As Democrats what an opportunity we have. A leader who can inspire and lead, instead of the Clintons same old, same old.

Here we go again pushing the race button one more time, can this man deal with the issue at hand and let MLK rest in peace? Exactly what is Obama trying to do cause another Watts riot in America gone are the days of old, it time to reflect on the economy, war in Iraq, housing , education, SS and so on, why does this man feel race has to be a issue all the time geez

MAC,

It's MLK day!! Why is Hillary in NY talking about him? She can but he can't. Do you think that the only thing we know how to do is riot--What race button?

Nice try, Obama, but anyone who needs a leader in 2008 either doesn't read much of anything good, or has no spiritual life- sadly, a president who is elected to babysit our unrealized motivation is pathetic. Keep writing the books, Obama, but you're not ready for the White House.

How can Obama talk about unity and at the same time hope that blacks in So. Carolina will stick with him ... why should they vote for him just because he is black? Race should not make a difference and does not make a difference in the world that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. envisioned!

NO - MLK was not the first to make it possible for this man to rise in American politics such that he is afforded the opportunity to run for its highest elected office. That honor goes to the sacrifices made of his mother and her parents whose memory he has has shown little more than same and loathing for. Why - because they are white yet he wants to tell me that he is committed to the cause of ALL Americans. His words and actions fail him miserably and will be his own undoing. He truly did have an opportunity to be a unique voice of change embodied in the form of a man who could transcend race and possibly gender. I would have been much more impressed to hear that he attended a service this morning that's message spoke of him who did sacrifice all for all (does anyone in this "Christian" church remember JC) while later holding a campaign forum to speak to all people. What an opportunistic sham. Oh and by the way - MONDAY is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Will be interesting to see how the gay and Jewish line plays. Atlanta, of course, has the third largest gay population in America and (I think) the tenth largest Jewish population.

Very risky considering past contretemps between these groups and the black community.

Also, I find it rather outrageous that Obama is talking about unity one day, but the next is trying to rip apart the Clintons. Yeah, that's change.

Here we go again. Obama comparing himself to JFK and Lord Almighty to the greatest post war American hero MLK. Are we all stupid enough that JFK and MLK had serious currency by the time the american people acclaimed them? Who is this young upstart who thinks that being the best orator after MLK makes him comparable to the one and only MLK who made seious sacrifices and led form the front to achieve his dream.JFK built his name though war and a legislative process to assume the mantle. Is rhetoric good enough? Is identifying yourself with Joshua mean that you can deliver? Gimme a break.

LOL. Vote a preacher and one who is no MLK as a presidential nominee. Imagine Obama and Huckabee duking it out for Nov 08? We may well elect someone to be the head of the church.

LOL Obama cheering the GWB record and the republicans for the past 10-15 years.

LOL Obama disses the only democratic presidnt for the past 30 years, Bill Clinton and praises Reagan. I must admit that voted Reagan twice in the 80's and the Reagan quote makes me have second thouhs about Obma, but, did vote Bill Clinton twice in the 90's and these were the best years of my life. Whither you democrats and african americans in partcular, did you love Reagan?

Obama's speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church was brillant, inspiring!

While the Clintons want divisions, Obama is talking about Unity!

Clinton is not elecatable in the general election! Do you get it?!?

Aren't we not tired of Clinton/Bush dynasties?!?!? Do you remember Clinton consolidation of the Media or NAFTA?!?

Open your eyes please!

Obama 2008!

Is Obama's Unity like how Obama took money from slum lord Renko while BLACK Brothers froze in unheated Tenements that Obama was senator of. While Obama sat in a million dollar house nice and warm

Sen Obama’s hands are far from clean and he owes an apology to the nation for not coming forward when the issue first surfaced saying that what Sen Clinton said “was not in any way racial in his point of view” thus proving he is a Uniter!

His waiting was for capitalizing politically as his actions prove combined with his repeated denials of his campaign fuelling it with the media, which his campaign did and waiting till it became out of control before speaking out as he did!

