Lanny Davis: Obama's Wright Problem

I love this GrainOSand. You hit it right on the head. I wonder how long it will take Lanny to show his cheap self on the tube. He will be on Fox again I'm sure, along with Sean, who hates Obama to his core, and it is so obvious, because he talks about Obama every single night.

Whatever happened to the day when people won contest based on merit. It is a very sad world when all of this garbage is used to keep a minority from realizing their own dreams. And they talk about Rev. Wright!!!

I will always believe that it was Lanny and Hillary who put out the Jeremiah Wright tape and when the story faded, they were surprised and now Lanny keeps trying to revive it with his sorry self.

Iraq, housing and education (and Health Care, where he fails miserably) are all key issues but Obama's attendance at Rev. Wright's political church is important because it speaks volumes about his character, his trustworthiness and integrity. Obama did not listen to 20 years of Rev. Wright without being affected. His very support of the Palistinians is right out of the Rev. Wright's handbook.
(http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57341). Obama's voting record has shown that he has difficulty making decisions and when he does, they are usually bad decisions.
That goes hand in hand with his choice of a church. We can't ignore this issue.

Correction..you're a Dem who SHOULD be committed!

What is hateful?

Being critical of how Israel has dealt with Palestinians?

I think there's lots of blame for both sides on that one

Israel and the Palestinians have done hateful things, but the difference is Israel has American military and financial support and when one Israeli dies that means that 10 Palestinians have to die. That is not right. The Palestinians are living in conditions so difficult caused by Israel, they have become hopeless, hurt, cynical, and despairing. You would too.

That is an excellent observation. However, I believe the decision goes even deeper in Barack Obama's case:

"The pastor at the church that Clinton did once attend has expressed public support for Wright. He's proclaimed it a "grave injustice" to make a judgment on Wright based "two or three sound bites," and criticized those who "use a few of [Wright's] quotes to polarize."

"The Reverend Jeremiah Wright is an outstanding church leader whom I have heard speak a number of times," Snyder wrote. "He has served for decades as a profound voice for justice and inclusion in our society. To evaluate his dynamic ministry on the basis of two or three sound bites does a grave injustice to Dr. Wright, the members of his congregation, and the African-American church which has been the spiritual refuge of a people that has suffered from discrimination, disadvantage, and violence. Dr. Wright, a member of an integrated denomination, has been an agent of racial reconciliation while proclaiming perceptions and truths uncomfortable for some white people to hear. Those of us who are white Americans would do well to listen carefully to Dr. Wright rather than to use a few of his quotes to polarize."

Pastor Of Clinton's Former Church: Don't Use Wright To Polarize
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/25/pastor-of-clintons-forme_n_93418.html

Here, here!!! Very well said.

Senator Obama is pro-choice. What makes this a "radical" stance? And in what corruption scandal is he a "prominent" figure? If you're referencing the Tony Rezko trial in Chicago, Senator Obama's relationship with Mr. Rezko has been thoroughly investigated, and he has been exonerated of doing anything illegal or unethical in his interaction with Mr. Rezko. I read and hear about Mr. Rezko's trial daily, as a Chicagoan, and though several prominent names are mentioned, Senator Obama's name is not among them. It's not being ignored by the media; there is simply nothing for the media to report. From the first word of your post to the last, your argument is not fit ... period!

If you mean by corruption the fact that he bought the lot next door from that man, you are being completely disingenuous. He paid market value. There was nothing that he voted on which could be viewed as helping the person he bought the property from. Let me just say that you or nobody you know would ask to see the resume or care about his history if you wanted the property next door for your children to play in and he had it for sale. Please, look up the case of Paul vs. Clinton, and let's talk corruption.

I think you have the wrong candidate in mind when you speak of scandals...

I cannot imagine what a radical stance on abortion would be, unless it's Red China where after 1 child you would have to get one.

BO's position on abortion isn't that different from the entire Democratic party, so its hardly radical. And corruption scandals? Really? Name one besides Rezko! Oh, you can't? Big surprise. Do you even know what the Keating 5 was? Do you know that McCain dumped his first wife & mother of his children at age 44 for a hot, young, rich 25-year old and then "borrowed" from his new wife's trust fund to finance his first run for office? Do you know anything besides your own deep seated hate of Senator Obama?

I disagree regarding your condesending "white fear" remark. White fear is the idiots in Klan hats by the river. This is honest disagreement and offense.

Although I have, I no more need to hear Mr. Wright's sermon in its entirety to condemn his words than I need to hear out Fred Phelps to condemn his. (not to say that Wright is as big an idiot as phelps) What he said is highly offensive to whites and should be offensive to everybody.

I don't know if "follower" is the correct word, but I know that Farakhan and Wright have traveled together and honored one another.

Obama stayed in that hate filled church for twenty years and donated tens of thousands of dollars to thier cause. It would be difficult for me to buy any argument that he doesn't share the same agenda as a man he shares such an association with.