Obama’s Spiritual Mentor: “Hillary Ain’t Never Been Called a N—–”

I think white america is doing a perfect job at finding different things to beat Obama up about.
White america doesn’t want Obama to be president, we already know that.
So yep…you guys are doing an excellent job at making sure that doesn’t happen.
And don’t worry, most african americans are not disillusioned with this political process. We already know what side our bread is buttered on.

Why did it take FOX news to bring this story to front. obama has been a member for over 20 years at this church, in one of his books he list this man as a mentor. This is just another example of MSM let him slide.

Why is it that there are so many freaky people around Obama? The saying show me your friends and I will tell you who you are keeps ringing in my ears.
How in heavens name can a man that seems to have surrounded his self with all these odd characters now come and say that is how they think am different.
For a AA living in a evil white America, Obama has done pretty well I would say better than some whites, his wife also gives the impression that she also has been a victim of white America but yet she take home over 300,000 a year and they both live in a million dollar mansion.
Something is not right here seems there are an awful lot of people around Obama with hidden agendas of some sort, I don’t need to wake up and get it I got it a long time now I was just waiting on the majority of Americans to wake up and get it and I do hope after all this they really start to think before they go out and vote.

Unbelievable! Is this comment part of Wright’s new black theology? As a white male, I’m starting to get really worried about the possibility of having an African-American as President of the Uinted States that is part of this movement. I’m sick of the hypocresy of politically correct rhetoric. If a black candidate is supported by the majority of the African-American community is supposedly because of their ‘empathy’ toward “black values”, BUT if a white person makes a comment like the one made by Geraldine Ferraro, then it’s racist. This is just ridiculous. If a black voter decides to vote for a black candidate because he or she feels identified with it, it’s OK but by the same token, if a white voter favors a white candidate over the African-american, it’s just because the same principle. It’s not a matter of being racist or not. It’s just a matter of not only supporting a candidate that we feel culturally identified with, but also choosing the one that can solve our most pressing issues.
I think it’s time we all stand up against the media which to my opinion, is in part responsible for feeding us with this kind of politically-biased poison.

Wake up America!! Do we want a United States President who won’t salute the US Flag, whose mentor says “God Damn America”, who is a Muslim – Our country is based on Christian beliefs, and who claims “his race” is superior to all others. I don’t care what race or religion he is, but the President of the United States must serve ALL of its citizens.

Hilary is white, rich (not one, but at least TWO multi-million dollar homes) and sitting pretty. Nobody knows what it’s like to walk down the street and have others cross the street to avoid you or to be pulled over by the police for DWB (driving while Black) except another Black male. The minister’s speech is bombastic, but not entirely inaccurate. BUT this was said by someone not in the Obama campaign. I don’t see the problem, unless it’s yet another attempt by the media to smear Obama by (very loose) association.

Who cares?

Yeah, I am an Obama supporter and def. don’t agree with that. What I will say though is that it wasn’t Obama who was saying those things and remember the clips are from sermons spread across years, which Obama may have never heard.

Free country or it was the last time I looked.This man can say anything he wants….

Let’s get this straight..Hillary has NOT worked her whole life for black people..Hillary worked for Hillary..and black people owe the Clintons NOTHING..What church does Hillary go to? What church does Bill go to? What church does Macain go too..Because you go to a church you don’t have to agree with everything the pastor says..if you do you are a fool.

Obama is not black. His mother was white. Unless we feel that any percentage of black “blood” is enough to taint you, calling Obama black is an insult to all. As for his pastor, I am sure the Republicans are drooling over the chance to make an issue of his church. Remember what they did to a Vietnam veteran. They made him look bad compared to a “reservist” who never served his time.

Guess this explains why Michelle hasn’t been proud of America her whole adult life – her preacher has been preaching to her to not be for 20 years now. Are we to believe Obama feels any differently? And Geraldine was called a racist by Obama’s people? Unbelieveable.

I will say… I am an Obama supporter through and through…probabaly one of his biggest now on these blogs…but absolutely
He needs to quickly and unequivically denounce this man’s rhetoric…
I have spent two days explaining what Ferraro said was stupid…and here is this guy in hiw “family” throwing around horrible horrible rhetoric…
If he is like an “uncle” who say stupid things…
This is the time to say…Uncle …you are destructive and said horrible things that hurt a lot of people and I can not see how I can continue my message with words like that coming out of your mouth”
and Obama needs to show how legitimately this is a blow to him personally…not about the campaign…but when someone close to yuo screws up this bad… you need to have some tough love…
I think this was a dis to women to say that Hillary hasn’t had her own cab driver issues… like being intimidated or being told she can’t runfor something…
I need to know right now that Obama is the man he says he is…and if he is then no question he is the president of the US.
If he isn’t unfortunately…I need to think respect first and that character is stronger in my candidate first before anything else… … John McCain will be my guy.

Were black people racist in 2000 when they voted overwhelmingly for Al Gore? It wasn’t even an issue.
Were black people racist in 2004 when they voted overwhelmingly for John Kerry? It wasn’t even an issue.
Now here in 2008, Geraldine Ferraro, angry because black people are voting overwhelmingly for Barack Obama….NOW its a frickin issue!
Black people are supposed to sit back and wait to be told who to vote for. Hmmmm, I guess black people forgot their place. That is why I say this whole issue is nothing but smoke and mirrors. Another political ploy to insure the white vote for hillary clinton. Ooops, we didn’t do it on purpose. Nawww, of course not, it doesn’t fit a pattern….what were we thinking?!
Sorry folks, but this is totally disingenuous. I believe most of us were born AT night, not LAST night.
LOOK, someone stole the stupid crayon…..

Rev Wright is part of Obama’s campaign to be President. He was Obama’s pastor for 20 years, he married him and baptized his children.
If the Ferraro comments were relevant and newsworthy then this certainly is as well. The press fell over itself to cover the Ferraro story and condemn her (and Clinton in the process) but these comments (and others) by Wright are barely discussed? Why?
Rev Wright has very openly praised Obama and slammed Clinton from the pulpit. The Wall Street Journal ran a recent story that he may be violating tax codes in doing so since he is essentially campaigning for Obama in a church setting. A larger concern arises when looking at the actual words Wright has been using to promote Obama. They could not be more bitter, angry, divisive and full of hate. They make Ferraro’s “racist” remarks look like child’s play.
I see no unity, hope and transcending race here. I see a horrible escalation of racial politics. It makes me heartsick.
Senator Obama must speak clearly and forcefully on this before it escalates further. Show us his leadership and his ability to confront tough, divisive, hateful situations head-on. I have been distressed to see what I perceive as him fanning the flames and keeping this issue alive (and even causing it to escalate further). I hope I am wrong.

Mr. wright is totally anti-american, just as his church is anti-christian.
This whole Obama thing is nothing more than the Greatest Performance on earth.
FOr the Obama camp to make it an issue about Mrs. Ferrara, is nothing more than a total disgrace.
How dare they set the rules for this campaign, and how dare he belong to a church that is so anti-american. No wonder he doesn’t wear the american flag on his lapel and he doesn’t put his hand on his heart during the “Pledge of Allegiance.”

The good about all this that Americans will finally take serious issue with racism as an historical pillar of American society.
Last night during MSNBC’s show Live With Dan Abrahms, conservative commentator Pat Buchanan blew up on African American commentator Kelli Goff as she tried to point out the Clinton camp’s race-baiting.
What’s most startling is that he told this woman to SHUT UP on the air.
As fellow commentator Rachel Maddow pointed out, Buchanan hss been in numerous heated discussions with white commentators (most notably on NBC’s McLaughlin Group) and he’s NEVER told any of them to shut up.
And there still are MANY white Americans – such as among the Southern whites who I know well – who will say, as soon as a black man or woman raises his or her voice on injustice being done to black people in America: you SHUT UP!
And that, I’m afraid, explains all about pastor Wright’s anger and provocation tactics.
I’m a white man, and I DO think America needs to wake up. Barack Obama is the man who will start healing one of the deepest and still open wounds of this country.
Wright has opened his eyes for this wound; Obama is the one who will heal it, to the greater glory of our great country.

I am an African American. I know that Racism AND Sexism are both real problems in America. This is not a competition between them. If it were, I would lose twice.
There is nothing wrong with discussing and naming racism and sexism. There is something wrong with discriminating against people based on race and gender. These are two different practices, but the level of understanding and analysis is so low that we cannot tell the difference.
This race is over. Neither Clinton or Obama will win. McCain will be our next president.
Heartbreaking.

When I turn on my TV and look at the two young university students in the prime of their lives, now dead at the hands of AA men who for some unknown reason found on that fatal night they had do die, I really sometimes wonder what else does the AA community want from white America.
I did not see marches in the streets or the cries of lets get them but these two beautiful girls are gone now, parents left to mourn, and here I have to find some way to accept that and listen to this nonsense from a pastor saying white America is evil.
How can anyone justify that is beyond thinking, who wants to justify this should go asked those parents of those girls if they can accept and understand what AA always claim is so unfair to them.

I have heard many of Rev. Wright’s sermons over the past 10-15 years..Please don’t just judge the man of God by a couple of phrases from a couple of sermons without looking at the complete body of work..It’s truly amazing that people can pass judgement without first attempting to read the entire sermon..It’s easy for people (the media) to take a couple of lines and out of two or three sermons and determine that that’s what Rev. Wright’s entire ministry is about..If one would take the time to read, you would find that Rev. Wright is historically correct in his examples of America..No matter what the media would have you believe..In addition, why would anyone leave a church based in the truth and teaching the truth…

I say to you Mr. Obama…..
Denounce your church, get out of the church, be a “REAL” christian, or Mr. Obama, you do not deserve to be ouor President>
I agree with the above Blogger, no wonder Michelle Obama isn’t proud of American…look at the pastor that isv preaching to her. And Obama has the nerve to say they don’t agree with him. B.S.

Thank God this is coming out before Barrack gets voted as the nominee or president. It is a free choice, a personal choice who we go to, who we select for spiritual guidance and motivation. Obama selected and continued to go to hear this man speak- preach- for 20 years! No one goes and listens to someone speak everyweek for 20 years if they did not agree with him or have his words strike a chord within as some truth. Obama and his campaign have been the divisive wedge in this campaign and we as a country need to turn away from this and walk away. We do not need to set the US back decades in all of the progress we have made in race relations. Thanks- but no thanks- Obama.

Let’s just talk about MSM bias for a moment. The final sermon from Rev Wright where he spews hatred of American and Bill Clinton happens on Jan. 13 right about the time the media were accusing Bill CLinton fo being Racist for saying Obama’s vote on Iraq was a fairy tale. I still don’t get how that remark is in any way shape or form racist, but Rev Wright can spew hatred with $20,000 a year support from the Obama’s with Obama sitting in the congregation calling him his spiritual leader and that’s ok. On Jan 13th.
NO reporting on that though. Got to love the MSM. I guess late is better than never to do your jobs.

And Clinton doesn’t have strange supporters???
Do you share the same beliefs as some of your friends??? Do you guys ALWAYS agree???
I think the real situation is, Many Clinton supporters can’t grasp the fact the “inevitable” candidate is no longer going to be the democratic candidate. And because of this, any little comment said by a Obama supporter, they jump on it.

to all of you out there saying rev wright was justified in what he said let me remind you ,or better yet ask someone who was serving in the pacific during world war II that by dropping the nukes on hiroshima and nagasaki saved somewhere between 1 and 2 million american lives.so i say again obama could have voted against wright with his feet especially after the sermon n 9/11 and he did not.WAKE UP PEOPLE this and his association with ayers and dorhn should give you a cue of what he really thinks of the united states deep down in his heart.