The shame of the tension that arose from this entire outrage is on Sen Obama’s hands and people should open their eyes to the actions and not hang on to the words, which are again proving to be empty of substance and solely for politically motivated personal gains!

The Clintons consolidation of the Corporate Media should sound an alarm to anyone who wants to continue the Clinton/Bush Dynasties!

Without the consolidation of the madia, we could not have the Bush dictatoship/Criminal wars! Do you get it!!!

Obama 2008

As a Republican and Obama supporter, I have one thing to say to you Democrats:

If you don't want Senator Obama, us Republicans will GLADLY take him.

You can play your disgusting little Clinton political games. Shame on you, shame on the Clintons.

Second paragraph of the Rezko article:

"The Illinois senator isn’t accused of any wrongdoing. And there’s no evidence Obama knew contributions to his 2004 U.S. Senate campaign came from schemes Rezko is accused of orchestrating."

But hey... if it sells a story, by all means.

Btw, how are sales, Chicago Sun-Times?

This is true

Is Obama's Unity like how Obama took money from slum lord Renko while BLACK Brothers froze in unheated Tenements that Obama was senator of. While Obama sat in a million dollar house nice and warm

I just have one question for the others here who are supporting the Clintions(Bush) Dynasties!

While do you want to support the clintons, if you know that all the messes/problems going on, in the USA is because of the Corporate Media consolidation laws approved by Clinton?

Please, try to convince me, to support Clinton! I bet you would not be able to do it!

Obama 2008

And I quote the Chicago Sun-Times Exclusive:

The Illinois senator isn’t accused of any wrongdoing. And there’s no evidence Obama knew contributions to his 2004 U.S. Senate campaign came from schemes Rezko is accused of orchestrating. The allegations against Rezko that involve Obama are contained in one paragraph of a 78-page document filed last month in which prosecutors outline their corruption and fraud case against Rezko, who was also a key money man for Gov. Blagojevich and other politicians.

A Chicago Sun-Times Exclusive

Obama donated more than $44,000 in Rezko-linked contributions to charity last year, including the $10,000 donation mentioned in the court filing.

It is so interesting that people like to dwell on the negative, how many dollars has clinton received from corrupt contributors.

This is a fairy tale, give me a break.

Obama calling for unity?? what unity are blacks suffering in America, do they not have the same opportunity as others. If they don't how come he has reached where he has? How come we have black governors, senators, what is Condi or Powell white people? Cant blacks go to college like everyone else? What is all this talk about MLK and marching to stop oppression, or alluding to the bringing down the walls of Jericho. What happen to Obama he feels everyone is stupid and not notice the play he is making, he it trying to divide not unity that is all he is doing. Telling blacks indirectly because he is black he is not getting a fair shake, with talk like that he is fueling the fires that is all he is doing and it should stop.

Mac,

Obama is calling for american people to stand up against corporatism! And that's why he is talking about Unity!

Corporatism uses divide and conquer ideology to divide us, and once we are divided, Politicians would care less to work for their people!

Politicians use divide and conquer ideology to get reelected!

Politicians should deliver healthcare, education if they want to be relected and so on! But as long as they are still able to continue manupilating brainwashed people such as you, they will not feel any need to deliver anything!

Do you get it?!?!

I THINK YOU HIT A NEW LOW WHEN YOU PANDER FOR VOTES AT A CHURCH AND WHEN PEOPLE CLAIM TO KNOW WHO IS ANNOINTED BY GOD. I AM ROMAN CATHOLIC AND FIND THIS HIGHLY OFFENSIVE AND SACRILIGIOUS!

I know this is not PC but I would
very much like to know what
religion the Obama family is.
The media seems to shy away from
this topic.

I find it interesting here, to see that Obama supporters are more rationals that Clinton's!

Maybe these trolls are die-hard republicans who want Hillary to be the nominee and get defeated in the general election????

We should be told!

Hey Eddie does Obama know there is a separation between church and state. Obama talking to a black crowd telling them to rise up and march, shake things up as he calls it, is dangerous talk that is fueling a fire. We shall overcome is a famous song for blacks against oppression, was very popular in the days of black integration, Obama is playing smart with foolishness and is pushing the racial buttons to cause strive in this election that is all he is doing.

