No one has done more for the African American's than Bill Clinton. It's sad to see the lack of loyalty and racism now present in the African American community through this election.

90 percent of African Americans vote for Obama. This is obvious racism and based on color. The Clintons have been supporters of black communities their whole lives. Bill even located his office in Harlem!

Clyburn should shut his mouth. He doesn't know what he's talking about.

For those who think Obama and Rev. Wright are close, I hope you have taken notice.

Rev Wright is an egomania like Jerry Farwell, Hagee and Pat Robertson. It is about them and no body else. Rev. Wright is mad because Obama denounced his stupid sermon and has decided to go on a tour to hurt Obama in this primary.

Nick, 90% of African American voted for Bill Clinton too and supported him during his impeachments battle. Bill Clinton showed his true color in this election.

On the other hand Clinton allowed over 500,000 people to be massacred in Rwanda. He did not do anything for the people of Darfur.

He was just using black people by throwing them some crumbs for his own political gains.

Then Obama is a liar, they are very close.

Goodness that man lies to much.

He said Wright was his best friend,mento, someone he bounces all his political decisions off of. He married him, he baptized his daughters.

He sat in his church listening to the anti American hate for over 20 years.

Tell Obama Ohio people will not vote for him. Neither will Pa people.

After what wright and clyburn said today
you are lucky they will look on your name on the ballot.

The Audacity of Hope - Obama's Book - named after a Jeremiah Wright sermon. Obama supporters: The Audacity of Hypocrisy! Please leave the race Obama, you are tearing America apart!

Since the blacks all want to vote for Obama, Let's all of us whites stick behind Hillary Clinton if that's what
Clyburn want. He is messing things up
trying to say Bill Clinton was raicist.
He know that is an lie. He should have kept is mouth closed. Because we are the majority. WE will all vote for Hillary. DNC you better not start nothing trying to over look Hillary.

Goodness gracious! There's so much ignorance amongst you people. It's obvious you're spouting nonsense and not facts because you're not interested in facts. Obama is a good man. Obama will get the nomination. Obama will be our next president. The alternative is too scary to think about. If you cared at all what was best for our country you'd do your research on the candidates with an open mind but maybe the problem is you can't read and have no minds?

Go ahead and defend the hate monger. The article from Hamas in the church newsletter, the anti-semitic rantings every week in the church bulletins, saying that AA's were infected with AIDS by white people, there is no defending this kind of hate speech. Obama did not speak out against it, he did not get up and leave, and even worse, Obama's JUDGEMENT IS SO POOR that he doesn't even understand that belonging to this hate church is poison to his presidential bid! Obama is so far out left and liberal he doesn't understand what is WRIGHT and WRONG! Obama needs to leave the race before he completely destroys what is left of the democratic party.

So I guess we are supposed to just let Bill Clinton and his wife discount the votes of black Americans because they have chosen not to support a Clinton this primary season.

Where is it written that Congressman Clyburn can not speak his mind. I think that both he and the Speaker have shown remarkable restraint in not speaking up in a more forceful way against what the Clintons have done and continue to do.

I predict that they will again try to discount Obama's win in NC in the same manner they did South Carolina.

Also, has anyone here actually listened to Reverend Wright's sermons from start to finish? I have with several of them and I find nothing to disagree with -- now, take stuff out of context and it is easy to paint him a radical. The whole "20 years of anti-American hate" is a lot of bull. Wright was a Marine who fought in Vietnam and worked at the White House. Not the profile of someone who is anti-American.

He is a old 60s civil rights guy, and silly white people/Republicans want to take us back there again with their rhetoric. Just like John McCain wants to be fighting the war in Vietnam all over again.

Obama said "I think that what he said in several instances were objectionable and I understand why the American people took offense and, you know, and as I indicated before, I took offense."

1) What exactly does he find objectionable? or "rough"? Obama has never said specifically.

2) He never said he took offense.

More lies and distortions

Hey, here I am in my great city of Indianapolis. We are getting very excited about the election. The gang is all here. As for BO he is just another politician that appears to talk out of both sides of his mouth. When he gets caught he changes with the wind. He hangs granny & the rest out to dry. No respect for BO. Just talking about change doesn't change a thing. Playing basketball with the lunch bucket people doesn't make him one of them. After last Wednesday's debate he lost a lot of cred here! So, we are working hard for Hillary!!

