Wright and Wrong

I think the general consensus here is: Obama knew all along what his minister spewed forth, (2) he sat and listened to it, as did his family,(3) he still thinks that he is presidential material?? And I agree will another post, I also discovered this WEEKS ago by doing research on the net so why was the media giving Obama a pass until AFTER he almost has the nomination locked up? Maybe a little leg up if you know what I mean.

I too have watched the media fall all over itself over Obama. The fairness of the media to all the candidates has been unfair. Romeny, McCain, Clinton, Paul,Huckabee the only one they do not attack or at least except all his explantions as truth is Obama. I am an independent long before it just became popular, and I am disgusted with this whole election. Everyone needs to be looked at objectivly, or else we will have another Bush. For months I have known about Rev Wright and his sermons and if I a nobody knew, surely the media did. Obama had to have known this mans agenda, he knew him for 20yrs or so. If he wants us to believe he was never in church when these sermons were preached I think he underestimates the American public. I am tried as are most Americans of lying Presidental Canidates, but being anti-American will not work for me.

The AIDs epidemic started in Africa in the early 1960's. At the time, the president of the US was a (D). Both houses of congress were (D). When the virus arrived in this country it was the late 1970's. The president was (D) as were both houses of congress. Just which icon of the left, Kennedy, Johnson or Carter did Rev. Wright think was responsible for this genocide? And, blacks are still voting for Dems?

J Wright does not belong in the pulpit, holding himself out to be "God's Man".
When you take the pulpit, you have the high privilege but solemn duty to preach messages directly drawn from "The Book". I personally attended a Martin Luther King breakfast where Wright spoke. He took what was supposed to be an uplifting morning and brought it down into the gutter with his anti-establishment BS. I never attended another MLK breakfast.

I'm sorry, but I had to respond to Deanna's posting. The difference here is that nobody used Pat Robertson as a MENTOR. And Pat Robertson did not make the wild and crazy accusations against our people nor our government nor our culture which are as divisive as Mr. Wright did. Furthermore, I'm sure that if Pat Robertson was a to come out and state that Whites need to discriminate and to segregate themselves from Blacks, there would be an uproar, AND if there was a politician who aligned himself and was a protege of Mr. Robertson, he'd be "linched" even if he was WHITE. But why isn't the same happening to Mr. Obama? By the way, I am neither "White" nor "Black", I am Puerto Rican and have never had a problem with neither blacks nor whites nor yellows nor oranges, nor any other color which people wish to afix to others. To me people are just that people irrelevant of color, creed, sex orientation, or nationality. The fact is that people need to be measured by their actions, and Mr. Obama still states that Mr. Wright is "Like Family" and I find that troublesome, as he is still an Obama "MENTOR"!

What's interesting is that if a white man was running for the US Presidency and it was revealed that he had an association with an individual that participated or supported or thought like and expressed the views of the KKK, he would be linched in the Media, but why isn't the same happening to Mr. Obama? Is it because he's being painted as the pretty happy-go-lucky-from-the-poor-neighborhood-black-kid? I'm sorry, but I find that there is something wrong in the way issues are being covered. Let's be fair, his association with this man reflects that he himself is TOLERANT of such thought. For if one does not like what a person says or thinks, one distances himself from that person, but instead he has sustained a "mentor" relationship. When one considers the role of a "Mentor" as a person who helps you move in the desired direction and uses that person's philosophy to move ahead, what can be said about Mr. Obama? I was an Obama supporter until this news flash came out. Scarry.

When preachers such as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell claimed that 9/11 was God giving America what it deserved for allowing the existence of gays, feminists, abortions and the ACLU, no one condemned Bush or any of the other Republicans for snuggling up to these "agents of intolerance" (as McCain once aptly described them) when election time rolled around.
So, let's see if I get this straight. If Obama had attended a church where the preacher blamed the terrorist attacks on Ellen DeGeneres and abortion advocates, no one would be making an issue of this. Unfortunately, Rev. Wright asserted that it was caused by racial intolerance and bombing Hiroshima, therefore we can never forgive Obama for allowing a preacher to say something crazy... am I getting the gist of the logic here?

If you have time to read or comment in these blogs or comment sections, then you have the time to use your own GOD given brain to research for yourself the context of the very edited sound bites disseminated by the ABC and FOX media outlets.

The sort of judgments and assertions I have seen on this subject without any credible and cursory research by the writers indicate extremely shallow and lazy levels of intellectual thought along with unacceptable irresponsible and shoddy journalism, the results of which surely and severely limit the capability of a society yearning to become a true democratic republic of informed citizens.

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The hate is very strong here.People searching for reasons, anything, to hate Barack Obama, to find a easy way to attack him. The majority of you look at that video snippet and then you project Wright's words upon Obama as if he said it and believed it himself-- when in fact he has been very immediate and forthright in denouncing them.

You have people here assuming Senator Obama was at that sermon, applauding, and one can look at that clip and assume everyone of Wright's sermons were exactly like that-- all of that would be wrong.