Pls will the hillary campaign staffers allow REAL people to post their comments instead of spewing poison and telling outrageous lies? The clintons have the worst type of campign i have in a long time. keep on deluding your selves we al know that

I didn't think the post could get any more stupid then the post I read today. There was NOTHING wrong with Obama speech. For gooodness sakes, the man was in a church. Politicans in a chuch? Goodness gracious! Never seen that before! Get over yourselves. I would just like to compliment Bill-ary 08! I have been very impressed with Bill helping Hillary with her two wins. SHE would be NOTHING without him. Congrats. Bill-ary 08! Wooo Hooo!

I was frankly pretty shocked to read some of the smarmy comments on here. And worst yet, by our own people. The cynicism is palpable. What I wonder is, why spend time rationalizing why you don't want to vote for the guy. Just vote for Hillary (or whomever) and keep your head up. Do you really think it demonstrates how savvy or smart you are by saying it? It seems a little more like there is some sort of fear involved. If you asked him, I would bet that Barack doesn't want black people to vote for him because he's black, but because he's trying to be a part of something that might help us more than Bill/Hillary's proposals might by themselves. Don't lie to yourself, make your choice without the reverse engineering.

What is a lie am saying Obama is dealing in dangerous talk, pushing the race card big and bold, he should deal with the issue that is what he needs to do. If he does keep that talk up some of his follower are going to end up taking things too far, forget the race talk those days are over. America has opened its doors to so many colored people over the years does Obama not know that, black and white get married now its not like MLK days, but for some reason he is trying to tell blacks it is still that way and that is very wrong.

What a hate-filled series of comments!

If anything argues for the need to have leadership that heals us, it's all the extreme and self-destructive language that shows up in blogs whenever race, religion, or sexuality enter the picture.

We shall and must overcome.

Mac,

You are truly confused about the separtion of church and state!

Obama is celebrating MLK's Birthday and what this day is all about!

You don't have any critical thinking, do you?

Mac,

Obama is calling for american people to stand up against corporatism! And that's why he is talking about Unity!

Corporatism uses divide and conquer ideology to divide us, and once we are divided, Politicians would care less to work for their people!

Politicians use divide and conquer ideology to get reelected!

Politicians should deliver healthcare, education if they want to be relected and so on! But as long as they are still able to continue manupilating brainwashed people such as you, they will not feel any need to deliver anything!

Do you get it?!?!

Mac,

Obama is calling for Unity in his speech, not only Blacks, and Whites, but Gays, Jews and Immigrants!

What do you mean that he is talking about the race card?

Obama 2008

Mac,

Barack Obama called Sunday for unity to overcome the country's problems and acknowledged that "none of our hands are clean" when it comes to healing divisions.

Please, tell me where is the race card?

Obama 2008

I think AMERICANS need to look and do their best to bring together a solution for the best for the country.America is losing power,respect and lidership. Dem need to be like a fox for good and not divide the party with race and gender. They need to be proud to have a black and a woman for candidate, but Democrats need to see beyong words,speechs. They need to tell solutions for Americans and what they will do for the country and for the people. Look forward for the best candidate and their solutions for the country. What happened with the economy. If the country has a good economy then you'll have health care,education, social programs, etc. without economy, you cannot have it. Think hard and vote with mind and heart. GB

Mac,

Obama is trying to bring ALL People together. Not divided into groups... black, white, latino, men, women, asian...ALL PEOPLE...ALL PARTIES...for the common good. A UNITED AMERICA. The Clintons are dividing and turning Latinos against Blacks, Women against Men...ENOUGH!

Obama is trying to bring ALL People together. Not divided into groups... black, white, latino, men, women, asian...ALL PEOPLE...ALL PARTIES...for the common good. A UNITED AMERICA. The Clintons are dividing and turning Latinos against Blacks, Women against Men...ENOUGH!

