McCain Blames Obama For Rev. Wright Issue

Politico:

Here's a new angle from McCain, at an avail today, at which he said, more or less, that he didn't plan to attack Obama on Wright, but that Obama -- by calling the question "legitimate" -- had legitimized it.

It's a move either clever, or too cute, depending on how you see it -- but it'll serve to keep the story in the news, and to signal surrogates that it's more than fair game.

He's also showed a detailed knowledge of the story.

I've stated my position very clearly that I don't like the ad. I was interested that this morning Senator Obama said that it was a legitimate political issue. If he believes that, then it will probably be a political issue. I saw yesterday some additional comments that have been revealed by Pastor Wright, one of them comparing the United States Marine Corps with Roman legionnaires who were responsible for the death of our Savior. I mean being involved in that -- it's beyond belief. And then of course saying that Al Qaeda and the American Flag were the same flags.

So I can understand -- I can understand why the American people are upset about this. I can understand that Americans viewing these kinds of comments are angry and upset, just like they viewed Senator Obama's statements about why people turn to their faith and their values. He believes that it's out of economic concerns, when we all know that it's out of fundamental belief, fundamental faith in this country and its values and its principles. Again, Senator Obama is out of touch. I can't control and will not in the future control. I will voice my opinion and I will continue to think and to say that I think that ad should not be run. But I won't continue to try to be the referee here

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Comments

[2351]

Other preachers have made comments. Let's check them out also and see what hatred and racism they spew.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=3753385&page=1

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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell

[H.L. Mencken]

Gee, reverend Wright and his rhetoric have become a virtual lethal pathology of Obama campaign "masochistic syndrome" that is destroying his bid for the American presidency !

A fake to the right a fake to the left and bingo the ball is turned over to the opposing team!

[glorysong]

Please McCain sit your old self down and keep your mouth close. You are talking out of both sides of your mouth.

[H.L. Mencken]

I am not McCain nor a modern American Republican but rather native American who is accustomed to white men speaking with forked tongue!

[nativeeyes]

MCWAR is reaching and trying to rehash this old story too..


When small minds think alike it will destroy our Country as we know it..

It's because of these small minded brainwashers, our economy is in going down the tubes..

Bush and Mcwar are twin demons for the same cause, TO STAY RICH AND YOUR POOR..

Keep the Rich, Rich and the poor, broke as he!! has work in all communist regimes and it's working here..

They don't care as long as they stay rich they will let the American people scarmble and starve.

The rest of the World is now affected by this clamity..

Get these Republicans out office before we have to ration our food supply, OPS TO LATE.. Cosco,BJ's and other box stores are NOW rationing Rice.. Corn is next and then Wheat..

And these fools are going at Rev Wright like his running for the White House.

Small minded insecure White People will be scared as hell as other minorities are saying this why our Country sucks right now..

WAKE UP IF YOU ARE REALLY AN AMERICAN.

DON'T LET THESE REPUBLICANS FOOLS TAKE YOUR MIND DOWN TO THEIR LOW LEVELS..


Wow, Billary Clintoons are Americas biggest Frauds.. They are Enron and WorldCom all wrapped into one huge LIE!!

Hillary is the poison of the Earth..


http://vodpod.com/watch/268188-tired-of-electing-thieves-liars-and-murderers-yet


This says it all....

Vile human she is...

[lennix]

if we put MCcain in the white house we will be sorry please not again

[KerkorianKnot]

Wright's church took government money under a faith-based initiative program to identify and begin couseling for HIV-positive individuals. The best way to pull those folks into the fold was to preach the US Government infected Blacks with HIV to commit genocide. Wright will say anything to get the job done.

Wright would be an outstanding choice for Obama's VP.

[AguynamedWayne]

To use racist hatred is NEVER an acceptable means to bring about a desired result! That is INSANE. You are saying that it's a good thing to portay an entire race of peope (whites) as being racists, who want to murder all Black people, and to use that as a way to encourage African Americans to get tested for HIV?

That is beyond racist hatred, that is pure evil.

