Obama says US cannot ignore race

BBC ^ | Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 17:15 GMT | BBC Staff

[Polybius]

Obama says US cannot ignore race

Who, besides you, Obama, is ignoring the fact that your mentor of 20 years is a racist hate monger?

I am not ignoring that racism and neither will the majority of America in November.

[prairiebreeze]

Dimes to dollars that the most confused person in this whole situation is Jeremiah Wright.

After all, he isn’t saying anything recently that he hasn’t said all along, except his remarks went unchallenged then.

Bet he’s still trying to figure out where he “went wrong.”

[Digital Sniper]

Obama, you ignorant slut. The only reason you're even on the national political arena is because of your race. If you'd been a dilletante first-term senator with any paler skin, you'd have been laughed off the stage months ago. And if you belonged to an racist church run by a white guy, you wouldn't be getting any press from the mainstream media except for your 15-minute crucifixion followed by absolute silence except for the occasional Jay Leno joke about what a clown you truly are.

That is why you're wholly unqualified to run for any position apart from City Dog Catcher, and woe be unto the city that gets a crooked racist like yourself for the job.

That's my take, and I'm stickin' to it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Earlier thread:

The Elephant in the Room: Obama: A harsh ideologue hidden by a feel-good image
Philadephia Inquirer ^ | 02/28/2008 | Rick Santorum

[Digital Sniper]

Who, besides you, Obama, is ignoring the fact that your mentor of 20 years is a racist hate monger?

You're being unfair to the Obamassiah! *whiiiiiiiine* You mean ol' racist!

[Pearls Before Swine]

Let me get this straight; blacks think that they’re the only people that have been enslaved throughout history?

Indeed. Where does the word "slave" come from? Enslaved slavs--white slaves of the Mideast.

[JasonC]

He is an American, I'll give him that. He is a class warrior, let's all unite to eat everyone in a suit raw, commie, but he is an American "let's kill the rich" commie. The worst part is he clearly doesn't even see his shameless class baiting as hateful and divisive, he thinks everybody wants to murder their boss etc.

[celtic gal]

I heard his speech this morning and the reason I believe he won’t distance himself from Mr Wright is more personal than anything else. His own father deserted him and his mother when he was just a little boy. The so called Rev has been serving as his surrogate father since he was 26 years old or so...so no he won’t distance himself from this bigot and it says a great deal about who Obama and his wife are. The difference between his wife and himself is he can try to and does to some degree hide his own hatred of America whereas his wife is right out there with Mr Wright is showing her real feelings. These people are dangerous and should not be allowed anywhere near the WH or the head of this nation’s leadership. I hope he gets voted out of the senate when he comes up for the seat again.

[LiberConservative]

Obama says US cannot ignore race

Oh yes we can.

[brushcop]

You noticed that too? The white-hating race mongering b*****d dares to surround himself with the very symbol that he hates and disrespects that others have paid for with their lives if not maimed and damaged while fighting for scum like him and his pet pastor.

I have nothing but comtempt for this idiot who would lead us into Marxism at the drop of a hat. I will meet these people in the streets if need be to defend my country, my nation, my way of life and that of my family as well. We know what we believe in and don’t pussy foot around about it either.

Obama be gone with ye!

[doodad]

What a liar. He is toast and good riddance.

[genetic drift]

Obama, we hardly knew Ye.

[EGPWS]

US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has sought to tackle the issue of race and defuse a controversy over comments made by his former pastor.

Typical modern day democrat politician empty headed pandering.

As POTUS, put the "button" in his hand, with a choice of push or don't push and the first thing that would cross his mind before pushing it would be "will pushing this button help me politically?"

[sergeantdave]

I want all you white racist racists to stop being racist, unless you’re a black racist, then I want you to moderate your racism and just be a racist at 11am on Sunday.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

Obama says US cannot ignore race

[Jim Scott]

Obama is an just an opportunistic, left-wing politician with dangerous ideas for America that would reduce the freedom of every citizen. Obama courts the black vote by using his 'black' heritage and his connections to popular but near-demented black preachers with big congregations like Jeremiah Wright, then, when that close, 20-year association comes back to bite him, tries to justify Wright's America-hating, racist insanity and his (Obama's) apparent ease with it by claiming that while he rejects Wright's absurd rantings, he 'understands' them...and we should too...unless we're racists, of course.

I have a feeling that a majority of ordinary white folks are sick to death of blacks endlessly carrying on about all this alleged 'racism' in the freest country in the world. If Barack Obama wants to make race an issue, he can do it alone or with his longtime buddy, the hater, Jeremiah Wright. Whites have had about enough of it. I know I have.

[syriacus]

Obama was hoping to play this race card in the Fall, but circumstances interferred.

[EGPWS]

I want all you white racist racists to stop being racist, unless you’re a black racist, then I want you to moderate your racism and just be a racist at 11am on Sunday.

A true Harry Truman "the buck stops here" statement. /s

Of course it only took Harry 4 words to convey it. /snicker

[syriacus]

I want all you white racist racists to stop being racist, unless you’re a black racist, then I want you to moderate your racism and just be a racist at 11am on Sunday.

LOL!

[TennTuxedo]

Obama basically says, its okay for me to attend a racist "black-power-teaching" church led by a militant racist pastor who teaches hate and bigotry, but the rest of you have to overcome the politics of racial divide.

This "speech for the ages" will serve as the starting point for his downfall.