Obama must have thought that running for the Presidency was going to be a cake walk where no one would call him out on his platform or hurt his feelings. Well he needs to think again, because if he gets the nomination just how nice does he think the GOP is going to be? The Republicans are waiting for him just like they are waiting for Hillary, and they will eat his lunch! Obama now sounds like a big, whinning baby and does not deserve to run the country. I'm a black man and I'm supporting the best possible candidate. GO HILLARY! HILLARY 08!!!

I am very concerned about the upcoming Presidential election. How can ANYONE support a candidate who does not salute the American flag & who belongs to a church whose congregation has a non-negotiable commitment to Africa? Please check Barack Hussein Obama's history. Perhaps you don’t know all there is to know about the man who may become our Commander-in Chief. God, help us if Obama wins this election!

I'm a black man and I'm supporting the best possible candidate. GO HILLARY! HILLARY 08!!!

There is another war going on in America today that none of the candidates have addressed including Senator Obama. The one between those born of intelligence and those of ignorance, and I'm afraid for all Americans, judging by the posts on these internet blogs, the latter may be winning.

GC,

If Obama is not nominated, I will go for McCain for sure!

No more Clintons/Bush dynasties!

eddie: Think of this possibility that for some reason has hardly gained much rhetoric on the blogs. I guess the idiots are too much concerned about spewing garbage and spin than fact and truth. However, Friday Michael Bloomberg met in Austin Texas With Clay Mulford, former H.Ross Perot's former campaign manager and third party ballot expert, before flying to California and a meeting with Gov. Schwarzeneggar, where he basically sounded like he would be announcing after Super Tuesday. Bloomberg is very popular amongst all parties, Republican, Democrat, and Independents as well as enjoying overwhelming support in his home state of New York. If by some awful quirk of fate, the Clintons (plural) do win the nomination, look for the possibility that Bloomberg and Obama would team up on an independent ticket. Both very popular, and certainly no lack of campaign finance funds.

How can a person running for office stand in a church pulpit and the tax exempt status of that church not be called into question? Because it was MLK's church? Doesn't it make you wonder when that church's purpose is to spread the Word of God, and to bring other's to Him, yet it is more interested in giving a voice to one who looks a certain way, yet who has different religious beliefs? What is that church's true mission?

rhonda...
I honestly think you are suffering from serious brain amnesia...if you are suggesting that wealth and success is proportionally distributed between whites and colored people...we're on our way there but not quite yet...before you open your mouth to call me uneducated...I have a first degree in comp science and masters in biomedical engineering and yes i am blck

Obama, stop preaching at us and start dealing with the issues. You are running for president not bishop. Stop playing the race card in subtle and not so subtle ways and stop insulting our intellegence. We need to be a united nation not divided and your campaign is divisive. King is no longer here and his dream has been put into motion, we dont need a King wannabe preaching to us about love and unity when you use race to divide the party. Give us a break.

Eddie, I can support Hillary Clinton very nicely thank you. By the way I am not supporting the clintons, but Hillary clinton. I am smart enough to make the distinction. Why do I support her? she is the only Democratic nominee who has a firm grasp on foreign policy and domestic issues. Her experience as a lawyer, advocate, first lady and senator give her a unique prospective on life and politics. As a former New Yorker I witnessed up close her concern and genuine desire to help the people she represented. She was also able to unite a strong republican upstate into her corner and won them over with actions not rhettoric. I also choose her as I beleive she can manage the white house, for too long it has been without a business minded, organizing, intellegent force, Hillary Clinto is that force for 08.

Clearly some of the people who have posted here did not actually listen to Obama's speech.
He is a good man with a good heart and it was a really good speech.
It is troubling to hear what is in the hearts of some of these people responding here to this article. Very troubling.

To often it has been posted that Obama rips the Clintons. Even ABC news website had a video with the title, Obama rips Bill or Obama rips Clinton. Well I listen to the video. Obama is a lot sweeter and kinder in his, so called, form of ripping. In fact it is not a rip at all. Hmm, I just wonder if the one sided reporting is done by the same posters, on the message boards and blogs, who hate the idea of Obama being the nominee for president. Yet if Hillary were to win the nomination, the same posters would smear her as well.