[Teyshar]

Where in the statement above did you notice something about White people even with a slant on the speech? It said the US Government. Ask yourself a question...how many times has our government had the power to do something and fail to do it just because? I know our nation has strong things to be patriotic about, but you don't have to be overly grandstanding and act like it doesn't have problems? If the US Government fails we shouldn't sugar coat it, we should fix it. I would say that BUSH's AIDs drugs for Africa shows he cares. The problem is will he be willing to fight Big Pharm to do it. That is the gist of not providing affordable AIDS medicine and kicking Big Pharm's butt to do it and stop playing games with people's lives with delays and subterfuge.

So in essence if Government does not act to save any group inclusive of Blacks then it is in effect infecting the world inclusive of blacks by not preventing it. I think that is what is meant by the Wright affair is overstated in the media and by politicians, but at the same time it is fair play. Obama has answered that the Political comments are disagreeable to him. The Religious food he received was for the most part not about Politics and that is where he draws the line. His Pastor is not his Political Conscience.

[DocJerome]

Anything to fit the narrative. You underestimated him staying in the box you put him in, so now it's on to any statement he made that may be viewed as controversial. It will simply not stop. The fact still remains that this is not Sen. Obama's words, and you can't condemn a man for another man's words. Stop the BS.

[H.L. Mencken]

The good Rev should learn that there is a time and place for all opinions esoteric and otherwise But certainly not when your friend and catechism student is seeking the presidency! He appears more and more to resemble a hired political assassin!

[rollingdivision]

Just a sound bit, Wright preaches the US Government created AIDS HIV to kill black people. That is an interesting sound bit. And Obama keeps going every week to get more of Wright's truth. Judgment is an issue.

[CapitalistRebel]

After knowing what happened in the Tuskegee experiments, where black men who were infected with syphillis were left untreated so that the government could see the effect the disease had, why would you find it so outrageous that there are many in the black community who think that the government invented AIDS? I don't believe it, but I can understand why other people might.

Remember, our government gave small-pox infected blankets to Native Americans which killed a large number of them. Looking at our history, it is easy to see why people might be suspicious.

[BigFootJesus]

Paul Robeson was dosed with LSD by the government to the point he lost his mind. Another influential black leader cut down in his prime. Look it up. I love my country but I fear my government.
None of the Above/08.

[AguynamedWayne]

Tuskegee was shameful, but the racism displayed back then, is even MORE of a reason to speak out when someone uses lies and racist attitudes to perpetuate racism. There seems to be a pervailing attitute that because the African American community ecountered racism in the past (as well as the present), that it is acceptable for them to be racist in return. Racism is wrong no matter which race engages in it!

[AguynamedWayne]

I am amazed that a man can preach outright lies about America and so many Ultra liberals would rush to defend him. Wright preaches that AIDS was created as a weapon by evil white men in the US Government as a weapon to murder the African American race. This type of garbage is not only racist and untrue, it is dangerous. Too many people have died of AIDS to allow these types of crazed conspiracy theories to go unchallenged let alone defended. The man is using the death and suffering of millions from AIDS to justify his warped racist hatred against white people.

How can anyone defend this hate mongering? It's shameful.

[obamasOHangel]

I read your profile posts. You seem to be the racist, not Reverend Wright.

[AguynamedWayne]

I happen to come from people of color, you idiot.

[TheNuff]

The AIDS thing cannot be proven either way but after the Tuskeegee Experiment you can't blame black people of his generation for having some suspicion about the origins of AIDS. He is telling the truth AS HE SEES IT. He is not running for any political office.

[AguynamedWayne]

YOU ARE WRONG. SCIENCE HAS PROVEN HIV/AIDS IS A VARIENT OF A VIRUS FOUND WITHIN THE PRIMATE (MONKEY) FAMILY THAT "JUMPED" TO THE HUMAN SPECIES OVER 150 YEARS AGO IN AFRICA (JUST LIKE BIRD FLU, WHICH THEY FEAR WILL ALSO "JUMP" TO HUMANS). PICK UP A MEDICAL JOURNAL, OR READ SOME ACTUAL RESEARCH ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF AIDS, INSTEAD OF TRUSTING SOME RACIST PREACHER TO TELL YOU WHAT HIS WARPED VIEW IS.

[DocJerome]

The lies do not fit perceived reality. The man is not a racist and not anti-American. You and people of your ilk have tried to simplify the man and this situation, but it is all too complex for such trivialities. Education is the key to knowledge my friend, and it help you to discern the difference between fact and fiction, and can save you from becoming a victim propaganda. That is the key to overcoming your lack of understanding.