Wright's sermons over the course of his career have been about togetherness and about unity in every race and everyone taking responsibility; that the Christian message is universal. Fear-mongers don't choose to pass around those clips in order to drag a candidate of high moral and intellectual value down. The news doesn't want to play those-- they wouldn't be "news-worthy" enough, whatever that means anymore... No-- it's much easier to incite bigotry and underlying racial hate with the One Example you are seeing, the One example in question.

It is most fair to judge any individual on their own words and beliefs and actions, not those of their acquaintances-- be it surrogate or enemy.

Look to Obama's own words and actions before you judge him so recklessly.

And in this situation it is also very important to examine Sen. Obama's own response to that clip-- which he was correct, quick, and transparent in denouncing. He should be commended for his handling of this, not further attacked.

Even though it didn't come out his own mouth, this is a "Dean Scream" moment for Barack Obama.

He's badly hurt by this. It'll be in every McCain ad next fall. Yup, it's Willie Horton Hears a Who.

I have watched the media fall all over itself (in particular, Keith Oberman and Chris Matthews on MSNBC) for months. Anything that Sen. Clinton's campaign says is labeled as racist. Any honest critism of Obama is labeled racism. They aren't allowed to campaign in fairness. Now, with Rev Wright's racist and hate filled sermons exposed, they are accepting Obama's comments that he didn't know anything about what was going on with a man he has praised as a mentor. Instead, they are trying to devert attention by labeling Hillay's 3 AM ad as racist. This is unblievable! Please, ABC, keep reporting the news, instead of trying to elect the next President of the US as MSNBC is doing.

Obama is sitting pretty. He is an unqualified candidate with questionably corrupt and morally reprehensible connections and cannot be challenged on his credentials or on his associations because his campaign will accuse you of being racially biased. Who will stand up? ABC? Please, look below the surface and give this man the same scrutiny you have given other politicians. Please start treating him without racial perference and help us get to the truth about the man who may become our next president?

BANG! BANG! BANG! I hear the sounds of nails being driven into Obama's political casket. I felt my mouth drop to the ground as I watched the video clips of Jeremiah Wrong in stunned silence. To say that I was absolutely HORRIFIED over Wrong's preaching is an understatement.

Obama seemed to immediately denounce the vitriolic statements of 9/11, but upon reflection, it seems to me that he actually denounced them 6 1/2 years too late. This action seems to me to just be a politically driven action towards damage control. At any time in the past several years, Obama could have voted with his feet and left this house of contemptible preaching, and there would not now be a scandal erupting around him. Instead, Wrong was the first one Obama called upon for support as he announced his presidential candidacy, and has been on his team of advisors.

This, along with Wrong's endorsement of Farrakhan, and Obama's friendship with Rezko, as well as known terrorists should be sending up all sorts of red flags in relationship to this man who is seeking to be elected to the highest office in the land.

While Obama is not to be held accountable for the things another person says, he must be held accountable for his choice of people who mentor and influence him. Obama describes Wrong as being his close friend and mentor for 20+ years. For Obama to try to claim ignorance in this type of situation is so beyond credulity that it is simply absurd.

Can you say "Doublespeak?"

Before the Damn Gate event, I didn't know blacks hate America so much. It's
like an eye opener. Since it is a view shared by almost 100% black churches
throughout the country (according to a black FoxNews guest), it explains the
overwhelming anti-socieity tendency of the black community.

Barak sold his soul to win in Chicago and it's coming back to bite him. I voted for him for Sen. but will never vote for him again.

I wish ABC had a 24 hour news channel. I am so sick of CNN and MSNBC and I have never watched FOX.

Barak Obama's ties to this man are inexcusable. Period. Furthermore, Obama never could get elected. His experience is non-existent compared to any other candidate and this country is in shambles. His alliances are toxic. Rev. Wright is a nauseating pig, ironically white for all his white hatred. And an unfortunate reminder racism exists going both ways and is still glaringly inappropriate.

No I don't think this will go away. The media will do it's job and find a tape of Obama sitting there listening to this garbage. If not that, somebody will say they saw him there. Obama's line that he knew nothing about Wright's remarks is lame at best. It WILL come back to haunt him.

Barack Obama has deliberately infected his own family with 20 years of anti-American racist hatred. He must not be allowed to similarly infect America. The Reverend Jeremiah Wright mentored Obama. They have hijacked Christianity in the same way as Osama has hijacked Islam. Obama and Osama really ARE the same person. Obama's fellow churchgoers simply haven't arrived at the point where the vests are strapped onto the children....yet.

CNN and MSNBC have much to answer for. After Hillary apologized, it was not good enough for Keith Olbermann. He had to use his special comment and try to finish her off. Now the shoe in on the other foot and K.O. looks like a fool. I was waiting for him to ask Barack if he wanted a pillow. You can't tell me Barack never heard any of these comments. Thank goodness for ABC!