Hoosiers for Hillary!

James Clyburn agreed to stay neutral in this race in order to have the SC primary moved up. MI and FL were punished for violating the rules, SC should be punished because Clyburn has violated the rules by not staying neutral as he promised. But that is to be expected in Obama world - broken promises, excuses, point the finger, give the finger, tell the girl to give up.

How did the Clinton's affect Obama's association with racists and revolutionaries? Still, some of you defend Obama's actions based on the actions of the Clinton's. The two are completely unrelated. Obama did what he did all by himself!

Tears of joy!

WestCoastMessanger, Nick, geevil et al the HillLovers, nobody has supported Bill more than the black people during his 8 years of scandals. There is only one thing the Clintons expect from the black folks that is to -go on their knees for them-, remain forever in the plantations because you do not know how to govern and how to manage. That is the classic patronizing of black people. Nobody is babying Obama, but when Bill and Hill are playing race card against Obama, and working with the Republicans (McCain, ABC, Fox News, George and Hannity) to bring him down despite his successful campaign and gains, then somewhere somebody has to say enough is enough.God bless America and God bless Obama.OBAMA08.

What about Clinton's close association with adulterers liars, and con men, not to mention racists and revolutionaries?

Great post, Bill Fan!

Hillary, yes, we WILL!

The black community having "an irreparable breach" with Bill Clinton after he has been a powerful champion of their interests is very troubling. It says more about the black community than about Bill Clinton, as far as I'm concerned. It's also a warning to others that "no good deed goes unpunished" if you happen to be the political rival of an African-American candidate.

BKMC,

Shame on you for slamming Bill! Next time a Katrina hits & wipes out a predominantly black city we will tell him not to bother wasting his time raising all that money to help them because they don't care!Pathetic!

Who the heck is Jim Clyburn to me? I'm a black American, descendant of slaves, and a proud of it. And I am not supporting Obama and disgusted at the way his campaign released memos painting the Clintons as racists.

Clyburn does not speak for black people. Black people by and large prefer Obama, of course, but it is utter nonsense that we hate the Clintons. And if Hillary somehow ends up the nominee, she will have the support of the vast majority of black community, for sure.

This is just one more attempt by the media to divide the Democrats. It won't work. We know who the Clintons are, and we're not turning our back on them just because Jim Clyburn said so. Fat chance.

I call on any 100 superdelegates to declare for Obama, before NC and IN. They have already made that decision, now they are playing politics to see what favors they might get for it. Obama has made it clear there won't be any favors. 100 supers and decisive wins in NC and IN will make the issue moot. It will reveal HRC as the maniacle, elitist, egotist she is. She cannot win the nomination and it will only be a further embarassment to her to take it to the convention. If by some backroom miricle she were to get it, she cannot win the General, between the horribly negative campaign that would further push voter apathy, there are simply more people that would vote against her than for her, reegardless of policy positions. We need to move on to the general election campaign. Obama will not only beat McCain, he will beat him handily and we will have a President that will put the nation above himself.

Even Obama 20yrs' Uncle Pastor pointed out Obama responded to his sermons just as a politician should respond......

Clearly Obama is just a typical politician who said whatever to gain his own political advantages...

He has no gut to admit he has agreed on his uncle's sermons for 20 years (simply he knew it would be a political suicide) and he denied it in public just after the sermons were exploded to public a few weeks ago....

He politely "dumped" his 20 year Uncle just NOW for his president dream.......

So the question to Americans: what's good about Obama???

Obama is unelectable. Period. Wake up Super Delegates. That's why they're there... To make the correct choice, when a candidate crashes and burns. Sorry kids...

Wright isn't mad at Obama, or vice versa. They have this little strategy cooked up between them. Obama tries to act a little indignant and spout how he strongly disagrees with Wright, and Wright throws a few comments out, and everyone is supposed to think Obama really isn't associated with this guy now. Bologna! Just the new damage control strategy that Axelrod probably cooked up. I for one ain't buyin it! They've probably had dinner a few times since you know what hit the fan to discuss this new strategy. P.S. Why does Obama always say Stuff? I'm sorry, he continues to sound very UN presidential.

