Obama: Wright Controversy Has "Shaken Me Up A Little Bit"

it did not shake his conciouse for 20 years
this is not about Wright it is about the real choices and actions of Obama and how he responded to the afair I think his nomination is going to cost the democrats the presidency

Hey Barack ... don't let them mess with your head!

Why is Sen. Obama always bringing up race in this race?
This race should be about votes-his votes in Congress.
If you want to keep this public discourse on the topic of race, then I will oblige one more time so that we can hopefully FINALLY move on to your voting record in Congress-where you have consistently sabotaged attempts to solve problems that affect middle class Americans.
Is it true that you supported 3rd ward Ald. Dorothy Tillman in her runoff (which she ultimately lost) against independent Pat Dowell" last year?
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obamacommentary/309639,CST-EDT-MILL23.stng#
SunTimes Commentary- "Will 3rd Ward politics affect Obama's presidential race? " by Rich Miller 3/23/07
Ms Tillman has an impressive record in the civil rights movement-no doubt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Tillman
She is also one of the leading and outspoken U.S advocates of reparations for slavery.
What is your position on reparations for slavery in the U.S?
What about reparations for slavery from western, ex-colonial powers for Africa and African nations? I understand that during the 2001 UN-sponsored World Conference against Racism, many African nations demanded an apology-plus other things- from ex-colonial European nations for the role they (European nations) had in promoting the slave trade.
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/09/01/durban.slavery/index.html
"Africa calls for slavery apology" , cnn.com, 9/0/01

"DURBAN, South Africa -- African leaders have called on the U.S. and Europe to apologize for their part in the colonial slave trade but are divided on whether to insist on reparations."
What is your opinion on this?
And one last question for now-
You told us that although you support Rev Wright-( you have been attending his church over 20 years and he married you & your wife and baptized your children etc¦) you disagree with many of his views.
What do you and Rev. Wright agree on ? What holds you together? What is the "glue" that keeps your relationship with him so strong over the years in spite of the fact that you disagree with him on some issues. By the way- what issues exactly do you disagree with him on?
I will wait for your responses.
Now that I have contributed some thoughts on your discussion dealing with race- can we move on?
I do not view you as a liberal, progressive Democrat because¦you do not vote on issues in the way that a liberal, progressive, Democrat would. Please explain your voting record in Congress.
http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/The_Obama_Craze_Count_Me_Out_5413.html
Beyondchron.org, The Obama Craze: Count Me out " by Matt Gonzalez 2/27/08
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080211/fraser
The Nation, "Subprime Obama" by Max Fraser 1/24/08 Post 2/11/08 issue
http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2008/03/i-am-barack-obama.html
Mother Jones, " I am Barack Obama" by Mark Winston Griffith 3/17/08

What this all points out is just how LITTLE we know about Barak Obama...

After giving him a free pass on being a NO SHOW for two important Senate resolution vote regarding IRAQ and IRAN (he is shrwed and cynical enough to have realized that by NOT VOTING, he could chastise his opponent(s), WHICHEVER WAY THEY VOTED, if it served his purpose, because it would appear that he had taken the opposite, "better judgement" position, WHEN HE ACTUALLY TOOK NO ON THE RECORD POSITION AT ALL!!!), and dismissing his non-attribution "plagerism" after having vilified Joe Biden for having done the very same thing, he is now being scrutinized the way any other candidate has been...

While I and other Democrats might think McCain is an up-standing enough guy to vote for as a protest against the bullshit that the Democratic party (thanks, Howard) is putting itself thru, WE CANNOT GIVE IN TO THAT TEMPTATION...WE CANNOT HAVE A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, regardless of what his name is... WE CANNOT HAVE ANOTHER REPUBLICAN AG or SCOTUS APPOINTMENT.

WE MUST SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE... BUT, before we cannonize Barak Obama, I would just urge caution and remind you all -- CAVEAT EMPTOR...Know what you are "buying" before you sign on the dotted line, because there is no 3-day buyers' remorse clause here (unless you consider the Super-Delagates, which makes their potentially strong influence a little more palatable.)

I'm just saying...

Re the swift boating hit job that is currently being executed by the msm on Obama:

Here's a national media contact list to hit back and express your rage at what they are doing to Obama!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x1903

The polls are shaken up also. McCain leads Hillary by 10 points, and Obama by 7 points in Rasmussen Poll.

Hey "Black Community" do white people rally smell like BOLOGNA

I guess its ok that whites and blacks continue living the fantasy that we trust each others communities. I guess the virtual lie that we are united can continue. You tell your kids to work with them but dont live and play and I will tell mine! Does this thought not hurt anyone? Are Americans so cold hearted that the concept of love thy neighbor if they look like you is ok but if they are different SCREWEM? I guess it will continue to seem ok for a black man to pass an older white woman who has a flat tire on the interstate and not stop to help and she accept it, thinking oh well she should have gotten AAA. Its cool America, let us just think about our money, our wars, our taxes. Oh damn im missing something, America has americans, it has people? oh dont worry about them money, war and taxes will take care of that. No love, hahaha well sure sounds funny saying it. I guess we do love to hate more than we care to love. BLAH BLAH BLAH go ahead say what other country has ever done what we have. Cool I give us that, but why are you scared to say you can do so much more. Are we a nation afraid to cry, not for the love ones passed on but cry for the one many that are living. Do we not as a UNITED STATES, cry for some AMERICAN we have never meet that we see in pain and suffering. But as the Vice President said yesterday. "SO" hahahaha. But I understand American. When you have shed so many tears, at some point the tears dont shed anymore. I guess. So cools lets be this.... Damn I am not sure what America is becoming. Does anyone?

