Obama Explains Why He Quit Church

I heard the whole speech and press question and answer and he was more concerned with the media scrutiny of Trinity than the hateful Black Liberation Theology yelled from the pulpit to the cheering congregation. Wow…Wright is right….Obama does what he has to as a politician. He’s had more renounce, denounce, reject moments in this campaign than in any I can remember in my 49 years. The one I see coming next is angry Michelle on tape blaming whitey….then what, he’ll have to throw her under the bus to get to the WH?

This is something he should have done a long time ago. He is still going to be smeared with the brush of that church, & he is too smart to not know it. This is a church of hatemongers. If this was a white church, everyone would be all over them like a dirty shirt, wondering why they still have their tax-exempt status.

Obama describes the tirade against Hillary as “unacceptable”?
Such an understatement is in itself “unacceptable” – and outright offensive.
And yes, he seems to be saying that he’s cutting ties with his church because it’s not fair to the church to get scrutinized like this. That seems to be his main concern!
Also, this Father Pfleger is someone who Obama has previously described as one of his main spiritual mentors, along w/Wright!
So I don’t try to pass him off as some random ‘guest pastor’ – if this is one of Obama’s friends/advisors then just imagine what the real fringe loonies of his church must be like!

It’s kind of amazing how much questioning Obama has to go through on the same non-issues simply because he’s capable of giving an intelligent, thought-out response. I like the fact he’s not spitting out phony canned responses, which is characteristic of more “experienced” politicians. On this issue, Obama has been hounded by the press about happenings in his church that have NOTHING to do with the American people. Whatever some guy in his church is railing about this week isn’t going to change the amount of dollars in my wallet or the number of our people dying in a foreign country. Either the press is too robotic to ask questions about real issues, or Americans are too comfortable to care.

Damage Control.
Not because of the scrutiny of the church. Because Of the reflection of the Extreme Racist the church portrays publicly.
The Cheers and Applause for Racism, The Pastor Thanking God for the Sermon on Racism. making it evident it is and has been acceptable in the church and hearts and minds and souls of those attending the church.
Mr Obama says what he has to politically.
He leaves his church Not because his does not believe what they teach, and believe in. Rather he leaves because it might lose him a vote.
He has Failed miserably at Addressing the main issue or controversy. He leaves his church to insure votes.
He blames the media and the people of the country for this. Not the beliefs and teachings and sermons or the doctrine of the church are wrong, unacceptable and Racist, vile and hateful. To him it is only controversial.
Rev Wright was right about Mr Obama, he says what he has to as a political.
He Has failed, the people, His church and himself miserably.
He turned and ran, and not addresses the issue and serious problem and outrageous and evil practices behavior of his church, his friends and himself.
He Failed to tell them they are horribly wrong. What they are doing is Absolutely Unacceptable, Hateful, and evil.
That inciting racism, Attacking people with personal attacks, and spewing Political attacks from a pulpit, a church from people is something he can not accept, be part of and is wrong on every level. That they need to stop and never do it again.
He has failed again.
If he handles matters of state and government this way. The country is doomed. Distancing himself from it so he does not have to deal with it, and that it might look unfavorably on him.
He severed Ties and ran.
Telling the country and the world, racism is only controversial. It is best Not to deal with it head on and solve the problem. If you run away from it Hopefully you do not have to deal with it personally.
Mr Obama you are absolutely worthless!

Matutu – Obama left the CHURCH. He left the BUILDING and the PEOPLE. He did not leave his faith. Obama probably left that churche because his campaigning has taught him that he doesn’t want his daughters poisoned by the crud and horror being spewed out of that church every Sunday – and other days of the week, if they’r like other churches. “RELIGION” is belief practiced in public.
“FAITH” is belief practiced alone.

“no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States Constitution”
I think this means that the delegates cannot use this type of “news” at the convention. I wonder if the media can be held accountable for sensationalizing ignorance.
Freedom of religion is what this country was founded on, yet the only thing the media is concerned with is what OTHER PEOPLE SAY AND DO at Obama’s former church. What a shame. What a pity.
Obama ’08

Now that his poll numbers are sinking, Barack Obama is throwing Trinity UCC off the bus alongside his grandmother. What has become clear is that Senator Obama built his political career in Chicago by associating with the most extreme elements in the city. As a lifelong Democrat, I cannot vote for Obama. John McCain in 2008.

