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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: Tennessee Nana

“Hoping to identify and be one of the Boyz in the Hood”

I ain’t no African booty scratcher


541 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:26 AM PDT by wilco200
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To: jdm; All

I don’t disagree with anything my pastor says - he preaches the WORD OF GOD! We study the BIBLE.. We do not discuss race in our church. . .


542 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:27 AM PDT by ninergold3 (Don't like my attitude? Then get one of your own!)
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To: firewalk

My pastor never said that the local brewers caused alcoholism.


543 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:30 AM PDT by toddlintown (On Obama's moral compass, "N" doesn't stand for "North.")
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To: adm5

Wright has retired from the church.


544 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:34 AM PDT by kabar
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To: CedarDave

The only person in the room bringing up race is Obama himself. As proof, if Clarence Thomas ran for President, he’d be an overwhelming favorite of conservatives. Race wouldn’t even enter the discussion.


545 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:34 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Constitution Day
Found it. Flag Etiquette

Gold fringe discussed near the bottom of the page.

546 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:46 AM PDT by RightField (The older you get .... the older "old" is.)
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To: rock_lobsta
Is it me, or is the sound cutting out...

God is in the building.

547 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:47 AM PDT by Crawdad (If you're in a fair fight, your tactics suck.)
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To: Fox_Mulder77

I think you’re right..


548 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:47 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: TornadoAlley3
He still has questions to answer:

Why did you initially lie about not hearing Wright's controversial speeches when you now admit you heard some?

Why are you only addressing this now, but it was ok to let Ferraro twist in the racial wind when it benefitted you?

If Wright's words were so wrong and harmful, why not speak up at the time and save the congregation (children included) from the race-baiting? What kind of leadership is that?

You strongly disagree with Wright's "political" views, yet you called him a mentor and named your book after a sermon of his?

You castigate others for dismissing Wright, yet you recently trotted out the "crazy uncle" excuse?
549 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:53 AM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: Fox_Mulder77
The strategy behind this speech: throw as many words against the wall as you can and hope a few will stick so the MSM can lick them off and regurgitate them for the next few days.

Good summary!

550 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:53 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: rock_lobsta

What does the yellow fringe mean on an indoor flag?

A gold fringe is sometimes added to silk or rayon flags when used indoors or carried in a parade. The flag can also be decorated with gold cords and tassels on its staff. The custom is derived from a military tradition but is neither required nor forbidden by law.


551 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:55 AM PDT by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
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To: mware
Now admitting that he has heard the comments.

It's not a lie if no one every beleived him, is it?

552 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:56 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: rock_lobsta; ClearCase_guy
Not once in my conversations with [Rev. Wright] have I heard him talk about any ethnic group in derogatory terms, or treat whites with whom he interacted with anything but courtesy and respect. ... I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother – a woman who helped raise me,... but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe.

IOW...Black Wright is not Racist. White Granny is Racist.

One of the primary points of Wright's screeds I've read is that "Black Racism" is not really possible. Seems like the student agrees.

553 posted on 03/18/2008 8:01:58 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Interesting Times

No one can truly claim to be a former slave until they have worked in a call center.


554 posted on 03/18/2008 8:02:02 AM PDT by Sender (Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.)
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To: All

obama tries to equate wright with every other religious leader


555 posted on 03/18/2008 8:02:06 AM PDT by ari-freedom (McCain must pick a conservative VP if he wants conservative support)
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To: TornadoAlley3

I know one thing, I do not care for michelle at all.


556 posted on 03/18/2008 8:02:07 AM PDT by jackv (DEMOCRATS HATE BUSH MORE THAN THEY LOVE THEIR COUNTRY!!!)
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To: spectre

I hope not! It seems to me that she has learned Rev. Wright’s lessons well.


557 posted on 03/18/2008 8:02:11 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Vote Obama! And we'll be picking shrapnel out of our butts for decades!)
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To: Crawdad

Waiting for lightning to strike.


558 posted on 03/18/2008 8:02:19 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Bi-partisanship: Democrats and RINOs working together to screw up the country)
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To: rock_lobsta

“Seven”

thank you.

Plus, I am hearing “racism”, too.


559 posted on 03/18/2008 8:02:22 AM PDT by Canedawg (No Che Hussein NObama, and the Hildebeast, too)
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To: Fox_Mulder77

The words that stick, are “I did hear those comments during the sermons.”


560 posted on 03/18/2008 8:02:24 AM PDT by mware (mware...killer of threads.)
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