The Clintons are now using the cruel and brutal political tactics of the past to promote themselves and win the White house. Unfortunately, they are willing to use all means necessary, including cleverly crafted lies to do so. Shame on Bill and Hilliary.

It's time for a change. It's time for Barak Obama!

All of you who are artificially trying to paint Obama with a racial brush. All of you who willfully and deceitfully misrepresent Barack's statements and positions. All of you who want us to stay divided and choose ideology over rebuilding our country. YOU, YOU are the anti-Americans. YOU are the threat from within. YOU are the terrorists that wish to keep American lost, cast adrift with no rudder. Our country is in peril like no other time since the Great Depression and all you can do is pass around long debunked anti-Obama and anti-American e-mails. So, continue to vote for the same old politicians who will do nothing while America burns. Cast to the wayside those like Paul, Obama, and Edwards for McCain, Clinton, and Romnney. For some of you people, the time for change and progress will never be. I hope you people and your plans for disunity and continued gridlock and partisan politics are defeated. This I hope for my country's sake.

All these people yelling about Obama in a black church on MLK Jr Day. All these people crying about Obama supposedly using the "race card". I'm white and am proud of my german-immigrant heritage. Obama can be proud of who he is, just like anyone else. All you people crying about the race card need to grow up and stop memorizing chain emails and Clinton/Republican press releases. It's time to build a new majority of progressives, independents, and republicans in order to get something done. Your attempts to paint Obama with a racial brush are failing. Millions are voting for the man because what he represents and because of his ideas. Face facts: no matter how many times you FWD that old anti-Obama e-mail and no matter how many times you copy n' paste Clintonian/O'Reilly Factor talking points onto news websites, you can't stop the American people from uniting and pulling our country back from the brink.

Friends,Countrymen/women, let us keep our eyes on the prize. Don't be distracted, it is not about race. It is about a people with a shared experience CHOOSING a leader with vision, integrity, and hope, to bring about the kind of CHANGE our country needs. That leader just happens to be BARACK OBAMA.

An incredible speech by an amazing man! Anyone who actually listens to the depth of what being said this speech would recognize an enlightened and visionary leader that is as solid as a rock. Anyone who hears these words and takes them to heart would not be spouting nonsense on this blog.

Let's UNITE and GET THIS MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!

Obama is calling all Americans, Whites,Blacks,Jews and immigrants to unite for CHANGE. It is time for unity to restore America credibility to the outside world. STAND FOR CHANGE NOW!!!!!! May God bless America

I'm an Obama supporter and I understand he's not perfect. But I want to say that I wish the supporters of Mrs. Clinton well. I know many people are passionate about her and who am I to say they're wrong? I will, say, though that no politician has inspired me more to try to make America better than Mr. Obama. I'm a hard-core cynic. I hope whoever wins the nomination deserves it and if it's Mrs. Clinton I won't be a divider in the party. I want America to be a better place.

I often keep hearing about Obama and Rezko this, Obama and smack that. Has everyone forgotten that Mrs. Clinton was deeply involved in the Whitewater investment scandal and that Bill (who I do respect by the way) smoked but didn't inhale a pernicious weed? I think the one sided scrutiny of Obama in this primary is something that will come back to haunt both Hillary and the Democrats if such attacks continue to be launched.

For all the talk about Obama. Is the Clinton legacy so wonderful. All this seemingly grand notion that it was so wonderful. Ha, how quickly we forget. It was just ten years ago when then President Clinton tore this Country's moral standing to shreds. Oral sex in the White House of the United States of America. Lying to Congress about it. Yeah,I'm for Obama. But I'd vote for McCain before Hillary.Are we so forgetful? OK not Obama. But listen to Bill these days. Did Former President Bush (I'm a democrat)go around bashing, lying, lowering the honor and prestige of the former presidency. These guys will say or do anything to win. If my choises are Hillary and Romney, I'm sayin home!!!!