“It’s clear that now that I’m a candidate for president” PERHAPS CLEAR IN HIS MIND BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. Hillary Clinton now has more popular vote and sometimes Obama, Superdelegates can change their minds although it appears that the DNC committee members (27 people) have “decided for” us all who they want as their candidate, and it does not matter what the voters want. So why have the primaries?
Obama believes the long held views, statements and principles of his church and he will not denounce the church, although he is resigning from the church well for now, to win the Election.
His judgment is about as bad as it gets people.

Excellent post G.N!!
Something positive, When Hillary is finally pushed aside, She will then use her time to reverse the hate she has caused. That’s a given…

I saw the press conference and I thought Obama explained himself extremely well. For someone who takes his religious faith seriously I can understand how the decision must have been a difficult one to make. Obama came across as someone genuinely concerned at the effect his presidential campaign is having on the church, its members, and the work it does in the community. The media scrutiny they have been subjected to is unprecedented, and it’s all “gotcha” journalism too. I’m amazed at all the snarkiness I’ve seen on this board, too. It’s OK to disagree politically with the man without questioning his commitment to his faith as well. I’d venture that there aren’t many true Christians contributing to this debate at the moment.

My, my, don’t we have a whole lot of bitter people out this morning. This is all rather amusing. Even the insults are lame.

^^It is a sad day in America when you get blame for everything that goes on in your church, while running for a public office. Yes, Article 6 states “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States Constitution”.^^
Soooo, does THAT mean nobody can question, nor blame, a candidate on his religious views????
No, it doesn’t mean that.
Reporters can. I can. You can.
The Constitution requires government to stay away from religious qualifications for office. It doesn’t tell me that I can’t, for example, go into the polling booth with MY standards for the candidate and use them as my measure of him.

“I now have it from two three four sources…”
Yeah, right – I saw this same post last week. If the video exists, why are they waiting to release it in the fall? Especially with so many sources knowing about it. Lame.

Its a GRAT day in America when a black man is elected as President of the USA!!
Americans make me proud, Thank you to all who can look at the person and not the persons skin color!
OBAMA 08′

trettine,
“speaking of ignorance, Faith you need to learn what the religous test means.
It seems Obama atracts the most ignorant among us.”
why don’t you tell us who the delegates are? i have faith that you mean when you say “Obama attracts the most ignorant among us”, you mean he attracts a lot of uneducated people want to throw stones at him for non-issues. if so, i agree. that’s why the media should not feed into their ignorance.
you *do* realize who the delegates are, don’t you?
obama ’08

^^Obama is a uniter not a divider!^^
You mean that he unites the half-value votes with the full-value votes????

It is not about religion or his church. It is about what he is willing to say and do to get elected.
We know little about him, so we only have his words. He stated the original comments were false, and he could not deny his pastor. That was until his pastor stated something against him. Than drop drop. This flip flop is a problem when we have only his, I repeat his, stated character to judge.
I think he will make a god leader, but unfortunately there are to many questions and no history to show the answers that allows us to vote him into the highest office in the world at this time.
It is a matter of trust, not religious belief, or color.
But as a side issue does anyone remember the Mormon debate – If I rememebr he was white, not black, so color has nothing to do with it. It is trying to judge if the persons belief is compatabile with everyone else so that they would represent us well.

Obama quit his church not because his run brings “scrutiny” to his church but because it brings “scrutiny” to him and his character. He is not willing to have that “scrutiny” as people of this country will find out many more troubling issues hiding in his “Character Closet”. If he was scrutinized even half as much as other candidates here earlier on in this primary season he would have been long gone and the democratic party and the voters would have been that much better off. His campaign has divided the party and the country along racial lines and shown how to disrespect intelligent people and insult women. This is the real and lasting damage to our very fragile social fabric. Thanks Mr. Obama for pushing us back fifty years.
RB

A vast majority of Hillary supporters are immature.
At the ruling yesterday a women shoved a man supporting Obama out of frustration.
Honestly…grow up.

Vanessa,
The Hatred is caused by Hillary!! This is what shes brings out in her supporters, She is NOT a uniter and NOT good for our country!
Hillary should be telling her supporters to quit acting like cave women and start acting like Ladies!

If media was doing their job, giving fair and balanced coverage, we will not be in today’s chaos. If the primary started today, I am confident that BHO will not be where he is right now.
The left-wing media (MSNBC, CNN) has endorsed BHO for a long time. there are so many gaffes, lies from BHO that those media simply ignores. BHO can always get away from from his misteps, and nothing stick to him. In contrast, they will attack HRC with full force whenever she made a minor mis-spoke.

