Thanks For Nothing Jeremiah Wright and NAACP!, page 1
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Topic started on 27-4-2008 @ 07:21 PM by kosmicjack
Now let me preface my statements by saying I support Barack Obama for POTUS. Furthermore, I am an Independent, White, Middle Class voter.

That said...what idiot thought it would be a good idea for Jeremiah Wright to give an interview to Bill Moyers or to speak before the NAACP Detroit Conference? Don't get me wrong, he most decisively has a right to freedom of speech. But any idiot who actually supports Obama should realize that Wright should avoid the spotlight until after November.

I tuned into to the conference this evening (Sunday) which is being covered by CNN and FOX. I am astounded by the scene I have witnessed so far. My husband, who is trying very hard to stick with me on this Obama issue, is outright horrified.

Mind you, if you don't have much experience with African-American churches, you might be surprised by the animated and passionate rhetoric you see on the T.V. I'll put it out there and say that there are African-American people who are not totally comfortable with the agenda of the NAACP and certainly not the ceremonies presented tonight.

Obama should not be defined by the words of his pastor. I challenge anyone to dispute that it is difficult to challenge or disagree with your spiritual counselor. Lord knows I have some crazy-ass friends and family, but damn it, they're mine and I wouldn't turn by back on them! I view it as an excellent indicator of his personal ethics that Obama has not disassociated himself from Wright. Loyalty is to be admired.

That said, for God's sake, will someone in the Obama campaign put this issue on lock down!?

Furthermore...I think it is absolutely pandering to the lowest common denominator for CNN and FOX to have covered the NAACP speech. Just stirring the pot for ratings...


reply posted on 27-4-2008 @ 07:51 PM by kosmicjack
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TBH, I don't think there is much to sweep under the rug. By all accounts, he is a stand-up guy who earnestly wants to usher in change from an old political paradigm to a new one. It just astounds me that his supporters are not handling this more strategically.

At risk of being flamed, I am going to say this is classic African-American politics at work here. Older folks who will not let go of a by-gone era of stuggle and Civil Rights issues cannot see the forest for the trees.

Don't jack the whole deal up by being Afro-centric. Obama's appeal is not that he is black, who cares? It's that he stands for something new and different. However, an entire generation of Blacks and Whites, as well as the MSM, are strictly focusing on this one concept, race, which has been thoroughly skewed and twisted. It's a generational issue at best.



reply posted on 27-4-2008 @ 07:59 PM by DaleGribble
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in my oppinion everyone has something to sweep under the rug.
i am not an obama supporter but if i were i would agree.

being friends with a known weather underground "former operitave" and an american hating pastor, and an insane wife is something i wouldnt want the people voteing for me to know.

he is a very smart man and id rather have him than hillary but all and all my vote for the man is


reply posted on 27-4-2008 @ 08:07 PM by kosmicjack
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Your reply cracks me up!

If guilt by association is the game...no one on ATS should even think about running for prom queen, much less anything else!

PUHLEASE! I am beginning to wonder if Wright is going for a bit of payback against Obama for denouncing his comments. He cannot be so obtuse as to not see the blood he is letting. In which case, that would be truly sad, as Obama did not denounce him, in fact, he stated emphatically that Wright was responsible for bringing him to Jesus.

With friends like that...


reply posted on 27-4-2008 @ 08:26 PM by DaleGribble
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well more than one person has been guilty by association. people often judge others by the company the keep. i for one judge hussein by the company he keeps. so sorry. the man is friends with a man who bomed an american government building the pentagon to be exact.



reply posted on 28-4-2008 @ 08:10 AM by DaleGribble
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i mostly agree with this statement, but the sad fact is that race still plays a major role in every day american life. its not just african americans that need to get over this but whites as well.


reply posted on 28-4-2008 @ 08:16 AM by kosmicjack
Okay so now the reason for his comments is more clear...he is pimping a symposium that will analyze Black Liberation Theology as well as a book to come out later.

en.wikipedia.org...

Wright maintains that the flack that he has endured recently is not so much an attack against himself, as an attack on the Black Church.

What an idiot.

[edit on 28/4/08 by kosmicjack]



reply posted on 28-4-2008 @ 08:45 AM by dbates
O the Good Rev. Jeremiah Wright has brought us a message from the Lord. Here's his synopsis about why 9/11 happened. America deserved it. We had it coming.


why it is we are feeling what we feel after the trauma and the tragedy of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

....America's chickens are coming home to roost.

hughhewitt.townhall.com...


If Obama gets the ticket, you'll see even more disturbing stuff than this come out. Tying him to someone who is almost giddy about the World Trade Centers being detroyed is a political death sentence. Obama is finished. Now will the Democratic party tie itself to Obama while he sinks? That's the question.
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