All the candidates sp at churches to honor a preacher who went against the masses and stood for change; and changed the world in the process. That is why and how they honored him this weekend. The movement started with words, touch the hearts and minds of all, and that is what OBAMA is doing. HRC and her husband say she is an agent of change... but she says she wants to take the country back back to the 90's... the yrs of embarrassment, lies, deceit and trickery. NO WE WANT REAL CHANGE... BILL'S ACTIONS OPENED THE WHITE HOUSE UP FOR A REPUBLICAN... HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 8 YRS OF BUSH. THANKS BILL... NO WE DON'T WANT YOU BACK; YOUR WIFE CAN'T MANAGE YOU AND YOUR ACTIONS, WHAT IN THE HECK WILL SHE DO WITH THE ENTIRE COUNTRY...!!!

The Clintons have intentionally distorted Barack Obama's record on a number of issues. Example, Hillary's recent statement she made on Meet the Press in which she said: "Sen. Obama's chief strategist accuses me of playing a role in Benazir Bhutto's assassination.'' When in actuality David Axelrod never made such an accusation. He said former Prime Minister Bhutto's death will ''call into issue the judgment'' of ''taking the eye off the ball and making the wrong judgment in going into Iraq.'' Then recently Bill Clinton completely distorted Obama's remarks he made about Reagan and Republicans and twisted it to say that Obama had said no Democrats had any good ideas. And Obama's opposition stance on the Iraq war, that he has been against from Day One, while Hillary had voted Yes. And, are these people of high principal and moral character and want to run the White House?

The American people are tired of politicians who lie and distort their opponent's records to gain the edge. Our politicians should be held to a higher standard. We should have politicians who are honest and above tactics that are unethical, irresponsible, misleading and dishonest -- who lack principals and are willing to do anything to win. After all most of us teach our children to be honest, ethical and not to lie. How can we have trust in our leaders to be frank with us when they have not been honest and ethical on the campaign trail. Politicians who intentionally lie, distort and mislead are in all honesty not honorable people, and basically unethical -- not the kind of people we should want to run or represent our country.

I can only hope that Barack Obama will not stoop down to their level while trying to set his record straight, which he must, against the lies and distortion their campaign are trying to get into the American psyche. These tactics are old time party politics and should be a thing of the past as we move towards the 21st Century, towards cleaner air, cleaner water, cleaner politics, towards a more holistic way of living. It is a greater duty and in the best interest of the country for Barack Obama to continue to stay positive and hopeful while attempting to bring this country together and lift it up from fear an a distrust of one another -- to continue to show the American people and the world there is another way to run for office other than smear and fear. That is why Obama and Huckabee are so appealing. They are authentic and each in their own way are trying to lead the Americans away from dirty campaigning, lies and tricks. How can a country be blessed after all that ugly and dirty fighting, it can't be. And too we have to ask ourselves as a people, why do we allow this behavior to be acceptable and reward this kind of negative behavior, when we would not accept it in ourselves.

Thanks, Obama, another articulate and inspiring speech! Hopefully, the media will cover it instead of all this mudslinging from Camp Clinton.

why are people being so hatefull. this speech was amazing. he really is a good man and has a good heart. and he really wants all of us to come together and be one. and this speech make so much sence.

The problem here is that Obama is a black man whether his is White or not is erelvant in this country, because white America see color more than substance. It amazes me that so many people are having a problem with that fact that Obama is speaking of the African American community at times. Is he suppose to ignore the facts that he too experiance such racism. That this is a part of "the American way" that needs to be addressed. For the 1st time in history some our issues are being addressed and if a Black Man does address them, then who will?.... George Bush, Hillary Clinton, she cant even take care of her own "affairs". GIVE ME A BREAK! You think that our realities should be non issues and we no more injustice.

Everybody knows Hilliary/Obama is the D ticket. What are you guys freaking out about. It's over!

From this primary battle it has become very apparent that any lingering racism in American is on the part of blacks. Obama won Iowa, which is a white as lightbread, which shows that white American's do not look at skin color like the Afro-American community continues to claim. On the other hand, when you look at South Carolina, and the rest of the nation, you see the black community is almost completely behind Obama. So exactly where is the racism? Not from the Clintons, nor the average white Americans. When will the black community stop pointing fingers and start admitting that racism in American is the result of black attitudes?