[AguynamedWayne]

I've watched too many of my friend die from AIDS. I "understand" the AIDS epidemic all too well. And I also know how dangerous it is to allow conspiracy theories and outright lies about AIDS to be accepted as truth.

[AguynamedWayne]

.SCIENCE HAS PROVEN HIV/AIDS IS A VARIENT OF A VIRUS FOUND WITHIN THE PRIMATE (MONKEY) FAMILY THAT "JUMPED" TO THE HUMAN SPECIES OVER 150 YEARS AGO IN AFRICA (JUST LIKE BIRD FLU, WHICH THEY FEAR WILL ALSO "JUMP" TO HUMANS). PICK UP A MEDICAL JOURNAL, OR READ SOME ACTUAL RESEARCH ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF AIDS, INSTEAD OF TRUSTING SOME RACIST PREACHER TO TELL YOU WHAT HIS WARPED VIEW IS.

[rollingdivision]

That is Obama's problem, he defends Wright. In defending Wright, Obama gives the impression that he, Obama agrees with much of what Wright preaches. I am certainly thinking Obama has a high level of agreement with Wright's hate filled teachings.

[nclayla]

"I am certainly thinking Obama has a high level of agreement with Wright's hate filled teachings" And yet, his actions prove the exact opposite!

Open up your narrow mind, please, rollingdivision, and you will see that although he has condemned many of the man's statements and beliefs he also sees the good in him and will not be bullied into condemning the man.

[Teyshar]

Obama defends Wright's right to an opinion. He does not defend Wright's Opinion. Just like the constitution defends a man's right to be a racist, but does not defend a racists right to remove the rights of others. The Klan can rally. The Hagee (McCain spiritual advisor) can rally. Wright (Former Pastor of Obama) can rally. So what? Welcome to America. But I don't agree with the Klan, Wright, or Hagee. Go figure. i guess I support freedom of speech.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

McImbecile is grasping at straws. How does Obama have any power over what someone else says? If he did have that power, wouldn't that be the greater issue?

[obamasOHangel]

So the Today Show decides to take yet ANOTHER snippet and pull it compleeeetely out of context again huh? This time they did it cleverly, I wonder how long it took them to come up with it? They took the part where Reverend Wright said, "ax not what your country can do for you..." and twisted it and said that he was mocking Kennedy's speech. WTF!?! The objective is to slam Ted Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy, both of whom have endorsed Senator Obama. What better way for them to switch to Hilly than to make it seem like Obama's "crazy pastor" was attacking their brother & one of the most beloved Presidents ever?

The shame is that again, people won't seek out the whole speech. They'll run with this just as they did with the rest and attribute it to being Barack's problem.

[TheNuff]

I saw that too.

[TheNuff]

Here is Rev Wright's NAACP speech "A Change is Going to Come" in full:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upNvLOjo-ew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leg1oARLXDM

Breaking News on FOX (silly season indeed)

[TheNuff]

Ok some of it. I'm trying to find the rest.

[2351]

I would not even watch anything that fox does on this because fox is the main misinformation propaganda machine. When REv. Wright was talking about his stuck on stupid friends, he talking about fox, specifically Hannity and O'reilly. I have never seen a tv station that is allowed to spread so much propaganda, and most of their host do it. They are a bunch of silly people who employ black people that probably cringe at the things that they do.

[newshawk14]

I think McCain has lost his marbles, his ethics went long ago. I might point out General Smedley
Butler, a true American hero, who I believe is the only person to have won two Congressional
Medals of Honor, came to realize that he was little more than a jack booted thug, for corporate
America. His book "War is a Racket", is well worth reading and interesting to boot.

[Chapmanp2]

I almost forgot Atheist.
Labels mean NOTHING!!!

[Chapmanp2]

Obviously McCain sees deficient (not different)...
http://www.hiphopmusic.com/2008/04/rev_wright_naacp_speech_video.html
If you haven't seen it yet watch the whole thing.
This is about the most ballsy American I have seen in a long ass time!!!
Change is comin... AMEN from this 40 somethin' yr. old white male.
Peace.

[nighttimelady]

Somebody PUUULEEZZEE give McInsane his pills OR put him back in his bus until he learns how to read the letters on the side of the bus.