Obama, in Indiana, Denounces ‘Forces of Division’

Sure, let’s bury our own trash and expose everyone else’s. What an empty suit!

He’s so full of cow manure he stinks. If that kind of energy were recited to me as if it were a mantra for 20 years it would be etched forever in my soul. Seems to me Mr. Obama has too many associates that he keeps having to move away from. You are the company you keep.

Those who denounce those who denounce divisiveness are divisive.

Can I get some answers to my question please? Why are you all outraged at Obama, but have spent 20, 30, 40 years bragging about how proud you are of your country that was founded on racism?? You’ve never once denounced its founders, nor apologized for slavery or counting blacks as 3/4th of a human. What is more demeaning and criminal than this, yet you have no problem shouting your outrages about how hypocritical Obama is. Should we not hold ourselves to the same HIGH standards that we hold others?

JANICE,
You have to understand that a good % of the American population are from immigrants that moved here after slavery was ended. So how can you blame people like us, who make up the majority of Americans, for slavery??? A bit ridiculous, don’t you think?
And this is not OUR country, it’s YOURS too. We cannot go back and change the attitudes of our founding fathers – obviously they were deeply wrong in many respects. But they were also deeply right on other respects which our country has tried to maintain (religious freedom, etc.).

MSNBC and CNN crucified Bill Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro for their comments about Obama.
Where is the same indignation reflected in their reporting and press releases for Obama’s pastor blatant racism and anti-American rhetoric? They tried to ignore and bury the story until it broke nationally and ONLY then had no choice but to do their jobs.

Real_Talk,
Nice try, but those are all non-issues. The people are smarter than that. They are hungry for a genuine, hopeful president who will help them with their everyday issues and help restore some credibility for America. There is a reason Bush’s approval levels are the lowest of any president in recent history!
McCain does not have the judgment and patience to lead America. He is an ill-informed, myopic, close-minded man who is easily swayed by the bigoted religious right. Check out the result of his BRILLIANT support of the “Surge”, not to mention the fatally wrong idea to go to war with Iraq in the first place, and not actually go after the 9/11 terrorists. Check this link out:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/18722376/the_myth_of_the_surge

Words cannot describe the utter disgust I have for Obama’s attempt to lay blame on others for his lack of judgment and the judgment of his pastor.
Holw dare he. How dare he.

This guy just keep digging himself into a deeper hole. No apology, no taking responsibility – instead he “senses a shift” referring to the other candidates. There you have it – It’s all Hillary’s fault! He could have just said that and saved himself a lot of time.

He was a member of the church for 20 years. He went to libya with Wright and Farrakhan. He says he did not know that Wright or Farrakhan given “incendiary” speeches against the White devils. His wife never saw anything good in USA till now. He did not know Rezko was a crook, and his decision to take money from a crook and ask for property was a “bonehead” decision. 20 years!! And now the Obamacan-mites want to close their ears and their eyes to any simple test that shows the man is being nixonian. He is not a Kennedy but a Nixon.
He is destroying the Democratic Party and this guy is going to bring the nation together? Give me a break!!

Still waiting for someone to state the racist comments Wright made…

I forgot to say that i am a former Obama supporter…he should have told us that his church, and obviously as a supporter of this pastor for 20 years; that he believed we deserved 9-1-1 in this country….too late to denounce Wright now; he has been close to him for 20 years….did you see the congregation clapping for this pastor and his racist remarks…Obama is telling us that he does not like nasty politics and his pastor is at the pulpit saying what he did about Bill and Hillary Clinton..Bill riding Monica..did that really have any place in a church sermon….Obama almost fooled all of us…..patriotism is what this country is about….he now scares me…he is going to remain a member of this congregation who clapped and roared over what their pastor was saying..Wow!!

I’m voting for Hillary

Did the good reverend go bad overnight? I don’t think so. Did Obama just join this church and begin his association with this reverend? Of course not. What does that leave us with? I am troubled greatly that this association has lasted many years. I am even more troubled that the Office of the President of the United States of America may be taken too lightly during this election year.

Are there really any words that can be said I think it is pretty hopeless in this country.

Obama can denounce all he wants. HIS ACTIONS speak louder…This Pastor was Obama’s spiritual ADVISOR, his mentor, for 20 years…WAKE UP AMERICA before it’s too late…THERE is NO excuse that can justify this dispicable support!!!I can assure you more is to come!!!
AMERICAN’S should be outraged

I get a kick out of this guy. At first his pastor’s statements were “provocative”. Then when he knew he was losing votes, they became “incendiary”. Now that he is losing more votes, he “denounces and rejects” this pastor, who he has stated his respect for and closeness to in his own book and on other occasions. Let’s here some straight talk Obama, your church is filled with race baiting bigots who hate white America, yet you send your wife and children there weekly. Now you expect us to believe that your pastor’s views and statements are all new to you and you have thrown him under the bus. No serious political person would align himself with this type of deplorable garbage. Most would run from it as fast as they could.

The Obama followers are in shock right now. They think they can ‘spin’ this away. They think the media will bury it for him. They think that Obama can tap dance it away.
Think about this. 2 weeks from now. 2 months from now.
There is no ‘worming’ out of it. Obama went to the church for TWENTY YEARS.
He never resigned. He never did anything to distance himeself from this until it might HURT him politically.
Its total MISTRUST. You cant wish it away. There is no way in a general election people can vote for this guy outside the far left .
He is finished.

This is BHO’s uncle by choice not by blood. Choice is the direct result of judgment – the suit he claimed to have been born in and far superior to any other remaining candidates’.

I don’t believe Obama. As someone said above, actions speak louder than words. Twenty years of action

I don’t think any of you posters ever supported Obama in the first place. If you did, you would know that he IS all about uniting people. He’s the real deal and he’s shown it in everything he’s ever said or done. I also thinkit is a SIN to just show Wright’s “crazy” clips when he’s so mcuh more than they represent.

Not everyone is born black or white and that is a fact. Every color have their own problems and that is another fact.
Not everyone is born poor or with a lot of money either so no matter what anybody might say doesn’t mean you believe what they say or how they say it. I don’t use anything against Obama over what this man said he used Obama as a whipping boy of which is not fair at all.
Besides this man is very high yeller if you didn’t know better you would sware he is white but he is not it almost like he is angry that he is so white in color but that is the way I feel.
At the very least I think he should just stay low for right now because he not helping Obama at all he just is not.
Color should not play a rule in this election at all but unfortunetly it does.
MAY GOD BLESS THE ENTIRE OBAMA FAMILY ESTPECIALLY HIS CHILDREN NOW AND FOREVER AS I AM SURE HE WILL!!!

Janice,
Obama probably wasn’t at that sermon….but I bet he visited the webpage of his church, which reads:
a pledge of allegiance to “all black leadership who espouse and embrace the Black Value System.”
This is RACIST PURE AND SIMPLE. Why only “black leadership”??? Why not “white leadership” who might espouse “BLACK VALUE SYSTEM.”
GET REAL PEOPLE.

This is a classic reason why I Support Obama. If something bothers “The People”, it bothers him. His Preacher and Rezko were issues that several people wanted answers on. He responded openly and honestly. He has nothing to hide. He openly discussed his Earmark requests revealing the projects and funds. What about Hillary? What about her Tax Returns, Blocking the Release of White House Documents, Her Relationship to Spitzer, or for that matter her relationship to Rezko? This is just skimming the surface folks. Are Women the masters of deception now? Is dishonesty the most admirable trait among Women? Seriously I’d like to know. OBAMA ’08

Shame on you Mr. Obama! Shame on you! You Don’t think we are All Idiots? We can See Right Through You… Your Very Transparent! Drop Out So we Can Have a Democratic President! We Will Pray For You! Pray not Rant!

Obama the problem with your defense and your explanation doesn’t even come close to what Americans deserve….Your pastor was part of your campaign for awhile. Then comes word you heard his incendiary remarks he has made in the past, then u cancel having him talk for your campaign. Then things get worse and people hear about some of those inflammatory remarks and now u do a cosmetic change to your campaign to pretend like it never happened and u were never there when he said what he said. For someone to be so close to be like an uncle its strange u didn’t know about his stand in life. Hmmmmm convenience for your gain. OBAMA stop fooling people with the change, there is no change in your message, stop lying about what you stand for. QUIT THE RACE, you are too arrogant and a liar to be our president. On top of that you are inexperience and surround yourself with inexperience people too. GO AWAY OBAMA!

It is not the fire and brimstone of Jeremiah A Wright that caught my attention as much as the tone Anderson took yesterday when discussing the sound bite reduction of Jeremiah Wrights 30 years of religious service.
No other candidate in this race has been grilled as much as Obama has been — just in a 24 hour period on religious affiliation/association.
This is truly manufactured news for a desired result– “let’s get Obama.”
Obama is running for president, not Rev. Wright.
Looks like CNN and the rest of the media conglomerates have a plan to ride Obama for his pastor’s comments. McCain’s John Hagee, condemns Catholicism — The media didn’t even blow this up half as much as the Wright controversy. Rod Parsley said America is hell bent on destroying Islam– no media outlet has grilled McCain on either one of these statement.
Why all of the heavy handed treatment toward Rev Wright? Nothing fair and balanced– no equality being shared on the subject of religion
by the media with all of the candidates.
Our founding fathers got it right– Separation of Church and state- religon is too personal and it should not be on the table unless all candidates are being grilled on their pastors’ take on Christianity.
“What goes around comes around.” All Rev Wright was expressing in his 9/11 sermon is what many people agree with. One cannot continue to destoy and kill and it won’t reciprocate. I love my country but our history is steeped in wars and killing. We were blessed to have only had 2 attacks on American in recent history; Pearl Harbor and 9/11, We are a blessed nation we are a blessed people.
As we debate Rev Wrights words there is a war of ignorance being waged in Iraq fueled by a lie– Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Here we are killing people again. Why?
We may all have different takes on war but we all know that it is not good and not the will of God no matter what name your religion gives your God. Whether your God is called Jesus, Allah, Buddah or Elohim we all know “Thou shalt no kill. “

this has become a hateful blog
just don’t vote for Obama if you don’t want to – but stop the lying and the smears
ok?

I’m voting for Obama

“unashamedly black” is not racist. The church is in a black area and serves predominantly black community. It would be racist if it restricted the church to black people, which it doesn’t. In fact there is at least one white member I know of. His name is Barack Obama.

You will never win with this guy. you call him on anything totally unrelated to race – you’re automatically a racist. You ask him if he is wearing a white shirt, you’re a racist. So typical. The only force of division I see is his Minister. People are already walking on eggshells around this guy. What a uniter…Give me a break!

obama IS the force of division. he can spin and lie and distance all he wants, but only the ones who refuse to see the truth will believe him. btw, superdelegates are not stupid and know that backing a lying, racist, divisive, fraudulent candidate isn’t good for their careers.

For the first time, it is clear that Hillary’s supporters have an edge over Obama folks: Hillary is not a messianic figure. In fact, many people don’t like her! But she’s been vetted, and we know pretty much everything about her. You Obama fans are running behind a guy most people (including you!!!!) do not really know.

Poor delusional Obama supporters. Do you really believe that the “values voters” that voted for Bush over Kerry, a decorated war veteran, will ever vote for Obama? Please wake up before we lose the Whitehouse again.

To Janice,
Please define what you or the pastor means by “control”. I bet you can’t.
How does “rich white people” control the country?
If you truly think that “rich white people” control the country, how do we change this to reflect American ideals?

Chip, that’s all well and good, but then YOU aren’t running for president, are you?

Plain and simple: Barak and Michelle had a choice whether to join (and raise their children in) one of the many multi-cultural, multi-ethnic churches in the Chicago area with a positive gospel message or go to an Afrocentric church with a radical message. That was their choice. And now it’s time for America to choose – and the choice is to NOT VOTE for Barak Obama.

Unashamedly black seems pretty racist to me…do you think a white person would feel welcome there, or would you jsut NOT care…it seems they would have to embrace Black culture instead of following Jesus…the church shouldn’t be about teaching CULTURE…TEACHING the LIFE of JESUS!!! It shouldn’t be about blaming whites for everything…is that not a tremendous racist generalization??? It shouldn’t be about using the N word…he’s used SH## also From the pulpit…this man is NOT a christian leader…this is black separatism or black power..why else would he team up with Farakhan…the fact that obama still wants to go to church there is crazy! He will never get my vote now…let me tell you he may not be racist, but if you still demand to go to church there…that’s a little off.
I wish the man would apologize (wright) change the “black only” sermons and atmosphere, and MANY would forgive him.

Right. The Senator’s pastor made some colorful, “off the wall” comments. So, many here are making colorful, “off the wall” coments. So let’s “doom them all to death.” How ludicrous!!!!
Take a deep breath, count to ten, and see if the world has changed when you finish.
All these comments only allow us all to vent, and that’s not such a bad thing.

I am sure we all know some people who make outrageous statements, but it is not easy to break off relationships so quickly. We can disagree with what they say and move on especially if you see that as not relevant to anything they do.
And also remember this. The so called relegious comittee in his campaign was namesake and never even met. So i do not even give much importance to Wright being on it.
The fact is Obama himself has come across as a very intelligent, tolerant and honest person. So we have to let this go.

30 seconds clip of cherry pick point on what wright said have ended up causing supposedly literate entities to start acting like fools.
Wrights statements may be charging but is true in all ramification. Afterall, the tuskegee saga he mentioned was a lie about this country and its govenment.The slaughter of innocent millions in iraq today was a lie about this country and its government. Hundreds of years of slavery is a lie, common people, wake up to the voice of the prophets. The truth is always bitter.

Iraq Vet: “I’m ashamed of Barack Hussein Obama. …” you hate him because you have strong racial hatred. Just say it … don’t be shy. Now, you have one more excuse to justify your hatred.

If you are a democrat making these negative statements, do you think it will help unite the party after the selection process ends? Do you really think it is Clinton and Obama supporters making these negative remarks? Could it be republicans or bully bloggers trying to upset democrats? I am tired of hearing about statements made by people connected to Clinton and Obama. Everyone on this blog has connects to people who overstate their case when talking about controversal topics they are passionate about. But we are intelligent enough to not have it affect our own judgment. We know that these friends have many good qualities that make up for their shortcomings. Give both Clinton and Obama a break and get back to more important issues. We don’t need more division in the country, we need more unity between all Americans: republicans, democrats, independents, and any other group wanting to better America.

I dont think its right to judge another by the views of his paster. i know i have oftendosed off during church. If I were held responsible for the views and actions of my catholic church i would be in alot of trouble.

1) This will not scare away very liberal voters. They will still vote for Obama.
2) This will not scare away youngsters, for most of them will just not care. They will still go for Obama
3) This will not scare African Americans either: They will still support Obama.
4) But thanks to him the guy will lose a big chunk of the independent voters and non-liberal white male and women who supported him. And say goodbye to latinos forever.

I heard on Fox News that they have more video coming out on Monday that will be a mind burner.
Now seeing the Preacher I can tell where Michelle Obama’s comments came from. He was a big influence on her that is why she said the things she did. Could you imagine them in the White House. The Preacher is his spiritual advisor. I would hate Obama to pick up the phone at 3:00 AM. He would call the Preacher!!!

EasilyManipulated :
Huh? You actually admit to sitting under a pastor you don’t agree with?
It’s like Alice in Wonderland, here.

