Obama Campaign Tries To Downplay Wright
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From CBS News’ Maria Gavrilovic:
CHICAGO – While Barack Obama has tried to avoid talking about Rev. Jeremiah Wright recently, his former pastor has not been keeping a low profile, scheduling a slew of public appearances. When asked if he believed that will hurt him in the upcoming primaries, Obama dodged the question, telling reporters, “I’ll let you prognosticate.”
In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Obama said he did not discourage Wright from making appearances and understands why his desire to speak. “He is somebody who has obviously been the subject of some pretty sharp attacks,” Obama said. “It's understandable that somebody, after an entire career of service, would want to defend themselves.”
When the controversy surrounding Obama’s relationship with Rev. Wright first broke, Wright remained quiet. Instead, Obama gave a number of interviews and addressed questions about Wright. The controversy seemed to fade away – during six weeks of campaigning in Pennsylvania, Obama was asked by voters about Wright only twice.
Going forward, the campaign appears to want to put an end to questions about Wright. Communications Director Robert Gibbs did not have a comment about Wright’s appearance at the NAACP Freedom Dinner last night. “We’ve said all we’re going to say,” Gibbs said.
Wright didn’t have much to say about his most famous parishioner, either. "I'm not here for political reasons,” he said at the dinner. “I'm not a politician. I know that fact will surprise many of you because many in the corporate-owned media made it seem like I am running for the Oval Office. I am not running for the Oval Office. I've been running for Jesus a long, long time and I'm not tired yet."
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See all 64 CommentsNow his appearance just reminds people that his judgment bears great difficulty. How would be repay Rev Wright and his audacity once he should get nominated and elected president.
This is what we call election by fear and self-destruction. Obama''s lead in delegates is meaningless if it could not reach 2025.
The superdelgates would then have to make the choice based on electability in Fall.
It is foolish to go for OBAMA and start the campaign with 48 states; Florida and Michigan going to John McCain.
The OBAMA campaign''s stalling ducking and pushing strategies backfire.
Downhill all the way for OBAMA now. Can you get any better with 92% of black votes? Hardly.
This is why we need to educate ourselves on race and racism. Do you really believe Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright wants blacks to rule typical white people after a life time of helping the poor and needy? Oh, I get it if we have a black President then blacks will want to oppress and enslave typical white people.
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Anti - noun 1. a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
These are not synonyms
sermon this will cost Mr. obama
a lot
Obama''s chicken
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anti %u2013 noun, plural -tis.
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
Oh, I get it black people want to do what some racist white people have done and still do. That is wrong not Wright. The words don''t match the actions. Do you know how many innocent people have been killed by America? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? Does GOD care?
And McCain doesn''t wear a lapel pin.
a start
The difference being, the people drowned in New Orleans were primarily black, and Obama''s minister is black and claims we don''t treat our minorities, whom the MSM sees no issue with praising their death by flood in the thousands.
Roll the attack ad again! What advice did Karl Rove give to Obama? Democratic voters need to know! Sean Hannity knows the questions foremost on Democratic voters minds!
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racist I belive you are Racist
race and see what it gets you
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1.
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one''s own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2.
a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3.
hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
*** %u2013verb (used with object)
1.
to declare (something) to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal.
2.
to condemn as a failure: to *** a play.
3.
to bring condemnation upon; ruin.
4.
to doom to eternal punishment or condemn to hell.
5.
to swear at or curse, using the word %u201Cdamn%u201D: *** the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!
%u2013verb (used without object)
anti %u2013 noun, plural -tis.
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
Oh, I get it black people want to do what some racist white people have done and still do. That is wrong not Wright. The words don''t match the actions. Do you know how many innocent people have been killed by America? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? Does GOD care?
there was a story-Obama Donor receives State Grant. It didn''t sound good. Another shady relationship making its appearance?
It is probably a good thing this has been a long primary.
"Blackspit Rev.Wright has cook
Obama''''s chicken"
"And keep rubbing white''''s face in
race and see what it gets you."
Obvioulsy, CBS is more concerned with catering to these non-viewers than average Americans.
There is NO WAY this guy can carry the main stream of society.....you know, the ones who cling to God and guns.
in NC. well Thank you Rev.Wright
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They walk among us and they vote.
Just say NO to Obama the Scam!
Exactly what poor people is he ministering to from his million dollar mansion in elitist Chicago?
The same people that white hate evangelists are ministering to from their multi-million dollar mansions and compounds?
Give me a break! He''s just another old windbag teaching his people to hate!
It''s one of those things the mainstream media won''t bother discussing in this presidential campaign, but Sen. Barack Obama has this really sleazy close friend and political fixer who is on trial in Chicago for buying and selling influence in Illinois politics. Tony Rezko has been in jail without bond while he is being tried on federal corrupt influence charges for months now because he failed to disclose a 7-figure wire transfer payment he received from a corrupt former Iraqi businessman, Nadhmi Auchi. Rezko finally made bail last week with a little help from another Iraqi fugitive from justice, Aiham Alsammarae. The Sun-Times is reporting that Alsammarae put up more than one-third of the $8.5 million in cash and property pledged for Rezko''s bail.
I''m not using any candidate''s friend, adviser, minister, contributor, mother, father, husband or wife (or wives) to make that decision for me.
Still I cannot help but feel another big speech coming....
Please put him out of our misery NC and IN!
He speaks of embracing Change and transformation to that of respect and kindness while being irreverent of the late JFK, Lyndon Johnson and the above-mentioned; he speaks conceptually of embracing difference while he treads the threshold of a bitter diatribe of Eurocentrist thought, music, language and worship.
How does he do so? Leaping from left and right brain hemispheres to oral traditions of Hebrew teachings, he feigns authority and makes bold statements from non-existent sources adding new fields of knowledge as he thunders on.
Demarcating himself as a preacher not a politician or political analyst, he exclaims that his speech is not about the candidacies of Senators McCain, Clinton and Obama. Jeremiah Wright continuously makes an affirmation of a positive, inevitable Change to come; not coincidentally, he finally brings his speech of Change to a climax of Yes We Can make this Change as an obvious endorsement of Senator Obama and then he humbly makes a plug for his book which is to emerge sometime in 2008
Posted by Maria Gavrilovic
Wishful thinking on Maria''s part. The genie is out of the bottle and even the LAMEstream media can''t stuff it back in.
Better luck in 2012. LOL
Like Obama, and like millions of ordinary people, she knew that the Iraq threat was a pack of lies but the problem was that she had her eye on the future Presidency; and I think she did not want to be painted as someone who is afraid of war just because she is a woman, this would have damaged her future presidential bid; so she chose the political expedient thing to do, lets go with the flow, lets not rock the boat.
So, to fulfill her personal ambitions, she now has the blood of 4000 US servicemen on her hands and she can never wash that away, no matter how she spins it.
Even to this day, she never uses her own judgment; she says whatever she thinks the audience wants to hear and changes her stance according to the state she is in. That%u2019s why polls show that voters consider her to be the most dishonest politician.
If Hillary is the nominee I would reluctantly vote for her; but I prefer to have a leader who has the integrity to stand by their beliefs rather than go with the flow, even if that means they have to stand alone in a crowded room.
Have you heard enough from Rev. Jeremiah Wright?
Yes, move on. 75% 1,828 votes
No, tell me more. 25% 613 votes
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be the Spiritual Advisor to
my President.
be the Spiritual Advisor to
my President.
be the Spiritual Advisor to
my President.
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