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.

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

He is DONE!!!

I'll say. Now he's basically calling whites racist as well. Now he's smearing the Reagan coalition and talk radio.

[MitchellC]

This has got to be the biggest pile of crap I’ve ever listened to. Excuses, excuses, excuses.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

Actually, I think this whole situation has set back race relations in the US by about 50 years. Whites had gotten passed color but now they have been reminded that blacks really do hate and despise whites.

[Disturbin]

Is that H’OBama ???

[Max7]

I apologize for my last remark. That was uncalled for. Obama is definitely NOT an idiot.

[KavMan]

Oh man, Now he’s effing talking about Conservatives.

This guy just doesn’t get it!

[SE Mom]

Just accused conservative talk-radio of being racist?

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Black politicians have been running the South Side of Chicago since before Prohibition and they drive the finest cars, play with the finest black and white women and amass a fortune, and still, their neighborhoods go to the dogs.

You mean not every black kid gets to have a Budweiser distribution business when he grows up?

[Dinah Lord]

Jeez, Alan Jackson. Hmm. Yes, I could see where that would work...

[nfldgirl]

Listening to Mike Gallagher right now and unless he’s being sarcastic, says that BHO hit it out of the ballpark....that this speech will have sewn up the nomination for him. I can’t tell if Gallagher’s being serious or not!

[Always Right]

The media catches a glimpse of Obama...

[Bender2]

Now it is all Talk Radio’s fault!

Gadzooks, is there anyone he won’t blame?

[kabar]

Disagree. The MSM will be lauding him for this speech. The message will be move along, nothing to see here.

[jbarkley]

Did he seriously just blame all of this on talk radio?

Flames Obama, you are going down in FLAMES.

[AGreatPer]

"yes obama has jumped the shark..."

This will be known as the speech that Bombed Obama.

Now that he will be dirt how on earth are the Dems going to get Hillary in? This gonna get good.

[Gator113]

ObamaX - Wright 2008

[longtermmemmory]

Obama is finished.

The superdelegates will abandon him.

HOWEVER, can the DNC afford to piss off 95% of the black vote?

[JFC]

Yeap, blaming Rush and others... the typical liberal way!

[tgslTakoma]

Excuse me, Mr. Obama... go [bleep] yourself.

[TomGuy]

This speech by Obama is not going to win many friends and converts.

It seems aimed at white guilt and he already has those liberals.