If Obama loses because of this, the nation needs to think carefully how little progress we have made.
I don’t fault whites (or people from other races) who feel deeply offended by Mr. Wright’s sermons. They are offensive. I think black people should all denouce Mr. Wright’s sermons. This is the only way out, for the nation, for Obama, and for democrats.
Mr. Wright should come forward and apologize sincerely. Hopefully, under the great pressure from AA community, he will do it.
Mr. Wright is a stupid and foolish old man who is probably on the verge of messing up this historical election.
Black people, do not defend the undefensible. Condemn it, instead!! The more you defend for Mr. Wright or less you condemn him, the more outrage you can potentially cultivate.
But, for those who want to condemn Obama becaue of Mr. Wright, you really think that’s fair?

Hmmm….
I saw the new pastor for Trinity Church interviewed on CNN last night.
He was defending Rev. Wright, and went on to say that blacks might still be slaves if the church wasn’t a strong advocate.
So, Mr. Obama, I wonder if you will listen to the words of Rev. Otis III, and demand that this technique of sermonizing be abandoned???

Good point about his mother being white…that’s why I thought he’d be the perfect guy to bring the country together…he is a little liberal for my view (as I am opposed to abortion). I don’t call Barack a racist at all, he’s having to toe a fine line, but for the ones who justify Wrights speech…that’s just incredibly dumb or youre racist. I wish Obama would open himself up more to questions, ideas. He is more electable than Hillary. And yes, Slick Willy Bill pulled the racist stuff first, and HE should be ashamed. But going to an “unashamedly black”…geez guys/gals…that’s just weird to me, and you can’t be represtative of americans. We have multiple races in our church, and we would never say a certain race or culture needed to be taught. To keep going there and to leave this guy around you so long…that says a Little/ or a lot about Bobama…and I can’t vote for him at all now.

Obama’s problem is that he is running on his superior judgment. Belonging to a church that preaches hate against America shows very poor judgment, especially when you are running to become president of America…DUH!! You may have problems with the country, but preaching hate and lies is not going to help solve those problems.

Don Imus made some “off the wall” comments and blacks hounded him off the air.
But let’s just “forget and forgive” a man who says this, and who is part of Barack’s campaign.
Janice, get real.

If pastor Wright is one of the “forces of division”, then why did Obama subject himself and his family to his hate filled, bigoted sermons for 20 years? You just can’t have it both ways, bud. Oh I forgot, you only went to church on the days that pastor Wright gave his non racist sermons, LOL.

Don’t you worry folks – there is an army out to take Obama at his challenge -
“I was NEVER there when that type of sermon was given . . .”
First off, one video shows Wright pointing into the crowd as he starts one of his sermons (filled with rants later on) when he says
“There is a man in the audience (pointing, looks down at speech, looks up in the direction of ‘the man’) who can take this country in a new direction . . .”
Yeah, we have seen what direction you have been teaching him to take for the last 20 years.
One photo. One video. During One Of These Sermons. And It’s Over.
Think of the number of people who would take a quick picture with their phone, if they saw a Senator in the pew near them?
This is why Obama can’t come out too strongly and dare the media to find him there – he himself doesn’t know who might have an image of him, on the wrong day.
He acts as though Wright has two sermons every Sunday – one in case Barack is there, and another if he is not. That is rubbish. He prepares his sermon and he delivers it, regardless of who’s in attendance. And Obama himself claimed he never had to walk out because no hate sermon was ever given while he was there.
Check donations leave a trail. Figure out the dates, match them to the sermons. Case Closed.
Secret Service Detail has careful records. Match them to Trinity Church on the wrong day, and it’s Case Closed.
Photos or videos showing Obama in attendance, or worse, like News max says, in AGREEMENT with the sermon given, and its Case Closed.
And trying to bring up Clinton’s past to distract America from Obama’s Present will result in CASE CLOSED.

Barack sits for 20 years and hears this hate.
But he says he doesn’t agree and let’s all believe him and make him PRESIDENT.
YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!

As Obama says, judge him on what you have heard HIM say. If you judge people by the craziness of their supporters, just looking at this web site will mean you will be very afraid of what will happen if “100-year-war” McCain or “rich white women have it tougher than blacks” Hillary get in. We’ve had eight years ruled by a president allied to religious lunatics who think war in the middle east will bring Jesus back to Earth. McCain is close to Falwell and Hagee, two MAJOR nuts. Some of you should stop being so selective in whose preachers you go after.

Kitty, I don’t honestly see why you consider Barack’s experience to be a sham. I have read his first book, Dreams From My Father, and his second one, The Audacity of Hope. Both were deep, sincere, and profoundly moving. In his first book, as a youngster, he is in search of his identity–which is not unusual for any youth, except for the fact that he hardly knew his father, who was Kenyan, and was being raised by his mother, who was caucasian, of good Kansas stock. He talks of his involvement with the church as part of being involved in the work with the poor, mostly black community in Chicago, the Altgeld housing projects. He was seeking involvement from the faith-based community in serving what had been an historical focus for the black community to help mentor black youth, and give them some hope. As an organizer, it was an excellent move, as the church has in important role to play. We know this is true for our white youth; so why would be begrudge it to a neighborhood of predominantly black youth. This is not racism. It is a reality. In Chapter Six of this remarkable book, Barack writes: “And in that single note–hope!–I heard something else, at the foot of that cross, inside the thousands of churches across the city. I imagined the stories of ordinary black people merging with the stories of David and Goliath, Moses and Pharoah, the Christians in the lion’s den, Ezekiel’s field of dry bones. Those stories–of survival, and freedom, and hope–became our story, my story; the blood that had spilled was our blood, the tears our tears; until this black church, on this bright day, seemed once more a vessel carrying the story of a people into future generations and into a larger world.” (p. 294) I believe that Christians of true faith, and peoples of all races, genders, and ages across this nation will rise up in support of Barack Obama, and his doubters and detractors will make way for the truth to shine through. Those who stand in the way of hope are the sham; those who adhere to hope grounded in faith will prevail.

Hi Catiger, I do share your views with slight difference. The point of politics is to use anything you have against your opponent. What we saw on TV was less than 15second clips. Very charging and disturbing on the surface but what is the messages of the sermon. When he mentioned about the Tuskegee men, what he talking about. Even though the words may be charged, its simply the truth and the truth is that this war in iraq today will have its consequenses tommorow unless we as a nation correct our ways. Our leaders, be it clinton, obama, or Johnny need to do that for us and our generation down the pike.Its a message for all americans not just black folks
Thanks

I am not surprised by any Republican bringing this up as it is legitimate questions even though I don’t know how guilty by association make anyone a bad person.
What amazes me is how some Clinton supporters are acting and what they are saying even in this forum, now come Nov if Clinton is the nominee and the Republicans suddenly find some other guilty by association claim on her, do you expect me then not to believe them? If you are chosing to believe the Republicans now, It is clear I think they are smarter than any democrat alive.

Wow do all of you got to church????Religion dones not belong in politics…..

The difference between Bill Clinton and Obama is that Clinton was the president. It is hard to get a president out of office. It is very easy to force a candidate out of an election.
We will not be hearing from Obama anymore. His campaign will fizzle and he will fade into the background.

Hey! Did anyone on this Blog spent the time listening to entire sermon? I have been married to a lady of another race for more than 30 years and find all of this discomfort between the races funny. I wonder if thats because there is no patience for any other person’s reasoning today. “I love you until you do something to make me angry” then thats it buddy! out of my life you go”! I would guess that many of you are also a little on the lonely side because you seem to think that everyone is sneaking around or have done something that you don’t approve of behind your back. Please, maybe he(Obama)is not the one you were going to vote for anyway. Its OK! just give positive words to the one you do want to vote for and I know that you’ll feel better when you’ve done that. Perhaps, if you forgive a few people in your
lifetime that you cared for, you may also understand why you probably have such a big heart as you do.
Express yourself, on the blog but give a expression to the one you like otherwise the pool of humanity that we’re all a part of might see you as being a little ugly. Now, others can show themselves that way but you may want to show your good side more often.
I love the man (Obama)because he has shown me that he is honest enough to be there. Comparison of honesty might find that all the candidates have failed us somehow, none is perfect. Ask yourself, Are you? Yes, you are running for something among people every day of your life. Get the nomination of approval or loose another opportunity to making a friend. So as I said, have you not done something wrong at sometime, somewhere, to a friend, lover, mother, father? Would you like it if they confronted but, forgave you?

I refuse to believe that Americans are too stupid to see through the ruse of race-baiting that is being perpetrated by so many bloggers on this board. But Hillary knows that she can not win on the merits, as she has already been defeated. So her fall-back strategy is to cast doubt and dispersion on Sen. Obama’s faith, using the lap-dog media and her goon squad supporters to divert the dialogue from issues to personal attacks. You know, I believe that this kind of “petty” politicing has run its course. Throwing lame excuses for not voting for someone, and then blaming him is a tactic that the majority of Americans can see through. Senator Obama, and the American people, deserve better. We will rise above this pettiness on the part of the “Swift-boaters.”

If anyone think that this story was not presented in a specific order, to bait Obama into lying, think again.
Here is the story in its order of realization.
News Max sends Jim Davis to Trinity, on a July Sunday, 2007.
During a sermon laced with racial attacks, Obama, in attendance, is seen nodding in apparent agreement as Wright speaks about Bush and White America.
Then this story sits because no agency will pick it up.
January 14, 2008 – the story is broke, again by news max, that Farrahkan is the Person Of The Year, awarded by his old friend Wright, for Trinity Church.
Now, 2 months to the day really, March 14, 2008 news max AGAIN breaks the video rant that Brian Russell picks up from a b c news.
And now we are hearing there is video proof, from the church visit, that Obama was at a hate sermon in July.
They allow him to first come on the air and say I Never.
What do you think is going to happen next week? Don’t you think news max knew about the sermons, that is why they SENT Davis there in the first place. Do you really think he wouldn’t have had some kind of camera, recorder, or video to back up the story?
What better way then to completely show someone for a liar, then to release the goods, let the person become indignant and say NEVER WAS THERE and then BAM, show the tape.
Case Closed.
If this weren’t the case the story in January would have been “I Sat With Obama During Racist Sermon”. That would have been the story. But it wasn’t, was it.
There is a plan here, to prove him as dishonest. They knew he would deny it. And they know they have the film to show otherwise.

Daryl,
These videos that have been public, and made last year are not NEWS!!! Why should the media spend so much time on something one of the Presidential candidate’s pastor says when they’re not interrogating all of the candidates’ pastors? By the way when FAUX news pushes this story for political gain, most intelligent people know that it’s not news worthy.

I have been spiritually awake for some 10 years. Spiritually awake means LOVE. When in the past I went to a spiritual advisor it was to learn more about how to love. How I can experience love more deeply. How I can be the center of LOVE.
My spiritual advisor and my spirituality is who I am. It is so deep inside of me. There is no way I can LOVE and listen to hatred.
I grew up in Chicago’s Mayor Daley dishonest politics. Obama says he is proud to be a rough and tumble Chicago Politician. Immediately I knew Obama’s dirty laundry would come out. There is much more dirty laundry for him to come out. I believe he cheated with Rezco on purchasing his home at a big discount of a good $200,000.
Corruption is Chicago Politics with big neon signs and capital letters.
Hatred as espoused by Rev Wright has no business in God. God has no interest in Hatred of any kind.
When the republicans get hold of this they will crush him. I can see the Swift Boats on TV destroying him. The election will become a racial war. The country might go into revolt. We must avoid this at all costs.
If Obama can prove he is a good guy then he should serve as VP first to give himself time to prove himself. Then he can run for President without the civil war that this Reverend Wright might cause.
I am a life long Democrat. I might vote for Obama if he is nominated. I am really against more Republicans. The country must avoid the Republicans. But my one vote can not avoid the Republicans winning. We must put up the strongest candidate. This is what Hillary meant when she says she has been vetted. Obama is now at the start of a vetting process among friendly Democrats. What will happen when the Swift Boat attacks Obama. It will be a massacure.
Obama has no chance of winning the presidency now that all this dirty laundry has come out. Everyone please tell your Democratic party you want Hillary on the top of the ticket. Let us offer Obama the VP for this election. Democrats must win this November. We can not get crushed by the Republicans once again.
Had Obama been more properly vetted early in this election cycle then he would have been dropped long ago. Now we have a bigger problem. He can not win the presidency and yet he supporters are counting on him winning. There is going to be much pain in the Democratic party.

Obama stated on the Fox News show that he is not planning to leave his church. The problem is not just the pastor but the whole congration. If you look the tapes of the Obama’s pastor, all the members of church were into what the pastor was saying and strongly agree with the comments made by the pastor. Also, Fox News conducted an interviews with some of the members of church and they felt that the pastor was speaking the true and do not have a problem with his messages. How can Obama disagree with the pastor but stay when the all the members of church feels that same as the pastor.

in a week this will get virtually no media play… just look at the way this primary season has progressed (every weekend the media is running these fire drills (ie: ‘monster’, Rezko, Ferraro, J Jackson, 3am add, ect..) even mccain has some controversial preachers in his corner (faldwell & hagee)
at the end of the day, our media has to address more substantive issues than what one someone’s preacher, surrogate, family member or supporter said. Unfortunately, we’re enamored with these sensationalized stories that the real meat and potatoes get overlooked.

It is rediculous how people extrude 10 secs from 3 different sermons and string them together to make seem like Wright is full of hate. It is truely impossible to extract these statement and have them stand on their own. You have to look at the context of the overall message. The problem is that the people are so impressionable that they believe everything they see as fact and do not think for themselves. Everything is not what it seems at times. The powers that be are attacking people around Obama to bring him down because they have nothing on Obama. They attack his race and Christian relationship with God. People better wake up and think about what is going on.

“okdokethen” obviously you watch Fox News. You poor soul needs saving. Find Jesus!!

“The politics of hope is increasingly becoming the politics of hoping no one notices that Obama says one thing but does another,” Obama’s trying to have it both ways, decrying political loopholes two months ago and using them to his advantage now. That’s hardly change you can believe in.”I watched Obama on CNN with Anderson and answers to his relationship with his pastor was very shady. Remember folks that we are
talking about choosing the president of this great nation of ours and we do not want a president like Obama. I am glad that we are still in the primaries and still have the time to choose wisely. I have been saying this all along since the Tony Rezko case went to court.
HILLARY IS OUR BEST CHOICE. HILLARY 08

The media has been throwing powder puffs at this guy for so long that now he gets indignant when they report anything that he doesn’t like. Imagine if this guy becomes president. This guy is dangerous!

This is a truly lamentable time for the Democratic Party. One nominee has lost his judgment argument with the revelations of unwise business dealings and an equally imprudent 20 year association with a fiery pastor. The other nominee lends aid and comfort to the enemy with her arguments that bolster the Republicans and offers questionable foreign relations credentials refuted by Sinbad of all people. Truly sad! There is only one thing to say… keep it up! :-) Mac/08

This story has legs like I’ve not seen so far in this election. I think it’s the beginning of the end for Obama. The news organizations are starting to tie dates of his church attendance to hate filled sermons in order to show that Obama lied.

