[SJackson]

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[PLD]

Obama denounced the Rev Wright..Don’t you think it is a bit to late you racist pig to denounce this excuse for a human..No wonder the black youth are so angry they have morons in churches teaching nothing but hate instead of love..

[G.Mason]

There will be no black president elected this year.

Better luck in the next presidential sweepstakes ... if there is another one.

[Man50D]

Where’s Oprah to defend her man?

[TeleStraightShooter]

The statements that your clergy make when you join give a little bit of an indication of your own sense of right and wrong, and you cannot just divorce from that,"

True.
The best spin Barack.Hussein.Obama can put on this would suggest he joined the church to exploit it's black separatism tilt.

Only problem is his wife has no problem echoing the hate the reverend shouts about.

[nuconvert]

A few weeks ago, an article stated that Farrakhan was a speaker at Obama’s mother’s funeral, invited by Wright.
I haven’t heard anyone mention this since.

[GraceCoolidge]

In response to such comments about Obama, liberal pundits have noted that the presumptive Republican nominee, US Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), has embraced the support of several Christian conservative clergymen, including John Hagee, who also have made offensive statements.

What a ridiculous analogy. There's a difference between accepting the support of someone and having someone as your pastor, spiritual mentor, and guide for twenty years. No one would expect Obama (or any politician) to vet the opinions of every supporter, but to claim that after twenty years Obama had "no idea" of Wright's character defies belief.

[atomicpossum]

"It's not like Barack Obama would know every statement his pastor would have ever made,"

It's well beyond that.

If Obama didn't hear Wright utter the words, many others in that congregation did, and cheered. I didn't see people storming out indignantly on any of the videos, but people cheering and celebrating what was being said. They knew what it was, they'd heard it all before from Wright, and they liked it.

This whole congregation is of a like mind to their pastor. What Obama is telling us is that he either never interacted with the other members of this church enough to hear the same views from them, which is simply unbelievable, or he's not telling us that he shares the same views.

A white politician would be branded a racist for belonging to a restricted country club. But Obama belongs to an organization that goes a lot further than 18 holes of golf...