Barack Obama Race Speech

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Obama and Lincoln

Bob Burnett | Posted April 3, 2008 | Politics


Bob Burnett

In his remarkable March 18th speech," A More Perfect Union," Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, directly addressed the racial aspect of his campaign that, up until the preceding week, had largely been in the background. While the overt reason for the speech was the inflammatory remarks of Obama's former pastor,...

Election Shocker: People View Long Obama Speeches Online

Craig Newmark | Posted March 27, 2008 | Media


Craig Newmark

Well, looking at the numbers, people are turning to substantive speech in long-form online.

Jon Stewart captured the gist: people are shocked that Obama's treating us like adults.

Micah Sifry and Andrew Rasiej capture the issues in an article in Politico:

So far, Obama's videos have been viewed more...

Hillary Clinton's Bosnia Story A Hit On YouTube!

Huffington Post   |  Rachel Sklar   |   March 26, 2008 11:25 AM


Remember last week when Barack Obama's race speech racked up millions of views on YouTube? Well, history is repeating itself this week for Hillary Clinton — though not for anything she'd want voters to see. YouTubed videos showing the debunking...

Obama is Nietzschean

Ali Eteraz | Posted March 26, 2008 | Politics


Ali Eteraz

For many years, the United States has been suffering from political nihilism -- disbelief in its institutions.

I have seen political nihilism in various countries around the world. It manifests itself as a form of futility, the feeling that one cannot recover from what is ailing the people.

Two common...

Curb Your Enthusiasm Meets Barack Obama

Michael Smerconish | Posted March 25, 2008 | Politics


Michael Smerconish

On Tuesday, this son of Eastern European stock drove into Center City to bear witness to a speech about race delivered by a candidate who described himself in his remarks as "the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas."

Rep. Patrick Murphy (D., Pa.),...

Obama's Grandmother

Conor Friedersdorf | Posted March 24, 2008 | Politics


Conor Friedersdorf

Two of America's leading black intellectuals, John McWhorter and Glenn Loury, recently had the best conversation I've yet seen about Barack Obama's race speech, one that's worth watching in full, but that struck me as particularly interesting when it turned to the question of the candidate's grandmother.

Obama's critics...

Pat Buchanan Compares Obama Speech To "Old Shakedown That Black Hustlers" Run

Buchanan   |  Pat Buchanan   |   March 24, 2008 11:45 AM


How would he pull it off? I wondered. How would Barack explain to his press groupies why he sat silent in a pew for 20 years as the Rev. Jeremiah Wright delivered racist rants against white America for our maligning...
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Kristol: Race Discussion Makes Me 'Shudder'

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Jason Linkins   |   March 24, 2008 10:35 AM


New York Times Bill Kristol says he "shuddered only once while watching Barack Obama's speech last Tuesday." It wasn't because Obama didn't answer the question of why he stayed in his church after his pastor's remarks were known to him,...
Jason Linkins

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Obama Tells Smerconish That He Confronted Wright On Statements

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Jason Linkins   |   March 23, 2008 03:53 PM


The Politico highlights a snippet of transcript from a tomorrow's edition of Michael Smerconish's radio show, in which he interviews Senator Barack Obama. Smerconish, who's been an Obama defender, apparently questioned the presidential candidate on his relationship with Reverend Jeremiah...

We, The O-Boomers

Marc Cooper | Posted March 21, 2008 | Off The Bus


Marc Cooper

Obama's speech on race this week came at the precise moment when I'd been mulling over his appeal to my generation of boomers. It's been somewhat staggering for me to encounter the number of close friends of my own '60s-generation cohort who, in the past few weeks, have been rather...

Finally! A Leader in the House

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted March 21, 2008 | Politics


Patricia DeGennaro

Move over Hillary and John: there's a real leader in the house.

Barack Obama gave the speech of his life.

It wasn't just a speech, but a heartfelt look at one of the toughest issues in America. His speech addressed the ills within the hearts of people, so that they...

Some Blues for Mr. Charlie: Obama's Moment of Truth

Rev. Peter Laarman | Posted March 21, 2008 | Politics


Rev. Peter Laarman

It probably had to happen. Maybe better now than later. But still profoundly depressing to see that the practical effect of The Speech was to push down Obama's numbers significantly among Democratic voters, according to Gallup.

I do not fault the candidate for campaigning on the premise of a post-racial...

The Limits of Obama's Race Speech

Bob Ostertag | Posted March 21, 2008 | Politics


Bob Ostertag

Obama's race speech has been justly celebrated by many Americans, myself among them, as a major event in American presidential politics. Without taking anything away from either the man or the speech, here is a little reality check, concerning a part of the speech that has gone without comment in...

The Perpetual Achievement of the Impossible

Howard A. Rodman | Posted March 20, 2008 | Politics


Howard A. Rodman

When I was fourteen -- the same age as my own son is now -- I came across, or, more likely, was given, a copy of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time. I was in my black turtleneck phase, taking each Friday the E train to bohemia (West Village branch),...

How Obama Became President Of YouTube

Silicon Alley Insider   |  Peter Kafka   |   March 20, 2008 12:56 PM


A 38-minute clip of Barack Obama's speech on race has more than 2 million views on YouTube (GOOG) since it went up two days ago. How'd that happen? Well, Obama has an inherent appeal for YouTube nation, and the speech...

On Obama's Race Speech

Bob Ostertag | Posted March 19, 2008 | Politics


Bob Ostertag

Well, there it is. If you are one of those folks who has been watching Barack Obama bring audiences to their feet with platitudes like "stand up for hope," while you yourself wonder who this guy really is and what does he really stand for, today was your day. Few...

Jason Linkins

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Obama Speech Is A YouTube Hit

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Jason Linkins   |   March 19, 2008 05:45 PM


In the day following Barack Obama's speech on race, the overall critical response trends positive. There are exceptions, of course, but most pundits, it seems, view the speech favorably. But the praise comes with caveats, and one in particular is...

Yes, Virginia, Obama is a Politician

Dave Winer | Posted March 19, 2008 | Politics


Dave Winer

I had so many thoughts after Obama's speech yesterday, but none of them were organized enough to write. Today maybe a few are.

1. I don't think it's going to change anyone's mind. If you supported Obama before, you probably still do, if you didn't you still don't.

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In Defense of Double Standards

David Weinberger | Posted March 19, 2008 | Politics


David Weinberger

Jeff Jacoby, a conservative columnist for the Boston Globe, is angry at Obama and at those who cheered his speech. We (I not only cheered, I wept) are guilty of accepting a double standard because, says Jacoby, if our clergyman had said the hateful things that Wright did, we...

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