I also find it extremely sad that people are confusing telling the truth about America’s actions as HATE…
Since when did it become wrong to simply lay out the history of America from the eyes of historians..
Since when did facts become taboo when talking about your’e own country..It’s sad that we as Americans are willing to believe that we’ve never done anything wrong..and then wonder why we are so hated across the world..
I refuse to believe that we are that naive to confuse telling the truth with being a traitor to your country…

Obama just lost my vote. He has stated that he has judgment. Hillary did not use judgment when voting on the war resolution. However, Obama has been a member and supporting this hate mongering church for 20 years??? NOT GOOD JUDGMENT! Those lower tiered Democratic candidates should have stayed in the race. I hope the next primary has a uniform primary election on the same day and each state has the same number of candidates(not 2) so this primary fiasco will never happen again.

good post Di! I say it angrier than that, so I usually leave those type posts alone.
Are black people back to being doormats for all that is wrong with america?
We’re all human, we all make mistakes, we all bleed red. Do we have anything else in common?

You can’t denounce and reject someone’s words, teachings and doctrine and then continue to be a member of this church. The sermon being quoted was preached on Jan 13th of this year, when the media was so busy going after Bill Clinton and accusing him of racism for saying that Obama’s voting record on Iraq was a fairy tale???????
Jan 13th this year!!!! That’s not rejecting and denouncing, that’s supporting and agreeing with. The obama’s also take their children to hear this hatred and foul language and give this so called church about $20,000 a year to spread this message of hate.

I’m sorry if ABC news were even handed this sermon of hate with the Obama’s and their children sitting in the pews would have been reported Jan 14th, the day after it happened.
They were too busy attacking Bill Clinton. The only reason why they are reporting it now is because FOX news is.

Growing up in the south, many of my class mates parents were staunch racist. This did not stop my peers & I from formulating profound friendships. Geraldine & Pastor Wright are entitled to their opinions and their views are not expressed by neither Hillary nor Barack. They have each rejected, denounced & repunated these people’s opinions. Now, can we focus on the real issues that concerns Americans?

You have three Choices vote for Sen. Obama and hope for the best as we did with Bill Clinton, vote for Sen. Clinton and may be lose the general election because republicans hate her with a passion, vote for Sen. McCain and stay in Iraq till hell freezes over plus Sen. McCain has an Evangelical Pastor that hates Catholics and no one is complaining. Is a Catholic a lesser being? Or do we have to accept what that pastor said because of his political affiliation or race? I’m really tired of all this bickering. What type of election year are we having? I can’t wait for all this to be over. One way or the other it might not change our situation in America, it might end up making things worse or little bit better.

Why do you use the words “African American”? I do not describe myself as “White American”. Why can’t we be just Americans? If you who wish to continue in using these type of divisions then do not be suprised when these divisions continue. It is one thing to remember where you came from, your past, and those who bore the burdens so you can have the future you have. Those are admirable things to do. But if you don’t strive for a better future for all then you have spit in the eye of all those who fought those battles. This applies to all races and until race is no longer seen then we will fight this battle till the end of days.

What about Keith Olbermann? Any SPECIAL COMMENTS tonight on your show?

It’s people like this which ruin this country. If anyone doesn’t like this country then they can leave.

I want Mr. Obama to drop out of the race. Too many shady characters associated with him….enough is enough.
In his book ‘Dreams of my father” he writes about a very close friend that he also refers to as a father, whom is named “Frank”. Now it comes to light that this frank is “Frank Mitchell Davis”, an Old Coummnist Member of USA.
According to Obama’s book it was Frank that led him to politics.
Where is Mr. Obama finding all these radical individuals.
Please Mr. Obama get out of the race. God Bless Our Country. You are not to be trusted.

This is a laughably, transparent attempt to create controversy. All I see here is buying into Hillary’s strategy to mislead Democrats from focusing on the necessary changes needed to tackle our most urgent issues by having this constant tone of bickering — which hurts the entire Democratic party, drowns out all productive discussion, and stamps out any sense of hopefulness in an attempt to invent controversy – to keep it rolling.

sure stella, the black man isn’t to be trusted.
So this man, who is ahead in pledged delegates, ahead in states won, ahead in the popular vote, should step aside so the white woman (or man) can be crowned president, right?!
Talk about okeydoke….somebody pass me the stupid crayon, puuuuleeeeze!

The audacity of Obama to give this man a role in his campaign is shocking. With all the anti-American and prejudicial teachings of Wright it is just “wrong-headed’ and ‘ridiculous’. Will he denounce and reject and ask for a resignation? Not likely – it seems he is rewarding him by giving him a role knowing the beliefs of this man. Obama surrogate? Simply shocking. Wake up America! Take off the rose-colored glasses and read the facts. Obama once again shows poor judgement and that is what he states his claim to fame shall be?

I disagree with the resignations of Samantha Powers, Geraldine Ferraro, et al in these campaigns, but if Senator Obama has set the precedence where this type of stuff has no place in his campaign, then it seems reasonable to have Rev. Wright follow Ferraro’s lead and recuse himself of his post on the African American Religious Leadership Committee.

Hillary Clinton is a member of a prayer group that consists of some of the most conservative members of Congress. This includes people who espouse views on a woman’s right to chose, stem cell research, and gay rights that are the opposite of Hillary Clinton’s stated views. I am an Obama supporter, but I do not think for a second that her chosing to worship with these people means she agrees with them on matters of personal choice. The Reverend Wright is not the issue. The reason the Janaury 13th sermon was not covered in the media is that Bill Clinton is a former POTUS and a major supporter of Hillary Clinton. Reverend Wright is not a major national or political figure so he is not the object of media scrutiny. I really think that it is time that attention be focused on issues not what makes for the catchiest headline. Also, I am sure that Mr. Tapper knows that titles in a campaign are pretty meaningless. As Geraldine Ferraro pointed out, being co-chair of the Clinton NY finance committee, really meant nothing with regard to her relationship with the campaign. Why doesn’t someone investigate how either of these candidates plans to actually pay for their health care plans or some other substantive issue?

This is now what exactly what Hillary wants…about race.
I don’t care what color Obama is…I wouldn’t care if he’s green. The question is….can he be our leader. He certainly has leadership qualities…my question at this point is do i want to go where he’s leading us? This can only be answered by examining his policies…not his skin color or the remarks of his overwrought pastor.
If you take the war out of the equation what policies are left to discuss and how will they affect our country?

Obama should denounce this guy, just like Hillary had to with Geraldine’s comments. Its pretty clear that Obama and his ilk are racists. This pastor is just another black who can’t get past his people history.

Do you people really think that my merely denouncing or rejecting these statements,with words, will take away 20 years influence. The pastors influence is evident in every speech that Michelle Obama gives. People, saying he doesn’t agree with Pastor Wright is not enough. Please people wake up, If Obama is the nominee the Reps. will make mince meat of him. I read on a Rep. site that Rove is running Mcains campaign from the background. He is to be feared with all his smear tactics that got Bush elected not once but TWICE. What do you think he will do with Obama.

If White people feel guilty when they hear Rev. Wright’s words then you perhaps do hold contempt in your heart and are intollerent. Since when is being critical of America racist. He uses the phrase ‘we’ a lot when reffering to America, meaning WE the people of America voted these individuals into elected office. We are responsible for OUR countries actions. That’s right he’s calling out black people too. It’s called holding America to the standards that it has set for it’s self. I’M NOT APPOLOGIZING IF A SPADE IS A SPADE. This country has been built on the backs of black people, so what if I’m pissed off if I can’t get a cab. Oh and gve me a break, if we made a list of murders committed against white women I’m positive you will find a whole lot more white men on that list then black.

As far as Rev Wright being equated with an uncle that says things one might not agree with.
We dont choose who are uncles are and most of us dont give them $22,000 per year to promote their message.
Mr Obama obviously agrees with waht this man says, takes his children to hear it and gives this man money to promote it.
That’s quite different than having an uncle.

Excure me people >>>Who are we to tell a person what religion he or she may choice??????Religion should not be brought in to this race.Worship the way we want and it will be a cold day in hell when someone tells me how to pray.What do you think the men and women over seas is doing there????They should not be there but they are keeping us (warm)Bushes reason and the fact his father never finished the job and free.

I have read parts that the evil comes in disguise and so comes as charming and charmers don’t be fooled of false prophets. Now I notice whats all around the world hate and evil.

Rev. Wright is an example of the worst kind of religious leaders. They are capitalizing on fear and hate. This is sad that Obama identifies with this person.

WHY IS IT HARD FOR PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE JUST HERE. NO ONE PUT US HERE. THERE IS NO GOD. EVOLUTION IS HAPPENING ALL AROUND US AND WE STILL REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT…PEOPLE ARE STUPID

Looks like ole Al is up to his old tricks.
That decision drew a sharp rebuke on Wednesday from the Rev. Al Sharpton , the black political leader in New York and a former presidential candidate, who questioned whether Mrs. Clinton’s campaign was keeping the issue alive as a way to win white votes in Pennsylvania.
In addition to Ms. Ferraro’s remark, Mr. Sharpton cited Mrs. Clinton’s decision not to fire her top ally in Pennsylvania, Gov. Edward G. Rendell , for saying in February that some white voters there were “probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate.”
“When you hear the lack of total denunciation of Ferraro, when you hear Rendell saying there are whites who will never vote for a black, one has to wonder if the Clinton campaign has a Pennsylvania strategy to appeal to voters on race,” Mr. Sharpton said in an interview. “I would hope Mrs. Clinton would make it clear that she is not doing that.”
Although Mr. Obama did not directly call on Ms. Ferraro to quit the campaign finance committee, his aides worked to keep the issue alive. They set up a conference call with reporters to draw attention to the comment.

Jesusisajoke:
I assume you’re a Hillary supporter? She’d disavow you in a heartbeat – for your views – if she needed to. The Democrats certainly are not going to adopt the anti-Jesus lobby as a format for a winning strategy.
The joke is on you.

Well,
Michelle shot Obama in one foot and it seems she then handed the gun to Wright. If I was Obama I’d stay away from both of them.

The Obama’s take their children to this church to hear this.

Wright has been retired since Feb. 10th. Funny – to dig it out now the day after another controversy. This story might be able to keep the divisiveness rolling, but it’s a vicious cycle to invent controversy each and every day. It tends to stray from journalism – or at least what once was journalism.

Looks like the Obama people have been sucessful in putting Hillay through racial reeducation camp. Last night she was doing so much apologizing that she even apologized to black america for Bush’s failure to help blacks in during Katrina. Well it looks like they broke her like the vietcong did McCain when he was a prisoner of war. I don’t blame him and I don’t blame her sometimes the torture becomes so unbearable that you break. I forgive you Hillary.

Well about time people started talking about his church and religion, it has been kept in the dark so long. The minute Romney announced the media attacked hi religion.
This is very important because it puts in perspective of Who Barack Hussein Obama is, why he is not proud of this Country, why he can not where a Flag or say the Pledge of Alliegence, it shows how racist he is and how anti-american he is.
2+2=4 people, he says that this preacher once a muslim is his spiritual leader and basis for his beliefs means he believes what the preacher says. there is no hiding it!

Keith Olbermann was very tough on Hillary Clinton in his Special Comment last night. Would he do a segment on Obama’s response to Farrakhan, Jeremia Wright, Air Force Gen. Mcpeck sexist comment regarding Hillary? Remember Tucker Carlson?

