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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.

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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: theshadow3581

Well I read it fairly closely.

And I suppose it’s about as good as he could do but I’m not convinced it’s going to fly.

Couple of points....

...he makes a big deal about himself being half white. He throws his own grandmother under the bus for her alleged remark that black men scared her.

....he remarks on “conservative” talk show hosts who expose “bogus” racial divides but who don’t further address REAL racial issues.

...The Ashley story makes no sense.


441 posted on 03/18/2008 7:53:39 AM PDT by Fishtalk
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To: roses of sharon

“Will he wear a flag pin?”

I guess they couldn’t find one;
‘cause he STILL doesn’t have one on his lapel!


442 posted on 03/18/2008 7:53:55 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: StarFan

They’ll have to use subtitles.


443 posted on 03/18/2008 7:53:57 AM PDT by Crawdad (If you're in a fair fight, your tactics suck.)
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To: Dinah Lord

No channeling MLK today?


444 posted on 03/18/2008 7:53:57 AM PDT by maggief
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To: nuconvert

We’re going with the “white guy” serious voice today.

Hey, a Lincoln phrase. This guy must have had Biden write this for him.


445 posted on 03/18/2008 7:54:01 AM PDT by toddlintown (On Obama's moral compass, "N" doesn't stand for "North.")
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To: TornadoAlley3
Okay. Sorry.

If you read Obama's supposed speech at Drudge it would appear that Obama is going to "pull the race card" when in fact the real issue is about the possible lack of judgement of a Presidential candidate. Maybe he can camoflage his lack of judgement by painting it with racism. But then, what does one expect from one who would remain for twenty years in a hate-filled church.

446 posted on 03/18/2008 7:54:02 AM PDT by Muleteam1
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To: jdm

“BO gets standing O.”

They’ve decided to go with his core supporters and do a hail mary pass.


447 posted on 03/18/2008 7:54:04 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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We the people....mention of Independence Hall. Declaration of Independence was stained by this nation’s original sin of slavery.


448 posted on 03/18/2008 7:54:22 AM PDT by syriacus (Michelle-O was proud of U of C volunteers in 1997. When did she become "unproud" of America?)
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To: nuconvert

OMFG! He’s Channeling LINCOLN!!!!


449 posted on 03/18/2008 7:54:43 AM PDT by tcrlaf (VOTE DEMOCRAT-You'll look great in a Burka!)
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To: maggief

Nope he’s got his Harvard voice all on


450 posted on 03/18/2008 7:54:45 AM PDT by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
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To: OpusatFR

Why is Obama talking about the racists founders for? Doesn’t he know they were all slave-owners?


451 posted on 03/18/2008 7:54:45 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: Bender2

This is the OSama PICTURE that will bury him like the bunny NASA pic that undid sKerry!

452 posted on 03/18/2008 7:54:53 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: nuconvert

Has it started yet, sheesh!


453 posted on 03/18/2008 7:54:59 AM PDT by jackv (DEMOCRATS HATE BUSH MORE THAN THEY LOVE THEIR COUNTRY!!!)
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To: ltc8k6

That’s exactly what he’s reading...wonder how it leaked.


454 posted on 03/18/2008 7:55:06 AM PDT by SueRae
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To: OpusatFR

Why didn’t they start the proceeding with The Pledge of Allegience?


455 posted on 03/18/2008 7:55:10 AM PDT by toddlintown (On Obama's moral compass, "N" doesn't stand for "North.")
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To: Tennessee Nana

Good morning TN:)

Not that I know of- I highly doubt it!


456 posted on 03/18/2008 7:55:11 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom
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457 posted on 03/18/2008 7:55:15 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: maggief

Is he trying to say words don’t matter?


458 posted on 03/18/2008 7:55:23 AM PDT by jennyjenny
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Four minutes in and he still hasn’t said jack.


459 posted on 03/18/2008 7:55:26 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: syriacus

” this nation’s original sin of slavery”

How many times does the word “slavery/slaves” appear in his speech? I’m losing count.


460 posted on 03/18/2008 7:55:38 AM PDT by Canedawg (No Che Hussein NObama, and the Hildebeast, too)
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