Comments on: Obama Tries To Move Past Controversial Pastor

[plrdar]

The deeper issue here is why Obama feels such a close connection to a church that clearly is filled with black racist people who hate white people. One can imagine nothing plausible in reply except that Barack Obama indeed sees himself as an oppressed black man who needs to avenge this wrong that has been committed to him.
Yet it was his black father that chose to walk away from him when he was 2 years old and leave behind the family so that he (i.e. Barack%u2019s father) could attend Harvard when another less prestigious school offered to pay for not only Barack%u2019s father but also for housing / expenses for the entire family.
Barack%u2019s black father abandoned Barack Obama. His white family raised him.
So the identity issue obviously runs deep for Barack Obama. Clearly he has found his home by playing the aggrieved black man in the privacy of his church and family while he poses as a uniter in public.
A fine life if that is what he chooses.
But a terrible person to have as president of the US.
He sounds like he needs a lot of counseling help in order to reconcile the real racial divide - namely his own identity crisis.
Instead, he is projecting his personal crisis onto the country and far too many people are buying it.

[plrdar]

I wish him, his wife Michelle and the reverend health and happiness. And I hope Barack Obama learns that racism of blacks against whites is no better than racism of whites against blacks. Blacks by the way aren''t the only minorities in the US. Asians. Latinos. Pacific Islanders. Etc.
If you strive for Black issues, that is fine. But by definition you are racist because you are interested only in the things that are desired for blacks. The president needs to be look out for the interests of all Americans, not just whites, not just blacks, not just Asians, not just Latinos.
Words are cheap. Barack Obama has practiced moving speeches since his days in Harvard Law School. Through those efforts, he has earned the oratorical prowess that he now commands in his campaign. That however, is not the same thing as walking the walk. He speaks well. His actions say something entirely different. There is not a single thing about Barack Obama''s church of 20 years that is unifying. There are many things about it that are racist, hateful and divisive.
Judge the tree by its fruits.

[plrdar]

Until Obama locked up 90% of the black vote, he was not going to distance himself. Even then, he was not going to distance himself until being forced to do so. Yet a day after expressing his renouncing of the reverend''s ideas, Obama was campaigning in Indiana and he played the victim card claiming that he was being wronged by people out to get him. That stance makes it clear that Obama''s renouncing of Reverend Wright''s words was an insincere renouncing. Obama also tried to cover his wife Michelle Obama''s words when he renounced the reverend''s words. Yet Michelle Obama''s words spoke for themselves when she said that it was the first time in her adult life that she was proud of her country.
Again it is a free country. Reverend Wright, Michelle Obama and Barack Obama are all free to be ashamed of America. They are also free to run for president as a uniter.
Hopefully, voters will remember that we are free because of sacrifices made by the men and women of the armed forces and because of the exercising of our individual right and privilege and duty to vote in our elections. Remembering that, it is this author''s hope that Barack Obama serve as many terms as he wishes in the US Senate as the senator from Illinois but that his presidential campaign fails.

[plrdar]

Moreover, how could anyone sincerely campaign as a uniter of all races when they were a committed member of a racist, hateful, divisive church for 20 years? How can Obama campaign as a uniter when Obama chose a racist, hateful, divisive preacher to be his spiritual advisor?
Let''s hope voters look at this issue closely and take it into serious consideration when voting. Any person who was truly a uniter and who truly had good judgment would have left that church a long time ago.

[drdave212]

Nobody put words in Wright''s mouth or did a fake voice-over. Wright%u2019s white America didn''t conspire, drug him and hypnotize him before his sermons.
Honestly, when I heard his words I felt nauseous and wanted to vomit. This guy is keeping his folks down with sick, conspiracy; hate filled theories just like Farrakhan. Furthermore, only by going to HIS church and paying attention to HIS sick "charismatic" rantings can "believers%u201D find out the TRUTH. This ABSOLUTELY reflects on the sort of person Obama IS. It''s no wonder Barak wants to create "unity". Look at the world view of his divisive pastor who preaches DIS-unity. Wright''s a real life, black Archie Bunker and a throwback to ancient times. No wonder Obama wants "change!".

[debunker-2009]

Referencing the recent uproar over his former minister''s controversial sermons, Barack Obama on Saturday denounced the "forces of division" that he says have become part of the Democratic race for the White House.-CNN

Does Obama include Rev. Wright among the "forces of division". He should! Look at Obama''s comments about the Reverand''s hate speech very carefully. He only denounces "some" of the comments that we''ve been hearing on the video tapes. He chose to attend this church. He knew about these comments as he & Wright discussed last year distancing Wright from the campaign. Why? When Obama started his presidential bid Wright was suppose to speak at the event. He was asked not to just before. Why? Obama wants us to believe that Rev. Wright only spoke this way when Obama wasn''t in the pews for 20 years? Give me a break. He is a divider, not a uniter. Enough of his flowery and dodging excuses. His poor judgment
is change we can''t believe in.

[drdave212]

Nobody put words in Wright''s mouth or did a fake voice-over. Wright%u2019s white America didn''t conspire, drug him and hypnotize him before his sermons.
Honestly, when I heard his words I felt nauseous and wanted to vomit. This guy is keeping his folks down with sick, conspiracy; hate filled theories just like Farrakhan. Furthermore, only by going to HIS church and paying attention to HIS sick "charismatic" rantings can "believers%u201D find out the TRUTH. This ABSOLUTELY reflects on the sort of person Obama IS. It''s no wonder Barak wants to create "unity". Look at the world view of his divisive pastor who preaches DIS-unity. Wright''s a real life, black Archie Bunker and a throwback to ancient times. No wonder Obama wants "change!".

[plrdar]

Obama and Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr. are free to say what they will. And because Obama is running to be president of the US and because he is running on a campaign of unity and good judgment, this issue of Obama''s membership in his church is a valid issue.
Look at NYT April 30, 2007 article wherein Reverend Wright said that he had discussed with Obama the idea that Obama would have to distance himself from the reverend and Obama said yes he agreed. Same article also explains Obama listened to recordings of the reverend''s speeches while Obama was in Harvard Law School so that Obama could learn to move audiences the way Obama saw the reverend move audiences. Both of these facts show that Obama was well aware of the controversial nature of the reverend''s speeches. This shows that it is dishonest for Obama to claim that he never heard the reverend''s comments until just now.

[dugstir100]

Thank You Obama, you have been successful in putting another four years of Bush back in the White House. The only chance Democrates have now to win in November is for Obama to step down. That would show him as being noble and putting his country first. Maybe he can rebuild and come back and try again but the game is over now for the dems if he gets the nomination.

[hallihunt]

For all the Obama supporters who think this is no big deal, you''re in denial. This may not seem as big a deal to democrats, but Obama''s association with Wright will be used to fire-up the Republican base if Obama is the nominee. The Wright sound bites, Obama''s delay in the denouncement of the words, and even the praise given to Wright in Obama''s books will be used to instill fear and outrage in Non-African Americans. You''re just kidding yourself if you think we''ll see the end of this soon. It may be given a short break until the a democratic candidate is determined, but if the nominee is Obama, this weekend''s glut of "Wright News" will seem like a wink of the eye compared to the barrage will see in the Fall.