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LIVE THREAD - Under Pressure, Obama Prepares for Race and Unity Speech
Fox News ^ | 18 March 2008

Posted on 03/18/2008 6:12:13 AM PDT by SE Mom

Barack Obama is preparing to deliver a major address Tuesday on race, politics and unifying the country after being hounded by questions about his relationship to a pastor whose sermons have been laced with anti-American invective.

In a speech whose religious significance could compare to one given in December by former GOP presidential hopeful and Mormon Mitt Romney, Obama may be forced to explain the philosophy of the 8,000-strong Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where the Democratic presidential candidate has been a congregant for 20 years.

In announcing the morning address, to be delivered in Philadelphia, Obama would not say specifically what he will discuss, but suggested he wants to cool down the atmosphere after incendiary remarks by his pastor, retired Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., blanketed the airwaves over the past week.

(Excerpt) Read more at elections.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; barackhusseinobama; bigot; bigotbarack; blacktheology; dncfalseprophets; elections; falseprophets; hatewhitey; hitler; ideologue; jeremiahsmessiah; jeremiahwright; liberalracism; nobama; obama; politicsofoppression; racism; taqiyya
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To: SE Mom

spread this around - the “dumb blond” sounds off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqRwLyCH2fs

pass along


281 posted on 03/18/2008 7:37:08 AM PDT by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
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To: Crawdad
Next we'll be told that black people have a different concept of time.

LOL - it's a black thing...you wouldn't understand

282 posted on 03/18/2008 7:37:13 AM PDT by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
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To: jennyjenny

How many morons does it take to mic check. Shouldn;t they have done this BEFORE 10:15.

Maybe it will give Barry enough time to rewrite that nonsense


283 posted on 03/18/2008 7:37:18 AM PDT by wilco200
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To: jdm
Another lie. From what I've read it's all black. Not "predominantly."

From what I either read or heard from pundits, it has a large white congregation which baffles me.

284 posted on 03/18/2008 7:37:25 AM PDT by StarFan
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To: misterrob
This practice works against democracy of one man, one vote

Of course it does........This is the "baby" of the Democratic party!

285 posted on 03/18/2008 7:37:26 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (High Maintenance Estrogen Bot........... look out :0))
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To: ari-freedom
oh good obama is so dead

I think it was a good move. If he disowned him, he would be seen as a sellout by the black community.

286 posted on 03/18/2008 7:37:30 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: jdm
Obama’s handlers are lurking the blogs/forums to measure reactions before liftoff.
287 posted on 03/18/2008 7:37:41 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: rollo tomasi

Maybe he’ll use the old “Some of my best friends (soft-money contributors, political hacks, stupid liberal Chicago Jew who runs my campaign, etc.) are white” line.

That’ll bring down the house. And then he’ll have the wife, the kids, and their dog, Checkers, come out on the stage.


288 posted on 03/18/2008 7:37:45 AM PDT by toddlintown (On Obama's moral compass, "N" doesn't stand for "North.")
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To: JFC
Ashley(from Obama's speech) on the left.
289 posted on 03/18/2008 7:37:50 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Everytime McCain reaches out to conservatives, conservatives get poked in the eye.)
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To: SE Mom

CNN Stream

HazMat situation as Charlotte NC airport involving Airbus.

Not much else is known.

Developing.....


290 posted on 03/18/2008 7:37:51 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: RonnG

“When was the last time you saw a “rock star” begin his show on time?”

He’s allowing his fans to get a good buzz on before the show starts.


291 posted on 03/18/2008 7:37:57 AM PDT by Canedawg (No Che Hussein NObama, and the Hildebeast, too)
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To: ltc8k6

Have to admit, good speech in the context of a liberal dem candidate. This may insulate him.


292 posted on 03/18/2008 7:38:04 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: MissMagnolia

Great post. And every word the truth.


293 posted on 03/18/2008 7:38:06 AM PDT by Fishtalk
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To: SE Mom
CNN has just said this brings a “unique perception” to the discussion. Nothing unique about it, Obama embraced the “pastor” and made him a part of his campaign.
294 posted on 03/18/2008 7:38:09 AM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: evets
OBAMA /QUEST '08!!!

Haji!

295 posted on 03/18/2008 7:38:17 AM PDT by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
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To: tgslTakoma
HA !!

Even the CNN Newsbabe, Suzanne Malveaux, has made note of the eight US flag backdrop. She said "everything about this is deliberate."

I guess Barack Hussein Obama thinks he can win over the people he and his racist pastor hate, by draping himself in the US flag.

296 posted on 03/18/2008 7:38:20 AM PDT by tgslTakoma
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To: wilco200

Mic check is staged. It is not real, they are stalling!!!!!


297 posted on 03/18/2008 7:38:21 AM PDT by JFC
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To: TomGuy
Has Oprah weighed in on this? Is she a member of that church?

One of the the talk-newsies said yesterday that she was a former member of that church, but she left a while previous because she did not agree with what was being taught/preached there.

Interesting. Apparently Oprah has good judgement, but Barry - who hopes to be Commander in Chief of the United States - doesn't.

298 posted on 03/18/2008 7:38:31 AM PDT by nutmeg (Obama supporters: Drink the Kool-Aid? Yes we can!)
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To: Always Right

“Obviously, it has been delayed a few minutes” —— It’s nearly 1/2 hour. Since when is 30 minutes a few?


299 posted on 03/18/2008 7:38:34 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: jackv
What can he really say or do besides plead that we all just get along???

For one thing, he could have spoken up sometime during the last 20 years to mention that he disagrees with Wright's hate-laced racial haranges.

300 posted on 03/18/2008 7:38:34 AM PDT by Interesting Times (Swiftboating, you say? See ToSetTheRecordStraight.com - TSTRS.com for short)
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