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LIVE THREAD - Under Pressure, Obama Prepares for Race and Unity Speech
Fox News ^
| 18 March 2008
Posted on 03/18/2008 6:12:13 AM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; barackhusseinobama; bigot; bigotbarack; blacktheology; dncfalseprophets; elections; falseprophets; hatewhitey; hitler; ideologue; jeremiahsmessiah; jeremiahwright; liberalracism; nobama; obama; politicsofoppression; racism; taqiyya
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To: Truth29
He said she was descended from slaves AND those who owned slaves.
981
posted on
03/18/2008 8:31:12 AM PDT
by
Guenevere
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.)
To: umgud
982
posted on
03/18/2008 8:31:26 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: SJackson
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.
983
posted on
03/18/2008 8:31:27 AM PDT
by
Sender
(Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.)
To: Timeout
win one for the gipper...
(stealing from Reagan)
984
posted on
03/18/2008 8:31:36 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: MOgirl
“Barack Obama has set back race relations 30 years”
Ding ding ding, we have a winnah
985
posted on
03/18/2008 8:31:36 AM PDT
by
Canedawg
(No Che Hussein NObama, and the Hildebeast, too)
To: tgslTakoma
If McCain had an ounce of sense he would make a speech now detailing the socialist agenda in Obama’s speech.
986
posted on
03/18/2008 8:31:40 AM PDT
by
Sunnyflorida
(Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
Wolf Blitzer: Obama is making a pre-emptive strike against John McCain and all the issues he can bring up in the Fall.
987
posted on
03/18/2008 8:31:42 AM PDT
by
syriacus
(Michelle-O was proud of U of C volunteers in 1997. When did she become "unproud" of America?)
To: dead
It’s all Bush’s fault (whitey)
To: tobyhill
I noticed his allusion that racism came mainly from whites.
989
posted on
03/18/2008 8:31:50 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(If Muslims love death, why do they have hospitals?)
To: toddlintown
not media worthy. even liberals would be bored
990
posted on
03/18/2008 8:31:50 AM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(McCain must pick a conservative VP if he wants conservative support)
To: cajungirl
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 :)
991
posted on
03/18/2008 8:31:57 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
To: cajungirl
It will take time to digest..
992
posted on
03/18/2008 8:31:58 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: donna
993
posted on
03/18/2008 8:32:03 AM PDT
by
Bob
To: Truth29
He said his wife was the descendant of slaves and slave masters.
994
posted on
03/18/2008 8:32:09 AM PDT
by
GVnana
("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
To: cajungirl
Re:
This was a brilliant speech. Well, you and Wolf Blitzer agree!
995
posted on
03/18/2008 8:32:16 AM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: alice_in_bubbaland
Its a boring speech. I thought so to. I started researching foreclosures on the internet to keep awake.
996
posted on
03/18/2008 8:32:17 AM PDT
by
RightField
(The older you get .... the older "old" is.)
To: syriacus
Blitzer: Obama’s critics will find plenty to disagree with.
997
posted on
03/18/2008 8:32:17 AM PDT
by
syriacus
(Michelle-O was proud of U of C volunteers in 1997. When did she become "unproud" of America?)
To: jennyjenny
“That Ashley story was over my head. I dont get it.”
He’s opening up a new Subway sandwich shop and this will be this week’s special.
998
posted on
03/18/2008 8:32:18 AM PDT
by
toddlintown
(On Obama's moral compass, "N" doesn't stand for "North.")
To: MOgirl
To: Guenevere
Hume says the speech will not heal the wound! LOL!
1,000
posted on
03/18/2008 8:32:26 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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