Well once again, Obama has smooth talked his way without really nailing anything down. All of the African American community needs to remember what Bill Clinton's administration has done for them. He had the guts enought to care and the knowledge to get it done! The only reason why the DEM nominee will get support is because voters want out of Iraq not a rerun with MCCain.

Although I do agree that there are things said by Rev. Wright that need to be seen in the context of an entire sermon - there is no “context” to justify the claim that our government created the aids virus to destroy the black race - To wrap such an ugly lie inside the sad truth of the Tuskegee experiments only to lend the claim some sort of validity is a vile thing and a grotesque disservice not only to his flock but society as a whole - and serves only to breed hatred, ignorance and division within the very community that Rev. Wright perports to serve.

This and other outrageous comments by the Reverend call into question his basic understanding of his calling to Christ.

Furthermore, that Senator Obama would sit in those pews for 20 years and not once challenge his mentor and advisor calls into serious question his judgement and the leadership skills that he and his supporters so adamantly tout.

Did Jefferson, Kennedy or Lincoln have any "street cred'?

Rev. Wright seems like an intelligent and decent guy to me. I don’t have a problem at all with many of the comments "clips" that have been disseminated. Ministers have all sorts of styles and communication techniques such as exaggeration, overdramatizing, irony, metaphor, etc., which are all within any communicator's toolkit for making points, increasing awareness, and engaging his/her audience. For example, he makes the statement “God damn America”. Big deal. America does have flaws and improvements to make. To pretend it doesn’t have room for improvement (at least to me) is truly un-American. To think that because Rev. Wright made the above statement that he then must be anti-American is a retarded, paranoid, and ignorant conclusion. Who hasn’t made comparable statements at times (though they are not meant literally)?

However, there is a clip of Rev Wright making a claim that the government created aids to wipe out blacks. This one, of course, is just ridiculous. Rev. Wright needs to acknowledge that he is imperfect and made a stupid claim in regards to this. I've heard similarly stupid and paranoid claims from many fundamentalist Christian whites who think the government is plotting to do things like (1) take away their guns, (2) force all Americans to receive computer chip ID implants, (3) relinquish all rights to privacy, and other lunacies. Why don’t these groups get the attention and criticism that Rev Wright does? Answer = we are in the midst of a fairly close democratic campaign season and many people are aggressively doing everything they can to smear Barrack Obama (e.g., guilt by association).

If Rev. Wright wants to do Obama any favors (he really hasn’t so far), he will get out and explain his preaching style and acknowledge he is imperfect and acknowledge that he made at least one totally ridiculous claim in his parish. He should do this for the sake of his own reputation if not for Obama’s.

Senator Obama claims to have not been present when Rev. Wright gave his now famous sermon condemning America.

In A-B-C's story of 3/13/08, A-B-C News indicated that a review of dozens of Wright's sermons, offered for sale by the church, found repeated denunciations of the U.S. based on what he described as his reading of the Gospels and the treatment of black Americans.

There can be no doubt that over a 20 year period Senator Obama listened to more than one of Rev. Wright's hate-filled sermons and shares his beliefs.

Senator Obama has lied repeatedly about this issue and others, as well as claiming not to remember several he has been confronted with.

America deserves better.

