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.

[syriacus]

his is kind of a subdued stump speech

It also seems as though he is trying to sell a few more copies of his book.

[Gator113]

My dog fainted again.

[AGreatPer]

"Now admitting that he has heard the comments."

He just contradicted himself from his previous statements.

[ari-freedom]

yes very subdued. i’m not exactly fainting for this one

[spectre]

Wow..don't you just want to puke..

sw

[Always Right]

obama tries to equate wright with every other religious leader

That's the latest theme from most of the articles defending him.

[auto power]

Obama is merely reading his speech...he’s not “feeling” it.

[rhombus]

So far, he ain’t saying nuttin.

So he's back on his game. ;-)

[alice_in_bubbaland]

“So far, he ain’t saying nuttin.”

He never does.

[CedarDave]

I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother – a woman who helped raise me,... but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe.

I've heard that his grandmother is still around but is off limits to interviews. True?

[rock_lobsta]

Plus, I am hearing “racism”, too.

Six.

[jdm]

Some audio tech is going to be fired by the end of the day. The mike is terrible.

He's probably a Hillary! supporter.

[Tennessee Nana]

He heard Wright make “bad” remarks in church.
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yeah kinda like another pastor might say Peter when he meant Paul...

[kabar]

Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his elementary education in that city and then went to Virginia Union University. After three and a half years at Virginia Union, Pastor Wright left school and entered the United States Marine Corps. He transferred from the USMC into the United States Navy where he served as a cardiopulmonary technician.

[maica]

He’s the descendent of people who who SOLD SLAVES to the whites!!!!

^^^^^^

His children can join American colonial societies as descendants on their grandmother’s side of Colonists.

[Kozak]

OH.

“It’s a Black Thang you wouldn’t understand, Honkeys....”

[Fishtalk]

I must imagine Rush will weigh in on this speech.

[Miss Didi]

Also admits he was in the church when he heard them.

He got the word that Clinton Inc. has the tapes.

[Gator113]

Yep...he’s a liar.

[jackv]

Yes I noticed that bumb. And that great big smile seems out of place.