Freaksloan:
I think it would be pandering, sort of a reverse racism, to NOT criticize Obama for things you disagree with him on if these are based on something other than whatever color he happens to be. He is running for President and all his views should be under the microscope along with the other candidates.

The Obama’s have gone to this church and supported it for twenty years. They obviously condone its message. They give around 20,000 per year to this church that supports the NAtion of ISlam and Mr. Farakhan. Its interesting that Mr. obama claims to denounce the teachings of Farakhan but gives significant amounts of money to a church that supports the Nation of Isalm.
20 years is a long time. You know people are welcome to have their own beliefs and there are even stranger beliefs out there, but when someone is running for President of the United States, that person’s beliefs and a message of hate incorporated and indivisible from those beliefs, put forward by that person’s church are an issue.
20 years is a long time, and 20 G per year to support the message of this pastor and this church is a lot of money.

Mark, you hit it right on — Olbermann would never do a Special Commentary on this or any other story that could reflect poorly on Obama. When Obama, his wife or one of his surrogates says anything negative or controversial, the MSM goes out of their way to “explain” what they “really” meant, etc. Anyone supporting Clinton is immediately skewered, regardless of what was really said and intended.

Unfortunately for Obama, his connection (and, yes, it is a political association, as well as a personal one) with Rev. Wright is a huge liability. I don’t know what the solution is, but the problem is not going to go away.

Wasn’t it Jesus whom said…”We are judged by the company we keep”!!!!
Obama’s church is not a Christian Church! It is a cult!!!!

Please allow me to paraphrase Gary Hart: ‘our’ future First Paster want to tear down America in order to uplift it. Will BHO in his first few years as President conclude his future speeches with God Damned America?

Burns: It seems that it is the Obama campaign who gets to dictate when and where to use race as a weapon. They have called Hillary out because of a stupid statement by Ferraro and she has resigned. Now we are calling out the so called Rev. Wright on his outrageous statements and we will be waiting to see if Obama lives up to the standards that they pushed yesterday and assures america that he is no longer a part of his campaign.

Well, shegirl, as a Native American I too can call on the “truth” as I want to see it, right? I can say I do believe blacks played an equal part in the killing of my people as whites. I can even remind you of another truth that thousands and thousands of “WHITE” people died to “FREE” the black man from slavery. Have you forgotten so soon? It seems like Wright forgot everything that is good about America and chooses to attack Hillary who did this man no wrong. He says Bill Clinton did good for the black man AND then goes right on to attack him in the next breath? Bill Clinton did no wrong to this man yet you do not CHOOSE to find any wrong with Mr Wright’s statements and instead you CHOSE to use the race card to try to shut people down? Why?

Thank you Jack for printing this. Barack Obama should denounce Wright’s language, his sentiments, and not allow him to remain on his campaign committee. This is without question. Wright needs to resign from this committee and Barack needs to apologize and renounce his language and sentiments.

JesusIsAjoke, we cannot separate church and state because Obama has made his religious pastor part of his campaign, book and fund rasing at his church. If Obama couldnot separate, why should we?

The poster on this site obviously have not attended church where the pastor tells you you are gouing to hell if you don’t straighten up. The pastor of Barack’s church simply sais the same thing. America has backed many ruthless dictators and despots, and was created on oppression of all who did not the definition of AMERICAN: native amaerican, african-american, irish-american, mexican-american, asian-american, and yes, the acts we did overseas undoubtedly led to our being targeted for terroristic attacks, just just bush’s war has not made us safer, just destroyed a sovereign nation and left it much more worse off. The only ones that profited would be the ones that instigated the war. They have been making off with the Nation’s treasure hand over fist, and you republicans think that is just peachy keen. We’re in a recession due to bush and his pitiful policies. And all you all can come up with is to denigrate a pastor who is simply telling it like it is… you blind folks can’t get the beam out of your eye while criticizing the mote in someone’s else’s.

I’m surprised that anyone actually watches MSNBC anymore let alone mentioning the Olbermann character or the Matthews fellow. I CHOOSE to blog here on ABC and sometimes Fox because I get a good mixture of not so good stories about Clinton and not so good Obama stories and some good stories about each. I can deal with that.

Mandy – it’s called vetting. The media has a duty to vet candidates during election years. They have been failing to vet Obama and they are vetting him now. That is why this is a story.

Question for Barack Obama: What part of the gospel promoted racism?

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Mat Math – good job looking at facts but there are polls that show results different than you stated. All in all, the polls considered the most valid show dead heat between Clinton and Obama with Clinton gaining more of the lead and both of them slightly in the lead over McCain. Much has changed over the course of time and it will continue. What matters most is not the polls… the nomination process is what matters… voters, delegates, and superdelegates in both parties.

Burns: Jerry Ferraro was just one of about 30 people on her finace committee but she had to resign. The fact is he is a memeber of this committee and therefore a member of his campaign. You can’t be a little bit pregnant.

There is no indication this was prompted by the Clinton campaign. IN fact, the story broke when FOX news (a republican leaning news source) unearthed details. I would bet the RNC machine is behind that push if anyone was. But you know its all politics and irrelevant who sourced it. Facts are facts and the voters are entitled to hear facts and participate in the vetting of all candidates.

russel, if this is all the evidence provided that Wright is involved, but there’s nothing to show where he spoke of behalf of Obama’s campaign, or raised money like Ferraro, this seems like quite a reach to invent controversy by the media by connecting the two – that is, outside the church. Obama has stated on the stump that he stands for separation of church and state. And I see no confusion whether Wright is involved in the campaign, as he is certainly not. Perhaps, like I’ve heard from somewhere, this is silly season – controversy for controversy’s sake.

USA – I am not part of the “we” you are describing with racists words. My concerns about this issue have nothing to do with race and I would bet most of America agrees this has nothing to do with race. This has to do with a man who is making anti-American statements and preaching hatred that is a surrogate of the Obama campaign.

why would obama denounce the statements Wright? nothing the man said was untrue, or offensive in anyway. just truth that a lot of people don’t want to hear.

Obama not privileged? Give me a break. Obama’s mother and grandparents sent him to the best schools. Both he and his wife went to Harvard as minorities courtesy of American taxpayers. Mrs. Obama was admitted even though her ACT test scores were too low (by her OWN ADMISSION). They make close to a million dollars a year, live in a 2 million dollar house, their kids go to the Chicago University’s prestigious Lab school that costs $20,000/yr per kid. And Wright has the audacity to call him underprivileged? So what if he was a “black boy raised by a single parent.” Soo was Bill Clinton. Obama CANNOT pledge allegiance or honor the American flag. He honors the flag (black, red and green) of the pro-Africa movement that hangs in his and his mentor’s church (which, by the way, is the continuation of the “Black Power” movement). Obama has been committed to the “commandments” of his church and to the country of their choice for the past 20 years and it IS NOT AMERICA. It is AFRICA. If this country owes anything to anybody it is to the AMERICAN INDIANS who have been wiped off the continent that was theirs.

Why doesn’t McCain video tape speeches given at Hagee’s church? Who gave him an endorsement? When he said AMERICA DESERVED KATRINA????????
I will tell you why, because lot’s of preachers say things many in their congrations do not fully support. Kinda like supporting a canadate for office and NOT buying EVERY idea they have? Are you people that stupid?

SJ. I got it a long time ago also. I sure hope Dems wake up before they allow this flam flam Obama man to be our candidate.

OBAMA AND HIS FAMILY IS A DISGRACE TO THE U.S.A. FIRST HE DENOUCES WEARING THE AMERICAN FLAG PIN, AVOID PLEDGING TO THE U.S., HIS WIFE FINAL ADMITS SHE WAS NEVER PROUD OF THE U.S. UNTIL NOW AND THAN HIS ANTI-AMERICAN PASTOR? WOW PEOPLE THIS IS THE CHANGE AND HOPE YOU GUYS ALWAYS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR…

“How does this church hold its nonprofit status? My church wouldn’t even think of making any political statements from the pulpit or they’d have their nonprofit status taken away. ”
Are you joking? You obviously have not been in a church lately. Listen to Pat Robertson lately…Jerry Falwell? These people have a right to their opinions, but I do not look down on those that listen to them and ASSSUME THEY BELIEVE EVERYTHING THESE PEOPLE SAY. Perhaps you think people are little sheep, and they follow every word out of the good pastors mouth, but um….in the real world we go to church and MAKE UP OUR OWN MINDS.

NO!NO!NO!Obama needs to get him out of his campaign effective immediately! Who died and made this so called man (Wright)God? I personnally despise anybody that speaks about my country,which I love, to that extreme. If that is what he thinks about the United States then send him and all his baggage to where his kind reside. There’s no place for him or his here. Obama always has an excuse to cover for the idiotic things his campaign does or say. Is this what we are facing if he is elected president? Are we not going through hell right now with Bush? Are we strong enough as a nation to say,enough is enough? Obama is only going to make it worse as his supporters (blacks) are going to expect something in return for supporting him. We will face a crisis worse than the one we have now. Obama is not the kind of person that knows how to fight his own battles and take punches, he has people doing it for him. Then when he does get punched, he whines like a baby and expects sympathy. Not much of an example of a man to me.

Obama will have to cut ties with this retired pastor even though he likes him a lot. The problem is that some of the pastor’s comments are inflamatory and would hurt Obama in the general election. In fact the republicans would use those comments against Obama if he becomes the nominee.

toby you are missing the point – this man is a surrogate for Obama, has a position in his campaign, is spouting things that Obama said have no place in either campaign, yet is not denouncing, rejecting, and asking for a resignation yet he expected and pressured Clinton to do that to her surrogates… and this surrogate along with his own wife have said much worse than any of the Clinton surrogates… he is a hypocrit and is showing more bad judgement

Oh so if we as African Americans can’t celebrate our heritege in church then we should leave it you? If it were left up to public schools African American’s would know slavery, Abe Lincoln and M.L.K. But your right, teaching our children about being black in America is ‘bad judgement’. We should leave that to Paris Hilton cause she’s for Africa n’ stuff.

United Methodist Pastor – While you make some valid statements, by identifying yourself as a pastor, I find it disturbing that you violate the spirit of the constitution regarding the separation of church and state by implying we should be using the Bible to guide our governing.
Aside from the illegal political content in his sermons and the anti-American and prejudicial doctrine, as a pastor do you think it is appropriate for Obama to expose his children to sexual gestures Wright uses in his speeches about Bill Clinton’s indiscretion and that Wright uses obscene language in his sermons?
This is not an all adult church!

Anyone else notice the comment section for Obama’s pastor and 9/11 and hate America remains at 159 comments the entire day? I was reading some that were not controversial and they magically disappear. When they were calling Geraldine racist they allowed 1204 comments on the ‘race’ topic they have over 5023 comments….
Is this the media bias we hear about do often?
Hey ABC you seem to have some problem with your comment section on Obama’s ‘reverend’
Well, be certain to email it to friends and family.

my gosh how many people go to church to look at the statues? How many of us go and to the church just to go. People wven in his Book , Obama claims to have found his spiritual leader in this man. He has been part of his sheep for over 20 years. If he says he doesn’t believe in the words that this man is preaching, then he is a straight up liar.
Even funnier is that white guy who came on the news from Obamas camp and says to look at Obamas speaches to see what he believes in…. Does he mean the plagerised speaches? The ones he didn’t write? Or the ones that are written for him by another person? can someone shed some light on that?