Here is food for thought:
I have been a registered Democrat since the age of 18 (20 years). Up until this point, I actually felt that neither party truly represented my interests and opinions. Often, I felt like I chose the "least of two evils" when I voted.
I am against abortion, yet I am pro-choice for women in other areas. Many of my views are conservative, yet I definitley understand the need to keep the "bar" stable and to level the playing field for all people.
My husband served in teh U.S. Air Force for 20 years. Consequently, we have gone to several churches.
From 2000-2006, I had two Pastors and they were both Republican. They often said things from the pulpit intended to either sway me to change my party affiliation or to make me feel "used and unenlightened" for remaining a Democrat. I remained a member, however, because I enjoyed the christian teachings, the style of teaching and delivery, the music and the dance, etc. However, when it came to politics, I just ignored the comments. My attitude was "they are entitled to their opinions and I am entitled to mine." The political comments were few and far between, but often enough for me to be clear on their positions. My last Pastor even went so far as to appear in a commercial for the Republican Gobernatorial candidate. I disagreed with it, but I did not leave the church becuase I am my own person and I he could not speak for me, as I could not speak for him.
Most people do not ask their Pastors what their political affiliation is prior to joining a church because it is usually publicly separate and apart.
I said all of this to say,
IT IS NOT FAIR TO JUDGE ANYONE BY WHAT THEIR PASTOR SAYS. NO ONE IS PERFECT. DO WE REALLY WANT TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT PEOPLE WE KNOW AND ARE AFFILIATED WITH SAY AND DO? I don't even agree with everything my parents (who grew up in southern segregation) say, but I love them and I am very proud of them. I just did not take on some of their views as my own.
What I find interesting is that no one has questioned why Hillary remained with her husband after he did terrible and humiliating things to her; no one questions why McCain remained with his wife who was battling the worse form of drug addiction. Why? Because they understand that loving, life-long relationships should not be thrown away because of a few bad choices.
We need to be fair in this.
I've always heard and I believe that "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Obama '08

Hey I am having a hard time trying to figure Barry here, he is so lacking.
If you want to be president put on a dam flag pin, you need the votes! If you want to win the high office put your hand on your heart for the anthem!
If you want to be a REAL politician denounce the pastor and go with the flow, you need the votes!
Do you feel so protected as the golden boy of the Dem GODS that you can flaunt your separatism in the faces of the American voters?????

Amen HP Boston! However, I truely believe its too late. I'm really sad about this mess. A year ago, looking with hope to the 2008 general election (and back at the disastrous campaign of Kerry), I was thinking "Please, anyone but Hillary!" - not that I didn't think she had many good qualities, but because she has been detested by so many that I didn't believe she could win. Sadly, I didn't know that my "anyone but Hillary" choice would be Barack Obama, who I believe is equally unelectable. He is, IMO, a proud and pompous man, as self-righteous as his pastor, and without credentials to lead our country out of its international disgrace, desperate economy, and health care disaster - there are legions in our party who strongly feel the same. I think Obama's statements that Democrats will stand with him is wishful thinking. Obama is an educated man - I wonder if he knows the story of Icarus? - I don't think he has a prayer of winning - and he will be remembered only as a name on the long list of candidates who lost the presidency for our party. His audacity of hope has left many of us feeling hopeless, and bitter at his audacity. I would never vote for Obama - its the foolishness of buying a "pig in a poke." And I would never vote for a Republican. Damn DNC - failed us again.

SO OBAMA YOU KNEW ABOUT THE INFLAMMATORY REMARKS BEFORE THE VOTERS DID, AND DIDN'T COME OUT AGAINST THE REMARKS. YOU KEPT REV WRIGHT FROM THE MICROPHONE BECAUSE YOU KNEW ABOUT THE DANGER HE WAS TO YOUR FUTURE. NOW YOU COME OUT SAYING THE MINUTE YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT THE REMARKS, YOU TOOK ISSUE WITH THEM. LIAR LIAR OBAMA, YOU DID NOTHING TILL YOU THE VOTERS STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS. THE POLITICS OF HOPE AND CHANGE? I DON'T THINK SO. LIAR LIAR OBAMA. TYPICAL POLITICIAN, AND WHAT IT IS EXPECTED OF ONE, JUST LIKE REV WRIGHT SAY.

now come on guys you can't really think obama can win the general election how many clinton bakers are going to cross the ballot if obama gets the nomination you can't honestly believe he can beat mccain most of obama's supporters can be persuaded to move over to clintons side but can he persuade clinton's supporters to do the same because he can't persuade me nor can he persuade the small town people here best of luck clinton cause i really don't want to see another republican as president but he would be better than obama

yada, yada, yada, this is deja vu all over again!

I'm sure Obama and his campaign not only "expected" but orchestrated the Wright sanitization and reinvention effort.