“The media has been throwing powder puffs at this guy for so long”.
THIS is a powder puff. They can’t find anything out of his mouth to go after, so they try to tarnish by association. It’s really, really weak, and only works if we forget the forty plus felons with which Hillary has associated or that McCain is a fan of Falwell and that end-timer nut Hagee

Ratmach,
If these were the only sermons…perhaps.
Now go look at their website for awhile, do some digging on Wright for a bit and tell me whether you honestly think these were the only times he did it.
And, if Obama went there for this many years…that he jsut happened to be magically absent every time…

Obama needs to resign from the Senate and withdraw from the Presidential race. How many times does he get a free pass for lying and covering up his past. He lied about the Nafta ordeal, he lied about not being in the sermons when Wright mentioned in his December 2007 sermon that Obama was in the audience, he lied about Rezko. How many other lies does he have to tell before people wise up!!! He will say and do anything to get elected. He doesn’t stand a chance of being elected in November and he is tearing down the Democratic Party.

On the positive side, it explains why Michelle Obama is so angry. After listening to those hate monger sermons for twenty years what else would you expect.

How dare the media or anyone question this man or the people campaigning for him! How dare anyone say his middle name or question his patriotism or voting record or the demographics that support him. Anyone who dares question this man must be labeled a racist. If we all stick with this tactic he has a good chance of getting in.

This is the first time I’ve posted on this blog, and I think if the reverend weren’t ranting, and instead, were writing his thoughts, it would be very hard to criticize him. Really… who let’s their 18-year-old daughter travel to Aruba for her graduation? The way she died was unfortunate, but she should have been smarter about staying safe and not “hooking up” with the first boy who paid attention to her.

“The support is dropping off in droves.” Keep telling yourself that Kevin. I’ll wait for the primary votes thanks. Voting for a president is always voting for the lesser of the evils. McCain is the greatest of the evils. Hillary comes second. The only thing anyone has on Obama is what his preacher said.
I guess if all of you could be judged by what your preachers say you’d be a lot more Christian than you appear in these posts. Unless there’s a problem with your preachers.

Jim B – You said,
What’s worse is that the mainstream press knew about this man and did not tell us until he was safely in command of the nomination.
Not quite. Pennsylvannia, Florida and Michigan are coming up. That can tip the balance. Do what you need to do volunteer/donate to make sure the right person gets the nomination. That is the only way to “clean ourselves” of this filth.
Good Luck.

“Music to my ears. Many Obama dislikers.” No, the same three or four under different pseudonyms, especially the one who has problems spelling “divisive”. The funniest ones are the ones who pretend to be women but when you put their words into a grammar analyzer get outed as men. But nobody says Republicans are bright.

“You haven’t seen any stories about Hillary attending a church that spews this kind of garbage.” No. With her it’s the crook associates and the feminist misandrists who diss POWs and “men trained to kill” you have to look out for

Greg, I agree with you about him knowing about it. If they do somehow prove that he knew about it. He will have honesty issues. I am sure people are looking. I am not sure they will be able to find anything though. Good intelligent conversation tonight! Be well my ABCnews friend.

The Republicans will have a field day with this one. There is no way the democrats will win if Obama is the nominee. I am sure this is not all of what’s been hiding in Obama’s closet. Too bad the MSM didn’t do their job earlier.

Fox News just shows an interview that they conducted with Rev. Wright on March 7, 2007. In the interview, Rev Wright that Oprah and Obama were members in 2007. Oprah disassociated herself a year ago. She has been pushing Obama on your viewers. Both Obama and Oprah knew of the pastor’s believe.
In the next minutes, Fox News is plannng to show more tapes of Rev. Wright that have not been seen until now.

Ok guys becoz of Democrats divided, the next president is going to be McCain. Obama and Hillary camps hate each other and they are not going votes for one another.
Good job Democrats!!!

Most conventional churches have subjugated women and homosexuals for hundreds of years. I am interested to know that so many of you here who have remained in those churches have no problems with THAT hate.

The Emperor has not clothes. I have been saying that America would soon discover the true essence of this man. I admire his intelligence and lofty ideals; but they do NOT match his true essence. Basically, he is lying.

“I admire his intelligence and lofty ideals;” Yeah, right. You seem to think we have a short memory where your posts are concerned.

This I donot understand. Obama had gone to this church for 20 yrs. And this is the first time that he is hearing this. Bullgrap?. I donot believe it. I stopped going to my church after 2yrs. because I got fet up with my pastor’s grap. It did’nt take me long to figure things out. So Obama had to know, I don’t see how he could’nt…greg

JimB and Janice – You will be hard pressed to find anyone willing to admit that they were wrong concerning whether the Rev. Dr. Wright’s statements were racist. There is nothing anti-white in any of the statements uttered by Rev. Dr. Wright. Only someone who identifies with the truthful statements will feel the sting and hopefully be morally convicted by the behavior that this country has visited upon both its own citizens and the rest of the world. The truth hurts.
Jesse Leamon – McCarthyism! Great point.
WestCoastMessenger – Your recollection of history is faulty, my friend. In 1967, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, speaking of the Vietnam war, warned of the arrogance of power;
“Don’t let anybody make you think that God chose America as His divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world. God has a way of standing before the nations with judgment and it seems that I can hear God saying to America: ‘You are too arrogant! If you don’t change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power.’”
This sounds an awful lot like the statements that the Rev. Dr. Wright spoke, doesn’t it?
Jim – Permit me to help you out here, assuming you don’t have any objection to facts.
You said: America(presumably white America) created AIDS to eliminate black people.
If that is not racist, I don’t know what is.
Response: Are you familiar with the Tuskeegee Experiment? July 25, 2002 –Thirty years ago today, the Washington Evening Star newspaper ran this headline on its front page: “Syphilis Patients Died Untreated.” With those words, one of America’s most notorious medical studies, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, became public.
“For 40 years, the U.S. Public Health Service has conducted a study in which human guinea pigs, not given proper treatment, have died of syphilis and its side effects,” Associated Press reporter Jean Heller wrote on July 25, 1972. “The study was conducted to determine from autopsies what the disease does to the human body.”
The next morning, every major U.S. newspaper was running Heller’s story. For Morning Edition, NPR’s Alex Chadwick reports on how the Tuskegee experiment was discovered after 40 years of silence.
The Public Health Service, working with the Tuskegee Institute, began the study in 1932. Nearly 400 poor black men with syphilis from Macon County, Ala., were enrolled in the study. They were never told they had syphilis, nor were they ever treated for it. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the men were told they were being treated for “bad blood,” a local term used to describe several illnesses, including syphilis, anemia and fatigue.
For participating in the study, the men were given free medical exams, free meals and free burial insurance.
At the start of the study, there was no proven treatment for syphilis. But even after penicillin became a standard cure for the disease in 1947, the medicine was withheld from the men. The Tuskegee scientists wanted to continue to study how the disease spreads and kills. The experiment lasted four decades, until public health workers leaked the story to the media.
By then, dozens of the men had died, and many wives and children had been infected. In 1973, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) filed a class-action lawsuit. A $9 million settlement was divided among the study’s participants. Free health care was given to the men who were still living, and to infected wives, widows and children.
But it wasn’t until 1997 that the government formally apologized for the unethical study. President Clinton delivered the apology, saying what the government had done was deeply, profoundly and morally wrong:
“To the survivors, to the wives and family members, the children and the grandchildren, I say what you know: No power on Earth can give you back the lives lost, the pain suffered, the years of internal torment and anguish.
“What was done cannot be undone. But we can end the silence. We can stop turning our heads away. We can look at you in the eye and finally say, on behalf of the American people: what the United States government did was shameful.
“And I am sorry.”
Jim, please take note of who delivered that apology – President Bill Clinton! The U.S. did it with syphilis; why not AIDS?
You said: “Barack knows what it means to be a black man living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich white people.” Hmmm, I wonder if that is racist, LOL.
Response: Are you stating that rich white men do not control this country? And the fact that Barack knows what is it to be a black man controlled by whites is a racist statement? Sorry, Jim, but that dog don’t hunt either. Racism is defined as:
1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
Source: racist. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved March 15, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racist
You said: Wright said of America’s treatment of African-Americans: “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.
Response: I’ll just pick the prison issue. Please take time to read “Prisons as a Growth Industry in Rural America: An Exploratory Discussion of the Effects on Young African American Men in the Inner Cities” by Tracy L. Huling, April 15-16, 1999,Washington, D.C.
http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/prisons_as_rural_growth.shtml
Do you really think God will bless this mess?

Do we really know this man Barak Obama? What else is out there we don’t know?

Senator Obama in the 20 years at his church never once heard Reverend Wright utter on single word of hatred, bigotry or racism.
NOT.

The people still looking at and believing in BHO are oblivious to the realities around them.

Imagine that you are the “first.” Of anything. You train. You have a plan. You try to maximize your strengths. You do everything in your power to minimize your weaknesses. You go over this list every day. You rework it. You are traing. It applies to runners and to people on a diet and to anyone serious about an achievement. And I ask you one question: Do you believe that you can be the first non-male, non-white canidate by carrying this much baggage?

Obama cannot win Nov election. All red states he won including Iowa goes to Republicans. PA, FL and OH goes to McCain.
This is a futile election for the democrats with Obama. If you want a democrate to win the election, it has to be Hillary with an African American VP.
This country still values race and religion a lot and is tought for Obama to win with his pastor news out.
So vote using your brain.

Yep. Rev. Wright gave these kinds of sermons each and every day. The whole sermon was screaming, hating, controversial stuff. Anyone seeing and listening to it would think the guy was half crazy.
And yet Barack Obama, a man in the Illiois senate, giving the keynote at the convention, running for US Senate, and finally for the President of the US . . . this man, knowing that this could easily bring down his career at any turn . . . just sat there.
Can ANY of you Clinton/McCain supporters see how ridiculous that logic is?! In other words, it’s VERY likely true that what we see in these excerpts from a few sermons WERE very rare exceptions to the rule. Because if they weren’t, if they were constant occurances, that makes Barack Obama a VERY stupid politician
And stupid is not what I see in the man.

ratmach, I can’t agree more. It’s nice to read a comment that makes sense.

Catiger:
Those people saying 9/11 was caused by America’s tolerance of gays is FAR worse than saying 9/11 was caused partly by America’s foreign policy over the years. The latter, by the way, is partly true . . . though of course the way Wright goes about saying it is NOT the most diplomatic thing I’ve ever heard.

Janice and Jim, please listen to the videos on you tube. If you don’t get the racist message and tone from Jeremiah Wright, you will never get it.

RepublicansGoHome:
Please re-read my post. The beginning of it was sarcasm.

What a joke!!!!
The more we know about this guy the more we know who the actually part of the racist group? It funny how they played the race card on Hillary, but the video speaks for itself!!!!!!!!!! Obama being part of this church that preaches hate for 20 years and he never seen anything of this..Wrote a book after him because he impired him…The only thing Obama can say…He didn’t know? BS
Obama just got a free ride with the press and only been a senator for 2 years he think he should be held to a different standard…… Great job FOX for getting the fact out,,,, it a shame that the Liberal media CNN and MNBC that should be called the Obama Network for not getting the facts out once again…… Can’t believe how Obama get such a free ride with other network…..

Brian: Gerry Ferraro gave more to the Democratic party than all of us combined. You don’t know one damn thing about her. She was gone in two days. MOVE ON. Every time someone has the “gall” to ask a question about Senator Obama, we hear nothing but the shuffle to Senator Clinton nonsense. We’re not dealing with that here. She’s out. She’s been denounced. Reverand Wright on the other hand is still “respected.” Its “some” of his statements that have been denounced.” Your post is shamefully disengenuous.

What’s wrong with America is evident in many of these postings. People want life to be more simply and black and white than it really is.
The reality is that America is flawed in many ways, and needs correcting. Our government has been arrogant and operated with double standards when it comes to other countries. There is also much racism still within our people, though apparently much less in the younger people now (which is great).
If Obama can continue to appreciate a minister over time, despite the ministers flaws, and appreciate the man’s positives, we should be impressed (not put off). Americans need to learn to be more tolerant of racial differences, philosophical differences, value differences, and religious differences.
A person can also love his country dearly and yet recognize that it needs fixing in particular areas. In fact, those without this capacity, are a huge problem for America.

Mike: Nice try. Senator Obama still respects his preacher and has now heard ALL OF THE TAPES. So. No more ignorance. He has seen them, knows them and only distances himself from “some of the things” said. I have attended synagogue, church, and mass. I have never ever heard anything like this. No way to parse this or put lipstick on this pig. It is ugly and if it had been said by someone of another color, there would be fires in the street. And if you can honestly tell me otherwise, good luck to you.

The mere fact Obama put him on his campaign makes me question how bright Obama really is. He had to know this could happen.

BHO is a phoney. We need a president who is for everyone. To sit in a church that only has BLACK ethics, and i don’t know what those are, and to allow his children to listen to that hatred is beyond imagination. The man is confused and now is a liar. Obama has lost my vote.

At what point does socialism and surrendering our men and women serving in Iraq on the alter of psuedo-intellectualism has to be given a chance Catiger?! Mere less everything else that has been unfolding now concerning Lord Obama?

I have been around major politics since I was a child. My uncle is the only U.S. rep to sit on all major committees. From experience, this has to hurt Obama. In talking to many of my constituents over the past two days, each one said they had changed their mind about Obama. All are Democrats and all favored Obama until now. Not placing your hand over your heart during the National Anthem isn’t a major thing unless you are running for public office. When you run for public office, especially when you are running for President, it is important to embrace our traditions. While this pastor may not have preached this position every Sunday, he believed strongly enough to preach it, film it, and record it on DVD for distribution. Don’t kid yourselves, he believes what he preaches. As far a Obama not knowing, he knew. This rant was all over national news last spring and still Obama placed him in his campaign. I hate to say it to all you Obama supporters, he’s in real trouble with this one. It may not effect him in the Democratic primary but, if he gets through, it’s a back breaker in the general election. When he refuses to place his hand over his heart during the National Anthem, when his wife says she hasn’t been proud of our country until now, when their pastor, the one who married them and baptised their children, preaches hatred of white people and the United States and finally, when Obama seemingly dismisses these statemnents, he’s in trouble. I would be willing to bet he farm he will not be President. The white vote is the largest by far. It’s sad to see. I really thought he would be different but he

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.

In the last couple of weeks, some of Obama’s promises have been exposed. NAFTA re-negotiation: Just words. A committed Iraq withdrawal: Just words. Obama’s claim he knew nothing about Rev. Wright’s sermons of hate: Again, Just Words.

Looking at the hatred for a man of (partial) color here, I believe the expression should be “God HELP the USA”.

“Obama Changed Position on War Funding”
“Democratic Presidential Contender Opposed War Funding in 2003 but Has Voted Four Times for Funding in Senate”
How’s this for change?
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2970930
Obama, July 2004,”The failure of the Iraqi state would be a disaster”
“It would dishonor the 900-plus men and women who have already died. . . . It would be a betrayal of the promise that we made to the Iraqi people, and it would be hugely destabilizing from a national security perspective.”

So the truth according to Wright is : America is a racist country, America developed AIDS and infected colored people. N.Hollaway was a sult looking for a good time in Aruba, 9/11 America asked for it, America is Israel and Israel is America, America infected black men with a STD, on and on Wright goes
Is that the truth Speak the Word??