This man needs to go. How can we allow this man to be on Sen Obama’s campaign and talk like this. How many of you Obama supporters realize that this pastor has been a major influence on Senator Obama’s life. Do you not think that Senator Obama believes in many of the things that his pastor said? Honestly, if you dont agree with the views of your pastor, then you shouldn’t be going to his church!!!!

It seems he retired just a month ago – is Obama just waking up to the fact that Rev Wright is a liability (as he drives around in his luxury car)?
By the way, what’s his retirement package – and where did the money come from – I’m thinking one or many of Obama’s wealthy supporters who thought it was timely for Rev. Wright to make his exit. Please follow up on this – who paid him to leave?

DCVoter – I have made no statement, implied or otherwise, about the separation of church and state. As it was appropriate for the prophets to condemn their oppressor, so should it be appropriate for a pastor in a sermon, particularly one serving a minority community like Rev. Wright, to speak against policies of the United States believed to be damaging or immoral.
I think it’s inappropriate to categorize Rev. Wright’s statements as “anti-American.” If anything, they call America and it’s people to be a better country. That seems like the kind of thing patriots can support.
About other things that Rev. Wright says or does, really that’s the judgment of his church’s board of elders and I’m not interested in speculating or in indulging in sensationalism. I can say that I don’t think the separation of church and state should be interpreted to limit religious speech.
It seems more appropriate to ask church/state questions to the candidate and not of his pastor. To my knowledge, Barack Obama has not repeated these statements or instituted policy positions that demand the religious observance of anyone. I don’t believe this can be said of all the candidates in this race.
So to return to what I believe were my original “valid statements,” Rev. Wright is firmly within the prophetic tradition of Christianity. Jesus was not a milquetoast savior. Criticizing America for where it fails to be what it could be should never be called unpatriotic.
Further, I think, efforts to focus on the tone/style/manner in which something is said, rather than the core point being made in the full context of a rich and varied tradition, are efforts to obfuscate, misdirect, and manipulate. The core argument here is one that calls us to a hopeful and better America for all Americans. That’s something we should support, even if it means we must say “damn” to those parts of our selves and of our country that keep us from becoming greater than we are right now.

I am an immigrant, and have lived in America for 19 years. If people hate this country so much, I mean pastor Wright, why don’t you leave? Why do you use all the perks in this country and preach that America should be Damned? What do you know about a really bad life? Immigration works both ways,you know, you can leave! I know, that if I don’t agree with my spiritual leader, I wouldn’t have been listening to him for 20 years. NOBAMA 2008!

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

Anyone who condones the sermon that this pastor gives might as well say they are not proud of the United States as Michelle Obama did. It is very obvious that this pastor preaches hatred towards anyone who isn’t black! There is no ifs ands or buts about it. I am sick of always hearing that we, white america, are racist anytime we speak negatively of a person of color. We could say he isn’t qualified to lead, and it would be labeled as racist. We could say he doesn’t know how to speak, we would be racist. We can say he isn’t ready to be Commander in Chief, yet we are racist. Then you have people like Pastor Wright saying WHITE AMERICA is the reason 9/11 happened, guess what he is just speak a sermon. Where is the racist in that? HMMMM YOU TELL ME? Racist goes both ways my friends, and this pastor is beyond racist! And we are sitting here saying Senator Obama doesn’t believe or agree with these things? He has been a member of this church for 20 years. If he doesn’t agree, then why go to this church? Oh wait, guess that makes me racist now! Of course that is what his church would say!
This election has unfortunately brought the race card up. Sure you can say both sides have done it, but it seems more and more that the Obama campaign keeps digging it back up and accusing the Clinton campaign of starting it. But isn’t it a reality by them bringing it up they are, in fact, causing the furor? We should be looking at the issues and qualifications of each candidate and not the color of their skin! I would vote for a black man in a heartbeat if I felt he had the qualifications to lead this country. I don’t care whether he is white, black, green, yellow, orange or purple. All I care is that he has a record showing his ability to lead!

One more thing….kudos to ABC news for reporting on such important stories involving Sen. Obama when no one else will, or is afraid to! I have stopped watching MSNBC and CNN, my new network for news over the past 2 months has become ABC. Thank you for at least being fair to both candidates!

What’s next – Obama’s pastor resigning as his pastor?
How can Obama keep his image that he created for himself with the proud statement that he made multiple times that he is a member of the same church for 25years? Reading what his pastor has to say there is nothing to be proud about…
I will be watching how he will wiggle himself out of this one…
There is no chance for Obama in general elections.

This pastor is downright racist.It is time for all proud Americans to reject the pastor and the man who claims he is is spiritual advisor and a claimed that he was in his campaign in Dec.Thank you ABC for not being afraid.Down ith CNN,MSNBC and the other networks.Where are you?

To poster Chicago:
You are making a perfect point to the reason this pastor is in fact racist. You refer to all he has done for BLACK america, not just america. You are just showing you agree with his hatred filled sermons. Shame on you!

I am deeply disturbed by these comments. I am tired of being labeled a racist person because I am white. I don’t belong to 1000 black men. I have never entered the BET Miss Black America. I have not been fortunate to have the United Negro College Fund help to pay for my college. I don’t belong to a church that blames the “white folk” for every problem that they come across. I believe that ALL people are equal and should not have goverment funded orgainizations that only help people of a certain color. There you go, you can now all tear into me. I don’t care. I believe we should all have the same rights–AND WE DON’T!!

Chicago — Rev Wright and all his followers will pay the wrath of God on the last day. Mark that! And for you to adulate his hatred and vile ideologies is deplorable.
Obama will suffer the wrath of God for continuing to support and attend this church.
How interesting and convenient that Obama’s pastor retired last month. How much did Obama pay his pastor to retire. Well Obama’s pastor must be praying night and day to his god of hate that Obama wins cuz if he doesn’t rev write won’t get his pension and will have to come out of retirement. LOL .. hahahahah…. puahaha. We’ll see what happens. All those members in the church who clapped and cheered when the pastor said God damn America when the pastor said American’s deserved 9/11 are no different than those Al Qeda people cheering and clapping when the towers fell. Go back to where you came from!

Finally somebody got tired of Obama calling for apologies all the time for perceived racial slurs and made this public. Thank you. Obama should now be required to apologize to the American public for the racial slurs of one of his capaign members and demand the man’s resignation. Are we going to let Obama get by and say this was another “boe-headed mistake.”

To Chicago:
You are blaming the white people for all these issues, but in fact the same government that did this includes Senator Obama and guess what, last time I checked, he wasn’t white! There are many politicians of different races that were part of the government when Katrina came. You can not blame this on one race. That is just, how do you say, RACIST of you!

I am so tired of my race always being blamed anytime something negative happens to someone of color. There is no basis for this, we are all American, whether White, Black, Blue, Green, Yellow or Purple. Step down off the cross because someone else needs the wood! Its not the white people being racist, its the people with hate in their hearts blaming us as being that way!

Thank you for writing this story. For one as a Christian I was taught to not damn our god. Is he truly a Christian? His message is definitely not one of a believer in Christianity.
Why am I not surprised that this story isn’t in the other news sites. This election campaign has opened my eyes to such media bias I didn’t really think existed.
Sorry Matt, Meredith and Tim Russert…..clicking the off button.

I am still waiting for Obama to come out and denounce and reject his pastor’s views. Obama said it’s inflammatory rhetoric – eh. yeah? You’re just stating a fact. Why won’t you denounce it and reject it? Why did you make such a big deal about Ferrara and now that the table’s turned against you you can’t own up to it?? Obama deep down has a spiritual affiliation with this church and pastor and holds dearly to this kind of teaching.
I don’t know how anyone can call him/herself a Christian and sit through a sermon like this. I heard snippets of it on tv today, and the little that I heard made me want to vomit. How can someone who claims to be a man of God use the Bible in such a manipulating way to perpetuate his own hatred towards this country. And in some way I feel bad for the members they are brainwashed into believing that this is right and this is biblical. IT IS NOT! IT is filthy and destructive.
Obama better denounce and reject this – not just call it inflammatory (yes we know that). And why did he retire so suddenly and conveniently??

I find Rev. Jeremiah Wright‘s comments shocking! While it is arguable that we in the west may have at times overstepped our bounds in middle eastern countries interests in the context of our political and business ambitions over the past century, this statement from an African-American Pastor, from the congregation of the first viable mixed race candidate for president ever, is among other things stupid. I’ve actually been leaning strongly towards Obama. Those statements are very unfortunate and unnecessary. So inflammatory and provoking are these statements at a time when a member of his own fold is actually the front runner for the Democratic nomination that it must give us all pause for concern. Perhaps we truly have not made the social advances that I had began to think we had from the 1960’s thru the present. Frankly, they’ve got a name for people who hate like that, whatever their race!

Cindy: Here’s a clue. Look up who Hillary’s top donors were in her first campaign. Big donation. Mickey Mouse. Follow the dots. It’s not about integrity.

Mara — Again pointing fingers at the Clinton campaign for revealing this to the public. Mara it wasn’t the Clinton campaign that came out with this. Get your facts straight. This came out a while ago during the debate when America discovered that Obama’s pastor adulates Farakan – and I knew then that this information would come out sooner or later. I knew his church has racist ideologies against whites and Jews alike. I knew that. I commend that ABC news has the integrity to do this story. Mara are you sorry this came out? Were you hoping this would be kept secret? Common. Obama knew all along this would come out. His pastor retired for crying out loud. So stop putting the blame on Clinton when this is ALL on Obama and his great spiritual mentor rev. write. I love how Obama supporters tries to blame everything on Clinton when there isn’t even a connection, yet they totally dismiss the real issue here: THE FACT THAT OBAMA HAS NOT DENOUNCED HIS PASTOR’s VIEWS and how he has been attending that church for the past 20 yrs!!!!!!!! That is really damaging against him! Mara wake up. Stop living in your pipe dream of hoping one day Obama will be your black hero. He ain’t ! He’s just a racist trying to win this election by playing the victim of racism when he is the epidomy of racism. They perpetuate it.

I found it so offensive that I copied the original article and emailed it to all my friends and family.Obama has been going to this church for 20 years,it must be something he deeply agrees with because you leave a church you dont.

Obama cannot win general election.

This is scary. Can u imagine this guy deciding foreign politics? Worse than Bush. America can live through Iraq but through these guys.
Just the thought of having these guys at the White House daying these things and having dinner at our expense….no way.

All I have to say is you are not always who you sit in front of once a week.
I don’t agree with everything that my pastor says. I don’t agree with everything my mother says. But I still talk to my mother and I still go to my church.
I don’t agree with Rev. Wright but to all the sudden say Obama is unworthy is ludicrous.
Posted by: Kel | Mar 13, 2008 7:43:12 PM
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YOU also aren’t running for the highest office in the United States.

I couldn’t believe the words coming out of Wright’s mouth. He spoke with such hate. You’re right. If Obama has attended this church for 20 years, he shares these views about America. “God Damn America”? I can’t believe that this has never come out before. This guy is running for President of the United States of America???? I’m glad I voted for Hillary.

Obama’s self proclaimed mentor.
What a realistic look into the potential of an Obama administration for any country!
Even when trying to brush off the racist, fear mongering, hatred of Wright, Obama refers to the man as on “old uncle!”
Does any of your family speak about others with such hate and racism?
If so, do you claim them?

