LIVE THREAD - Under Pressure, Obama Prepares for Race and Unity Speech

Fox News ^ | 18 March 2008

[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.

[rock_lobsta]

The audience applauds after all the typical liberal buzz words.

And he gets real loud when rattling off all the different demographic groups. How phony can you get?

[TomGuy]

What is Ashley do?

My mind drifted. That story was boring.

[longtermmemmory]

oh joy a gipper moment.

whho wants to bet ashly will turn out to be an exageration or a fake.

[fatima]

I remember.

[cajungirl]

He said his wife was the descendant of slaves and slave owners and that he was the son of a white woman and a Kenyan father.

He addressed the black responsibility in the problems with the family, the absent father, he said it was legitimate for whites to fear black urban neighborhoods, he addressed white anger at affirmative action.

This was a brilliant speech.

[maica]

I’m an inner city teacher.

^^^

Thank you for your service. I bet your screenname is a reflection of your work.

[sam_paine]

I've heard that his grandmother is still around but is off limits to interviews. True?

This paternal granny seems to have press availability...

Sarah Hussein Obama, 86, the grandmother of presidential candidate Barak Obama, holds a photo of her grandson as she awaits the results of Super Tuesday's primary on Feb. 5.

Interesting...that doesn't at all match up with this page... http://www.wargs.com/political/obama.html

or here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17003563/

[Matchett-PI]

“I told you guys he’d be the last black person to run for president.” ~ Crawdad

Correction: He will be the last black race-baiter who will get this far.

Black (or any other minority) classic liberals (nka “conservatives”) after the order of Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, [fill in the name of all the qualified black conservative women], America’s Founders, F.A. Hayek, Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, et.al., would be elected in a nano-second if they ran for the presidency.

And conservatives (classic liberals) are the only minorities would will ever get the votes of intellectually honest Americans because they are the only ones who wiould NEVER be found attempting to play “the race card” or any of the other DIVISIVE class / gender cards.

And that’s a fact.

The race-baiters and the lucrative businesses they are in, are now in a panic. They see the hand-writing on the wall.

[Timeout]

“I am here because of Ashley”.

What the heck does THAT mean?!

[longtermmemmory]

anemic applause

[Red_Devil 232]

Did anyone faint?

[pepperhead]

How does Hillary respond to this?

Play some of Rev. Wright's speeches where he talks about her and Bill.....

[tiredoflaundry]

Hold on to your hats!..... Here comes da spin!!

[dead]

Seriously, I was like “Was Ashley the old black guy or somebody on talk radio? And why are people eating mustard?”

[Dinah Lord]

that applause seems awful weak and his thank you’s awful desperate

[toddlintown]

Man was that dull.

[null and void]

Ahhhhhhh the best part! The Thank You’s at the end!

[jennyjenny]

That Ashley story was over my head. I don’t get it.

[meanie monster]

[savedbygrace]

OK, here comes the MSM love fest.