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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“Divisive speech.”
I agree.
Jewish World Review, December 23, 1997
Mona Charen
Does Clinton’s race panel listen to facts?
As Jesse Jackson said,
“There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footstepsand start thinking about robbery — then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/charen122397.html
They are poor because the kids only have two peer-approved career choices: athlete or rap star. The parents don’t tell them different.
Instead of builing a color blind society this speach is dedicated to building a quota based maxist society.
I think she is afraid he will co-opt her "It takes a village" motto.
He said his wife was. That is why she is evil!
Barack Obama just handed the election to John McCain. This is the vilest guilt-tripping race filled speech I’ve heard in a presidential campaign. Even Al Sharpton stuck to the issues.
Right, he can still win the nomination. But his negatives are never going to go down now because of Rev. Wright. This whole thing hurt him bigtime in the general election.
Actually, he sounds like a preacher.
Hello,
I was thinking 50.....
MOgirl
Agree. Mustard and ketchup sandwiches. What happened to that free lunch program????????/
He has "prettied up" his words, but he's speaking the same message as his racist pastor. It's all the fault of racist whites. And all whites are racist, BTW.
"...or we can speculate on whether white men will all flock to John McCain in the general election regardless of his policies."
Post # 228 has the full text of the speech.
We had a lot of pre-speech posting...the speech was 30 minutes late:)
She must have followed Michelles advice not to become lawyers or investment bankers
Yup - the big GET from this speech is he caught himself in a lie. He did hear Wright’s racist words and he did nothing about it at the time. He lied.
This should be fun.
*Getting out the popcorn*
You could use a tagline. Might I suggest your own marvelous turn of phrase “This is so delicious, it has to be fattening”?
Actually Cajun Girl, he will probably not get the nom.
Even if he did, I suspect he would be quite easy to beat.
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