Unfortunately, Obama’s atatement on leaving the church shows that he still doesn’t get it. It shows his leaving the church is all about political expedience and has nothing to do with the hateful preachings of his “spiritual mentor” or the divisive black separatist rantings of the pastors and the orientation that has shaped him over the past 20 years!

Mark!!
I agree, Im not sure why anyone would bring up that its the black supporters that have put Obama in the lead! May be they should do some “Facts Check” Before Posting!

130 present votes. LOves his church for 20 years than resigns when it suits his ambition. This guy has no courage of conviction, he is a profile in cowardice.

bskahn
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No you are not the only one that can look at numbers with glee! :o)
Im thrilled to know that soon we will have a NEW President, No more of the old and same!!

^^Am I the only one to look at the numbers that predict an Obama victory in November and relish the probability that he will be the next president, not just for historical significance, but to enjoy reading these lunatics after he wins. A guilty pleasure.^^
So many of those wine collers have that effect on people.

I can see the GOP having a field day this OCT…no need for OCT surprise … it will be June, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct surprise …
BHO flip, flop, flip, flop… selling whatever it takes to get the votes…
tick, tock, tick, tick…sorry BHO..you peaked in Feb 2008…and it was down-hill after that …too bad, Dean, Pelosi, DNC and a lot your supporters are still cling, cling, clinging on …
You have just exposed your own game….GAMEOVER !!!

Yeah, right. Forgive me if I choose not to believe his explanation. After all, there have been so many of them!

After reading his statements given during his press conference, it becomes apparent to me that this guy still doesn’t GET it.
Disassociating himself from the Church (because whatever is said there will fall back on him) does not negate the fact that Father Pfleger is someone who he has referred to as “one of his top three spiritual advisers,” and that he worked to provide financial support to this man and his church.
It’s not WHERE the statements were made (although the fact that they were made at the Church where he was a member did make it that much worse), it’s the fact that the person who made them was such a close friend and spiritual adviser to him, and had worked on his campaign and had served on his staff.
How many MORE of those in his circle are prone to this type of bashing?
I guess we will soon find out when the Republicans get to work on him.

The problem for Obama with the trinity church/Rev Wright/Fr,Phlegan is that he is trying to base his campaign on “Change”. The horrible comments coming from the church are not about change-This is hate:
Against Whites
Against Jews
Against Catholics(yes the priest is Catholic-but Like no Catholic priest I have ever seen)
Against Hillary supporters largely white women.
This church and these two men were supporting his campaign and Obama himself referred to Wright as his “mentor” only 2 or 3 months ago.
I would not want a leader who has allowed himself to be so closely tied to a church that resembles the sermons of a klu klux klan meeting. Yes, if he was white and SO SUPPORTED his church (that he ADMITS mentored him)there would be a terrible uproar.

Note for Mr. Thompson,
Sir with all respect to you, I think you misinterpreted my comment. I am for the change in America. We need either a women or a minority president who can build bridges around the world. I think we can acheive more with dialogue then the big guns. I really feel the era of big guns is over. More and more people are educated and can understand the end result of big war. I really think we all should open our arms in embrace the world where we have difficulty and win the heart and minds of the citizens of the nations.
For your information, I have supported Barak and Hillary for the presidency. Sir, once again please read my comment and rethink what you are saying is not correct.
Thank you for addressing my comment with my first name.

Obama quit the church because he had no choice. He didn’t want voters to find out his true self identity.

