Can we please get past this fool. What Rev Wright says should mean nothing when compared with the problems facing America. So a preacher says from the pulpit that the American government is to blame for things. How is that different that a pastor blaming gays or sex for hurricanes or terrorist attacks. Please do not try to rationalize. The truth is there is no difference.

Here is how the situation should be handled: The left will not hold McCain liable for his crazy pastors if the Right will do the same with Wright. The fact is that what Wright is saying is no less offensive than that Haege or any other evangelical hate monger.

Please people and media, let the candidates tell me how my gas prices will be lowered, why my house is worth less now than why I bought, it and why this generation will be worse off than thier parents. Let's deal with issues, not the same divisive politics that has run us into the ground for the past 15 years!

Because the Republicans and Hillary as well as the corporate media has nothing to run on other than things like this...

ebony: Don't get too excited about a the NC Gov. going for Clinton. The Governor of Maryland also threw his support behind Clinton, and she was clobbered in his state.

It is a little too late for Obama to dissociate from the Pastor. He had 20 years to do that. The Pastor seems to have a louder voice and control over Obama.

The other probelm is that the Democrats are held to a different standard. If they do not go to church they get killed. If they go to church, they get killed.

Once again, and I beleive I posted this here when this story first broke, if Wright was a white pastor from a white evangelical church, this is a non-story. It looks like the challenge from Obama's speech on race is jsut to hard for us now.

I am getting sick and tired about hearing about Wright 24 hrs. a day...The most laughable thing is whenever Fox News talks baout him, they put uo ELECTION ALERT in big letters on the screen, as if he's the one who's running for president.

The amazing thing to me is that those using this issue to bask Obama have not even taken the time to listen to the whole sermon. While sensastionalist in tone, it was far from hateful or unpatriotic. America was built on the ideals of freedom of speech; how could people expect victims of injustice (slavery) to not hold some degree of bitterness. I believe that many uneducated and older less race tolerant people are using this issue to justify their not voting for African American candidate. Obama is by far the class of the 3 remaining candidates.

Ron,
Governor O'Malley of MD helped Hillary win in NH and PA. and NC is a moderate conservative state unlike MD which is mostly blacks and latte liberals.

and of course MD was pre-Wright. pre-PA debate.

Thanks geevil for labeling my state. Are you from here as well. If you remember we elected a republican gov before O'Malley. Even after Wright and the Pa debate the majority is still behind Obama.

somebody explain to me why the black community chooses to allow such wackos to represent them and guide their spiritual communities instead of leaders like Carver or Obama. Obama has sucessfully pulled himself up by his bootstraps where these wacko pastors remain only by holding the rest of our African brother's down!

Doesn't matter which Democrat wins NC. The state will go to McCain like most of Obama's.

In my view Rev Wright is NOT hurting Obama by speaking publicly. Wright had no choice but to defend himself thanks to corporate media stoking the fire over the last several weeks. Staying underground proved to help Clinton as we saw in PA. The corporate media played a two part attack on Obama. One being the obvious Obama - Rev Wright association and the other being that Obama 'as a newcomer to the Senate' is not as well known as Clinton and needs to be fully disclosed to Americans. Wright is basically stomping on the fire by allowing all Americans a personal view into his life while diffusing the issue from the Republicans in the general election. Wright is also becoming human for all those who choose not see him as human (Invisible Man, Ellison). At the same time Wright is providing full disclosure on his thoughts and ideas for everyone to exploit. In fact, corporate media will have to rewrite the headlines and spin it in a new direction (for better or worse).

Obama represents the power of the people. We will own this government when he gets elected.

Clinton represents concentration of power in the hands of the few.

Wright is just a moth in the wind. He'll be gone tomorrow.

Random thoughts:

Hillary is has sold her soul to the devil and will do whatever - ANYTHING - to win the Democratic nomination (and the General Election).

Obama represents the better part of the Democratic party - our truest selves, our fondest hopes.

In a word

Hillary=FDR & Truman

Obama=Adlai Stevenson

Hillary=JFK and the Kennedy "mafia"

Obama=Eugene McCarthy

Obama=George McGovern

Obama=Dukakis

Hillary=The Clintons :-)

Hillary=The Clintons (& Al Gore):-)

Hillary=Al Gore, but Obama=Ralph Nader & Howard Dean

Obama in the GE = McCain will be elected.

lol Ralph sounds disgruntled.

ormental?
I am curious as to where you buy your brushes or your broads? Wright spake for the black church community yesterday. The pastors applauded him! Usually that is a sign of approval and direction. Until you treat the plague of power brokers who thrive on the continued subjigation of their constituency there will be no progress. The proof of this is reflected in how Obama has been drawn down in this muck

"Any and every white candidate with a similarr relationship with a "white" Wright would of been driven out long ago by the media, Obama, Sharpton, Jackson and the rest."

Posted by: geevill | Apr 28, 2008 7:19:01 PM

Wrong, so wrong. McCain openly sought out and proudly welcomed Hagee's support, yet the media makes nothing of that so called man of God's blatant hate speech. Like so many Obama haters, you, geevill, simply use the same lies over and over. Some of Wright's words may be upsetting when twisted out of context, but he is not a racist, not a hater, not a divider, and that could not be more clear in his sermons. I would go to his church, and I'm a white middle-aged male small business owner and registered Republican who is ashamed of what the Republican party has done to this country. I'm certainly not a Hillary fan, so I have to go with Obama and hope he gets enough support after taking office to start getting things turned around.

oh my Omentum.....lol I had a birthday party yesterday, with a house full of women and men who are voting for Obama. There are so many comments and so many opinions....you might consider my opinion "radical" because I believe Wright is correct, but no one wants to hear the truth.

I believe he had his 15 minutes and its time for him to step off and away.

I don't believe Obama holds Wrights views at all. And I think its sad that people are trying to make Obama responsible for his pastors words. I, and all the people I know, are willing to give Obama the benefit of the doubt.

There is a double standard for Obama.

He knows it, and most honest people know it.

Omentum,
Wright just proved Obama's assessment right on.
He said Wright was like an old uncle, who sometimes says things off the cuff. But he said he disagrees with some of what he says.
There is nothing wrong with respecting the man, but not respecting his views or some of the things he says.

The church is more than its pastor.