How is it that Obama just realized what his minister has been saying all of these years? Seems like Obama was drawn to this preacher’s messages until they became a matter of public record.

Talk about judgment, forces of division! Senator Obama has called Minister Wright his mentor and spiritual advisor for twenty years and now Senator Obama has the “audacity” to say he wasn’t aware of the hatred this man preaches. Wake up America, Senator Obama is only a political hack.
We don’t need a president whose wife and minister degrade our county.

There are many more hours of his pastor that I’m sure fox will make sure we all hear how can you train up your child in the way he should go under a pastor like Mr wright. There are many other races that the upper class turn up thier nose at including working poor there are many white people who have it just as bad. But they are also treated bad because they are white and therefore should be able to make it better or how about Native Americans.

Will any Obama supporter list Obama’s accomplishments in all of his political career?

All I can say is….I am glad I am a Republican…..

Hey Clinton/McCain backers. You say Obama’s support is “dropping by the minute”, right? Well check this out . . . it happened today, AFTER all this preacher stuff came out:
Obama expands delegate lead over Clinton By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer
Sat Mar 15, 7:08 PM ET
DES MOINES, Iowa – Democrat Barack Obama expanded his fragile lead in delegates over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday, picking up at least seven delegates as Iowa activists took the next step in picking delegates to the national convention.
Half the 14 delegates allocated to John Edwards on the basis of caucus night projections switched Saturday and Obama got most, if not all, of them.

Janice; I can’t pull a racist statement from anything that Wright stated in these videos. However, the “damn America” comment is stated with an belligerent attitude of disgust and hatred towards, well, you get the idea. I immigrated here at 5yrs of age. I have white-ish skin, How am I or my family responcible for Slavery? That is as dumb as blaming Jews for killing Christ. Look, Racism is a problem. We need to acknowledge that Blacks are as capable as whites at being racists, as are all shades/races/mixes. Wright is a leader of a racists church and his statements and attitude demonstrate this. Obama is associated with this man, thus in league with him.

Does Obama want us to believe that his view of the world is not influenced by the words that come out of his wife’s mouth (about being proud of the US for the first time with her husband’s potential of being the president) and of his pastor (about his opinions of the country that he lives in)? Oh yes, Obama is not going to acknowledge or recognize anything that might hurt his chances of becoming president unless someone exposes it for him.

Check out the homepage, Obama picked up 9 more delegates
TODAY>

There are a lot of names I don’t usually see. I’m willing to bet that a lot of them are just Republican baiters who play as though they are a Hillary supporter and insult Obamas or are Obama supporters and insult Hillarys. That way they can fuel the divide. Does anyone else notice anything or sense something like that. There are the usual posters, but who are all these others. I do remember Demo rules, who just sounds angry, unreasonable and out there.

It seems to me that Obama should define what he means by “forces of division.” Or perhaps I should. Forces of divsion could be defined as anything that does not work to Obama’s advantage.

Anyone that would be associated with a man like Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a blasphemous, vial, racist, hateful man; will not get my vote. Barack does not have the honesty and integrity that I seek. It is obvious with his association with Mr. Wright.
I began talking with my friends, neighbors and co-workers, yesterday. They do will not vote for Barack, either… not after this.

answer me this: does anyone out there HONESTLY believe, just honestly and truly, that the average american voter, who is white and middle-aged, who might otherwise have taken a chance on obama, will do so after seeing the man he himself has described as his mentor and spiritual advisor, the pastor of the church he and his family has attended for 20 years or so, the man he credits with bringing him to christianity and the church, does anybody really believe that the average american voter in those swing states will vote for barack obama after seeing clips of his minister over and over and over and over again throughout the months of july, august, september and october, watching this man say ‘god bless america? uh-uh. god d*mn america!’ — the average voter obama needs will vote for him now? no freaking way. that clip is like a punch in the gut to those voters and it will make their stomachs turn. they will not hold their noses and vote for barack obama. my parents are pretty damned liberal moderates in nys and would have voted for the dem whichever it was – tonight they tell me they will not vote for obama. same thing i’ve heard from 4 members of my family, and ohioans are not that different from new york staters, and imagine all of the retired folks and ww2 vets in florida? he’ll drag us to defeat. he’s young enough to distance himself from this and run again in 4 or 8 years, but he has no chance in the general election this year.

catiger, are you saying America should not be run on principle? Fund the war to show how much we’re against the war? Your analogy of Obama’s leadership skills leave me only one conclusion, you have no idea what he stands for but he has good slogans.

The answer is YES. Obama does actually want you to believe that he didn’t know his pastor was saying this stuff.

I still am strongly about obama being president. He cannot rely on his pastors word. If Obama is a racist then he did not love his mom. He strongly speak of his mom. He was raised ny his mom parents. Correct me if I am wrong. I know Obama will be a great president. What God has for you it is for you. No matter what the media say or the Clintons if it is meant for Obama to be president of the united states it will be. I have friends and family who have different aspects of life. We do not feel the same about race. I love everybody i reared my children to love everybody. Yo will meet people who really hate you, but do not worry about how people treat you it is how you treat God and people.

ALLABOUTME–her thesis has been removed from the Princeton Library…at the campaigns request.
People can’t read it. GEE I wonder if on April 15th it’s going to be available for people

Democrats need a 527 group for all us that pledge NOT to vote for OBAMA in the fall if he gets the nomination!

I don’t understand any thing about those people who denounce those who denounce divisiveness.In my opinion they are divisive. I am black who is ready to serve my country as Navy, who belive that we are one nation, we are one people, please lets come up togather for common purpuse to lead the world. I promise you if we elect Obama as presdant we will lead the world and world it self looks us different.

“Change we can believe in” – Change that adds up to one crazy uncle, one unpatriotic wife, one racist church, and one federally indicted real estate developer.

This is BS—hypocrisy—not all people fall for empty glossy words. Obama says: “pent-up anger, bitterness and misunderstanding…if the country wants something different they’ve got to move beyond divisions.” EXCUSE ME, but YOUR pastor’s words are promoting division between black and white skinned people. I find this offensive after all the good work so many people have done to promote character instead of skin color as the merit of worth. Obama you are slick with the double talk and hedging. The 20 years you’ve been listening to this pastor means 20 years you’ve been influenced by him. Don’t say you didn’t know his message. 20 years + this pastor has been negatively influencing all those others in his congregation. He’s SCARY. How can you explain mixing love with hate and it’s supposed to come out okay? Mixed messages are meant to CONTROL people. Since the corrupt media (NBC and CNN are the worst) have been so slow to do their job and investigate and report – I took a look at the website of Obama’s Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. I once thought in time, Obama might make a good president. Now I believe we better never let him run our country. Darn the media for giving him all these free passes and not getting the truth out to people! Everyone was being so careful about not offending Obama or his campaign people and his pastor is the worst hate-monger and racist I ever heard! If this information had not come out, this pastor would still be on Obama’s campaign committee.

I fear that you’ve all been hoodwinked. Hoodwinked by your own audacity, with a little help from your friends.
There are so many reasons to not prefer Obama. Because you are a Republican. Because you are a traditionalist Democrat. Because you’d LOVE to help a woman become president. Because you fear change, or the unknown, or because you don’t trust big city politicians (or big city people in general), or because he sounds too good to be true.
And all of the reasons have converged, in the last week or two. The cowardice of the average voter is reflected in the change of support reflected on this blog. There were people who were Republicans, xenophobes, and fearers of change, and skeptics alike, that had been supporting and believing that Obama was to best of the 3 to make America better by 2012. Why? In part because people had a genuine gut reaction to him, and over the past 12 months, more and more people had been having a positive gut reactions. (Something is to be said of the subconscious, since it was developed to keep us safe). Now mix that positive reaction with a political RECORD that does not speak controversy, and it became easier to support him and forget our fears.
But when the brimstone issue arose, it challenged our cores to continue to support him. And many of us feel taken for a ride. But if you so, you were the one driving.
Truth is that the only questions that matter is who will make us better by 2012. That’s all that matters. The political beliefs of a preacher matter as much to a parishioner as the religious beliefs of a mayor to the constituent. IN OTHER WORDS, IT DOESN’T. And you all successfully fooled your cynical sides into believing that, once upon time. You all had the audacity to hope, the chutzpah to support vision and expect more, against your ‘better’ judgment. What about now?
When I first moved down south from Philadelphia, I asked a white guy with a confederate flag waving in his truck why he flew that flag and what it meant to him. I, as a black guy, asking this southerner at a gas station such a question didn’t scare me, and I surely wasn’t looking for a fight, verbal or otherwise – it’s just that in that moment of curiosity, I was anxious to hear his answer, or if there’d even be one. In short, he told me it was about heritage, being a bad-ass, and being free. Hell, who isn’t all for that!!!! That’s the motto of many a Black male I grew up with in Philly. And what I learned from him 10 yrs ago, on a deeper level, many of you bloggers could stand to learn today before you make a crucial mistake.
What he called freedom, I could easily call hatemongering and I’d be well within my rights given what happened to my people in general, and specifically my grandfather in Georgia years ago. What you call anti-American, or anti-White, others freely call something much less sinister, or even inspiring. Does this mean that they all fit your label of anti-american? Or does your label maybe need adjusting? As a Black male from the Northeast, I don’t consider the Confederate flag a symbol of hate, although I use to. I know that those who hate me, may use that flag, but that doesn’t mean the flag means hate, and I’ve got to remember that when I see it. I believe that when I see the conferedate flag in trucks in Carolina, that they are saying what others in Philadelphia say with tinted glass and Rims and with hats with straight brims. That we are who we are, we’re proud and we won’t bow to your opinion of us. That’s not un-American is it? Making that connection was a big thing in my life. This is what I learned. Your turn America.
Because the net result is, America is now condemning a man (Obama) for not condemning another man who condemned American based on its racism, yet those same condemning Americans don’t think for a second of how easily they are turning away from the best candidate for our future for the sole reasons of race, racism, and how personally perturbed they are for even having to discuss race! The entire irony is lost on them, that they want to condemn and completely isolate a preacher who speaks of America’s/American’s historical and present racism, yet they as a body of the majority are eliminating the best candidate (which they agreed with just last month) based on this race issue.
Obama has to run as the every-body candidate, which means make White people feel comfortable with him, although Republicans never run as the every-body candidate (Damn Black voters) and Hillary is doing fine running as the woman candidate (tough, yet a victim). Most White people, on this blog at least, seem to be telling Obama he must prove he appreciates White people equally by going overboard in running away from everything that makes White people cringe or uncomfortable about race. If he doesn’t, then he’s not an ‘every-body’ candidate. Yet the impossible irony is – the coping mechanisms that Black communities have developed and mastered and that White Americans at no other time even care about, necessitates that the justifications for events in our world be different, that the self-talk we conduct in order to believe we can achieve must be different, and the rhetoric we spill in our churches in order to arouse, revive, wake up and stir some sense of willingness to continue fighting.
Simply put, the irony is like telling me ‘pull your self up by your bootstraps’, but then being offended that I touched my dirty shoes in the process. So please America, be reflective, although it is uncomfortable and incendiary to you at first glance, and think about it, ask yourselves why is this so? Why are all these multi-racial parishioners in this church if its all about hate? Hopefully you’ll end up in a better state of mind to judge whether such peripheral things should prevent the best candidate from getting candidacy.

Hey people, a personal request…and please do not take offense. I know most of you think your comments are worthy of literary awards, but could we limit the posting of them to just one time? Seeing the same post over and over, or several times in a row doesn’t make your point any more relevant, it just makes it more annoying. Thank You!

Obama is the DIVIDER. I am a Democrat and I will vote for John McCain if Obama wins the Democrat nod. for the simple fact that I do not know him and he keeps himself private. No trust. Talks rhetoric. Skips important votes and name calls on the Senator’s who are doing their job as President.
Hillary Clinton for President.
Nancy Pelosi’s resignation. Super-delegates are a part of this election. If neither candidate can get to 2025 then the Super-delegates should decide. If they were to decide with their states then the would be directly tied to that states win. Why is Pelosi trying to change the rules in Obama’s favor. why did she set out to destroy the possibility of a DREAM Ticket. She is a divider with less then 29% popularity rating. Less then Bush’s. There are some old established Democrats trying real hard to manipulate this Election. Pelosi is one of them. Her job performance in the House alone results in “YOUR FIRED Pelosi”

carol perrone: “I also apologize to you “… apology accepted.
She wrote that thesis when she was a undergraduate student in Princeton, in 70′s. Isn’t it so fair to use it now after 20 years.
I am sure all of us said things that can be picked when we were/are young. Besides, do you remember 70′s? Or, you might be too young for that. In terms of racial justice, 70′s was not a very good time. Kids now don’t appreciate the struggle. Colored people were not considered to be equal.
Not that I pick on you, your post does have quite a bit racial-undertone, which I am sure you did not mean, nevertheless quite obvious.

Somebody do this senile citizen a favor. Just what Church or Doctrine does Hillary follow & who, where or ever does she attend any Church or Bingo Parties.
Besides Her Afinity of The Almighty Dollar & The Great I AM!
Senator Obama just by the way he conducts & carries himself shows me that he is committed doing the right thing & is respectful of others. His testimony during these times has been tried by fire of the Clinton polictics of hate, & destruction.
You must remember that even as we post here. Mr. Ed. Rendell, Hafer, Bill, Chelsea, and all the Mayors, News & Newspapers of Penna & Servants to Hillary to mount a Goliath Force to prevail against Obama.
These Giants have made it a point to mock, criticize, ridicule & insult him as he stands alone to do our battle to make Our Country a better place.
Sure he’s outnumbered, yes he’s been called many names & the rumors never end. Do we have the courage to take on this Clinton Giant.
No – but Yes WE Can help by supporting this Shepherd in his & our time of need.

Personally, I believe that the Obama election has done nothing more than divide the races. That to me is very sad. He and Michele espouse one thing, then we learn that what ever they say are all lies. I am not opposed to a black president – bring on Colin Powell – I would vote for him in a heartbeat.

Antoin,
The same reason that they and others dig up old stuff on Clinton. If it is fair to dig up things on her, it is also fair to treat Obama the same way.

Catiger: Thank you for accepting my apology. Do I remember the 70′s? Sure I do. However I do not remember racial strife at that time. I remember it as a good era, and racial problems were not an issue. Probably less than they are today as a result of Obama.

Obama keeps telling us what to see, what to hear, what to believe, he asks us to discredit our own intellect, our instincts, and our common sense almost on a daily basis. He asks us to laugh off obscene displays and he devolves to his 2 word lexicon (hope change) instead of answering serious questions.
I do not believe you any more Obama, you just look like a clown now trying to insist that I do.

Scott Buchele,
I agree that we should not be blamed for something that happened a couple of hundred years ago. We did not do this nor did our grandparents etc. Why should we continue to hear this nonsense in 2008? I also am an American, not a Polish/British American, just an American.

obama says when you hear things like wright’s statements you have to speak out forcefully against them. i guess he means after you get caught. first he tries to deny, deny, deny, as usual, then excuses and minimizes, then finally repudiates only when he has to. then he has the NERVE to try to use bobby kennedy for his own benefit! sorry, obama, i remember bobby kennedy and you are no bobby kennedy. you aren’t even up to the standards of teddy, which is a pretty low standard. at least he has accomplished some things when not having dead girl incidents.

obama is a divider not a uniter. he is a phony and a fraud. he is a liar and a liar and a liar and a liar. . . . the evidence keeps coming out, but the obamaites don’t care. they delude themselves into thinking he can win a general election. they call us names. what will they do when it’s all over and they have lost?

