[Always Right]

The terror that 9-11 brought has faded, but the memory is still seared in our minds.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

By the way, has Byrd ever renounced his membership and participation in the KKK?

The free pass Dems get — even when their own are guilty of association of the most evil of polar opposites and conflicting ideals — is beyond astounding.

[KeyLargo]

Notorious racist news commentator MARY MITCHELL, says that whites need to get over it.

Chicago Sun-Times

Wright caught in undeserved political glare Whites don't get it, blacks do -- and it's time to move on March 20, 2008 Mary Mitchell

"We get it. A lot of white people were offended by snippets of sermons by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.

But frankly, critics and those who are supporting a candidate other than Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination have gotten all of the mileage they can out of this debate."

"Indeed, many would consider it a great honor to be nurtured spiritually at the feet of a man like Jeremiah Wright."

"Despite all the hoopla, Wright is revered on the South Side of Chicago and is treated as a gifted theologian across the country."

http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/852746,CST-EDT-mitch20.article

[SE Mom]

This is what struck me as well- just reading the words, while mind-boggling, didn’t have nearly the effect as listening to Wright on the tapes.

~snip~

From the passage above, you can see that Wright found it prudent to blame America for 9-11, even as the towers smoldered and rescue workers searched for survivors among the thousands of casualties. What you don’t get from that passage is the bitter anger and hatred in this man’s voice. I think it’s Wright’s tone that will end up hurting Obama even more than his actual words. This man has clearly been spewing hatred for America and for whites for decades, and his tone and words will be echoing in the ears of many white voters in this Democratic primary and the general election if Obama is the nominee.

~snip~

[driftless2]

What Obama has to do to be an honest candidate and assuage the doubts of millions of Americans is to give a speech to the American public where he thanks God for being an American and tells the rest of his followers to reject the hatred towards their country as exhibited by his pastor. What are the odds that he’ll give that kind of speech?

[IrishMike]

People are judged by the company they keep. It is hard for me to believe that Obama would title one of his books based on one of Wright’s sermons and yet be unaware of what he preaches. That Obama should protest that he only became aware of Wright’s views at the outset of his presidential campaign, and yet retain him as a national leader of his campaign’s African-American Religious Leadership Committee, descends to the depths of disingenuousness. Now that’s what I call audacity.

[Girlene]

For the people in that congregation to cheer Rev. White’s words, just 5 days after 9/11, is beyond acceptable. I’d like to know where Barack and Michelle were on that Sunday, 9/16/01. They have never said. The churches were over-flowing with people that Sunday. People came together in prayer, sadness, and worship. People who normally attend church on a fairly regular basis would have especially chosen this day to attend a service. This is a Sunday where most people remember what they were doing.

[ridesthemiles]

Why does Obama’s pastor matter???

Show me who you hang around with, and I will show you what you are made of....

Birds of a feather flock together......