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On the other had this is all true.

Like it or not many over 45 voters, patriotic voters and many blue collar voters will vote against Obama now and in the general election.

Obama has the Wright problem, Hillary has the delegate problem.

What a mess.

Let's talk about something of substance like which candidate is getting the most lobbyists money and which candidate will work to create jobs for Americans.

Left, right, or center, the one thing that is required of any president is that there is loyalty to the United States of America. No, I am not a conservative but rather quite left wing. And, no, this has NOTHING to do about the race issue. On that score, his address was fine. BUT, Obama is "white washing" this issue...understandably. Remember, it took the lifetime of Obama's wife to say that she -- for the first time in her life -- to be proud of America. This is quite consistent with the comments of Rev. Wright...although he may not be proud of America. Given the strenght of Obama's ties to Wright, isn't he being rather dishonest? He knows Wright's political views quite well. No surprise. They are NOT separable from Obama's respect for all of his other qualities. Unfortunately, Obama uses his rhetorical skills to pretend this is not an issue. How sad.

Rev Wright never said anything about hating anyone, this has gone to far. In fact he spoke facts as they pertain to the black experience. Tuskegee experiment and Katrina alone give the average American reason to pause.
However he is an ex Marine who served his country have you?

Obama is very lucky these issues were vetted well before the general election. Only the 30% of right wing fox news lemmings will believe that Obama is whatever they want to believe. Obama will win the general election in a landslide because McBush can only get that 30% of the nut jobs who like Bush's policies.

Whether the MSM likes it or not, the Rev. Wright story will NEVER go away.
It does not matter who brings it up, it's a story that is here to stay because it demonstrate Obama "superior judgment", remember?

We are still awaiting the other story - the real relationship between Obama and Tony Rezko.

If Democrats think that the Wright issue is dead because NPR, CNN and MSNBC try very hard to bury the story, they are in for a rude awakening.

All it would take for Republicans and the swiftboat people is just a couple of political ad in the general election, and the Americans will be repulsed.

If this was Hillary's pastor of over 20 years that said something like this, the media and the Liberal wing of the party would have asked her to step down.

Remember, we still have not heard the true story of the relationship between Obama and Tony Rezko. Rezko created Obama and bankrolled his candidacy.

In the earlier debate, Obama categorically stated that he only did 5 hours of work through his church with Rezko.
Stay tuned.

This whole thing with insinuating Senator Obama as a racist, unpatriotic, or un-American will eventually get stale. Have at it though while it's hot and continue to be ignorant as Mr. Economy turns blue in the face.

The only way Barack Obama wont win the democratic nomination by the way is if he ends up in jail...period. There is no way anyone less than God will wrestle this away from him. Once that happens, the dust will settle, then we can take another look @ all these head to head polls republicans are having out of body experiences over.

The super delegates SHOULD consider the Wright controversy in regards to Obama's electability in November. It is a serious factor. It will be the centerpiece of the Republican campaign against him. Regardless of what many liberal Democrats think, most swing voters as well as many Democrats will not vote for Obama due to his relationship with Wright. Why isn't the Clinton campaign allowed to discuss this? Why is only Obama allowed to discuss the issue? The "typical white person" comment will be long remembered as well, I'm sure, and not in a positive way.

Obama is a hypocrite. He calls for Imus to be fired, Trent Lott to step down and then doesn't hold himself to the same standard. Hell the media doesn't even hold him to the same standard. If Hillary Clinton did one of the things Obama has done this week, her career would be over. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would be marching in front of her house within the hour. Where is Jackson and Sharpton's outrage over what has happened this week? I'll tell you were it is. It's being saved for the Don Imus's of the world and Trent Lotts (white people) If we are suppose to be equal then there should be equal punishments for the crimes.

Get it through your heads people. OBAMA DOES NOT HATE WHITE PEOPLE !!

This country is riddled with people that want and need him to hate whites to justify their own deep seeded prejudices.

I mean the real question with the Rev. Wright issue is does Obama hate white people?

To some of us it is painfully obvious that he does not.

Obama should publicly apologize for endorsing this un American racist preacher who Obama considered his mentor for 20 years. After that Obama should drop out of the race, he is not fit to be the President of the United States. Hillary is the one, she always was and always will be.

Give me Colin Powell, give me David Paterson, give me Harold Ford, Jr, give me anyone of color for President, but please not someone who belongs to a separatist church, who publicly embraces its racist minister after condemning our Nation, while at the same time he publicly shames his own white relative and refers to her as a 'typical white'. The more I know of Obama, the more I realize the contradiction of the man and his message. This is not bringing people together. This is not unity. This is not the change that we seek. This IS a man conflicted. This IS someone whose core values say one thing while his politics say another. This IS someone who should be in a therapists office and not the oval office. America, we've come too far to have to settle for this. We can do better. There ARE better choices that one can make for ourselves and for this country.

Democrates against Obama taking to the streets, check for a rally near you soon.

Rome is burning, the country is going down in flames and all we are allowed to do is to swoon over Obama's politically expedient speech and talk about race, race, race and nothing else. The guy is a disaster for this country. The Clinton campaign would be doing Obama and all of us a big favor to get the Wright controversy out there for everyone to see and judge for themselves before it is too late, because the Republicans are saving it for October.

Bill Clinton invited Rev. Wright to the White House when he was going thru his sorry about Monica ruse.

LBJ gave Rev. Wright a Commendation.

Ask Hillary about Doug Coe and The Family.
A secret Christian cult.

Keep pushing it Hillary. Did Obama not make the most of the Ferraro comment? He even included it in the most historic speech in history.

I'm amazed that anyone thinks Obama lied about whether he was in church or not for the statements in the clips. He quite clearly said he hadn't heard those statements. He's never gone back on that. He HAS said he heard things that could be considered controversial, but that's not the same thing! That's like saying that someone who says they've never seen Bad Boys 2 but who later admits to having seen a Will Smith film must have been lying.

I'm amazed that anyone thinks it's appropriate to reach conclusions based on a few clips chosen for their controversy. Go and view the context. Think about it! Go and view and read the many, many, sermons that weren't even slightly objectionable. Go and learn about Rev Wright's life. Don't speak from a position of ignorance.

And that said, I'm amazed that anyone thinks it's appropriate to judge someone by their pastor's occasional outspokenness. I guess no-one doing that is planning to vote, since by those standards - not only must the candidate be perfect but so must be everyone they've ever associated with - Clinton and McCain are both ruled out along with the rest of the human race.

I'm starting to wonder if the real question here is, "is America too dumb to elect Barack Obama?"

George Snyder,
have you watched the full sermon? If not, you don't know what you are talking about.

I challenge you to go and do so and then come back and say that the context doesn't matter.

In this case, it makes all the difference in the world.

Too bad I am not running for any office otherwise WHITEWATER would be back in the news, MONICA would be another very prominent issue and as for HILLARY'S Experience? HA!

Here is an honest opinion: Copy, paste and read this honest take from
Frank Schaeffer who wrote...

"Obama's Minister Committed "Treason" But When My Father Said the Same Thing He Was a Republican Hero"

Hipocracy at its best by the Clinton campaign.