Obama the dissembler is at it again. Hate is love, lies are truths, division is unity . . .
Repeat ad infinitum and numb your enraptured audience into unthinking submission.
Obama, in addition to being indoctrinated by Mr. Wright, must have been an avid student of Orwellian Newspeak.
Thank God most of us still possess that most American of virtues: simple commonsense to see through BS.

ETHICS, CREDIBILITY, JUDGEMENT AND HONESTY are just some of the qualities required for a presidential candidate. Unfortunately, Senator Obama is lacking. He doesn’t hear his pastor’s statements of hate, he doesn’t see his fundraiser Rezko cheating poor people and yet wants the voters to believe he is the candidate that will bring all Americans together. NO WAY.

Many people thought that Obama came into this race like jackson and soon he will be out like them. Now that they realize that he is a serious candidate and ahead the RACIALLY based attacks started to flow.

” All of a sudden this kind of divisive stuff is ok because it is Obama.”
No it isn’t Obama. It’s a man he knows. Just like Hillary knows over forty convicted felons and dozens of misandrist gender feminists. Not even counting the ones dear Bill pardoned before leaving office.
Just like McCain is close to “end timer” lunatics like Hagee who want Israel attacked so Jesus can return to Earth..

OK lets keep digging up old dirt on Clinton and leave poor Obama alone. His supporters will never see the truth about this man no matter what anyone says. Can’t you Obamamaniacs ever post anything that doesn’t have something negative about Clinton in it?

Matthew,
You are not running for POTUS. In his position he should not be surrounding himself with people like Wright or Rezko. He won’t win the general election anyway, so maybe we won’t have to worry about it.

Pro-Hillary Democrats and organizations should consider create an open letter (with millions of voters’ endorsements) to Democratic National Committee in order to urge them allow a revote in Michigan and to honor the primary result in Florida. This letter would not be turned down easily if it was endorsed by millions of voters. Whoever has the resource or access should get this started.
Meanwhile, Democrats should not care about dividing the party as much as they care for this country. It should be ok if a continuing competition between Hillary and Obama would eventually help John McCain to win the election since McCain will be a better president than Obama because McCain is more trustworthy, reliable and royal to this country.

Yup, Obama supporters would rather vote for a conman into office. Kinda like the GOP voting george W. Bush into office.

Let’s see, Obama has been going to this church for 20 years. If he disagreed with the views of his pastor, wouldn’t you change to a different church??? Unless you really felt like America owed Blacks something. The media gave Obama a pass through most of the primary/caucuses and now that things are hitting the fan, Obama supporters are crying foul. This sort of vetting should have happened sooner. The high of the feel good empty rhetoric they were sucking in is wearing off. Regardless of what happens to Obama, I fear this will only hurt the democratic party in the general elections.

Common people…stop trying to pull this crap again!!! This time the United States of America has another chance to have a great and charismatic leader who can impact the lives of many; please, let’s grow up and stop hating each other, that is the only way out my black, latino and white fellows!

I love how some of you Obama haters will go so far as to talk of him being assassinated with something close to joy.
Evil is the word for you.
And if evil don’t like something, it has to be good/

You may be right about the assassination…but what are we suppose to do in America??? Give up the fight? Let discrimination prevale against us? Also, you say we should watch out what Obama says…WHAT????? Have you heard what every other candidate has said so far???
Finally, it is the notion of a whole new agenda that in fact has to be applauded; in politics, the simple and most honest actions are the ones that make a real change!!!

In thinking back, I remember a time when race really didn’t seem to be an issue in this nominating process, and then in the South Carolina primary, Tim Russert asked Obama about allegations that his campaign was involved in “race-baiting”. Obama denied it, and then Russert produced 4 pages of notes from the Obama campaign with quotes from Hillary or her campaign that might be interpreted as racist if magnified or taken out of context, whatever. That’s where the “divisiveness” began, so Mr. Obama should look be looking at himself and his shameful “race-baiting” techniques before he tries once again to blame this one on the Clinton campaign.

For 20 years Obama embraces the hate and racism of pator Wright, now because its bad for votes he denouces it. He said that words matter, yes Obama I agree words matter and your pastor words matter, and your lack of word to denouce it for 20 years matter!

Betty C,
I guess it doesn’t matter what the Clintons have done for the black community in the past. Nobody will ever change your mind so I am done. Go ahead and vote for this fraud. Come back here when he loses the election to the Republicans.
You haven’t seen half of what they will do to him. You had better believe this and several other things will be an issue in the general elction.

so, a person running for President was unaware of the philosophy and anger of a man he knew very well for 20 years…….I think America deserves a President who is more aware of what’s going on around him….or her

it was virtually impossible for obama to win in November before this whole ordeal…..now it is more of an obvious impossibility….

People join churches, clubs, teams because they identify with them, and feel happy there, because they represent their own inspirations.
Barak was a member of the church for 20 years. He went to libya with Wright and Farrakhan. He says he did not know that Wright or Farrakhan given “incendiary” speeches against the White devils. His wife never saw anything good in USA till now. He did not know Rezko was a crook, and his decision to take money from a crook and ask for property was a “bonehead” decision. 20 years!! And now the Obamacan-mites want to close their ears and their eyes to any simple test that shows the man does not represent the all American ideal and values they thought he did.
He is destroying the Democratic Party and this guy is going to bring the nation together? Give me a break!!

Obama is done with. I was a supporter but not anymore. I will vote for Hillary now.

Anthony, your vote only does not count,
You made a mistake G. Bush will not be on the ballot anymore.
Join us and put Obama to white house.
He is for the future. all well informed people both white man like me and black are working toward united America.
Church or pastor can not determine our future.
United we stand divided will fall boy.
Think cross over

I am increasingly worried about the slow incremental drip of divisiveness coming from the Obama camp: Michelle Obama’s portrayal of the country as only now being somewhere she could be proud of; the pre-South Carolina Primaries (the first where African-Americans were a sizeable voting force) when senior members of the Obama Camp, including Jesse Jackson Jr., distorted the Clintons’ words to paint them as racists; Pastor Wright, however, is the most concerning – and for Senator Obama to say that the video of his hate-speech is only “some” of what the good reverend says and believes in, is like saying that, besides hating Jews, Gypsies and Gays, Hitler loved animals … Disingenuous to say the least – and deeply disrepectful to those who lost loved ones on 9/11!

I believe in God and I know that God punish, if not punish, at least He would not help those who do bad things.
USA has acted like the world police and always uses it super power to intimate other countries in the world. Because of that God does not look at USA as His favorite “child”. Americans are usually okay and good poeple. However, in politic, the US government is not. When you fight a war not is not unjust, God would not help you. I don’t totally agree with Obama’s pastor, but I can see his point on why USA is in someway responsible for what happened on 9/11. When you chased the dog to the deadend street, this dog would fight back.

Mort you can say whatever you like. what we know is that America of today os not America of yesterday, where our great great grandparent treated other color defferently. Besides this guy is a half white. even though he not a half white why do we have united stated of America.
Who can actually come out and say my father is the origintor of USA. it is only white fought for American independent.
Boy give more break. the country belong to every one of us. Give Obama your vote
He is unstopable. Sen. Clinton is a nice lady, she should use any tactics to get vote, let her go straight to her pont dont bring this party down because of your selfish interest.

J.R Should we not hold ourselves to the same HIGH standards that we hold others?
Obama is claiming to be different than other politicians, he is the one trying to judge everyone else as divider and racist. He is the one not living up to the standards he is setting for every one else

Raul,
That is the problem I find with him. He’s said that he is different and not old politics,that he is above the all of that. Obviously he is not any better than any other politician. He is the one that has campaigned as the change candidate.

My God …why is he still being allowed to run for President of the United States….I just saw that video of Rev Wright..My God…It is worse then they say….and yet Obama is still picking up delegates on Saturday…Is he brain washing them….

We all know that Obama is a good speaker. And now he is trying to speak out both sides of his mouth. If this were Hillary everyone would be calling for her head. And remember Obama’s wife is the one who introduced Obama to Wright. And you know what she said about America. She is finally proud because her husband is running for pres. Please. We now know what the Obama’s think of America and American’s. And in order to take control and change things the way they want them. Well run for the top job. And change it for them only. Not for all American’s just the one they like. Remember Wright saying God D. America. Do we want someone in office that is a good friend’s and says that Wright is a mentor.. in our office. Come on people wake up. Obama is showing who he really is. NOW IS TIME TO ACT. DONOT VOTE FOR HIM. BIRDS OF A FEATHER AS THEY SAY….GREG

The End of Obama for President. Bye Barak, Bye Michelle, Bye poor children!

Eye In The Sky…there are not a lot of Obama haters on this web site…these are the people who were voting for Obama before they found out about Rev Wright…they simply changed their minds….

If Obama can’t pick his own pastor correctly why do we think he can pick a supreme court justice?

Why any difficulty that Obama encounters is blamed on somebody else? Obama himself said that he “REPEATEDLY” used bad judgement in dealing with Rezko. Do we want a president that “REPEATEDLY” commits the same bad judgement?

Obviously the other people in Obama’s church believe what pastor Wright is saying or they wouldn’t be jumping and jiveing. Do you think the Obama’s are still welcome there? I wonder if they will be attending today.

It’s disheartening. This whole Wright thing and Oboma’s response to it. I am a New Yorker and I cant stand Hillary. I haven’t from the start she move to New York because a committee determined New York was her best shot at getting elected to the senate. She came here not because she saw a way to help New Yorkers but rather a way New Yorkers could help her. I believe her bid for the white house is similarly motivated. The republicans felt with the current moron in the white house they couldn’t win so they conceded this race. What did the democrats do ,they paraded the same cast of characters as the last except one Barack Obama. I don’t think they gave him a chance this was to be Hillary’s time. However the rest of us saw a charismatic well spoke man we could all be proud to say He is our president. Now the disheartening part have Mr. Wrights remarks break in the media Barack Obama didn’t raise to the occasion he instead choose to lie. We all know the statement he never heard Wright speak of these things is a out and out lie. There is no way he wasn’t aware of his preacher and friend position on these things. That is ridiculous.
Now what? Who to vote for? The liar, the opportunist or the lobotomized republican.

As an American I am asking, requesting that Barack Obama step down. He has known this so called pastor for 20years. Soo Obama knew how he felt. And he knew what he was saying. So again. Barack be a gentleman and do the right thing and pull out of this race. You owe it to the American people. The real American people. The ones who love there country. Do the right thing and leave. greg b..

Mr. Obama, many believe you have fueled the “forces of division” because you did not denounce and separate yourself from Mr. Wright or Wright’s church. Furthermore Mr. Obama, you also did not denounce and separate yourself from your “friend” Mr. Rezko. There are many, many “forces of division” not only in the USA but in the world. It is the responsibility of each us, but more so politicians and leaders of the world, to minimize those “forces of division.” You, Mr. Obama, have fueled them by doing absolutely nothing.

Mike, i agree with you… finally people are begining to think for themselves… haliluaya!!!!

mmmm…. some quiet…seems as though some people are begining to get pricked by their own consciences… does that surprise me… mmmm not really. I believe people are fundamentally intellingent and capable of free thought

has free thought finally set them all free?

The is such a bunch of bull. You don’t stay at a church with a pastor, who protrays that kind of hate for the American people just because of the color of their skin. This goes for any race. This is a new generation that doesn’t see color anymore. Thank God all those old timers white and black that hold on to such bitterness and hate for each oter is rapidly disappearing. I want to see an African American run this country. But, not a hypocrite like Obama who has not been honest with the American people!!

I think Obama made it clear that’s he wasn’t aware of the statement , and he reject it , so for now I think the media would like to bring race into this election , Clinton’s campagin worked hard to show him as Less American in away they tired The Muslims names , the national Anthem , the Dress , the Canadian Spin in which a member of her staff involved .
The difference is about what he stand for not those issues and I think this what the Media overlooked .
well if people would like to talk about transparency let’s Clinton’s publish their TAX (It’s smell), as well their relations with Peter Paul , (the court date is not far ) .
Let’s talk about the issues that’s the voter’s would like to talk about

Yeah, Maurice, Obama was “unaware” of such statements, ideas and sentiments by his spiritual mentor of 20 years. And no, he wasn’t in church on the Sunday after 9/11 when that hateful, repulsive “sermon” was given.
Oh, and the earth is flat, by the way.

You Obama people are just like your candidate of choice. You refuse to accept that a man should be held accountable for his own actions, choices, beliefs. You blame everything on the media, the Clintons, the racist conspiracy…
The American voters are not that stupid. And seeing how Obama is handling this crisis, he doesn’t look like he needs any help from the Clinton camp in his self-destruction.

One is judged by the company one keeps.

SOrry to burst the bubble… but any other important issue please?

The hatred spuing in these blog posts is just appalling. These are the very “forces of division” that BO & others refer to. Certainly, we all have a right to disagree and express ourselves; but must we be hostile, offensive or disrespectful in doing so? Where is our civility? Even if you feel there has been an attack on your candidate, must you respond on the same level? You obscure your message and its meaning when you cloak it in hatred. Honestly, most people WILL listen (at least) to an opposing point of view if it comes from a place of respect. Civility. Remember civility.

chchu, what, no more holier-than-thou platitudes to counter with?
This is the issue, my benighted friend, that goes to the heart of whether we should be choosing someone who’s been touted by his own supporters as “inspirational,” “a uniter,” “a healer,” etc, since he has nothing else to offer in the way of policy or credentials or experience.
What baloney!

This article seems to have brought out the Neanderthal. Maybe they have been pushed off balance and made confused because they can’t vote for Bush this time, they should just write his name in, BUSH. Anybody so drastically affected by statement s from a preacher they disagree with must have very shallow intellects indeed. The theme of the blog seems to be I was going to vote for Obama until this incident occurred and now I am not going to vote for him. We are not fooled; they never intended to vote for Obama anyway.

No this is an important issue. Does the country want the first African American President to be a failure. It is important to look at this mans judgment. Look at the church he brought his children to. It is even a question if you should call this place a Christian church. The new minister seems just as hateful as Mr Wright. Mr. Obama should of been giving his minister the “sermon” he gave Indiana yesterday for the past 20 years. This is an issue. Also the revelation that he had a pretty significant relationship with Mr. Rezko which the campaign released in the midst of this scandal to try to diminish it. A person gives Obama $250,000 than that individual just happens to become his Realtor. Sounds like pay to play to me. What new kind of politics has Obama been talking about!

Now for the next step….blame someone else. It’s not his own lies, his own long-time association with this racist minister, it’s the forces of division. Well Obama, right now you are the biggest force of divsion out there.

J – I think in both cases – Ferraro and Wright, the words were likely taken out of context. Think of who this serves – the news media maybe? There are ratings issues…

Demo Rules,
Quit posting untruths. Hillary HAS NOT made racist comments. McCain is a war Hero and should be respected. She has also apologized more than once if anyone was offended by anything that they took as offensive.

Marty, maybe its a good idea to go to sleep now… attacking the person is not the same as attacking the issues. I admit i have been “lazy” doing my own reading and thus, as you put it, relying on blogs in this forum… But you still do agree that such blogs are sources of information do you not?