I want to Hear from Wright . Come on Obama shouldn't we all be in this RACE dialogue

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Beware Obama supporters. The Republicans will resort to their customary gutter tactics in the Fall campaign. You haven't seen anything yet. As a veteran observer of political campaigns, I've witnessed it all. And being a passionate supporter of the Democratic party, it has been so deeply frustrating and troubling for me to watch the Republicans use their slimeball tactics to destroy an individual I passionately support.


And what further adds fuel to the fire is the apparent, and sometimes obvious, complicity on the part of the mainstream media to advance Republicans efforts in achieving that objective. They often function like the political wing of the Republican party, propagandizing and destroying opposition candidates via show content, guest selection, editorial policy and programming. I've seen it time and time again from when I first began following political campaigns beginning with the '72 Nixon/McGovern campaign. The ugliness of these campaign tactics became even more reprehensible and obvious with Bush/Dukakis in '88 and Bush/Kerry in '04. How many of you remember the "Willy Horton" ad run by Bush #41 against Dukakis in '88, or the more recent "Swiftboat" ad by the Republicans against John Kerry in '04? The media, in both cases, replayed these ads ad nauseum, even though by all rights, they shouldn't have seen the light of day. And to further exacerbate the issue, they often followed the running of these ads with "discussions" that only served to further damage the campaign of the Democratic nominee. Yes, when the rubber hits the road, there is a definite bias on the media's part that favors the Republican candidate. And it goes into high gear at the most opportune time.


Bringing it to the present tense, we also caught a glimpse of the media's tactics in the current campaign on the weekend before the Ohio and Texas primaries. All Obama had to do to end the Clinton candidacy was to win either or both of these contests. And a week or so before these primaries, it seemed within the realm of possibility, too. Obama had momentum building. He was on a roll. And then on the Friday before the primaries, the media struck! Remember all of that negative Obama publicity we were witness to? We constantly heard about Obama and "NAFTA-gate". Then there were the numerous references to Obama's relationship to that Tony Rezko fellow who was on trial in Chicago. Then there was the constant replay of Clinton's "3AM Red Phone" ad and the seemingly endless discussions about it. And then, to top it all off, Clinton benefited from the repeated airings of that humorous SNL skit that only served to raise Clinton's positives and appeal. And all of this transpired in the four days leading up to the Texas and Ohio primaries. Oh, and I forgot to mention, Rush Lamebrains dittoheads who voted in huge numbers for Clinton in Texas -- well over 100,000 of them!


We are now seeing the media, particularly on various cable news shows, harp on Obama's negatives to the exclusion of almost everything else. Have you noticed all of the nitpicking going on with some of the Republican pundits over Obama's incredible speech concerning Rev. Wright? They refuse to let it go. They, in effect, are saying that Obama must be held accountable for the words spoken by someone else. Guilt by association. It's patently offensive and an outrage to continue in such a way. But they do so anyway.


Joe Scarborough of MSNBC, who is on for 3 hours every weekday morning with his "morning joe" show, seems to have adopted Obama's defeat as his personal mission in life on behalf of his beloved Republican party. It has become conspicuously obvious that his intent was and is to promote dissent and dissarray within Democratic ranks by supporting a Clinton candidacy to the very end. His lineup of guests are often heavily weighted in favor of the Republicans and Clinton. If any of you watched his show on the day of Obama's historic speech, you can readily attest to this.


So, not only must Obama defeat Clinton and McCain, but he must also contend with a mainstream media that often seems to be the political wing of the Corporatist party -- the Republicans. His mission will not be easy. And he will need the help of all of us and keeping everyone "honest".


Finally, let me suggest to all Obama supporters to "inoculate" yourself against the oncoming rush of toxic reporting and tactics aimed specifically at derailing Obama's campaign. Obama should quickly adopt those tactics employed by Bill Clinton in his successful campaign against Bush #41 in '00. He was able to immunize the electorate by predicting what his enemies would say or do and by effectively communicating his view or take on it. In other words, he was on the offensive, anticipating his opponent's moves and taking those steps to defuse a potentially damaging situation. So that when the electorate did see their slimy ads or whatever, they knew what to expect. They were psychologically prepared and were able to discount it as trash and move on.


Obama '08!

Desparation brings about an obvious uneasiness in people. When things look like, the criticism is light and there is less to say. When the tide turns, you lose several primaries in a row, you have Superdelegates switch sides, you begin to grasp for straws, things go from muddy to ugly. The Rev. Wright situation was the best thing that could have happened to Obama. In this very instance, he showed not only America, but the world, why he is the best candidate we have had in years.

It's easy to say what you will do when things are going your way. But what will you do when things get rough? What will you do when even your own people (some Democrats and some supporters) turn to you and say "you need to do this" or "you need to do that?" Obama didn't answer the phone at 3am with no one there to critique how he dealt with the situation. He answered the call at 12:30 in the afternoon while the world watched. He did not do what was sensational. He did not do what was popular. He did not do what would benefit him the most. He did what was right...he did what was necessary. That, to me, is judgement. Judgment is not the ability to make the decision. Judgment is the ability to make the right decision.