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Reverend Wright Will Be A Problem For Obama
CBS News ^ | March 24, 2008 | Michael Barone

Posted on 03/25/2008 11:45:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Will the preachings of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright continue to be a problem for Barack Obama? The balance of opinion, after everyone has had a chance to digest Obama's March 18 speech, seems to be yes. Or at least that's how I read such varied commentators as ABC News's Jake Tapper, Charles Krauthammer, the New Republic's Dayo Opolade, University of Chicago Prof. Charles Lipson, the New York Daily News's Michael Goodwin, and the international treasure Mark Steyn in the Orange County Register.

In my Creators Syndicate column this week, I look at these comments from a somewhat different view. In Democratic primaries and caucuses, Obama has been winning extraordinary percentages of support from black voters and young voters. His support from black voters is no surprise, though one must remember that back in November 2007, only four months ago, he was running behind Hillary Clinton among blacks in some polls in some contests. His support from young voters--from the millennial generation, to use the terminology of William Strauss and Neal Howe, rose to extraordinary levels much earlier in the cycle--and was reflected not just in polling results but in volunteer efforts and campaign contributions. I cited Morley Winograd and Michael Hais's very interesting, just-published book Millennial Makeover for the proposition that these young voters find racial conflict and anger very off-putting. Obama's portrait of himself as a leader who transcends race has been very attractive, I think, to millennial voters--responsible as much as anything else for their allegiance. To these same voters, the rantings of Reverend Wright are profoundly unattractive. Will the facts that Obama has been a member of Wright's congregation for more than 20 years and has named Wright as his spiritual mentor diminish Obama in millennials' eyes? I don't know, but it's a critically important question. If the answer is yes, then the chance that Democratic superdelegates will award the nomination to Hillary Clinton seems to rise.


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1 posted on 03/25/2008 11:45:01 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not only for Obama but for the whole congregation. The people must be real foos and followers, with a thought of their own to listen to this guy. No wonder they live in poverty.


2 posted on 03/25/2008 11:47:27 AM PDT by RC2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Everything going as planned. The DemocRATS are flying on autopilot and are heading directly into the side of a mountain.


3 posted on 03/25/2008 11:50:26 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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I like Michael Barone calling Mark Steyn an "international treasure".

Oh, you want comments about Obama and the wrong Rev. Wright? Yeah, big problem for the NObama.

4 posted on 03/25/2008 11:50:57 AM PDT by bcsco (To heck with a third party. We need a second one....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If Obama is a general election liability, the party establishment will probably nominate Hillary. If the Democrats are going to lose this year, they're better off having a close loss with a woman candidate than losing by a landslide with a black nationalist at the top of the ticket.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

5 posted on 03/25/2008 11:51:13 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Ya think ya have the keywords covered lol?


6 posted on 03/25/2008 11:51:34 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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Once you’ve seen the Rev. Wright’s video clips on TV or on YouTube, it’s hard to get them out of your head. That’s got to hurt Obama with independents, and it may even soften his support even among liberals.


7 posted on 03/25/2008 11:51:47 AM PDT by Califelephant
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No wonder they live in poverty.

What poverty? This is a pretty affluent congregation.

8 posted on 03/25/2008 11:52:06 AM PDT by bcsco (To heck with a third party. We need a second one....)
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I was wondering if anyone knows someone who watches Oprah? Has she said anything about the pastor controversy?


9 posted on 03/25/2008 11:52:22 AM PDT by JZelle
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As more and more people find out about:

THE TRUTH ABOUT BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY

...which is what Wright's sermons are all based on, and what the Trinity Church and Obama clearly espouse...yes, it will continue to be a huge problem for him. As well it should.

10 posted on 03/25/2008 11:53:31 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

20 years is 20 years and no amount of “My White grandmamma etc etc “is going to change it

In fact using his grandmamma as a political expediency is going to backfire


12 posted on 03/25/2008 11:54:40 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: rockinqsranch
"Ya think ya have the keywords covered lol?"

No, can you think of some more? LOL

13 posted on 03/25/2008 11:55:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (http://www.fourfriedchickensandacoke.blogspot.com)
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Not a word......as far as I know.


14 posted on 03/25/2008 11:55:41 AM PDT by zip.com
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Last time I tuned in to Oprah was just to see Condi as a guest (five years ago?). From Hot Air:

Oprah’s boards burning with Wright responses; Wright accuses America of creating the HIV virus
15 posted on 03/25/2008 11:56:46 AM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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I judge black people by the content of their character they keep. So if Barack Obama is friends with Tony Rezko and Jeremiah Wright, then....


16 posted on 03/25/2008 11:57:03 AM PDT by gunservative
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To: RC2

Pop some popcorn, open a cool drink, relax in an easy chair, put the remote in your hand, and enjoy. Its going to be a great ride.


17 posted on 03/25/2008 11:57:11 AM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s right about Steyn: he is an international treasure.


18 posted on 03/25/2008 11:57:42 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I previously made the argument that Hillary would have to choose Obama as her VP because she needed him, but that Obama would not choose Hillary because he did not need her.

With the reversal in Obama’s fortunes, though, I am now thinking I may have gotten it exactly backwards.


19 posted on 03/25/2008 11:58:48 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: bcsco
Here's a pretty incitful post about the area this congregation is from...

Obama, or, history in black and white.

It's not exactly a down-trodden area of Chicago. There are housing projects of course, but it's not an area ridden in poverty. I had relatives that lived a little West of there (in Oak Lawn) many years ago.

20 posted on 03/25/2008 11:59:53 AM PDT by bcsco (To heck with a third party. We need a second one....)
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