The question Ferraro raises is why does Clinton refuse to disclose her income tax returns the same way Geraldine Ferraro did when she was running for vice president. When the tax returns did come out Ferraro was finished and Mondale lost the election. After the election the House Ethics Committee also officially criticized Ferraro for mishandling campaign finances. So why did Hilary Clinton appoint her in charge of campaign finance? Some kind of judgement that is.

I don’t think Wright’s comments can be taken out of context. It’s plain and simple what he meant.

I am sorry Concerned Citizen, this country is in a very sorry state and we need to change direction. Death and destruction is being promoted around the world and our own economy is on the brink of disaster. Barack Obama is the man that can change this. The others have had their day, and look what a mess they have got us into. We will not be deflected by trivial concerns about skin color, we need change, and we need it now. Yes we can

Do you Dems understand what you are about to do?
If Obama is able to win the nomination, it will be based on votes cast before this broke. It will be seen as illegitimate. Don’t believe me? Why are Kennedy, Kerry, Bradley, etc not rushing to his side.
Then, in a year where Dems should clean up, Wright will implicitly be part of the top of the ticket. EVERY democrat running will then have to deal with the Wright issue in some form or another. Heck, the Repubs may pick up seats in Congress.
It may not seem like a big deal to the Obama supporters. But, here in Ohio, this will not go away. Good luck winning here with that type of baggage. Commercial of McCain in a POW camp morph to Obama/Wright with G** D*** America. Obama was down here six points before this scandal broke.

Have any of you heard anyone in the Hillary campaign talk about America the way Reverend Wright has? NO you haven’t. I find his comments about GD America very disturbing.

Dont try and confuse my comments with yours (some other Lee) – Hillary is our only hope. It is OBAMA THAT SHOULD LEAVE.
He and his “people” are tearing this country up and its stupid people like you naive and ignorant that are buying it. Thank God the Superdelegate can maybe undo the mess that all the duped people got us into.

If this was a candidate from another race that was attending a radical and racist church, then the story would be different. That candidate would be forced by the Party to step down. But the media’s and Pelosi’s darling, Obama, is still in the running.

The reason I continue to support Obama (or one of the reasons) is because Rev. Wright aside, he has spoken of replacing military action with diplomacy and to me this is our one hope of returning to who we should be. I think, I like most Americans want to be respected in the world, want to be a positive influence and want to get along. I don’t want to fight war after war – for what?
Posted by: me | Mar 16, 2008 8:29:25 AM
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HE is not going to do any such thing. You are delusional if you think he is going to put an end to this war in Iraq. He talked about bombing Pakistan, what does that tell you? Doesn’t sound very diplomatic to me.

We DEMOCRATS are fighting over what Barack Obama’s pastor said, and we have yet the analyze the words of John McCain’s spiritual adviser who calls Allah a demon spirit, which makes me ask whether these Conservatives are the same ones who came here seeking religious freedom. Wake up democrats and see the tactics that are being used against the party, and come back to the issue. We are going to be screwed in November because the party will be so divided that enough disaffection will tip the scale in favor of John McCain which will leave us with another 4 years of the Iraq war and more attempts to take away the little freedom that the people have left. Wake up!!!

Obama should just try to bow out gracefully. The long-term, close personal relationship with Reverend Wright is a nail in the coffin for the Democrats to claim the White House. There is no place for those sermons that have been blasphemous, hate mongering, and anti-american. It’s insulting that Obama says he wasn’t aware of the Reverend’s comments. If the media finds the “smoking gun” of Obama, his wife and/or children being at one or more of these sermons then it’s over for him as people will realize not only his very poor judgement but that he is lying about it now.

Oprah was a member of Obama’s church but disassocated herself a couple of year ago. But, her loyalty to african.

Tada….Well said.
It is very difficult to even discuss certain political issues with people when the reality is that too many individuals are full of disrespect for others.
All this discussions and arguments are pointless; here is a candidate that has some good insights and honest concerns, and guess what??? They need to bring him down cause he’s half black! AMERICAAAAAAAAA!!! Wake up!!!!
It’s not because of the stupid comments made a pastor who is clearly speaking out of frustration, that Obama automatically becomes a racist.
White people: you should be the last ones to pint fingers when it comes to race.
For those who can understand (few), Look at someone ‘s intelligence and charisma before you their color of skin.

This is the most entertaining political race in recent memory.
We have a relatively obscure candidate who his stylish and slick with virtually no leadership experience who wails against the forces of division even while continuing to add fuel to that fire. He asks us to trust in his judgment.
The only problem is that he has apparently forgotten about the dirty little, or not so little secrets that expose his bad judgement that he is trailing behind him.
He stands before us offering explanations that are just plain ridiculous, smiles and offers up more politico-babble.
He is aided in this by several news outlets who instead of doing their job are trying frantically to pretend that these things are not happening. They are giving him hope that if he presses on with his current course he will be OK. The only problem is their assumption that all of us are stupid enough to believe him.
Obama’s following has I think peaked and will in fact start to diminish in numbers as more light is shined on him and his associates. It is just a shame that when presented with such an opportunity the Democrats chose to take aim and get it so completely wrong.
This is going to get even stranger and funnier before it is over.

Where is the Rev. Sharpton?
So used to seeing him in the mist of controversy on racism.

Sen Obama, I know what Bobby Kennedy said about MLK, what would the Rev King say about the Rev Wright’s words of peace.
by wothah

Everyone is responsible for their own actions. If Obama said those words okay..i’d change my vote. but he cant be responsible for the comments of others. What do you think?

Once you sharks smell blood in the water the feeding frenzy is on. I find it amusing that the Clinton’s finally found something that gets you in the feeding frenzy! If you are that stupid and shallow nobody needs your loyalty anyway! If all you can get on Obama is a sermon he says he never listened to it’s a slow news day. As for contributions – everybody has to account for it and the Clinton’s have been convicted of it several times! Bottom line – you don’t want America to change – you just want us to stay in this whirlpool of apathy!

You have the Obama “red flags”…they’ve been there. Pay heed or not. We vote for integrity, character, and leadership. If he “leads” his family into the arms and voice of a radical rascist pastor, that’s a red flag. If he allows his children to be exposed to such hatred, that is a flag. If he lies about it, it’s a red flag.

How can anyone know someone’s inner thoughts and feelings. You can’t. But you can exercise judgement based on an individual’s actions and the company he/she keeps. This race is about the best candidate to lead or nation and promote the Democratic agenda. Character and judgement is a critical element. Both candidates have come under scrutiny as to these elements. My point here is that Obama, in this case, has exercised poor judgement. I would go as far as to say very poor judgement. He is not the ultra clean candidate that many have believed he is. The voters just need to make up their own minds as to how this lack of judgement compares to Clinton’s.

Statements by the Rev. are racist (by years of birth the man is an older american, like many older whites who have a tendency toward more bigotry). Maybe the younger generations of whites and blacks can break the tyranny of racial divide. I’m in my 40′s and wish for racial harmony but see a lot of hidden tolerances under the surface. I think people are people, but have skepticism when their is politically correct racism in politics such as liberal and conservative labels to hide behind. Do you think Obama really hates or is bigoted towards white america. I don’t. I am black and have skepticism because of the hidden actions of some whites who look at race and incorporate years of growth into their decisions. Hopefully the younger generations can have a more prosper healing of the hidden racial divides tha still exist as some of the older stereo-types and older race conscious American die out. Maybe we can truly get there.

I just don’t get it that some people would actually vote for this empty-suit.
He financially supported this “church” and listened to that anti-american rant for 20 years…I don’t need to hear more.
I’m a democrat, but will vote for McCain in the general if it comes to that.He’s a man who’s always been proud of his country and has served it with honor!

Sen Obama is far from unknown.
His wirtings, views and legislative experience far out weighs Hillary Clinton’s.
What the Wright video’s did was give those people who would never vote for a black man anyway ammunition to support their decision.
What so many Clinton supporters seem to miss is that many of those same people will not support a woman for president either.
any of you who think Sen Clinton is “fully vetted” is delusional.
Maybe before 2000 she was but in the eight years since 2000 both Pres and Sen Clinton have been extraordinarily secretive.
And if you are follish enough to think that Fox News spewing all this Obama stuff now is not their attempt to get Obama out of the race so they can run against Sen Clinton — you should ask yourself why didn’t FOW wait until the general election to do this smear association?
The simple answer is – they know that John McCain will will against Hillary Clinton and that Barack Obama will win against John McCain –
Think about it — why did the swift boat campaign wait for the general?
Obama got everything out this week – all the Rezko stuff, all the earmarks everything –
Now ask Sen Clinton –

I these are Obama’s supporter arguments and statements, I am afraid he will be disbarred or replaced in the senate. What is the support?

Greg,
As a black man, I couldn’t agree with you more ……… But why is it that folks think that black americans are some monolithic group. When most black folks look at Al Sharpton, they laugh …… get to know more black folks in a more initmate way, and you’d find that out. Lastly, no one has answered my question …… Barack Obama’s mother is white; so does anybody really think he’s a bigot?

Sen Obama, u have stated that for the past 20 years of your church going, that the Rev Wright has only spoke words of peace and joy to u and your family. That not one time did he ever speak words of hate when “U” or your “FAMILY” was their in “CHURCH” Whats your voting record in DC in showing up to vote. My question is where were “U” on these days of CHURCH GOING and SENATOR of ILLINOIS VOTING in “DC”
by wothah

Well Patriot, you are wrong. I am a white person with black friends.. I am a great believer in the black comm. I live in a mostley black neighborhood,and I never felt more welcome in any neighborhood then this one.And like Bill Cosby’s opinion they agree. That everyone needs to take respons,in there life.I see the struggle that young black america has.even when they get out of the gangs because of the stress of there fellow persons to get back in. I see it is really hard on young black makes esp. However if they really want to make it they can. We all have hard times. That is a fact of life. However you donot have to make hateful remarks about any race. And donot blame one race for your diffeculty. Working hard and smart will get you far.It has been proven before and will be proven again. So you view point of the older gen. is totally off. greg

Sorry Patriot. I totally miss read what you have said.. My bad…greg

Mr. Wright is just the tip? Schumer and Dodd are on Fox trying to change the importance of who Barry really is? Wrights church is one of many across
America. Follow his speaking schedule, his followers are in the millions? They are militant, organized, financed. When Wright defends the Hamas terroist, this is Obamas real motive and Wrights
sermons are just a sliver of their true agenda?
Frank Marshal Davis
was in Kanas, Hawaii and Chicago? Follow Obama and
the DSA?. Dingel, Lugar, Hagel, Schumer, Dodd,
Emmanuel, Soros money, the list is huge.Mr. Wrights
terror ties are endless, You dont stay
in a church you dont agree with, I lead groups on a
regular basis, people that dont agree leave quick.
Im surprized Juan told the truth? Mr. Wright was on
Obamas family council until his views were made
public, this is Obamas Hope, Change?

I mean Hillary should bow out!

Hillary and McCain will Bankrupt this Country!

Heard on Fox News that many people are calling Fox News and MaxMedia with videos of Obama in the church with the Preacher clapping, cheering and yelling.
He must’ve made alot of people mad as they are selling them to media!!! The truth always comes out.

On the other hand Hillary Praised McCain who is a Republican, and she did this on National T.V. and should be BOOTED from the Democratic Party

Sen McCain is in Iraq visting our HEROES “GOD BLESS AMERICA” and McCain Ex-Sen obama and the Rev wright
by wothah

You can write all the slush about Obama. He’s captured the public mood, attention and he represents the hope that’s been missing since I was born. Sorry, he’s unstoppable now.

I am from Pa. And I lived here all my life. And I can tell you one thing come April 22 this will be on voters mind. I donot think America will forget about this anytime soon. I have always been for Hillary,however If Obama thinks he lost alot of white votes before he has’nt seen anything yet.. I believe that he might even lose some of the black vote. So Obama can forget Pa. to many working class in Pa. both from black and from white voters…greg b.

Obama… Obama… Obama… is he the ONLY candidate left in this presidential race??? He sure is getting a LOT of FREE media exposure. How come we haven’t heard Hillary clamoring for EQUAL time??? Com’on Hillary, turn UP the heat on this LIGHTWEIGHT and demand your equal time! I want to see more democratic carnage. And as the democrats annihilate each other, John McKennedy is preparing his TRANSITION team.

I am an African American of bi racial heritage, however, the only portion most Americans have treated me like was the black portion. This despite the fact my eyes are blue.
I laugh when people are shocked that someone mentioned America is a racist country. I laugh when they say “that was two hundred years ago and I had nothing to do with it” Yet, blacks are still being discriminated against in the job markets and in corporate leadership positions. What would many white people response be if their daughter brought home a black man as the person she is in love with and wants children by him. They would start talking about how tough of time the children would have and how they are not racist, they are just concern about the children. Well if America is not racist, then why are you concerned about the potential children. Get real and get a grip.

No wonder Senator Obama, doesn’t reach latinos. He is so disefranchised, so divorced and so isolated with the latino community. If we don’t count now, what would be of us later on? He would crush latinos with hate. It is so regretful the demagogue of Senator Obama. A typical opportunist and typical politician. Change?

I’m disturbed by the racist tone of many of the comments here. It sounds like a bunch of rednecks who are outraged that Wright had the nerve to call America racist and sinful. I guess the truth hurts. But this is hardly outside the mainstream of black churches. MLK expressed a similar statement that God would have said we are too arrogant:
“Don’t let anybody make you think God chose America as his divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole
world. God has a way of standing before the nations with justice and it seems I can hear God saying to America “you are too
arrogant, and if you don’t change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power, and I will place it in the
hands of a nation that doesn’t even know my name. Be still and know that I’m God. Men will beat their swords into
plowshafts and their spears into pruning hooks, and nations shall not rise up against nations, neither shall they study war
anymore.” I don’t know about you, I ain’t going to study war anymore.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Address to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1967-08-16)

It’s probably been said before but it’s hard to accept that Obama knew this man for 20 years and never heard this hate-filled speach? Everyone, black or white, should take a long look at this particular issue and think about whether or not Obama belongs in the White House – the pilot house of our country. In my book, no way!

This should not be a trivial issue. Patriotism, love and pride of our land is a pre-requisite for even being being a citizen, let alone President.
As a passionate Democrat ,yet a more patriotic American, I need to be really and fully reassured on this if Obama is the nominee for me to vote for him in the general election. The Democrats in the states that still have the primary and Super-Dels should demand these answers and stop him being the nominee if the answers are not forthcoming

Wow, another great question to ponder “Can ANYONE answer”….that is the foundation of this entire conversation.

This should not be a trivial issue. Patriotism, love and pride of our land is a pre-requisite for even being being a citizen, let alone President.
As a passionate Democrat ,yet a more patriotic American, I need to be really and fully reassured on this if Obama is the nominee for me to vote for him in the general election. The Democrats in the states that still have the primary and Super-Dels should demand these answers and stop him being the nominee if the answers are not forthcoming

Hello… is anybody listening to this hypocrit…. he.s denouncing the forces of division… how about starting with the biggest perpetrator of all, his pastor for 20 years rev wright…..racist, hater, propogandist… is this anything different than the brainwashing Al Quaida does?