Wright's first interview is with Obama's most liberal and most vocal supporter...Bill Moyers

Good Grief, what is wrong with you people? Do a little research Hill supporters and you will find that the Clintons didn't seem to have a problem with Wright in 1998 when he attended a prayer breakfast for them and had a photo of Bill and Rev. Wright together and a letter thanking him for his support. What don't you get? Obama denounced the words of Wright and yes, Rev. Wright was speaking about someone elses words, which the soundbite conveniently left out. You haters will choose to believe what you want to and make everything about race. So is Hill playing the gender card then?

If some Democratic whites are still so prejudice or racist at this day and time in America, that they would rather vote for John McCain and continue the decline of this country under the Republican party, than vote for a really good bi-racial candidate that looks black (he's as much white as he is black), then they deserve ever ounce of misery they will reap for being so close minded.

They plant it because OBAMA and Rev Wright are telling you the same thing that they are different.

They are the same team, so called audacity and hope. For 20 years, they are the same. Now at election time, they come up and tell you that they are different.

Would you want your children be baptized by the one that you think is so different?
LIAR. LIAR. LIAR. LIAR. LIAR. LIAR. LIAR.

Rev Wright says " obamaspeaks and responds like a politician" so.... why does Obama deny that he IS a Washington politician ? A damn good one who supporeted the 2005 Cheney energy bill which now gives us $4 a gallon gas. Gee, Mr Washington politician..Thanks alot!!

The racist views contained herein, by both sides, proves why America has a long way to go. I attended this church for 6 yrs. during my stay in Chicago and it has members of all races. Pastor Wright is only a pastor and is not bigger than the church itself. The church has done wonderful things in the community to help the elderly, the sick, the unemployed and the unwanted. During my membership, I heard things that I felt were inappropriate or things that I did not agree with but it happened very rarely. I also did not feel a need to leave the church because I realized that Pastor Wright's opinion was not my own. The church family and deeds of the church far outweighed any disagreements that I may have had with a few sermons. To assume that every sermon was about racism or politics is wrong. Most sermons dealt with uplifting the community, establishing a relationship with God, uplifting one another and having faith in God when you felt that things were intolerable. I believe the recent turn of events is due to a Pastor who feels that White America is treating him unfairly and that Senator Obama denounced his sermons as offensive. You would think that most of the bloggers here have never embraced racial stereotypes or prejudices or have known people who have said things that they did not agree with. Sen. Obama is not Pastor Wright and should not be penalized for what Pastor Wright says. To know what Sen. Obama is about, one only needs to look at his life's work of helping people in need...years before he ever decided to run for office. No one has been able to offer any evidence that Sen. Obama has made racially offensive remarks or turned his back on the less fortunate. Aren't you tired of the same ol' politicians coming to your neighborhood (around election time only) promising you the same thing they promised 4 years prior that they didn't deliver. I never heard Sen. Clinton speak of Pennsylvania until she needed their vote to survive this primary. If she wanted to help the blue collar workers in her hometown of PA, why didn't she decide run for the PA Senate seat? Sen. Clinton considers NY her home and this is evidenced by the 2 mansions that she has there and the Senate seat that she holds...NY Senator. I initially supported Sen. Clinton because I believed that Pres. Bill Clinton had done more than other politicians for the underprivileged in this country. But, that was Bill Clinton, not Hillary. Hillary can not take credit for her husband's accomplishments. His political triumphs are not hers. What I learned about Hillary: does not have the party's interest at heart, will do anything to win, including trivializing Sen. Obama's accomplishments and lying about the Columbia Trade Deal and Sniper Fire... These actions made me take a good look at Sen. Obama and I was impressed, not because he is a black man, but because I truly believe that he can take this country to a new level in race relations, foreign affairs and how this government is run: by the people not by Corporate America. And, I'd like to add that he has not stooped to Sen. Clinton's level--even though at times I wanted him to strike back. But then, America would say, "Look how that man is beating on that poor woman..." America has a long way to go...

isn't it clear why Wright is against Obama? If an African American becomes president he can no longer milk the "the black man is always thrown under the bus" sob story.

We can thank Wright's stupidity when McCain gets into office, and destroys our economy even further.