DON’T BE DUPED AGAIN AMERICA !!!
IT’S ABOUT ELECTABILITY !!!
Large numbers of BUSH_McCain Republicans have been voting for Barack Obama in the DEMOCRATIC primaries, and caucuses from early on with the backing and help of the medical and insurance industry. Under the direction of the George Bush, and Karl Rove vote fraud, and vote manipulation machine. Because they feel Barack Obama would be a weaker opponent against John McCain. And they want to stop Hillary Clinton from fixing the HUGE! American, and Global mess they have created. shocking!!! isn’t it. Just gotta love those good old draft dodging, silver spoon Texas boys. Not! :-(
You see, the medical and insurance industry mostly support the republicans with the money they ripped off from you. And they don’t want you to have quality, affordable universal health care. They want to be able to continue to rip you off, and kill you and your children by continuing to deny you life saving medical care that you have already paid for. So they can continue to make more immoral profits for them-selves off of you, and your children’s suffering.
With Hillary Clinton you are almost 100% certain to get quality affordable universal health care for everyone very soon. And you are also certain to see major improvements in the economy for everyone.
The American people face even worse catastrophes ahead than the ones you are living through now. It will take all of the skills, and experience of Hillary Clinton to pull the American people out of this mess we are in. Fortunately fixing up, and cleaning up others incompetence, immoral degeneracy, and mess is what the Clinton’s do very well.
Hillary Clinton has actually won by much larger margins than the vote totals showed. And lost by much smaller vote margins than the vote totals showed. Her delegate count is actually much higher than it shows. And higher than Obama’s. She also leads in the electoral college numbers that you must win to become President in the November national election. HILLARY CLINTON IS ALREADY THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE!
Just look at Oregon for example. Obama won Oregon by about 70,000 votes. But approximately 79,000 Bush republicans switched party’s back in January to vote for Obama in the democratic primary. They are not going to vote for, or support any Democrat in November. Are you DEMOCRATS going to put up with that. Are you that stupid, and weak. The Bush republicans think you are that stupid, and weak.
As much as 30% of Obama’s primary, and caucus votes are Republicans trying to choose the weakest democratic candidate for McCain to run against. These Republicans have been gaming the caucuses, and open primaries where it is easier to vote cheat. This is why Obama has not been able to win the BIG! states primaries. Even with Republican vote cheating help. Except North Carolina where 35% of the population is African American, and approximately 90% of them block voted for him. African Americans are only approximately 17% of the general population.
Hillary Clinton has been OUT MANNED! and OUT SPENT! 4 and 5 to 1. Yet Obama has only been able to manage a very tenuous, and questionable tie with Hillary Clinton. This is even more phenomenal when you consider she has been also fighting against the George Bush, Karl Rove vote fraud machine in the DEMOCRATIC primaries, and caucuses. Hillary Clinton is STUNNING!.
If Obama is the democratic nominee for the national election in November he will be slaughtered. That is crystal clear now. Because all of the Republican vote cheating help will suddenly evaporate. And the demographics, and experience are completely against him. All of this vote fraud and Bush republican manipulation has made Obama falsely look like a much stronger candidate than he really is.
You will have another McGovern catastrophe where George McGovern lost 49 of 50 states. And was the reason the super-delegates were created to keep that from happening again. Don’t let that happen to the party and America again super-delegates. You have the power to prevent it. The only important question now is who can best win in November. And the answer is HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON. That fact is also now crystal clear.
And YOUNG PEOPLE. DON’T BE DUPED! Think about it. You have the most to lose. As do African Americans. Support Hillary Clinton. She will do her best for all of you. And she will know how to best get it done on day one.
The democratic party needs to fix this outrage. Everyone needs to throw all your support to Hillary Clinton NOW! So you can end this outrage against YOU the voter, and against democracy.
The democratic party, and the super-delegates have a decision to make. Are the democrats, and the democratic party going to choose the DEMOCRATIC party nominee to fight for the American people. Or are the republicans going to choose the DEMOCRATIC party nominee through vote fraud, and gaming the DEMOCRATIC party primaries, and caucuses.
Fortunately the Clinton’s have been able to hold on against this fraudulent outrage with those repeated dramatic, and heroic comebacks of Hillary Clinton’s. Only the Clinton’s are that resourceful, and strong. Hillary Clinton is your NOMINEE. They are the best I have ever seen. Probably the best there has ever been. :-)
“This is not a game” (Hillary Clinton)
Sincerely
jacksmith… Working Class :-)
p.s. Cynthia Ruccia – I’m with ya baby. All the way. “Clinton Supporters Count Too.”

Too Little, Too Late!
It took Obama 20 years and most of the primary season to quit his racist
church! It is impossible to
believe that Obama did not know that
these kinds of sermons were being given!
Add that to his ridiculous foreign policy statements and his budget
busting domestic agenda and despite it
supposedly being a “democrat year” it
looks like John McCain will be our next
president! That’s fine with me!

Debra, Debra…it’s ‘Why’d he’ not whitey.
More to the point, McCain says he’s both episcopalian and baptist. Both? And no one’s reported on this confusion, nor tried to clarify it. McCain’s religion, as an older white man, is less sexy than the unknown, exotic, mysteriously dangerous Obama can be made to appear.
So let’s do some deep reporting on McCain’s church, interview people, get pictures. Report. Not recite.
End that double standard, and know we have a separation of church and state in this country that younger evangelicals understand. It’s why they’re breaking for Obama over McCain.