I can’t believe that at one time I supported Obama. HE really had me fooled. After the last debate I knew that I could not support him because he was not being honest with himself nor to the American people. The way he smirked the way he snickered the way carried himself during the debate was very telling of the kind of arrogance and haughtiness that he exudes. When asked about Farakan and his pastor he grinned from ear to ear and casually said he rejected and denounced Farakan’s remarks. I find him disingenuine, I find him lacking in personality lacking in fighting for the people. All of his community work and all of his work as Senator means nothing to me when he can’t even carry himself first as a human being. At least stand up for what’s right. AND STOP taking the American people as fools. WE aren’t. We have learned some things you although slowly but surely.

DENOUNCE AND REJECT! If Senator Obama does not do this, he is just being two-faced. First, demanding Clinton reject and denounce and fire Ferraro, and then for Rev Wright, he laughs it off as a crazy uncle! THAT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! I will never vote for this man! Hopefully we can survive another 4 republican years if he gets the nomination!

Between Obama’s Minister and now his good freind on Trail we have a real winner here

Wake Up America look who your voting for!

I don’t see how anyone could listen to this for 20 years and not let it influence how they think or feel. No,I could not vote for Obama. This man is full of hate and I have heard he is Obama’s mentor. God help us, Obama for president would be worse than Bush. I would like to know more about the church and there beliefs.

And Obama’s new mantra is “Judgement to Lead”.
HA!HA!HA!HA!
Hey Obama…I have a strip of land you can purchase.
HA!HA!HA!HA!
All aboard…kool-aid’s free…

So if Obama is the CIC does he salute the military? Or just flip them off?

Rev. Wright’s comments and mindset are wrong on so many levels I don’t even know where to begin. Suffice to say that as a lifelong Democrat this is the last straw and I will NOT be voting for Obama if he is the nominee. As of right now, I will in fact be voting for McCain.

Just wondering how many of you have already voted for Obama and feel slighted? I have been blogging about this very subject (Wright) for almost three months now but most of the posts got deleted. And not just here, but all major networks. It’s not like the media didn’t know, and the public should call them on it.
I’m just glad SOMEBODY had the guts to get this information out.

it’s hard to think that Obama disassociates himself from his Pastor’s comments when his well paid, well educated (i.e. living the American dream) wife seems to have the same anti-white attitude. Then there is the matter of their children being exposed to this sort of thinking which to me is indicative of agreement. I want this to not be true but facts need to be faced.
Additionally, Hillary is just to conniving, too ethically challenged, too much of a liar…where do you stop with the negative adjectives with Hillary? She is horrible.
McCain has ended up looking better to me.

So, Obama supporters, where are you now? I don’t see many of you on this thread. You don’t hesitate to slam Clinton for what Ferraro or any other number non-issues, but I don’t see your love and support here. I’m not religious, but if this is who Obama uses as his mentor, why are supporting him America? How could he go to this church for twenty years and think it wouldn’t come back to hit him if he decided to run for president. For those of you that still have a chance to vote, please vote for Hillary or kiss this election good by. I’ve always voted democrat, but it’s not going to happen with this guy. No experience, no way, no chance.

Obama doesn’t have such a good background to say the least, an attorney for a crooked businessman Rezko, Farrakhan, Ayers and now his Pastor. Obama made his money from Rezko and at that time Rezko gave Obama the $300,000 to buy that southside house he lives in. Obama belongs to an all black church that hates whites and Farrakhan belongs to it also. If you think for one minute Obama likes the white people think again. He is using them for his own benefit to become the president of this country. How could so many white people be so stupid as to believe his fake speeches. Maybe he’s trying to be like MLK. And if he does win the nomination it is possible Hillary’s voters will switch to McCain to give McCain a landslide victory and send Obama back to the senate.

It’s time that we Americans get through our heads that Mr. Obama comes from the far fringers of American politics. Lately, his political image has been throughly re-manifactured by the king of Chicago’s politics David Axelrod and also by David Plouffe his senior campaign staff.Every political event that Mr. Obama attends is such a media savvy, scripted and orchestrated affair. His arrival, getting on the stage, greeting, the background faces, all of it done with perfect pitch and timing for the newscast footage, for the maximum effect-using all the elements of the stagecraft. His image is so well manufactured for the consumption and the manipulation of the public, Mr. Obama’s politics looking more and more like a Hollywood production than a real life political event. While Mr. Obama’s message is about change, what Mr. Obama really does seemed to be steeped in corporate media that cheered us along in a very big way to the quagmire in Iraq. Mr. Obama also claims to be MLK and even JFK, without having done tiniest fraction of the vast accomplishments of MLK or JFK. Mr. Obama even lacks a sustentative legislative record. But for American media deeds have little value if you have the right image. I watch Mr. Obama’s rise in alarm for the sake of America’s future. His hubris is unsurpassed in American politics. I find him and his message without a clear political logic or details, more suited for TV audience, no discussion of issues, programs or policies, rather his speeches are full of name dropping and all sorts of claims, rich in platitudes and slogans. How come Mr. Obama’s embracing the Kennedy Camelot of the 60’s is considered going forward and if Hillary Clinton looks back to the 90’s for guidance─ now that’s considered going backwards?

Mara, I’m one of those “bigoted” Pennsylvanians you speak about. Funny, even though you know nothing about me, if I vote for Hillary Clinton, I’m “bigoted”. If Barack Obama loses in Pennsylvania, it won’t be because we are a state of bigots, it will be because we believe in Hillary Clinton.

It appears that MSNBC is becoming almost like obama’s campaign headquarter lately. I used to like Olbermann until I found out he is not any better than Bill O’reilly or Ann Coulter and his rhetorics are neither fair nor balance.

SuziQ,
It’s always shocking to learn something unpleasant about someone you believe in. It’s even more alarming when they are so highly educated, charismatic, smooth talking, ect. But believe me when I tell you, deciet lives in all facets of society and on every possible level.
The problem with someone like Obama is that his credintials and high IQ lend him credibilty, which he is obviously trying to hide behind.

Shanky,
I reject and denounce! Comments like that make you look worse than Dr. Wright.

Hello, Michael More is entitled to free speech just as the good Reverend Wright.
However, Michael Moore is not McCain’s or Clinton’s racist, America hating, spiritual mentor/minister either. Obama has spent twenty years supporting Reverend Wright and now embraces him in his campaign. Where do Obama supporters get the audacity to defend this while they take aim at Ferraro?

Are some of you Obama supporters blind? This article says:
“Last December, Obama’s campaign issued a press release in which Wright was listed as a national leader of the Obama campaign’s “African American Religious Leadership Committee.”
That’s pretty political.”
While I understand you say the views of a pastor do not represent Obama’s. But come on, for 20 years he’s been to the same church every Sunday (per his own words), you’re saying he must have not heard of any of those harsh comments made by the pastor? He only spiritually “opened Obama’s eyes” at the beginning and that was it? What about the claim from Obama himself that this pastor has been his mentor? What about all those praises about him in Obama’s book? Yes, he doesn’t necessarily agree on Everything he says, but is it that simple? Just think for one moment, 20 years devoted to the same church! Unless you are an idiot and cant’ think!

I never said you can’t be rich and in the WH. What I said was they had little before getting to the WH and now suddenly are rich. Isn’t that special?
Bill has all sorts of corporate alliances that fund him VERY well and some of these obviously would benefit extremely from Hillary getting herself into the WH. This has been discussed widely as a possible conflict of interest.
Somewhere stashed on the net is a schedule showing the remarkable growth of their net worth…if I can find it I’ll post it.
I’m not defending Obama BTW…he sort of lost me with this pastor fiasco.

It seems the Obama camp has put out the talking point to blunt this unbelievable view of a pastor.
The talking point is;
“A Republican candidate had the same views about America and 9/11, so it should not be a big deal.”
I have heard all the pundits repeat this talking point so far in all the show tonight.
Obama has at least a 20 year relationship with this pastor and Tony Rezko. You do the math.

I heard supporters can ask the candidates to refund your donations. Obama’s supporters may want to think about it. I would request my donate back from his comp.

Obama donated $25,000 to Wright and his church last year. That is troubling.

SuziQ, do you not realize that former Presidents get very large fees to speak at events? Do you not realize that Hillary Clinton had a best selling book after she left the White House? All of these factors would amount to why they have made more money since they have been out of the White House. Money has nothing to do with the debate of who is a better fit for the Presidency of the United States.

As I keep on saying… we need a national discussion on race. Why not use this opportunity to add that aspect to the Penn Debate. The subject is out there – but we just keep talking past each other or yelling at each other. These two candidates, whether they wanted to or not, have re-opened the great wound of race relations and disparity… they need to address it!

This is the end of history. Obama can not win inthe general election. It is either he withdraws for honor if he has or fight in the general election. Republicans can not let Obama sleep with their campaign machinery all about Obama’s dirt that are all facts. At least the Republicans now will make a fair informative campaign against Obama. Say goodbye to democratic party for the next 4 years all because of the American infatuation of Obama. Democrats will have to wait 2012 for their turn.

Obama and Obama’s pastor new this was coming. This is way, he resigned as pastor of the Church. Obama’s pastor will gain more if Obama is in the White House. They are holding this will go away by saying this past does not preach at his church any more so it is okay now to vote for Obama.

This goes straight to the heart of what Obama has campaigned on..Judgment. He has very very bad judgment. Goodbye red states.

The Swifties are going to love playing clips of this guy on TV if the Democrats are insane enough to nominate Obama (along with his wife saying she had never been proud of America)

Why didn’t the media report on this before so many people voted for Obama? Nobody would go to this church (which should NOT be tax exempt) for 20 years unless they liked the message. He should change his slogan from “yes we can” to oh no you didint!

Many Obama campaign members are saying things that are damaging their very own candidate! First you have Rice, then Powers, then Thorne, and Goolsbee. There are a few more that I can’t remember off the top of my head. But come on, they are accusing Hillary’s campaign of this nasty fighting when in fact his very own campaign has so many loose cannons they can’t even keep it together. And now Rev Wright! This is the last straw. That camel’s back should be broken now!

Are you happy with the economy, how America is viewed in the world? Well the world is watching and I think they’re afraid of what they are seeing. We’re going to shoot ourselves in the foot again over race, gender, and religion…..the Democratic Party, I guess the jack symbol should not be taken lightly, it may be time for an independent party, we’ve got to move on. Democrats, keep on hee hawing, soon no one is going to want to be part of this party, stop letting the media expose our weaknesses, stop being a jack.

I didn’t say that I condoned his comments but I do understand them. The problem with most of you is that you don’t care to understand them. It’s so simple living in your nice and neat little world.
Is it that hard to believe that America is very screwed up? Re-read my whole comment and maybe you’ll get some insight.
If you don’t care about where this country is headed then I guess we all suffer.

All you have proof of his a handful of sermons. And like I said it’s not as hate filled as you would like to think and that’s probably what’s really upsetting.
Nevada-What gives you the right to judge him based off a handful of sermons. Tell me where you get the right? Just about every church I’ve gone to has made comments that I disagreed with about homosexuals. Does that mean I hate homosexuals too?
Who are you? Are you Barack’s mother? Father? Best friend? I doubt it. Please I would love to hear you answer those questions with a straight face and a clear conscience. If you can I’ll pray for you.
But somehow many of you feel you have the right to base him off another man. Maybe I don’t have the right to assume that Obama doesn’t believe the same thing as his pastor but in the same breath you don’t have the right to believe he does.

Kel -
That is where you are wrong. MSNBC, ABCNews, FOXNews have all ran this. FOXNews spent over an hour between O’Reilly and Hannity on this exact story. MSNBC spent part of their nightly newscast on this. So your idea that it is an agenda of ABC is not plausable. You are obviously an Obama supporter and you obviously find no problem with the content of these sermons. So therefore, you can assume all you want but your own admission that you condone the content doesn’t make you any better than this pastor!