As an AA woman with a lot of white GOP & Dem friends, I’ll tell you what I told them.
Any of you outraged at Obama’s minister know darn well that we all have someone we love in our lives with racist views of what we are. Do we discard them because of this one aspect in their general sum parts – NO!
My GOP Mormon friend just told me after 10 yrs of true friendship that blacks can’t get to a large part of the highest level of Heaven because on earth they can’t reach a certain post within the Mormon church due to their rules.
She sees nothing wrong with this Mormon rule, nor that blacks could hold a position period in the church until ’77 or ’78.
I first cried racist, but did I discard her? No. Because on further thinking I realized she like many euros here feel its okay for these type of views, but be darn others don’t agree.
Whites see themselves as the America and their ideals ONLY are American.
If anyone opposes these ideals then those people are un-American after all we’ve done for “the others.”
Examine what you gave as a descendent of Euro descent, and maybe, just maybe you can see why there other American ideals that are not your own.
Really give thought to who you love/friends with and ask yourself why you care about these people. Do you oppose their racial views?
If you do then Obama’s connection is no different than your own. You friends and loved ones are MORE than this one aspect.
P.S. Obama’s view of the world/America is what he speaks. He’s a birth of unity, so he can’t discard his white family or African family. And don’t you ever think that his white/black side disowned him from his families side!
So, don’t think he holds the same views of Rev. Wright/white person. His blood and experiences won’t allow it mentally or biologically!
I ask everyone of you that are outraged if you were of 2 bloods what would your blood cry out for? As I see it nothing but Unity with crazy bloodlines of 1 descent yellin’ crazy stuff against the other bloodline
BTW – Barack Obama is being called “trash” by a black minister I think in NY (You Tube) because his mother was white. Rev. Wright called him a black man on the video disregarding his white mother.
So which one of these 2 people are correct? Again – imagine why he cries out for unity!

Obama looks more like Bush every day. Ignor his Pastor, ignor his friend Rezko, the prob is the divisiveness of the people that expose Obama`s mistakes!

I don;t know how anyone whose message is focused on unity and positivity can choose a spiritual advisor of 20 years who expresses so much anti-american and racist sentiment.
And his church seems to promote a separatist message which is couunter to his pan-racial message.
So many contradictions!
And Obama has gotten to think we are pretty dumb, if he thinks that we believe that he never knew that his pastor had such thoughts. Seriously???

Orion, Orion, Orion,
You my dear are brainwashed by the looney hard left. Nothing I can say or write here will change that.
I hope one day you will break the bondage not that of your ancestors but from yourself.
Ideologically NOT – Give me a break!
IN REALITY across the street from me in my subdivision is a black doctor, at the end of the block is a black lawyer. That’s just for starters. This didn’t happen in a vacuum, but with positive thinking and action and not the bogatry of negative thinking.
Peace

Well, I once visited a friend’s church. Her minister was about to retire. He was about as far out as Obama’s about-to-retire minister. Only my friend’s minster was all worked up over “non christians thinking they would go to heaven.” He ticked off every known religious group I had ever or will ever hear of. He discussed the fires of hell. On and one. Jonathan Edwards reborn.
I think about-to-retire minsters think they better get their message across before they leave the pulpit. They MUST be heard or pass on as someone insignificant. So the go totally overboard and a bit nutty. My friend was and still is a good friend. She was a teenager then, an adult now. She believed it mostly then, not at all now.
The minister was talking crazy nonsense. The people who clapped have had time to rethink. They may have had very bitter and painful racial encounters, watched their parents struggle in a then segregated world.
That is not our world today. Barack Obama understands that. He is not about anything that is based on division, hatred, or fear.
I’m sorry the minister was. But that is certainly not what Barck Obama is about. Obama’s mantra: respect, empower, include.

After months of watching
CNN, Fox News, Headline News, and MSNBC, among others,
to keep up with the Presidential Campaign.
The many times and the way I have seen the 3:00 am call, which was put out in Texas, and now the Pastor Dr. Wright. Over, and over, and………
I find it hard to watch any of you guys any more, because watching you is like watching an African American being lynched by the media, and being able to do nothing about it.
You are only proving Rev. Wright’s claims.

Apparently Reverend Wright was a pastor for 20 years; that means he has given at least 1000 sermons in his career… and yet we are judging his whole record by short snippets from two, perhaps three fiery sermons. I do not find it unreasonable to assume that these speeches were not the regular fare at the church every Sunday. Additionally, one of the things that we see did not see at the end of one of these frequently run clips was Wright’s statement that Jesus called him to love his enemies. I assume that his sermon then went on to discuss his parishioners’ relationship with God and Jesus.
While I am apalled by yells from the pulpit to damn America, I understand that it is difficult to separate this sort of rhetoric from what has been described a “the black experience” in America.I do not think it cannot be denied that many black Americans feel betrayed by the promise of America (while of course there are many others who feel that they have lived America’s promise).
We certainly cannot deny that America’s past has had some tragic chapters for black Americans. And as an older African-American man, Wright is directly a product of America’s segregated past, and her often angry and violent civil rights struggle. I understand Wright’s context but cannot support his words.
And I believe that is also Obama’s position. I believe Obama when, as a product of the post-civil rights era, and as a biracial person, he says that his vison of America is one of a country that moves beyond division and racial and political separation to address the serious challenges that we face, such as an economy in crisis, a banking sector in trouble, spiralling health care costs, failing educational systems, rising unemployment, a war that still remains to be won and plummeting consumer confidence.
These serous issues demand that we move beyond racial balkanization and partisanship to address the problems that face ALL Americans!

Obama supporters are wrong claiming this is a non-issue created by the media in a presidential campaign, and it is only because Barack Obama is African-American.
Obama supporters should check the media uproar prompted by the visit of Presidential candidate George W. Bush in 2000 to Bob Jones University which was famous for policies such as no allowing interracial dating which was dropped after the media uproar.
Barack Obama should stop his denial and do the same George W. Bush did in 2000 after the media uproar prompted by his visit to Bob Jones University. Excerpt: “Bush issued a formal letter of apology to Cardinal John O’Connor of New York for failing to denounce Bob Jones University’s history of anti-Catholic statements. At a news conference following the letter’s release, Bush said, “I make no excuses. I had an opportunity and I missed it. I regret that….I wish I had gotten up then and seized the moment to set a tone, a tone that I had set in Texas, a positive and inclusive tone.”
After the denial that he and his family have listened one of the “ugly heads” of hatred for 20 years, Barack Obama is now accusing those reporting as “forces of division”.
Barack Obama should apologize accepting responsibility to have knowledge of his preacher ideas. Obama should use his friend Oprah Winfrey apology for initially defending James Frey, author of “A Million Little Pieces.”
Oprah said: “I made a mistake and I left the impression that the truth does not matter. And I am deeply sorry about that, because that is not what I believe. To everyone who has challenged me on this issue of truth, you are absolutely right.”

Obama IS the force of division. His supporters are the biggest bunch of racists I have ever seen in my entire lifetime. I’m talking about the black voters ignorant to any issues other than his skin color.
To even suggest it is Hillary and her supporters that are a force of division is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Obama is the one with the ignorant supporters. Obama is the one with the church of hate. Obama is the one who doesn’t wear the flag. Obama is the one who has ties to muslims. Obama is the one who’s stepdad is a wahibist muslim, equal to Osama. Obama is the one who’s wife hates America. Obama is the one who’s mother hates religion. Obama is the one who blindly leads the dumb with a simple word of change.
I will never vote for Obama. Hillary or bust. Oh and before you obamamites even try to be clever, you have done this to yourselves so go and say it to a mirror.

For those people who believe Obama never knew of Rev. Wright’s hate filled sermons I refer you to a news publication dated in August 2007.
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/8/8/194812.shtml?s=lh
It was a well know fact that Wright was a hateful pastor. So why has it taken Obama so long to come out and denounce Wright – because Obama could no longer hide it from the mainstream media.

I am trying not to picture Barack Obama inviting his pastor, Wright, to a White House dinner. But, mark my words, if this man is elected, it is going to happen. “The Forces of Division”? Start looking in your own backyard Barack; before pathetically blaming the media and your opponent. Shame on you Barack Obama, for lying to America already.

Senator Obama said he was different from other politicians. He said he wanted “transparency” in government. He said words matter. He initially said Tony Rezko was someone associated with a church group for which he had done about 6 hours work. Then he said Tony Rezko was a fund raiser who had raised about $150000 for Obama’s previous campaigns, and the Obama campaign was giving it to charity. Then Obama admitted he went into a real estate deal with Mrs Rezko, a deal advantageous to Senator Obama. Even though Rezko was under investigation. Called it “boneheaded”. Now admits Rezko has raised a much larger amount that previously stated. Approx. $250000. Brought this info out at the same time the info on his 20 year relationship with the Rev J Wright came to light. Is this transparency? Is this good judgement? Is this honesty? Or is this just hypocrisy? Sorry, Senator, your explanations just do not ring true! I cannot support someone who sets himself up as being better than everyone else, but refuses to accept responsibility for his actions. Is this really the man we want as our President? Haven’t we had that the last 7+ years? Time for change indeed! I am voting for Hillary. If she doesn’t get the nomination, I will vote for Nader!

The Hillary desperate machine is really out today. Hillary lied about her part in the S Chip statute. She lied about her “dangerous situation” in Bosnia. We still don’t know all the information about the Vince Foster matter, Whitewater, or her tax returns for the last 5 years!!
Where are the tax returns for 2000-2006. We shouldn’t have to wait for them. She lacks integrity. Do you really want Bill back in the white house to chase interns and make backroom illegal/unethical deals with the Chinese and others?
I rather have a man who is ministered by a former marine who served his country and speaks the truth about this country, than a lying scandelous woman and her husband.

I am a 44 yr old, white, educated, single mother, small business owner in Colorado.
I am going to tell the truth here. The reason I was outraged by Geraldine Ferraro’s statements was because in my opinion they were deliberate and she repeated them to create the effect of division. If she was just expressing her frustrations to me personally that she believed that Senator Obama was beating her candidate because he was black, I would have found that ridiculous but could understand her frustration.
While I don’t think his remarks were intelligent or necessarily helpful to te people he serves… I heard him speaking to the reality that a majority of black men end up in prison in our country. AND I think it is important for the country to look at why this is true and to do something about it. Facts are facts but as long as this issue isn’t causing pain for us personally, we don’t seem to care or have the will to do anything about it. So in this church are sitting people who all probably know a loved one in jail… a young man with potential who is now living in prison… and not just a few but probably everyone in that church… so while Rev. Wright doen’st help them with his comments my opinion is that he was speaking to the deep pain they could feel as a community. I was fortunate to have the experience of living in Gulfport Mississippi when I was ten and my father was stationed there. I went to a school that had a population of 98% black students. They seemed to hate me because they expected me to hate them. They were used to being hated by the white people that they knew. I learned how to navigate life without hating them even though they often wanted to hurt me because of their pain. There were a few who noticed that I didn’t hate them and they were more neutral toward me. But this experience taught me about the pain of racism. It is a big and very real issue for our country. We may need to be united more than ever with the challenges we face.
I wrote to Senator Obama and asked him to run for president because the first time I saw him and heard him speak I knew he could bring more unity than division. I could see that he is brilliant and has ‘innate’ leadership qualities on a grand scale and his race was not on my mind. I think it is a wonderful plus that he has white mother and a black father because there is potential here to bring more attention to the change needed and to unify our country.
I do not expect any person or politician to be perfect but I DO STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT SENATOR OBAMA WILL TRY TO LIVE UP TO HIS IDEALS PERSONALLY AND PUBLICALLY. I am looking forward to finishing this primary season, declaring our nominee (from a fair process and not letting it be stolen) and unifying to win the presidency in November and to having a new kind of president in the White House that will be a breath of fresh air for our country and its people.
OBAMA/EDWARDS ’08

Hmmmm…let’s see.
Someone withholding tax returns for 5 years versus the venomous racists speech of someones long time pastor and confidiant. Yes I can really see how the tax return thingy would be so much more important..

ALL WE PRAY IF FOR THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA TO CHOSE A PRESIDENT THAT KNOWS THEIR NEED S,A PRESIDENT THAT CAN BRING BACK THE PRIDE OF AMERICA A PRESIDENT THAT WILL BRING PEACE TO THE WORLD,A PRESIDENT THAT WILL LEAD THE GREAT AMERICANS TO THE TO OF THE NEW GENERATION LEADERSHIP THIS GENERATION IS NOT ALL GENERATION WHICH WAS A GENERATION OF WAR THIS ITS A GENERATION OF BRAIN NOT A GENERATION OF WEAPON

Of course Obama can win the general election.
Hillary however will lose a general election. If she gets the nod we will be hearing all about Peter Paul. Her campaign will be mired in that scandal. She will inspire Republicans to donate RECORD AMOUNTS OF MONEY to McCain. We will see the nastiest campaign in the history of American politics.
America will become even more divided than it is now.
Wright will be branded as a crazy and become a non-issue.

Wow how can Obama sat in that church for 20yrs and didnt know anything about this monster racist ???? the funy thing is he only knew this when he running for the president. Obama is biggest phony in America and What about Tony Rezco ??? a good friend of Obama. Change Change Change , yea Obama can change God Bless America into God Damn America.

So glad that we now get to see Obama’a true colors. There is absolutely no way that we can seriously be expected to believe Obama’s statement re the Wright affair… That he wasn’t aware of the sick, incendiary and divisive views of his pastor. That is a slap in the face of every voter directly from Obama himself. Obama attended his church for 20 years; was married by him; children baptised; involved him in his campaign and so much more… Obama knew the views of this ‘pastor’ and denying this fact only makes it clear that Obama is NOT the person he wants you to believe he is. For a campaign being run on judgement and not on experience… Obama is clearly showing that he is NOT the right person to be the next President of these United States.

Church — Obama chooses not to pledge allegiance, his wife is not proud to be an American and his minister/friend curses us. My disdain is now racist? You’re going to have a tough time proving that one. I held the same disgust for Giuliani’s support for his minister/friend who is a known child molester. I don’t even know or care what color he is.
A person is known by his or her associates. If you surround yourself with those who hate America it can be safely assumed that you either hate America as well or at least tolerate those who do. Race, religion, shoe size and favorite ball team have nothing to do with it.

Tigerjcs:
stating the truth about the racial history of this country isn’t hate. Telling the truth about this country isn ‘t unpatriotic. I love this country, but understand that it is not perfect. I’m not a coward who runs away from the truth.
The truth is that prior to this country’s independence and for the first 100 years thereafter, there were black slaves. For the next 90 years after the 13-15 Amendments were passed, millions of whites attempted to deny blacks their access to life, liberty and equality. At that same time the government ran experiments with black men (Tuskgee syphillis experiment) At the same time, there were millions of whites who fought side by side with blacks to win their freedom and equality. Today, there are millions of whites who don’t believe that all blacks are inferior.
That’s the truth. It’s not hateful or unpatriotic.

