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Obama's Speech: What did he know and when did he know it?
Primetime Politics ^ | March 19, 2008 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 03/18/2008 8:59:13 PM PDT by Nony

Did Senator Barack Obama’s speech in Philadelphia convince people that he is still a viable candidate to be President of the United States, despite the adverse reactions to statements by his pastor, Jeremiah Wright?

The polls and the primaries will answer that question.

(Excerpt) Read more at primetimepolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blacktheology; ihaveanexcusespeech; jeremiahsmessiah; liberalracism; marxism; nobama; obama; politics; politicsofoppression; race; sowell; speech; thomassowell; tsbo
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1 posted on 03/18/2008 8:59:15 PM PDT by Nony
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To: Nony

If you read this speech and other Obama speeches, Obama has always adopted Rev. Wright’s anti-Capitalist, anti-military philosophy.


2 posted on 03/18/2008 9:01:17 PM PDT by Williams
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3 posted on 03/18/2008 9:03:50 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: Nony

Well, what Obama knew is how whacked-out and factually incorrect this preacher man was - for the last 20 years - and what he did about it was — nothing. Now he got caught, and expects everyone to “move on, nothing to see here”....


4 posted on 03/18/2008 9:05:33 PM PDT by bigbob (2)
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To: Nony

As Sowell states, Obama is a con man. Plain and simple.

And I find myself very proud to state that I am completely free of “white guilt.”


5 posted on 03/18/2008 9:05:51 PM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: Nony

“When these statements first came to my attention, it was at the beginning of my presidential campaign. I made it clear at the time that I strongly condemned his comments.”
- http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/14/obama-issues-statement-repudiating-wright-may-appear-on-hannity-colmes/

Obama admits he knew about the video statements at the beginning of his campaign. Did Obama make or release a statement, and anyone have a link to it?


6 posted on 03/18/2008 9:10:50 PM PDT by igoramus08
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To: Nony

I would love to see an African American as POTUS. I would love to see a woman as POTUS. We need more estrogen and less testosterone in the oval office.

These two are leftist, America hating fools.


7 posted on 03/18/2008 9:13:27 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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Methinks the Kool-Aid Express is headed for a ditch...

8 posted on 03/18/2008 9:15:07 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: Eric Blair 2084

Agreed. I’d seriously consider voting for Thomas Sowell or even Larry Elder for president.


9 posted on 03/18/2008 9:17:02 PM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: smoothsailing

I think you’re right, Smooth. The front wheels are already over the edge!


10 posted on 03/18/2008 9:18:44 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: smoothsailing

Concur. Too bad Hillary wasn’t taken out first.


11 posted on 03/18/2008 9:35:49 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: jazusamo

Like the Soviet show trials during their 1930s purges, Obama’s speech was not supposed to convince critics but to reassure supporters and fellow-travelers, in order to keep the “useful idiots” useful.


12 posted on 03/18/2008 9:44:01 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Nony

“Some say that he was trying to earn credibility on the ghetto streets, to facilitate his work as a community activist or for his political career. We may never know why.”

Then why did he expose his children to this hate by sending them there? No parent would do that unless they agreed with the message.


13 posted on 03/18/2008 9:49:34 PM PDT by DB
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Like the Soviet show trials during their 1930s purges, Obama’s speech was not supposed to convince critics but to reassure supporters and fellow-travelers, in order to keep the “useful idiots” useful.

That is exactly what it did too. It put the sheep back in the fold.

14 posted on 03/18/2008 10:02:51 PM PDT by oldbrowser (Ideologues are impractical.)
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To: RepublitarianRoger2

Bob Parks seems good too!


15 posted on 03/18/2008 10:33:38 PM PDT by Keith Brown (Among the other evils being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised Machiavelli.)
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To: DB
I keep hearing this.
He did not join this church to advance his political career.
That is more hogwash to moderate Obama.
Obama, if you read his books, was a racist long before Mr. Wright came into the picture.
He CHOSE that church.
He CHOSE Wright as his mentor.
If it was simply for political gain, there would be no reason to sit at Wrights knee.
It is simple. Obama is, and has always been a racist.
16 posted on 03/18/2008 10:36:18 PM PDT by MaggieM (Tanti galli a cantar non fa mai giorno ( Too many chiefs, not enough warriors))
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To: Nony

BTTT!


17 posted on 03/18/2008 10:43:38 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: smoothsailing
There are an awful lot of people who are going to be too embarrassed to admit they hitched their wagon to a flim flam man.
Many will make like it never happened because it embarrasses them.

Effectually though, Obama is through.

18 posted on 03/18/2008 10:47:37 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Nony

The first three comments at the link are priceless. The denial of the reality of this situaion by the Left, and the strained attempts to make this a moral equivalence issue with Hagee et al, who isn’t McCain’s personal pastor of 20+ years, are exactly the sort of things we have come to expect.


19 posted on 03/19/2008 3:24:43 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: Nony

“What did he know and when did he STOP knowing it” is perhaps a better question to ask.


20 posted on 03/19/2008 4:17:06 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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