This pastor is not even supposed to be using his pulpit to discuss politics. It’s a good thing he retired from the ministry of the church or they could lose their non-profit status for violating the separation of church and state laws. The pulpit is supposed to be for teaching the Bible from. I have never heard a so-called Christian minister take God’s name in vain before or curse the country he lives in. 9/11 was caused by radical Islamic extremists. Any transgressions committed by the US is no excuse, whether real or imagined. If Wright had ever read his Bible, he would know that God says “Revenge is mine”, not “Revenge belongs to Bin Laden”. Now this man has officially joined Obama’s campaign. There is no way Obama could ever convince me that he has listened to this man’s hate filled rants for 20 years but does not agree with them. As far as committing to Africa is concerned, if anyone has been listening to Oprah, Clooney, Pitt, John and Theresa Kerry, etc. from the start, they have all been embracing Obama for the very fact that he has already committed to them all this country’s support for their pet projects in Darfur, Kenya, and the rest of Africa. Bush has said no new military bases in Africa, but that is not Obama’s policy. Did anyone catch the interviews on the street in Kenya about who they wanted to be President and why? None of this is a secret, John Kerry sat on This Week after the first primary and endorsed Obama because of all of the things he was going to do for Africa. HELLO! We are supposed to be electing the President of the US. If Obama wants to do so much for Africa, let him go run for President down there. Wright makes out in the rant against Hillary that Obama had such a hard time growing up. I have friends who live in Hawaii where Obama grew up, and it is a long way from the ghetto. He doesn’t know any more about being poor and downtrodden than Hillary does. If he is elected, you can look for this country to be more racially divided than at any other time since the Civil War.

I am judging the pastor and the fact that Barack Obama has been going to this church for 20 years. And this pastor is not the only one at the church that speaks of White America being down on Black America. I don’t want a President that feels his race has been slighted decided my future. I dont want race to be a role in the White House. His alliance to this church for 20 years clearly states he believes their values and that I have a problem with! Stop playing the race card, we don’t care if you are black or white, we care that you are american.

Barack is one of the few people not playing the race card. All the comments have come from somewhere else. Less we forget that Barack is multiracial. I’m black and white just like he is and while I can’t speak for him I can tell you that I can’t muster up the strength to be racist. I especially can’t muster up my strength to HATE my own mother because she’s white and the world views me as black.
Just about every church judges homosexuals poorly. I’m sure they do so for 20+ years. Do you think that it’s ok to say that everyone that has attended that church for 20 years hates homosexuals? It’s not. It’s not fair.
Barack might believe some of the values that the pastor preaches but he doesn’t have to believe all of them. The problem with most of you is that you’re comfortable with assuming. I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it’s stupid of me but I think everyone deserves as much.
I just really hope some of you will reevaluate. Give him a chance and not jump on the “barack must hate whites because his pastor does.” I hope that some of you will try to step out of your own shoes and into someone else’s for a change. I hope that people will put race aside because Barack definitely isn’t talking about it.
It truly breaks my heart.
That’s all. I’m leaving. Have a good one.

girlinvt, you are so right about leaving a church that spews hatred. but obama didn’t. and not only does that reflect his agreement with the pastor’s views, despite his denials, but it also says something about what he’s teaching his children. imagine how children’s views of the world must be affected by spending their childhood hearing that sort of hate speech in what’s supposed to be a place of God?

Its over for Obama because there is nothing he could now say except “Words”.
Too bad the media didn’t pick this up sooner.

The concept of ruling Obama as a black man is the same as the slaves age, using the “One drop rule”
Remember he’s half black and half white. The African Americans are not only his people, so is the rest of the Americans.
So what if his pastor held contempt toward a society where racism still exist up to this date.
Dissent is not unpatriotic, it is tell you the truth about the society and you can hear it or ignore it.

So can we all agree that we didn’t really know Barrack Obama like we thought?
For those of you who say that we can’t presume that Obama has been influenced by Rev. Wright, one need only to listen to his wife Michelle, and know that she has.
After all these years, we have two high profile Harvard grads fully vested in the mantra of the white man holding them down.
I read an article years ago that chided the black religious community for maintaining its control and attendance by perpetuating the sorry state of affairs for blacks by reinforcing old imagery and hateful sermons.
That was an article, but the video of Rev. Wright is proof positive that this is indeed a tactic still in use.
Sadly, at the end of the day Obama comes off as either disingenuous about his campaign rhetoric about transcending race, or perhaps worse, has shown incredibly poor judgement by remaining a member of this congregation.
We all know the importance of “judgement” to the success of Obama’s core argument for choosing him over Hillary. Also, seeing this other side to Obama’s life opens the door to all kinds of doubt about what he really means. What does he hope for and what will he change?
I hope that the insidious pattern of hate that is obviously still rampant in black community churches can be investigated further and get some discussion going…. is it productive? Is it healthy?
Can we ever change if this is an accepted means of holding the attention of a congregation?

LA in Indiana: White America didn’t make this up…It’s facts…And after 8 years of Bush we need ALL the facts
We NEED to Vote very carefully this time around. I don’t care if we have a rainbow colored president… it’s not about someones skin color it’s about what we need to turn this country around….and beliefs like Rev Wright are not the answer

When does it end? Why are blacks still crying about events which happened in the past? Is this moving forward? For anyone who thinks this isn’t relevant, but yet the comments of Ferraro are…are you reading with both eyes, or just hiding your head under the pillow hoping that none of this is true? If I went to a church, and all the pastor spoke about was how horrible a nation we are, and how horrible blacks are, I wouldn’t go there again, because those are not the beliefs I was brought up with. If someone continues to go to such a church, they apparently agree with the pastor’s views. Open your eyes people, you can talk great, and look great, and blame everyone else for your problems, or you can just be the best you can be, regardless of the injustices, because they will always exist in one way or another for everyone. Obama is not who you think he is, and this shows it only way too much. If Obama is the candidate, McCain will be our next President.

What really strikes me is that Wright really has no empathy for what Hillary has gone through in her own life…or in general, what Women go through in their lives. African American MEN were given the right to vote before women. Women helped the abolitionists and when slavery and the AA male vote was taken care of, the abolitionist men LEFT the women’s suffrage movement. What about the fact that after slavery was abolished, women were still considered a man’s property upon marriage. And, if a woman was beaten or abused and wanted out of the marriage, she couldn’t and if she insisted, she didn’t have a right to her children. What about women being considered 2nd class citizens? What about women being raped, beaten, murdered? How man men to you see missing/murdered on the news? It’s usually a man preying on a woman. Why doesn’t Wright address these issues or empathize with the discrimination and hatefulness directed at women in this society too? How about the fact that there have been only MEN in the Presidency and not one WOMAN? Wright should not be a pastor, he doesn’t not have LOVE for all of God’s people. He incites rage and hate which he hopes will be directed toward the white oppressors of society. I should feel the same hate too, right? I’ve been oppressed as a woman in this society. Not one of my Presidents has been a woman – therefore I haven’t had full representation for my issues.

So Obama’s mentor doesn’t think much of women’s suffering, Jews, whites, gays,blacks who disagree with him, and America. Well I guess that covers most of us and Obama sit through this because he is one of Rev. Wrights select few. Meanwhile Obama’s campaign and the bias media viciously attacked Ferraro. Obama may become president, but not in this country.

As a Obama supporter I was disappointed in Rev. Wright’s outrageous preaching. Because it has the potential to turn wishy-washy voters through guilt-by-association attacks, I expect Obama to come out with an even stronger denunciation of such ideas.
Guilt-by-association was tried against Bill Clinton in 1992 but wasn’t able to stop him. The difference here is the added element of race, and Obama can’t afford to let that simmer. He needs to once again make a break with those ideas and move on.
Nevertheless, there are those who do in fact validate some of Rev. Wright’s words by repeating falsehoods such as that Obama’s camp winked at the Candians when in fact the Canadians corrected themselves to say it was actually the Clintons who had done so. And those who say that Obama won’t salute the flag, is a Muslim, and all the other hate-induced slander that they read in their email. Such people are just as bad as Wright.

One cannot ignore that this is where Obama chooses to worship, his God. One is responsible for their choices. It does not warrant an exemption because of race. Model it. If you transposed this situation into a non-black scenario (say McCain) it would be rendered non-patriotic.
It is time that Obama stand up and detail the issues he so rhetorically espouses that he has positions on. We should hold him accountable for that because that is what we expect from leaders. Sitting in a church on Sunday and badmouthing the government isn’t leadership. This behavior breeds contempt and resentment and that isn’t healthy for any person of any color or gender.
Obama was elected to be a part of, government that is slammed by this minister.
When you have nothing to offer, you can always slam the last guy or the last administration for what they did wrong. We saw that with Bush 8 yrs ago. We’re seeing it again with Obama. Wake up.
This country needs an economist, a world diplomat, a military strategist, a person of integrity, someone who respects the constitution, and a human being that can relate to the people and understand all of issues of all its constituents. We don’t need another empty speechmaker without real resolution to our problems.

People keep saying just because he was there does not mean he agreed. Whoa…First he CHOOSES to go to a church with a miniter who espouses hate,is a racial bigot, and has no love for our country. This is a man who wants to be president of the very country that his preacher–a man of God??–damns. Over twenty years he has had opportunity to suggest Wright dial it back or he will have to worship else where. Obviously this “good judgement” was not excersized. How can BHO begin to talk of unity. Denouncing is not sufficient. He listened for twenty years. He is 19 years an 364 days too late.

I gave up on CNN but I will try Fox.

Obama has to answer to why he sat in this church for 20 yrs and did not speak against his pastor’s preaching. i was an Obama supporter until now. It is a disappointment and hippocritical of him to not speak up NOW.

This association speaks volumes about Obama’s judgment, character, and real opinions about our country and his fellow citizens. I have withdrawn my support for his campaign over this.

You have been conned. Uniter? LMAO.
What a phony.

Have we not all surrounded ourselves with people that have different ideals, different philosophies, different backgrounds then ourselves? They may be family, they may be friends, they may mentors or polictal figures that we favor. Not all the time are we going to agree with what they may believe or what they may say and we don’t turn our backs on them for expressing themselves. This is the United States of America and eventhough there are things that I don’t like about my Country the good thing is that I can express that and not worry about being persucuted, harmed or injured by my government for expressing how I fell.
Remember this man was around during the days of Jim Crow and Civil rights and there maybe some things that may not sit well with him. His Constutional right gives him the freedom to express that. Do we now BLAME B.Obama for the words of one man or relize that this maybe a difference of opion from a religious mentor.

I really get a chuckle out of Obama’s explanation that Wright is like an old uncle that he does agree with 100% of the time — I’m sure it would have gone over well with the Obama people if Hillary had said that Ferraro was like and old aunt ……..
And what’s the deal with Wright’s statements about Obama not being white, rich or priveleged? OK, he’s half-white and he may not be as rich as his friend Oprah or his democratic establishment supporters, the Kennedys, but an income of about $1M in 2006 is pretty darn good.
So when he talks about “Change”, is it the Rev. Wright kind of change he means? Or is it the kind of change that being beholden to dinosaurs like Kennedy, Kerry, McCaskill, etc. brings about — which is no change at all. .

How can Obama stand for uniting the country when he’s been sitting in this pastor’s church for 20 years and listen to such anti-American, anti-White, pro-Africa divisive rhetoric since he’s been in law school? Its ridiculous that this man is going to be our next president.

