Rev Jeremiah Wright

Letterman Presents "Barack Obama 'Uh' Count"

Huffington Post | Posted 03.19.2008 | Media

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During Barack Obama's media blitz last Friday, in which he started here on the Huffington Post and continued to hit the three cable news stations, he ...

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Racial Unity: How Will It Play In Pennsylvania?

Carlotta Cooper | Posted 03.19.2008 | Home

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Carlotta Cooper

Barack Obama spoke with eloquent words about our need to overcome the racial stalemate that exists in this country. But how will voters in Pennsylvania react to the issue of race being inserted into their primary?

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Barack Obama in Black and White in Color

Julie Bergman Sender | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Julie Bergman Sender

Obama's speech confirmed the historic value of his campaign no matter what happens. If we choose to relinquish the opportunity to embrace a leader who sees contradiction with such truth and tolerance, we do so at our peril.

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Obama and the Greatest Salve of All: Truth

Stacy Parker Aab | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Stacy Parker Aab

For one window in time, a presidential candidate was fearless enough to insert eight pages of honest, thoughtful argument into the record.

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Obama Tells the Best Political Team on Television: You Guys Have a Choice...

Jay Rosen | Posted 03.18.2008 | Home

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Jay Rosen

It was a speech aimed right at Wolf Blitzer, at the best political team on television, and all the makers of our election year spectacle.

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Obama's Speech: He Offers Real Hope, We Should Take It

Chris Durang | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Chris Durang

Obama's speech was brave, and touched on his minister and race in general with real wisdom, and hope for healing.

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A Bright, Shining Moment

Jon Robin Baitz | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Jon Robin Baitz

Someone running for the highest office in the land finally talked about it -- the dark and secret swamp that we Americans dodge at every possible opportunity.

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McCain: Obama "Does Not Share" Wright's Controversial Views

Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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A classic exchange between Sean Hannity and John McCain last night (bolding mine):... HANNITY: He's been -- but he's been going to the church for 20 ...

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Healing the Wounds of Race

Jim Wallis | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

The truth is that many white Americans would indeed feel uncomfortable with the rhetoric of many black preachers from many black churches all across the country.

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How Wrong is Wright?

John Ridley | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

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John Ridley

When conservatives get on black people to do more about the welfare queens in their communities, that's considered tough love. When a black pastor encourages the same, that's separatist.

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Rev. Wright's Not That Wrong

Dennis Perrin | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

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Dennis Perrin

Jeremiah Wright's supposedly inflammatory statements about 9/11 and the ongoing specter of racism are uncontroversial to those following the real world.

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Poll: Fifty-Six Percent Say Wright Makes Them "Less Likely" To Vote For Obama

Rasmussen Reports | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

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Pastor Jeremiah Wright, who has become part of the national political dialogue in recent days, is viewed favorably by 8% of voters nationwide. A Rasmu...

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Barack Obama's Media Damage-Control Tour

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.17.2008 | Media

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It's a smart move on Obama's part -- get out, address, diffuse, distance -- though of course the rumblings about Jeremiah Wright's rhetoric and church have been sounding for a while now.

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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

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Raymond Leon Roker

People like Rev. Jeremiah Wright don't speak for all blacks. We are not in lock step, no matter how much we all might like rap music.

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Jeremiah Wright, Obama's Pastor, Leaves Obama Campaign

Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

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Politico reported Friday night that Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's controversial former pastor, is no longer with his campaign. Wright's comments about...

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Obama's Rejection Of Pastor Unfortunate

Denise Clapsaddle | Posted 03.14.2008 | Home

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Denise Clapsaddle

As a pastor in the same denomination as Jeremiah Wright, I think it's too bad that political expediency demands Obama reject his pastor.

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What Should Obama Do About Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright?

Sheldon Drobny | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

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Sheldon Drobny

The latest attack on Obama is about his former pastor and friend Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. The sermon he made 7 years ago after 9/11 suggested...

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Obama is a Muslim Because of How Much Influence Jeremiah Wright Has Over Him; -- Say What?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

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Frank Schaeffer

Obama has given simply the best talk I've ever heard from a political leader, theologian or philosopher on the subject of the delicate tightrope balance between religion and political action.

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On My Faith and My Church

Barack Obama | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama

I believe that words that degrade individuals have no place in our public dialogue, whether it's on the campaign stump or in the pulpit. In sum, I reject outright the statements by Rev. Wright that are at issue.

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Jeremiah Wright, Obama's Pastor, Prompts Candidate To Address Comments

Huffington Post | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

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The appearance of video by Jeremiah Wright, pastor to Barack Obama, has caused a recent frenzy as both Democratic candidate struggle with the issue of...

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