What is it that you critics of Obama are afraid of? Afraid that Obama will get in office and outsource you jobs to folks of color? Clinton and Bush already did that (Saudi Arabia and China and Latin America). Are you afraid he will ruin your economy as he helps make countries of color richer while putting America in debtor’s prison? Bush already did that (China and Saudia Arabia). Will Obama put you in economic slavery and take away all your rights as free citizens? Bush and the Republicans are well on the way to doing so in the Patriot Act, and they are real “patriots”. Funny, seems the one you fear that is trying to get past divisions and put this country back together, is far safer than those white men who realy failed you. Seems you should be casting the racist finger at those white men, not Obama. They are the ones who have really caused you true harm, not a black man trying to right wrongs who is a member of a black church that has a minister that no one yet can say is a liar. Use your heads people, not your reactionary hearts.

The only thing that can be condemned that the pastor said is “God damn America.” So don’t vote for the pastor when he runs for office.

You know what I find ironic. He accuses Hillary of bringing race into this election. Here you have his own pastor for the past 20 years spewing garbage about race and then him denying he ever heard him speak that way. Anyone who beleieves that doesn’t have the brains they were born with!

Time to hang it up Obama, Yes words matter and judgement matters, and you fail on both. Your apology looked like a fraud and you looked like a defeated man, at least you figured that out correctly.

If a chicken looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck. Does this make any sense?

Obama is a force of division. I had really not seen how its always someone elses fault according to his people.
MLK might have agreed with some, his message would have been different. I don’t subscribe to hate, but I won’t give in to it either.
Obama should not be President at this point.

MLK was against hate and would never support Obama.

President Barack Obama is inevitable and you know it. You will vote for him because your brain works.

in response to TOTHEPOINT, your wrong. USA is a noble country. It is a generous country. It has been a compansionate country. it has sacrificed so much for the betterment of mankind and it’s citizens.
Now, our history is littered with bigotry, hatered, greed,and all the evils we can inflict on one another. That is Because, we are part of the human condition. And all of mankind’s history is littered with the same foilables. It is part of our species. But, the one difference is, we have the institutions, the mindset,the culture that over time, we see the injustice, and move to correct it. We were better when we declared independance in 1786 than the rest of the world in our ideals. We’ve grown generation with each generation, seeing our ills and our evil side, and tried to correct them. Very few nations can claim that track record. I am despondant at times over the way we can go into evil during many parts of our history. I am proud we reconized that, and were not afraid to correct them. Yes, we have a way to go to nirvana, as does all of mankind. But, I would put my chips on the USA doing it than any other nation on earth.

Well, I can see this website doesn’t echo the majority nor is it willing to engage in any intelligent debate about the failures of our country to rid itself of this racist hate. There is a new generation of Americans who I believe, I firmly trust will indeed not want to raise their children in this mess. I believe they will continue to speak loud and clear for change. I believe Obama will continue to fight for that change. You will not stamp out his voice nor the voice of millions who see the ugliness of hate on both sides of the coin and will fight you and everyone else who wants to keep our country mired in hate. Obama for President! Vote for a better America

J: I haven’t mentioned not one word about Hillary’s campaign.
In fact have you read anything I’ve said? I am not talking about Hillary. I’m talking about people and the state of these United States of America. We need someone who will help all her people black, white, latino & asian heal our land. I believe Obama is uniquely qualified and also brilliant.
I’m not voting against Hillary I’m voting for Obama.

I refuse to settle for anything less than Barak at the top,I know Hillary’s put this stuff out there…we ain’t gonna be miss Scarlett’s squeaky maid no mo…she pale as hell…she remind me of Oprah Winfrey’s white lady boss in “Color of Purple”…I ain’t gonna vote for her

tlpink1996
I didn’t say you did. I am pointing out that there is a double standard when it comes to this race issue. Clinton has helped the black community as well as latino’s etc in the past. Obama isn’t going to heal squat. He’s no better than any of the past politicians.
IF you believe that he is going to change anything then you are naive. He has lied repeatedly about Rezko, Wright and the Canadian Nafta thing. How is he different than anybody else? He needs to back up his flowery, feel good rhetoric with actions not words.

President Barack Obama is inevitable and you know it. You will vote for him because your brain works. The republicans can try to make you vote for Hillary who they know they can beat easilly. But you are no fool. You will come back to help heal our nation. Keep your eyes on the prize. Ignore old man Wright.

The truth is finally starting to come out and “the truth will set you free”. America, wake up and smell the coffee. Obama doesn’t want his records out anymore than he wants Rezco, his pastor, earmarks, or anything else to come out for that matter. Doesn’t he know by now if, it’s negative information, all he has to do is look sweet and repute, denounce or deny it and the media won’t bring it up again. What a plague on all of us, the mainstream media. FOX is turning out to be more fair in this election than nearly all the rest. Come on media, OB’s not on the level on the Rev. Wright issue or anything else it now seems. He only speaks the truth when he gets caught in a lie or half truth. How much more is lingering out there for Republicans to mo-up the floor with him if, and that’s a big “IF”, he gets the nomination. God help us if he does! Our country needs “US” to stand-up for her now. Our future lingers in the balance of the impending primaries & general election. We need a President to restore our standing at home and abroad. We need Hillary, not inexperience and a very questionable past, and certainly not Senator more of the same, McCain.

Even amidts Rev. Wrights contraversy, the next president Barack Obama nets 10 new deligates in Iowa. That’s what realy counts. Isn’t it?

tlpink1996
The double standard of Obama supporters when Geraldine Ferraro’s comments and Bill Clintons comment were made and these comments from Rev. Wright. Obamamaniacs were screaming their heads off last week. I see what actions he has taken…lol. Look no further than Rezko and Wright. He has lied on several occasions and he is not trustworthy. He is just as crooked as the next politician. Not a change from the old.
I don’t believe this man for a second. What detailed plans? He hasn’t said how he is going to achieve all he is promising and who is going to pay for it. Most of his stuff has been taken from Edwards and Clinton.

Alex….we are so proud. You learned to talk properly. I actually understood what you wrote

J, you are right in saying “…If any of you Obama people don’t see what this man has spewed is indeed hate against OUR country…
By “this man” I think you mean Rev. Wright not barack Obama. What he said is not appropriate at all if we are going to heal as a Nation. That is what Obama is trying to unite the nation against, be it from Rev. Wright or those older White males who vote solely on the bases of race.
Now I know you will say but blacks vote 90% for Obama. Remember Obama started to get more black votes after whites led the way in Iowa. Also, Obama is not a black grievance candidate like Jesse Jackson or even Al Sharpton.

The difference is, its not about black, white with everyone. That may be hard to grasp, but its true. Some people don’t put up with racism from either, some people aren’t proud no matter which race, is getting “shutout”.
Racism is wrong either way, it hurts a persons pride, no matter if they are the same color.
Ferraro’s comment sounded like a snipe. The Reverand’s went past that into racism. Obama and the Reverend are both intelligent people, educated, and they were aware. All the wonderful comments Obama has made about this ‘spiritual advisor’, this friend and mentor he has known years, but he claims now, never heard him say anything like this.

J: Of course we can all agree to disagree. Just a couple of things though, you are judging one man’s 66 years of living on 3 clips you’ve seen of about what 30-60 seconds each. How is that a credible judgement. This man has an 8,000 mixed member church of different races that he’s pastored for 35+ years. Trinity reports to UCC the predominantly white christian organization United Church of Christ, headquartered in Ohio I believe. Do you think if he was as racist and divisive as the MSM has said they would let him hold his status in the demnomination. We’e got to be smarter than that. Also Obama has served 8 years in Illinois legislature, do you really believe no one investigate the church he attended until a year ago?
This issue has one purpose and that’s to destroy not just Obama but the democratic party. And since Dem’s continue to fight it might have a good run at it.

Ferraro also brought up the fact that when she ran for VP she was not qualified either. Her comments alluded to the fact that this man a few years ago was unheard of, suddenly he is running for President and the concept is new and fresh to some people. She basically said a white man that had Obama’s appeal wouldn’t be in the same position because it is not new and fresh.
On the other hand Rev. Wright’s comments crossed that racial line as well as being unpatriotic.

Obama had my vote until this revelation. Now I have to vote for that broom riding opponent of his or not at all.

J: I think that’s great for you, and I agree with that philosophy and practice in kind. I think so does Obama.
However, I know many people family and friends who I lovely dearly who have scars of the past. I don’t agree with them on many issues, but I certainly understand them and continue to befriend them for after all each is a total person who still has much to offer to my life.

tlpink1996,
That is great you feel Obama is the better candidate, I think Hillary is, despite her faults. For me its’ not a race thing, not voting for him. I just don’t see how he is going to put his words into action. I do believe there is alot more that will come out in the general election. If this was 8 years from now and I knew the man a bit more, I might put my trust and my country into his hands. At this point in time, I cannot do that.

I am tired of being called a racist because I do not believe Barack Obama is qualified to be president of the United States. I am not voting for him because he lacks experience and judgment, because I have seen him lie over and over on issues regarding the Rezko connection and the NAFTA fiasco with Canada, and now obviously because he has been a member of this divisive church for 20 years, supporting it to the tune of almost $25,000.00 per year.But you know what really made up my mind some months ago? The “race-baiting” techniques employed by his campaign to twist and take out of context so many of the words of the Clinton campaign. Both Hillary and Bill Clinton have spent their entire political careers in support of minorities and lower income people in this country, and Barack Obama knows it. So why allow your campaign to “race-bait”, why not step up and say that this campaign should be on the issues and not play the race card? That is a character issue, and his actions have shown me that he is a man of little character. He “talks the talk” oh so well, but it is Hillary Clinton who has “walked the walk”, hand in hand with children, minorities, and the disadvantaged in this country for years, and to even think that she has one racist bone in her body is absurd. History will someday show the immoral, indecent tactics of this campaign employed by the Obama campaign and judge him accordingly.

You people are following along with good old Mr. Rove. He has you exactly where he wants you. You vote for Hillary and they win. I can see him smiling now. You didn’t even read or listen tothe entire speech. Some people on here are right wing and just pump you up to leave Obama. You fell for it with Bush and your falling for it now. Obama is the only hope for this country, whether you like it or not. You will find out when it’s to late. I see some of the same old people on here, smearing Obama with the exact words and you fall for it. I happen to be white , by the way.

HIC,
Nice try, but the analogy doesn’t quite work. Why? Simple reason. Obama CHOSE which church to belong to. Most Catholics are born into their religion and are told it is the RIGHT one. Had Obama been born into this church it would have been one thing. But he ACTIVELY CHOSE IT.

EFO,
Had Ron Paul said that the US government had spread AIDS to blacks intentionally, rest assured he would have not survived beyond a minute.

A man is known by his enemies and his friends. I am known to have friends who also love the United States. I am known to have enemies who hate the United States. It can easily be extrapolated that I must love my country. If however I associate with those who hate the United States, it could easily be assumed that I have no love for it either.
I would not consider Obama to be a friend.

The good reverend is doing his job, speaking (his) truth to power, getting his flock to look at their lives in a bigger context, and simultaneously telling the sheep/society stuck in racism/neo-colonialism that a change is coming…you can be be a conscious part of that movement, or be blind-sided with stupidity as the tsunami of history rolls in. Remember 9-11 and the struggle to fathom…”why do they hate us ?”(cover of Newsweek)and the resultant spin…”they hate us for our freedoms”(our fearless leader). That is so much simpler than trying to digest historical blowback from U.S. imposed regime change since 1893 (Hawaii, Cuba, Nicaragua, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Guatemala, Iran, Viet-Nam, Chile, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan, Iraq). It is a whole lot easier to say “nucular” than “Muhammad Mossadegh “,if you catch my drift.
Now, brother Barack has the good sense to tell us he is an independent thinker who does not need Pastor Wright to keep his finger on the pulse of truth. Is this shocking, America?

Even amidts Rev. Wrights contraversy, the next president Barack Obama nets 10 new deligates in Iowa. That’s what realy counts. Isn’t it?

Gillis
I will not vote for Barack Obama no matter how many times Lou Farrakhan says I should.

President Clinton was the only President to apologize to the black community for slavery. Rev. Wright has yet to date to apologize for his remarks about Hillary or the white community. Senator Obama has yet to apologize to all American communities.
Wouldn’t a heart felt apology do us all better?

@mariaWr
Where in does it state to blame one race over another?
Where does any Pastor, Reverend, Preacher, Bishop or Father have the right to distort the Bible, to create fear, and hate mongering of any race. The Bible is open to interpretation, but where does it use the “N” word to depict any race? To G D America is blasphemy. Rev. Wright used God’s name in vain. Christians are not to do this. Remember the word Christian means to be “Christ Like”…

@carmal
I was an Obama supporter, not any longer.
If Hillary is not the Dem’s Presumptive Candidate, I will cross party lines and vote John McCain.

America is controlled by rich powerful people. They happen to be white. That’s not racist; it’s true. We are in a capitalist society. Blacks do not control the wealth in the USA. By control I mean that in the history of American, not one black, Hispanic, Asian, Jew, woman etc. have been elected to be President of the USA. Not one in the history of its existence. Is that because there was not one qualified? No. It is because of racism and because the people in power do not want change. These same people are controlling this story about Rev. Wright. While I do not agree with ALL the statements of Rev. Wright, most of them happen to be true. Hilary is rich, white and privileged. That is not racist; it is true. She has never been called the n word. That is not racist; it is true. America does need to take responsibility for its foreign policies; that is not racist; it is true. We are now in an unjust war; we invaded a foreign nation without cause; we are killing and causing innocent soldiers to be killed on a daily basis. This will come back to haunt us. Is this racist; no, it is true. All these people who are attacking the church and it’s pastor need to read the Bible. It says “Touch not my anointed… and be not deceived God is not mocked, whatever you sow you shall also reap.” People are outraged that Wright said that USA created AIDS. I do not believe this. However, the outraged is funny since the government killed off the American Indians with smallpox and injected African American with Syphilis in the Tuskegee Experiment. Check your history books people before you show your mock outrage and hypocrisy. You are too self-righteous for me. This may not have been your experience, but it happened. Personally I do not believe the AIDS thing but is it unreasonable to assume that maybe Wright is drawing from these inferences of distrust? Obama did not say these things anyway; Wright did. So by some of your logic, if a Catholic Priest who baptized my children and married me molested children for 20 years, this would make me some how responsible by association? I should have known some how? I’m guilty because I was associated with him? That is so crazy! I attend church, but I am not there every Sunday, and I do not you tube the sermons or check the website when I miss a week or two. Obama has a white mother, so he hates her too and all of the rest of his white family since you have branded him a racist? Be careful because you are not just attacking Barack you are attacking the church, and “vengeance is Mine said the Lord.”

It is incredibly stupid to vote for or against Obama based on the sayings of his pastor. Obama is not running for religious office. He’s running for a secular office. Obama himself has not supported of any of the nonsense that this preacher has said…I too have had crazy relatives, and I would be upset if people expected me to hurt my relative by denouncing them as a person. Its enough that he denounces his “uncles” words!!

I’m beginning to get fed up with the whole Wright nonsense. Fine, the pastor made remarks against the US. So? I have friends and relatives who have all sorts of ridiculous views, but that does not mean I AGREE with them.
How about Pat Robertson? Why are his comments about 9/11 so easily forgotten? It is time for white americans to accept that other minorities need their place in society. As a white american, I truly recognize the level of racism in this country. And whether we like it or not, blacks have gotten the raw end of the deal.
Also, Obama comes from a cross of both cultures. His MOTHER who RAISED him is white, and his father who he NEVER KNEW was black. I don’t think he would despise his mother or her race.