Jake, there’s NO supporter with which a candidate doesn’t have at least one disagreement. (Rush’s dittoheads excepted.)
I care about major advisors. If Axelrod started saying off the wall stuff, I’m be concerned. The Reverend (and retired) Wright? Not so much.
That AARL Committee must have a whole lot of members. From the article, the SC section alone is huge!:
“The South Carolina leadership committee includes nearly 130 senior pastors from some of the largest and most important churches across the state.”
I expect the group includes some that are anti-gay, some that are pro-creation or intelligent design – who knows? Who cares?
Obama’s point has been to find what we all have in common, not dig up our differences. Waht part of that do people not understand?

I can’t believe this. Senator O’Bama is going to bring about change and experience is not important because he can practice good judgement. If HRC were remotely connected with David Duke, I bet all major cities in America would be in gridlock with the inundation of protestors calling for her dismissal form the race and the senate. ABC is probably the only news broadcast that reports the news equally on both candidates. You do not here/or your see CNN or MSN reporting this news with any seriousness because they are republican backed news media and they want O’Bama (the easy candidate to beat) to run for the Presidency.
Senator O’Bama states “I don’t think my church is particularly controversial”, is that why they have at least a dozen of these sermon for sale to the general public. I hope the so called “US of KKK” as referenced by Rev Wright opens its eyes to the actions of this Glory boy O’Bama and see what he is truly about.
Then there are the O’Bama supporters crying, oh why did ABC wait to bring this out now, it was not important a while ago??? The fact of the matter is does that really matter? When/If he begins the Presidential Election process do you not think he will be exposed.
I applaud ABC for running this story, but I am afraid it was present a little to late. I am sure the there is much more dirt out there on this Golden Boy, and people are going to regret their decision.

Mike,
Are you kidding. This whole election is absolutely about race. And the race card is being played. And anyone who supports the rhetoric that came out of that Reverends mouth is absolutely a supporter of such rhetoric or there would have been disassociation long ago.

Do you notice that race is NOT supposed to be a factor, but whenever a minority is involved it always is. A hispanic last name automatically makes you think of the illegal immigration. Who’s
fault is that?
Public perception & stereotypes be what they may over the years…do you feed the wrong perception?
I have a lot of heroes & Bill Cosby is one of them but nobody wants to listen to his wisdom. One of the best examples of a black man on the planet & they call him a traitor…lol!

.I am so happy that his church is getting more attention and I am African American. Bill Clinton was right ‘Fairly Tale’ dreams. Bill Clinton was trying to warn us without going into details about Obama because the media outlets would turn it against his family….that did any way. Once some of the African Americans fully understand his believes, his supports will decrease in the African Americans’ communities. If you vote for Obama then you have to believe in junk and his pastor’s believes. And, the DNC IS A BUNCH OF WEAK GROUP, they only care about the money being raised by Hillary and Obama. This is way; I keep saying that Obama can not be on the ticket with Hillary if she wins. He has too much unknown baggage’s that the media outlets are too scare touch. It may be too late; we may have to accept whatever change Obama and his pastor are planning to hand down to us. The pastor has resigned from the church a month and is now acting as adviser for the Obama’s camp, over a month. Best no one of this before the media outlets was not going their jobs. The joke is on the young white Americans and the Africa Americans that did not fully understand Obama’s church. This is one of the reasons, I do not support Obama, and I am Africa American. I follow my pastor because I believe in him and what he is saying. And, Obama is doing the same.

You know it has always been true that actions speak louder than words…. I do not need to hold an opinion to hear out Obama when his action to continue to support this particular church and preachings and tha fact that this reverend is a part of his staff as reported in another ABC article on this story shows his standing of agreeance with the Reverends position and insight on America and its citizens:
Obama said Wright “is like an old uncle who says things I don’t always agree with,”
Wright is listed as a national leader of the Obama campaign’s “African American Religious Leadership Committee.”

I HAVE SIMPLY NO MORE RESPECT FOR CNN. TRYING TO HIDE AND DOWNPLAY THIS. HE IS THE FRONT RUNNER FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SHAME ON THEM THEY HAVE LOST ALL INTEGRITY.

You are right, racism has not healed… problem is it has spread and it is not as one sided as the reverend preaches. And by the way Black people are not the only minority in the scheme of thinngs, in fact they are becoming more of a majority. If it were then you would not see many blacks in the profession that they are in today, and certainly not running for President.
Racism will never be healed because nooone will allow it too. It is too easy a claim for all sides of the spectrum.

alleyoopvolley- it is a valid point and I understand that it comes from all sides… I see what McCains religious supportors have to say and that makes me shudder tho- to me that feels like HATE this pastors words? They make me feel ASHAMED..that is the difference I think and I am afraid it always will be. Whether we lived it or read about it in history books.. or both We can never really know as caucasians what it is like to walk in an African American’s shoes and live that every single day. Just my opinion

I believe Obama should not be held responsible for his pastor’s comments because I know how it is. As an African American, sometimes I leave church disagreeing with the pastor’s sermon. I have attended different churches and it just happens that some pastors are too radical. They remind me of Professors who are bent on teaching their personal opinions rather than fact, I know many people don’t drop such classes. So it’s easy to ask why didn’t Obama leave the church but remember Rev.Wright is just of the many people that make up the church.
I understand why people are worried, but have we ever wondered why all attacks on Obama are things said by his associates? I would worry myself with what Obama has to say. I mean I have heard some white people say hateful things about blacks but that doesn’t make their families/ friends responsible for such remarks. I agree Pastor Wright was wrong and in fact he went over the top especially with the Clinton part but holding Obama responsible is highly judgmental and unfair. By the way, this message was preached in December 07, why is it such an issue now. Pastor Wright suddenly thinks he the spokes person for all colored people, remember he said HIV was an attack on all colored ,NOT blacks alone. It is not time to judge but we should all sit back and interpret his so-called sermon.
I wish Obama all the best, people’s responsible is really outrageous, I wonder what will happen if Obama is the one directly involved.I don’t understand what Fox News wants Obama to do since his denouncement of the pastor is not enough in their opinion. Why should you charge Peter for Paul’s misbehavior. He/She that is not guilty by association should cast the first stone.

LOOK!! THE EMPORIER HAS NO CLOTHES, HE HAS NO CLOTHES!! I dont see why people are so surprised about finding this out about Obama’s pastor. What’s surprising is that they just found this out “This week”! The Senator has been attending his church for 20 YEARS and the media is just now finding out about this???? Maybe if they were’nt so busy passing out during his rallies or bashing Hillary on “every little thing” then maybe they would have been fair and balanced to realize this about Sen Obmam’s past and brought this up in say… the past 19 debates! Then us Demorcrates would have realized this before running to the polls to “Make a Change” Yeah a change from bad to worse. He’s just Pres Bush…no good judgement! Just a nice man who speaks very well gives great speaches and has a nice voice. But with all the problems of the world now. We dont need anyone who needs on the job training! THE EMPOIRER HAS NO CLOTHES!!

I urge you all to email CNN and MSNBC abut their almost NO coverage of this issue. If this was Hillary’s pastor she would be finished.

All I can say is watch Obama during his next debate. See how much eye contact he makes. He never take a strong stand for himself. How do you expect him to do it for an entire contry? He is wishy washy and that is not who I want representing my country. Look how his views on his church changed before and after he began his run for president

Of course we cannot hold obama responsible for the words of his pastor but if we are smart we will connect the dots and read between his lies and see Obama for what he is and who he is…. he should not be responsible for his wife’s anti-american sentiments..she obviously is not as smart or cunning as he is and does, thankfully, slip up and reveals herself to us…do we really want to take the chance on electing as president an unkown entity with a very spotty history…which includes anit-white, anti-semetic, anti-american…what has he accomplished that is worth taking this chance?
Think people…things could get a lot worst..
God BLESS America

I am sick and appalled that CNN and MSNBC have just completely and thoroughly ignored the issue of Obama’s pastor. It isn’t about the actions of the pastor – it about Obama’s lack of reaction to this man! If Obama doesn’t agree with his pastor, then he must show the courage and integrity to break off all relationship with such a hate filled venonous man. If, over the past 20 years, he’s been too timid or intimidated to stand up to his pastor and friend; then how, as President, could he possibly stand up for me as an American against Americas’ foes?

Now I know why obama turns his back on the American flag and will not wear a flag pin on his lapel as do other Senators.It’s against his religion. There is no other country in the world where unpatriotism would be tolerated.Only in America.
I can barely guess to think why SOME of the Kennedy Clan could praise and promote him. JFK was a real patriot.
Did you ever hear of the old saying “flash in the pan”? Well it seems the gold miners in the west, years ago said this when they saw a brilliant flash in their mining pans and then discovered it was nothing but fools gold ( pyrite). It looked so good and they were so excited and cheered and jumped and yelled ( just like obama-mania) but,as we now know that pyrite is yellow and smells like sulfur and that smell is referred to in the Bible as hades. So now, is that a comparison or not? I only hope that the young people listen to their elders who remember and have the experience to tell them what sacrifices they will have to make when we see this next recession. It is surely coming.Please consider this when you go to the polls and vote. Pennsylvania and the other states voting soon.
Oops, just saw on CNN that obama rejects not everything the pastor W said, just the personal remarks against the country and other personal things against Senator Clinton. Think he is getting the message? Toooooooo late! After 20 years, think its time? It is so sad that this is turning out to be a race- gender debate and not about the important issues facing America.
Senator Clinton would be denounced by certain media outlets if she so much as had on the wrong lipstick. It’s just not fair. How does he get so much leeway? What’s in it for the finger pointers? Control? Of what? He is certainly not prepared to lead our wonderful U.S.A. God Bless us all.

“PRChristian”,
We have common ground. However, I really don’t care what Obama’s pastor spews, I don’t care how often Obama has heard it. I listen to Rush Limbaugh all the time and don’t believe a word he says. In this case, I only care that Obama has sanctioned the rascist fellow by having the guy sit on a campaign committee. This says something extremely negative about Obama’s judgement. Didn’t Trent Lott lose the his Senate Majority leadership role by a similar failure in judgement, just a mere mention of an endorsement of a rascist colleague?

al Sharpton is on Tucker and say that Obama made a statement that Obama did not know what was going on in his church.

Suzalee – do you really believe that you can make a blanket statement like that? I have been an active church-goer for 20+ years and I have NEVER purchased a tape to hear a sermon that was missed. Until there is some kind of evidence that he did purchase and listen to the tapes while claiming to be unaware of the statements, these kind of statements are judgmental and ridiculous.

I am sick that we have let this scoundral Obama get this far and this close to the Presidency. Anyone who pays $22,000/year to fund someone who says Americans deserved to be slaughtered on 9/11 has no business thinking he could ever be our Commander in Chief – whose top priority is to protect ALLL American citizens.

Obama is finished, and rightly so. Poor ol’ Romney was grilled by the MSM about his mormonism to no end. They ruined his chances. I didn’t hear any Clinton supporters (who now consider FOX to be fair and balanced-isn’t that precious)or Obama supporters (who now suddenly see the wisdom of paying no mind to a candidate’s religious affiliations)berating the old media for demanding that Romney explain the Mormon Church’s actions in 1881! Our press corps in this country are the real losers here. They’re once again a day late and a dollar short. Here’s to the blogosphere spreading the word about this dangerous nut-ball who would be president. He’d sell us out in a minute. He doesn’t even like us. It’s not surprising that every tin-pot dictator and leftist tyrant in the world is praying that the fraudulent one gets elected. Let’s hope the American people come to their senses.

he is so proud that he has the best judgment among the nominee. I think i have better judgment than him. i left this church on day 1. I should run for president. People we need to check this guy’s past. We are voting for president! I need all the facts not just the good ones. I can’t stand that he lied just to save his ambition. he have not heard this for 20 years? are you kidding me? think something believable. please!

