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Democratic Candidate Condemns Pastor's Divisive Remarks, But Says He Cannot "Disown" Him

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by shutupnvote March 18, 2008 12:26 PM EDT
Time.com
captures what the rest of un who are not under any spell belive...

AP veteran political scribe warns the candidate and his wife they %u201Cooze a sense of entitlement.%u201D



But there''s a line smart politicians don''t cross %u2014 somewhere between "I''m qualified to be president" and "I''m born to be president." Wherever it lies, Barack Obama better watch his step.

He''s bordering on arrogance.

The dictionary defines the word as an "offensive display of superiority or self-importance; overbearing pride." Obama may not be offensive or overbearing, but he can be a bit too cocky for his own good.

The freshman senator told reporters in July that he would overcome Hillary Rodham Clinton''s lead in the polls because "to know me is to love me."

A few months later, he said, "Every place is Barack Obama country once Barack Obama''s been there."

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by truthword08 March 18, 2008 12:25 PM EDT
The only ones who are going to stick with Obama through all this are the Muslims in America (see www.muslimsforobama08.com) and the secular far-left. (moveon.org, George Soros, code pink, etc..)

Obama is done.

That is all.

TW08
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by ekucrew March 18, 2008 12:25 PM EDT
Obama reminds me of the college student that is proud of their new tattoo they got on spring break... until everybody else that sees it hates it.

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by jockh March 18, 2008 12:24 PM EDT
If Hillary can loan 5 million dollars to her campaign then surely the voters have a right to know the source of her funding.

Why wont Hillary release her tax returns? People with nothing to hide don''t usually hide.
The main excuse we''ve gotten so far is that Hillary Clinton just has too much on her plate. "I''m a little busy right now," she said during the Ohio debate. "I hardly have time to sleep. But I will certainly work toward releasing, and we will get that done and in the public domain."
That was three weeks ago. Two weeks ago, Howard Wolfson promised the returns would be released "on or around April 15." But weren''t the returns completed and filed a long time ago? Doesn''t Clinton''s accountant have time to print them out and make some copies (note to Clinton''s accountant: many Kinko''s are open 24 hours).

In short, it''s well past time for Hillary Clinton to be as "vetted" as she claims to already be -- and to have this vetting done now by Democratic voters rather than later by GOP hit squads. She needs to live up to the standard she laid out for Rick Lazio, the opponent in her 2000 Senate race. At that time, she said it was "frankly disturbing" that Lazio was holding back on releasing his tax returns.
What a difference eight years -- and tens of millions of dollars (some of them from questionable deals) -- can make.
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by whtpresident March 18, 2008 12:22 PM EDT
bilnigluva85, Money came from Bills book deal dude. Thats old news. Move on.
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by whtpresident March 18, 2008 12:21 PM EDT
Part I

Clarification: The Obama campaign has told members of the press that Senator Obama was not in church on the day cited, July 22, because he had a speech he gave in Miami at 1:30 PM. Our writer, Jim Davis, says he attended several services at Senator Obama''s church during the month of July, including July 22.
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by dgal878 March 18, 2008 12:21 PM EDT
Let''s get this perfectly clear for you Obama supporters: This is not about Hilary! Stop trying to take the focus off of the very serious issues being raised. It''s better they are aired now while we can still make an informed decision.
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by whtpresident March 18, 2008 12:20 PM EDT
Part II

The church holds services three times every Sunday at 7:30 and 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Central time. While both the early morning and evening service allowed Sen. Obama to attend the service and still give a speech in Miami, Mr. Davis stands by his story that during one of the services he attended during the month of July, Senator Obama was present and sat through the sermon given by Rev. Wright as described in the story. Mr. Davis said Secret Service were also present in the church during Senator Obama''s attendance. Mr. Davis'' story was first published on Newsmax on August 9, 2007. Shortly before publication, Mr. Davis contacted the press office of Sen. Obama several times for comment about the Senator''s attendance and Rev. Wright''s comments during his sermon. The Senator''s office declined to comment.
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by whtpresident March 18, 2008 12:19 PM EDT
Contrary to Senator Barack Obama%u2019s claim that he never heard his pastor Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. preach hatred of America, Obama was in the pews last July 22 when the minister blamed the %u201Cwhite arrogance%u201D of America%u2019s Caucasian majority for the world%u2019s suffering, especially the oppression of blacks.
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by whtpresident March 18, 2008 12:17 PM EDT
Barry and Shelly are Racially Bigoted Liars!
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by whtpresident March 18, 2008 12:16 PM EDT
What bilnigluva85? How can you steal from campaign funds to loan the money back. They said the money came from one of Bill''s book deals.
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by pugster March 18, 2008 12:03 PM EDT
The question is that are we voting for an American who refuse to wear a American flag lapel pin, who goes to Anti-American church, have question about going that he went to a terrorist school.
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