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.

[Guenevere]

He said she was descended from slaves AND those who owned slaves.

[metmom]

Love it.

[Sender]

No, you are not the only one who has never heard inflammatory comments such as from Dr Wright in the pulpit. I have been to many churches in my life, from the most bland, boring, “white” churches where no one even sings, to somewhat “radical” evangelizing churches, mostly black, where people regularly drop to the floor and start speaking in tongues. I have read about primitive “snake handling” churches and cult churches. None of them ever damned America or claimed such racist bitterness.

[longtermmemmory]

win one for the gipper...

(stealing from Reagan)

[Canedawg]

“Barack Obama has set back race relations 30 years”

Ding ding ding, we have a winnah

[Sunnyflorida]

If McCain had an ounce of sense he would make a speech now detailing the socialist agenda in Obama’s speech.

[syriacus]

Wolf Blitzer: Obama is making a pre-emptive strike against John McCain and all the issues he can bring up in the Fall.

[wpa_mikeb]

It’s all Bush’s fault (whitey)

[Loud Mime]

I noticed his allusion that racism came mainly from whites.

[ari-freedom]

not media worthy. even liberals would be bored

[mewzilla]

Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze – a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices, and short-term greed; a Washington dominated by lobbyists and special interests; economic policies that favor the few over the many. And yet, to wish away the resentments of white Americans, to label them as misguided or even racist, without recognizing they are grounded in legitimate concerns – this too widens the racial divide, and blocks the path to understanding.

He buried Hillie with this? Snort. If so, it'll still be a Pyrrhic victory :)

[SE Mom]

It will take time to digest..

[Bob]

Thank you.

[GVnana]

He said his wife was the descendant of slaves and slave masters.

[Bender2]

Re: This was a brilliant speech.

Well, you and Wolf Blitzer agree!

[RightField]

It’s a boring speech.

I thought so to. I started researching foreclosures on the internet to keep awake.

[syriacus]

Blitzer: Obama’s critics will find plenty to disagree with.

[toddlintown]

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

He’s opening up a new Subway sandwich shop and this will be this week’s special.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

See post 915...........

[Red_Devil 232]

Hume says the speech will not heal the wound! LOL!