I find his explanation as to why he has not left this church unbelievable . As the wife of a pastor, all I can say is that either Obama was asleep while his pastor preached and judging by his wife’s recent comments, she was not, or he is trying to cover up. He is a typical politician.
My children voted for him in the primaries in the states where they live. But they are p.k.s so they now realize he is just another politician. How sad!

What are we talking about?….. Yeah It’s about what surrogate says which.
Beyond all the smoke and mirrors of election campaigning, its all about the two persons who are asking for our vote. Whether any one like it are not, we are dealing with two of the best democrats fighting it out. They both are good in their own ways. A very educated, philosophically thinking and good man Barry Obama and a very efficient and intelligent and good woman Hilary Clinton.
He is a professional educator hence sounds convincing with the students and educated people and She is a hard working brilliant professional politician hence resonates well with the common people.
There is lot of truth to the fact that Barry wont be where he is if he is not black and Hillary wont be where if she is not Mrs. Clinton. Hard facts but there is lot of truth to it. But beyond this obvious fact they are the best suited for this job they are fighting for.
But the whole election is about the American people. What they are made of? Beyond all the equality to the women and nonwhites, it is very obvious in many ways that its Male dominated society. Hence I feel many voters would rather vote for a Man than voting for a women even if he is black, brown, yellow or any other color. It’s for the same reason why even if Hillary is elected she wouldn’t be able to do many things as men could do. But it’s only a process. This election process has exposed many of the social stigmas that other members of the society (non-white males) faces in every day life.
This does not mean that every one who voted for Barack didn’t vote for his philosophy, his vision, intelligence or his convictions. Some voted for the phenomenon and some for the color and others for the candidate. Similarly some voted for the women, some voted for the survivor, some for the brilliant politician, rest did vote for their beliefs.
Hence, the election is about THE AMERICAN PEOPLE their beliefs and US and actions. There is more at stake than the color or the gender. It’s about how DEEP or SHALLOW we are. Prove to yourself!!!!!!!!
VOTE for the BEST…

This Is the real Obama that has been given the “Rock Star pass” by the media. He is a reverse racist and has hoped that no one would get to the truth before it was too late. If he ever gets elected life as we know it will pass. The hidden agenda is minority driven and you can bet on it!!!! Democrats everywhere better get behind Hillary this man is extremely dangerous to the United States. He has been indoctrinated by people like his minister his whole life and the campaign is just part of the plan. “God help America!!”

I am of mixed race AND Jewish.
Odd that i read much regarding Rev. Wright and his beliefs well over a year ago, so how is it Obama was unaware of and had not ever heard these comments?
That is a beyond belief ridiculous assumption and since when did someone’s religion really “not” matter?
I would say the religion of Jim Jones and his followers very much mattered,just as the religion of the Branch Davidians mattered.
The old saying that religion and politics are to remain off topic is here rendered dangerously antiquated.
No, one’s religious beliefs do indeed matter as does choice of association. This is not some televangelist giving a Republican an endorsement, this was the breeding ground of Obama and his wife.
I am tired of the double standards here.
African Americans defend this racist rhetoric, exclaiming, defending and justifying it because it was a church born of slavery.
That was 142 years ago, yet it was only 52 years ago that the religious and political beliefs of many Germans that lead to a little thing called the Holocaust.
Obama has sat in the pews of this church for over 2o years and never once had the courage to denounce this rhetoric, and it’s a bit like his all too convenient absenteeism during many votes over the last three years.
What I see here is a frightening pattern of Obama’s lack of moral courage.

i think he should give his senate and his president run.where is the dfr to let his kids go to that church.shame on him

Obama is not truthful about any of this! Anyone with eyes and and a brain could see he was telling a BIG FAT LIE in all his media interviews this past weekend! If he is the Democratic choice for the nomination, everyone I know will vote for John McCain! The DNC better wake up before it is too late!

if obama wants to loose he should keep the man without dignity on his group where-ever he may hide him.

Didn’t Obama give a speech not too long ago where he said, “Words do Matter” ?
I suppose the way he’ll backtrack on his ” Words do Matter” speech is that he’ll say they were really Deval Patrick’s words.

Doesn’t it seem just a little odd that when Obama gets busted for fratranizing with strange bed fellows that he suddenly has this overwhelming idea to dismiss the naughty behavior & says it shouldn’t be a part of the political race. Now why is he making up the idea that we only talk about what he wants us to talk about?? His seedy bed fellows are something everyone should be talking about since he is applying for more than a position at the local car wash. When his wash gets hung out on the line there is a reason we all are interested in wether it is sqweeky clean & ready for the WHITE House. He is not who he says he is. We want to know if these bed fellows are going to follow him to the White House & if so, we are sooo in trouble.

No matter what is said tomorrow in the speech, there are some fundamental judgement and honesty issues that will not disappear. He must rebuild that trust and it won’t happen this year. From the beginning he dodged the tough questions. His campaign and the media were too quick to address female concerns as “whining” and race issues as “racial”. He wanted to act like an evangelical minister and wow us. I started last fall voting FOR Hillary and by late January I was voting AGAINST Obama. It will take time before Mr. Obama can honestly address the race issue with us and we can believe it. I know several Hillary supporters that would not vote if he were even the VP candidate. I feel he has failed in some core value areas.

So Wright was the leader of Obama’s African American Religious Leadership Committee. Well, we know what knid of leadership they were advocating. Does this also mean that Obama isn’t interested in the religious voices of ALL Americans? From Wright’s rhetoric, I’m afraid the answer to that question in NO. It is time for Obama to withdraw from the presidential race.

I have voted for Democrats all those years. But this year if Nobama is the nominee, I will vote for McCain. Most of my friends, as I know, will do the same. Another point. I used to watch cable news channel MSNBC and CNN. But they are so biased and favor Nobama that it is disgusting. Now I switch to FoxNews. I love George’s Sunday” This Week” though.

And, oh yeah, remember Geraldine Ferraro’s “racist” comment?
“Obama acknowledges, with no small irony, that he benefits from his race. If he were white, he once bluntly noted, he would simply be one of nine freshmen senators, almost certainly without a multimillion-dollar book deal and a shred of celebrity. Or would he have been elected at all?”
And his campaign attacked Ferraro for saying exactly the same thing. What a slime ball.

This should not be about Hillary nor Obama but about America. We are still showing the world that we are of this world. Why are we focusing on the wrong instead of the right. Christ came preaching peace and love not hate and division. This country seems to be more divided and race (black & white & brown & yellow and red. Why not go back to the beginning, when all men were suppose to be equal. Has that really changed today. God have mercy on us.

This Obama candidate is a nightmare and so bad for USA ..it’s making me sick. This campaign keeps spinning webs, playing the race card, (must be from years of being brainwashing at Trinity) to the hilt.. What Geraldine Ferraro’s said really is so true..if any other person came into this presidential race with this much baggage they would have been laughed off and never have recieved any backing what so ever..(and her comment wasnt anyway near as detrimental and evil as what Wright said..OMG.WAKE UP!!) Obama is getting so much better media coverage and deals over all..WHY IS THE MEDIA KEEP DOING THIS??!!.Yahoo is so one sided it’s scary & making me ill too; saying stuff like “thank goodness he made that speech ..it saved his campaign” .etc etc..(btw..Who owns YAHOO??) It is in the toilet and has been from day one….I’m so sad with the way the majority of black voters can’t see how bad this Obama is for all of us….always siding with Obama no matter what..I’m convinced that if Obama was sporting horns and a tail and doing ritual sacrifices on the white people ..they would have justification rhetoric and continue to sing praises and think he’s just great!. Obama is bad for all of us in the USA not only the whites……ABC seems to be about the only media taking all sides into consideration..thank you ABC.. Obama Step Out, you are twisted beyond repair..(How much more crap does the American people have to learn about you..you’ve let everyone down especially yourself.) and certainly not any “chief citizen” spreading goodwill and hope to war torn America that we want or need..I’m afraid you and your evil buddies want to blow up the white House next..for your big climactic event “change” finale for USA..

Mainstream Media especially “CNN” has been bias on their journalistic reporting. I commend and respect ABCNews for not following CNN’s footstep of harboring or favoring a candidate (Obama) for corporate gain. I would recommend all bloggers to check out ABCNews if they are looking for fair journalism.

I am happy that America is begining to realize that Barrack Obama will be a disaster for this country.We now also know that we cannot trust the media.First they gave us Bush and his war and now they are pushing Obama on us.I now watch Fox because you cant trust Nbc,Msnbc,Cbs or even Abc forget about Cnn because they have all become Obama Network.

So what? Should the Rev. Wright be lynched for his words? Why don’t we subject executives costing people and their families their lives, pensions, jobs to at least the comparable scrutiny?
Obama spoke with integrity and honesty; should we just indulge in bickering for the sake of bickering?
Should we dissect everything for the political strategy’s sake and not listening to the possibly genuine (rather than cynical) remarks.
Don’t we want to try to know who these people are, rather than what their campaign strategy may be? Will this not matter to our future? Campaign promises are made and often quickly forgotten (think about the current administration’s campaign platform), but people’s inner core remains for better or for worse.
How shallow can we be? Should be focus so much on race as opposed to culture? I’ve been to black churches (I’m white) and seen a very different CULTURE: how people speak and interact is often more meaningful than the actual words said. Unlike a Baptist preacher, a black person whit a Wall Street suit, demeanor and language is often accepted as “white.”
And, Obama included, how is it that anyone with a skin tinge is automatically black in America? Shouldn’t we expand our vocabulary just a little but? Some of the “African Americans” I’ve seen or met look more white than me. Is it than a simple black/or white question?
We keep oversimplifying to the point of distraction.
And, really, does anyone sincerely believe that our actions around the world have absolutely nothing to do with other’s willingness to do us harm?
Let’s grow up.

1. The most frequent defense I hear in this case relies on the old ‘separation of religion and politics ‘ thing but this does not jive in that I never once heard Rev. Wright even talk of God in this rant.
No, this church establishes itself as a political entity and therefore should be investigated by the IRS.
2. Obama admitted he lied. First, he denied ever once hearing this rhetoric, but then had to admit it after the likelihood of evidence proving the contrary was certain to surface.
The admission that he lied makes him as hypocritical as Spitzer. Both projected a squeaky clean image and Obama has consistently said he is a different type of politician. No, he’s the same and, in the end “Yes we Can” proves as empty and
dumb as “Get er Done”.
3. Weakly excusing this type of rhetoric and blaming it on the media’s misunderstanding of black issues is as phony and as weak an excuse of attempting to blame a murderer’s crimes on his childhood.
This went beyond a mere “White America” has pushed us down, this went into “America invented the AIDS Virus and sells us crack to kill us off”.
Early on, I was undecided. Not now. I could not vote for him with a clear conscience and nothing he can slickly say or day can justify or explain why he compliantly listened to this for 2o plus years and why he did not , like Oprah, take the high moral road and leave.
Sadly, this is not a profile in courage. This is a moral coward.

Simple question:
Hilary expects Obama to have left his church pew after hearing the pastor’s racially charged sermon. However, why did Hilary not leave a man whose licit affair not only publicly embarassed her but most importantly their daughter??