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Obama plans major race speech tomorrow (18 March 2008)
The Politico ^
| 17 March 2008
| Ben Smith
Posted on 03/17/2008 11:40:19 AM PDT by SE Mom
Barack Obama will give a major speech on "the larger issue of race in this campaign," he told reporters in Monaca, PA just now.
He was pressed there, as he has been at recent appearances, on statements by his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright.
"I am going to be talking about not just Reverend Wright, but the larger issue of race in this campaign," he said.
He added that he would "talk about how some of these issues are perceived from within the black church issue for example," he said.
He also briefly defended Wright from the image that has come through in a handful of repeatedly televised clips from recent Wright sermons.
"The caricature thats being painted of him is not accurate," he said.
The speech could offer Obama an opportunity to move past the controversy over his pastor, and to turn the conversation to a topic he'd rather focus on: his Christian faith. But the speech also guarantees that the Wright story will continue to dominate political headlines.
Mitt Romney's attempt directly to address his Mormonism last year never decisively put the issue to rest for some voters.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2badhussein; 2badweknowtruthnow; 2late; 2latetruthisout; goddamnamerica; hussein; jeremiahwright; nobama; obama; runningscared
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:40:20 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
To: AliVeritas; Dog; Miss Didi; Travis McGee
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:41:22 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: SE Mom
Obama’s attempt to save his candidacy. LOL.
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:42:28 AM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: SE Mom
My guess is he won’t be talking in the phony jive turkey accent he uses when he talks to black groups.
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:43:26 AM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: SE Mom
The ‘kitchen sink’ stategy is working. He has to respond. HRC has dragged him into the mud.
I hope he gives a good speech and eventually secures the nomination.
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:43:35 AM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: SE Mom
With a forward by Dwain Allman titled, “Tied to the Whipping Post.”
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:43:52 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
To: swain_forkbeard
I hope he is continued to be exposed as the lair that he is.
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:44:18 AM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: SE Mom
Obama / Denzel / Malcom X : You’re being BAMBOOZLED!!
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:44:46 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(su - | echo "All your " | chown -740 us ./base | kill -9 | cd / | rm -r | echo "belong to us")
To: SE Mom
Obama: “Counter-Racism is not Racism”
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:44:51 AM PDT
by
Brian S. Fitzgerald
("We're going to drag that ship over the mountain.")
To: SE Mom
More raw meat on the way:-()
This man, Rev Wright, has been my Religious leader for 20 years. I fully support him:-()
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:45:08 AM PDT
by
geo40xyz
((McCain, Obama or Hillarybeast possibility of 4 Supreme Court Justices, Gore @UN. The WINNER is?))
To: SE Mom
Get ready for the Uncle Tom cat calls from the crowd...
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:45:52 AM PDT
by
shotgun
To: Eric in the Ozarks
With a forward by Duane Allman titled, Tied to the Whipping Post.LOL! Damn!
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:46:03 AM PDT
by
GVnana
("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
To: geo40xyz
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:48:14 AM PDT
by
GVnana
("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
To: SE Mom
The first speech in a series that will end with his concession to Hillary Clinton, and barring that, conceding to John McCain.
I can hear it now...Stillson...Stillson...Stillson...
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:48:28 AM PDT
by
AbeKrieger
(There is a special place in Hell for Lyndon Johnson.)
To: SE Mom
You see, we are the racists because we dare to call Wright a racist.
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:48:35 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: SE Mom
So he is going to talk about what happened at Bristol yesterday...Tony Stewart choked.
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:48:41 AM PDT
by
Dog
To: SE Mom
The only sensible thing would be to move to a color-blind society. No affirmative action. No quotas. No set-asides. No hate speech laws. Let's all stop playing the victim game. Let's all stop pointing fingers and saying "That group is the problem!"
Is he going to come right out and tell us how we can have a future without racism? Or is he going to demogogue us into thinking that our white guilt can be assuaged if we just try a little harder?
To: pissant
It is going to be tough to convince people that a person you call your mentor didn’t have any influence over you.
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:50:15 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: Centurion2000
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:50:22 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: SE Mom
Mom this guy is so good......he is going to turn this on those who question him and Wright.
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posted on
03/17/2008 11:51:02 AM PDT
by
Dog
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