And while I can’t speak for you, I can tell you that I would not remain a member of a church where race was the defining tool for interpreting the Gospels.
The difference between my position and everyone elses is that I can understand YOUR position.
Look, if you find that offensive, I can understand why you would leave.
At the same time, I can understand why someone would stay. I understand this, becaues I find it offensive when my church condemns homosexuality, especially when the two owners of the company I work for are two oustanding citizens who are a gay couple.
I can understand why someone would stay because racism is a terrible thing to experience. And in that community, it is quite prevalent, is it not?
I just think Obama was there because his wife dragged him there and I think he was trying to figure out the challenges of the black people in that community.
Barack Obama does not know what it is like to be pulled over for being in a white neighborhood. The fact that the pastor says that shows how out of touch with Obama he really is.
I know this, because I know his sister. I know how he was raised.
Hannitized - 11:03am on 03/14/2008
Easy there nutters…its 7 months till the election and you are already screechy and unhinged about what someone who is not Obama said…priceless
Now that the video of Wright is going viral I am sure you aren’t quite as smug about this anymore.
He might not be Obama, but he sure isn’t helping Obama’s cause.
It punctures Obama’s claims to be a ‘post-racial’ healer.
Rip the mask off the face of Mr. HopeNchange and all you find is Al Sharpton.
Ken McCracken - 11:03am on 03/14/2008
He might not be Obama, but he sure isn’t helping Obama’s cause.
Do you say that because you are racist? Or because you took a good long look at his record and how he grew up?
To get elected in Chicago, he had to identify with the voters and people who would get him elected.
As a Punahou grad, it’s very unlikely that he would identify with your average Chicago voter.
I agree that this pastor isn’t helping Obama, and his dismissal of his comments should serve there purpose.
What is the reason you guys are so eager to make this stick and to turn Obama into a Sharpton? Your racial hatred?
Why are you making this about race?
Hannitized - 12:03pm on 03/14/2008
I didn’t know Jesus was black. I assume Obama believes this as well?
HG - 01:03pm on 03/14/2008
I’m not the one making this about race, Hannitized.
Wright is.
I don’t think Obama is making his campaign about race, which is exactly why Wright is becoming such a problem for him.
Obama was supposed to be beyond all this crap, but then we find out that the man who performed his wedding ceremony, the one who lent Obama the title ‘Audacity of Hope’ and Obama’s self-proclaimed mentor is just another race-hustling jerk.
I thought Obama’s campaign was unique for not focusing on race.
Do you say that because you are racist?
Uh, what?
I am racist for pointing out someone else is racist?
Does.
Not.
Compute.
Ken McCracken - 03:03pm on 03/14/2008
I agree that this pastor isn’t helping Obama, and his dismissal of his comments should serve there purpose.
H,
Wishful thinking. Wright’s race-baiting is one thing, and Obama’s tepid disavowal would probably suffice for that. But Wright’s “God Damn America” will not go away so quickly or quietly. Without a substantial percentage of people who will find that particular phrase unconscionably and unpardonably over-the-top, Barack Obama may not get his party’s nomination, and will certainly not win the general election in November.
And the Democrats’ “Super Delegates”, nearly all of whom are far more experienced at major league political warfare than is Obama, know this all too well.
Observing that the temperature in the Grand Salon of the Titanic has dropped a few degrees is no way to deal with the iceberg outside.
The difference between my position and everyone elses is that I can understand YOUR position.
Look, if you find that offensive, I can understand why you would leave.
At the same time, I can understand why someone would stay. I understand this, becaues I find it offensive when my church condemns homosexuality, especially when the two owners of the company I work for are two oustanding citizens who are a gay couple.
I can understand why someone would stay because racism is a terrible thing to experience. And in that community, it is quite prevalent, is it not?
I just think Obama was there because his wife dragged him there and I think he was trying to figure out the challenges of the black people in that community.
Barack Obama does not know what it is like to be pulled over for being in a white neighborhood. The fact that the pastor says that shows how out of touch with Obama he really is.
I know this, because I know his sister. I know how he was raised.
Now that the video of Wright is going viral I am sure you aren’t quite as smug about this anymore.
He might not be Obama, but he sure isn’t helping Obama’s cause.
It punctures Obama’s claims to be a ‘post-racial’ healer.
Rip the mask off the face of Mr. HopeNchange and all you find is Al Sharpton.
Do you say that because you are racist? Or because you took a good long look at his record and how he grew up?
To get elected in Chicago, he had to identify with the voters and people who would get him elected.
As a Punahou grad, it’s very unlikely that he would identify with your average Chicago voter.
I agree that this pastor isn’t helping Obama, and his dismissal of his comments should serve there purpose.
What is the reason you guys are so eager to make this stick and to turn Obama into a Sharpton? Your racial hatred?
Why are you making this about race?
I didn’t know Jesus was black. I assume Obama believes this as well?
I’m not the one making this about race, Hannitized.
Wright is.
I don’t think Obama is making his campaign about race, which is exactly why Wright is becoming such a problem for him.
Obama was supposed to be beyond all this crap, but then we find out that the man who performed his wedding ceremony, the one who lent Obama the title ‘Audacity of Hope’ and Obama’s self-proclaimed mentor is just another race-hustling jerk.
I thought Obama’s campaign was unique for not focusing on race.
Uh, what?
I am racist for pointing out someone else is racist?
Does.
Not.
Compute.
H,
Wishful thinking. Wright’s race-baiting is one thing, and Obama’s tepid disavowal would probably suffice for that. But Wright’s “God Damn America” will not go away so quickly or quietly. Without a substantial percentage of people who will find that particular phrase unconscionably and unpardonably over-the-top, Barack Obama may not get his party’s nomination, and will certainly not win the general election in November.
And the Democrats’ “Super Delegates”, nearly all of whom are far more experienced at major league political warfare than is Obama, know this all too well.
Observing that the temperature in the Grand Salon of the Titanic has dropped a few degrees is no way to deal with the iceberg outside.
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