matters of the soul is truly chilling. Thankfully, now that we know him by the company he keeps and will continue to keep, Obama’s chances of getting anywhere near the White House is practically nil.

calculating
You are right.

He lied about the amount of money he received from Rezko and he also lied about his true relationship with his racist and bigoted pastor. This issue about lying is probably the biggest
concern for a Presidential candidate because honesty is all about everything when running the world most powerful country in the world. Sen. Obama has been pictured as liar politician and as the days go by we are continue to learn more lies about him. GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Lets get real. Do you think that if Obama actually knew his pastor was saying things like “God Damn America” that he would actually publicly associate with Rev. Wright while running for President? No politician is that dumb. These Politicians DON’T REALLY GO TO CHURCH on a regular basis, they have no time. It is very possible to attend a church (now and then) for 20 years and not really be aware of a hand-full off racially offensive messages that have been preached. Even if he heard something controversial, he’s too focused on other things to even concern himself with it. Lets not mess up a good thing and let McCain keep the war going!!
I don’t believe in his heart he is truly a racist! I still support him.

I really am surprised to hear Wright’s hate filled, misguided and racist spewings. I don’t know how any christian minister could say these things because they fly in the face of Christianity, which teaches love and unity as brothers in Christ. I have never heard anything even remotely similar to this in any church and certainly not in any white church. They always preach that all are children of God regardless of race and included as his children. Wright is a hate filled bigot and enemy to his people. If whites were as hate filled as he is, we would still have slaves. I suspect he would like to. Maybe things are not perfect but this country has bent over backwards to help Blacks and even accepted a black man as a viable candidate for President. What is returned? Rantings of an evil man and an apparent awareness that many Blacks including Obama endorse this. Its almost like we are in a race war and no one told the whites. I am sorry for the decent black folks who have better hearts and better sence than Wright or Obama. I pray to God that Obama vanishes as quickly as he came and maybe the day will come that an honest, Godly black man will be a candidate for President. That is not Obama and he is a liar when he says he never heard or knew of it. I’m just ” a typical white person”

I really am surprised to hear Wright’s hate filled, misguided and racist spewings. I don’t know how any christian minister could say these things because they fly in the face of Christianity, which teaches love and unity as brothers in Christ. I have never heard anything even remotely similar to this in any church and certainly not in any white church. They always preach that all are children of God regardless of race and included as his children. Wright is a hate filled bigot and enemy to his people. If whites were as hate filled as he is, we would still have slaves. I suspect he would like to. Maybe things are not perfect but this country has bent over backwards to help Blacks and even accepted a black man as a viable candidate for President. What is returned? Rantings of an evil man and an apparent awareness that many Blacks including Obama endorse this. Its almost like we are in a race war and no one told the whites. I am sorry for the decent black folks who have better hearts and better sence than Wright or Obama. I pray to God that Obama vanishes as quickly as he came and maybe the day will come that an honest, Godly black man will be a candidate for President. That is not Obama and he is a liar when he says he never heard or knew of it. I’m just ” a typical white person”

May God Bless America.

It is important that we hold the Rev. Wright accountable for his words. I think that the conservative shows and Republicans are right to bring it up and even to focus on it. It takes courage to risk being called a racist to stand up and say,”Wait a minute. If whites shouldn’t be saying these things, no one else should either.”
I do think, however, that there is more to the Wright story than the incessant loop of his most offensive statements. At least I have even heard Republicans say as much.
Mike Murdoch once said that strife is the collision of two belief systems. Nowhere is that more evident than in Barack Obama’s quandary. You must be in his shoes to fully appreciate the enormity of his dilemma and his frustration. He has been caught in the crossfire between his political aims and his cultural obligations. Blacks have heaped criticism upon him for throwing Wright under the bus to save his career. Whites have criticized him for not condemning Wright enough. In black circles, you never disown somebody for what white folks say, no matter what he did. In white circles, you pick a pastor, any pastor, who does not believe something controversial.