LIVE THREAD- Obama makes the "Jeremiah Wright" rounds on CNN, FOX and MSNBC Friday, 14 March, 2008

MSNBC ~FOX~ CNN | 14 March 2008

[SE Mom]

The roundup starts with Keith Olberman now on MSNBC

8 PM

FOX NEWS

9 PM

CNN

10 PM

All times are Eastern

[joebuck]

I would not want anyone to think this guy is representitive of black Churches. I am a northern Baptist. My parents live in the south and are not church goers. Thus, when I visit them I often attend a black Baptist church on Sunday where they live. Pretty much the same service as my church but different music and more emotion from the pews. (Something I like)

[Steve_Stifler]

Were you smoking crack when you were watching these interviews? Or are you just a contrarian who likes to stir things up?

As for Wright’s leading Obama to Christ, one has to ask “what kind of Christ was he leading him to”? I’d never give Fred Phelps credit for bringing anyone to Christ.

[mojo114]

Are you watching CNN. the new pastor of the church Rev. Otis Moss III, says “Let’s look at what Jesus says” Oh golly, Rev.Dr has been taken out of context! We are headed for a race war.

[Girlene]

Wow. With all due respect....this may be a one-week story in the media. But, Obama has just lost a lot of votes in the primaries, probably in the general by people who follow their gut instinct.

I haven't kept up with the interviews, the whole thread, but your comment is intriguing.

I just watched Senator Obama on Fox News. He gave a direct, honest interview on this subject. He is an impressive person.

It will be hard to make him a traitor or anything even close to it. He might sympathize and not confront some black rhetoric, but he seems honest and normal in all respects. His values are easily articulated and include a statement that should resonate with Evangelicals.......

....The problem for blacks is they get up in the morning and see a black face in the mirror. You see yourself as black with black social and economic accouterments. This is not easy to overcome and being an individual is fraught with difficulty because in this time and in the past being black would not be a chosen by most.

We all wake up and look in the mirror with our flaws, our resentments, but we succeed in spite of them. Success is different for each person. Your comment that Obama is an impressive person is interesting. I look at Obama as being a shell of a person. After doing a bit of research on him, he would make an interesting profile (for a profiler). He's not impressive.....he's whatever you want him to be. And now he's being caught in his spin, and spinning a new tale.

[jhw61]

boyz in the hood...i’m impressed!

[Dinah Lord]

And I thought I read somewhere that the Obama campaign was lobbying to change PA to an open primary...

no linky sorry

[aculeus]

Rezko is Syrian.

Is that correct?

[mware]

hole...I think he did.

[Fox_Mulder77]

“No way can a presidential candidacy last for seven months with this barrage.”

Nope, but it will be fun watching him crash and burn.

[SE Mom]

OMG- is he/everyone OK? They just mentioned tornados in Atlanta on CNN.

[eeevil conservative]

wow!

here in Cobb County...hear the warning for Fulton....but nothing after that...

everyone ok?

[Sunnyflorida]

That was just great. What a treat. Oh man.

[rampage8]

Funny you should mention Oprah.... she apparently also attends this “maintsream church” according to the NYT in March 2007. Here’s the link (I still don’t know how to do hypertext, sorry) to a fascinating article from almost one year ago exactly. The irony of it all is rich...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/us/politics/06obama.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

UH! I hope your Son is alright..........

[Dinah Lord]

wow! is right

[savedbygrace]

In black liberation theology, ‘Christ’ is black.

[Travis McGee]

That statement is he credited in some way Reverend Wright with leading him to Christ. This, in my estimation, is the true test of a pastor--does he lead you to Christ or does he lead you to himself or something else.

Sure, if you accept that statement at face value, in the terms that YOU understand. But that's not the whole truth. The Christ that Wright worships is the oppressed black Christ, whipped and beaten down the centuries by the evil white race. It's not the same Christ we are thinking of, AT ALL.

[eeevil conservative]

too bad they missed the CNN studio.....

(I know- I should be ashamed of that statement...)

[SomeCallMeTim]

yea... they stopped the SEC Tourney BBball game for nearly an hour... Alabama and MSU are in OT!

[Tennessee Nana]

The mormons would let Blaqck Americans be in the “priesthood” etc until 1978

The mormons have it written in their literature that the Black race is that color because they are the descendants of Cain who was cursed with a “mark” which the mormons say is the color of their skin

They have not changed their written statements to that effect..

that is racist