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The fact that he would defame is own grandmother, who help to raise him and pay for his prep-school education in order to make excuses for his hate-mongering preacher is absolutely disgracefully !!!!!!!!

I do not understand how people can praise him for his loyalty to Rev. Wright when that loyalty brings shame on a person that has supported and loved him since birth.

This only goes to show how truly week-mined Sen. Obama really is that he could be so brainwashed by this hateful man he would turn on his own family.

My only comfort is that should he win the nomination (which he probably will because the democratic party is so afraid of angering the black community) is that the 527 are gonna swift-boat him rite out of the presidency.

This country can not afford to have a weak-mined, disloyal racist in the white house.

Jo,

I hear your anger, and I sense a frustration with not feeling like Senator Obama distanced himself enough from his former pastor. I know that opinion is shared by many, even though the preacher's words were clearly condemned yesterday.

However, I do not see how you come to the conclusion that he "defamed" his grandmother. Was he not just being honest?

When will this country crawl out of views from 100 years ago? Last night Obama addressed racism in both black and white communities. He addresses them both. In my church i disagree with alt of things my priest says... I disagree with racist views my family has. The bottomline of what people are saying is that because of someone he knows and congregates with has certain views he has to share them. Dont we surround ourselves with many diff. people each day of our lives? Come on america get real and get out of the 1800's

Joe, look he's a politician for goodness sakes. He's going to say whatever him and his handlers believe will get him the most votes at the end of the day. If people want to improve upon race relations in this country. My advice to them is to go out and establish friendships with people from different races and pay no mind to what politicians in Washington say.

Um Aleah we are out of the 1800's. Race relations in this country are very good. Could they be better? Absolutely...especially in the churches. But to say we still have the mindset that we had in the 1800's is just wrong. Most blacks and whites get along great in this country. Its sneaky politicians that keep using race to divide people in this country. I would suggest people like you stop watching CNN,MSNBC,FOX and reading all these doom and gloom blogs and get out in this country and look around. Contrary to what you here life is pretty darn good for everyone(blacks,hispanics and whites) in this country.

Better yet, I would hope people aren't taking clues from Washington as to when it's important or OK or appropriate or "all-clear" to go out and establish friendships with people of other cultures. The last thing Washington wants us to do is "come together" over anything. If we actually did, most of them would be out of jobs.

I think Barack Obama is an extremely intelligent man. I think he's a great writer and and a fantastic speaker. I can't help but feel, however, that the timing of the speech -- in the middle of one of the most heated primaries in recent memory -- and his ultimate motivation (to become President) cheapens the sentiment contained within, whether I'm reading it now or 50 years from now.

But that's just me.

Obama's speech almost brought me to tears. At a time when the easy way out would be to condemn his pastor, he instead tackled one of the potentially most explosive issues of the campaign - race - in a direct, thoughtful and healing way.

It's so easy to oversimplify, but he didn't take that route. He embraced his white grandmother who occasionally uttered racial epithets and his black pastor whose anger at black oppression got overly heated.

If you don't think racial oppression still exists, ask any black males you know how many times they've been stopped by the police just "to check" what they're doing, when what they're doing is going home from an evening shift at work. Ask for a few other examples of oppression and you'll get a long list.

First he says he was not in the church when the pastor said stuff, then he says he was in the church.... Obama is a LIAR !

@dant "Contrary to what you here [sic] life is pretty darn good for everyone(blacks,hispanics and whites) in this country."

But isn't that the point? Life is not pretty darned good for everyone... that would be impossible anyway. What is possible is to try to make life better for everyone.

I'm not an American and wouldn't want to seem to be lecturing or advising Americans as to whom they should vote for. But I thought the speech was impressive, heartfelt and brave. Yes, uniting people might help him get into office, but isn't that better than dividing people for the same purpose?

i thought we where ready to hear the truth in Obama's words, but reading this blog and looking at the media i now know that we are still stuck. i do believe that in my son's generation who is 5 we as a people may start to heal this ugly race relations. i am hurt to see so many ignorant young whites and blacks who still just don't get it. this rev.wright didn't preach like this every sunday for the 14 years Obama was a member. these hateful (and some statements where true) comments came after the bombing, when bush and clinton and others started the war that is still going on now you know the war that Obama voted against? let's be honest if you can how many priest in the catholic church have been charged with raping little boys or what about the hate that john hagee preaches for the catholics or rob parsley's massage of hate for the muslim community?
but when faced with black and white people then get all upset as if they didn't know that the injustice of this sweet nation we call AMERICA doesn't exist. NO OBAMA AMERICA IS NOT READY FOR CHANGE
i am not black nor white but christain

Toni, don't let those who would cast stones so quickly get you down. Just remember that over one million American adults have donated to Obama's campaign. And many more who have voted for Obama all over the map. Despite what the media horserace would have you believe, at this point Obama will almost certainly be the Democratic nominee.
Will there be enough supporters to vote him into office? I don't know, but I like to think yes.

Some of the same people I hear trying to make a big deal of Barack not deserting his former pastor are the same people who call into some of these radio programs where the person on the microphone says some of the most racist, sexist comments to make a point and will listen faithfully to the mess yet have no problem with that.

It is so sad that a wonderful opportunity could potentially be missed.
Obama, did not defame his grandmother, nor is he a liar. Did you listen to the speech?
Not only do I think that Obama was extremely courageous to address race relations in this country, I also think that he did not go with the "statues quo" of traditional polititions.
He talked about difficult issues that may not relate to the majority IF you are looking at the smaller picture.
Let's be clear that Obama has not been proactively addressing race in this Champaign. It has been the media and other politicians that have required him to continually react to issues of race in this country. Honestly, as an American, I am offended that this is a constant invisible issue that follows him around his Champaign.
Finally, Obama addressed the continual probe at race, with grace, integrity and honesty, and I am even more disappointed at the spin and individuals inability to really consider the points made.
I think many of you are totally naive. It is not your fault that you believe the timing "cheapens the sentiment contained within, whether I'm reading it now or 50 years from now" or that life is pretty darn good for everyone (Blacks, Hispanics and Whites) in this country.” My advice is: it is better to shut your mouth and have it presumed you are intelligent rather than to open it and confirm you are an idiot.

The Race Of America

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We're a nation of weeds. Face it.

Beautiful, strong, glorious, weeds.

America is not a "white weed" nation anymore. If that scares you, whatever kind of stock you are, I'm sorry.

I don't think you can really do anything about it anyway.

Listen to who's yelling the loudest: Pat Buchanan, a decendent of Irish riffraff.

And Joe Sourbourh? Limey bastard.

His family was probably fleeing debtor's prison, or, in his case, some kind of Anglican Church sex crime. Disbarred priest and shady accountant's mostly. I'll bet you.

Rush Limbaugh? Creepy Germans. God knows what they're up too. Involves child sacrifice and world domination most likely. That or meticulous gardening. Psycho fucking Germans.

There was a time when the European Upper Class viewed Americans as a disreputible, shady, breed. They came from a melting pot of the lower classes.

"American White", the "Anglo", an English dominated, european mixed stock. And that's mixed with the brown, the "African-American". They've been mixing for a long time, if you hadn't noticed. Like it or not. Hell, most of the people who are called "Black" in this country are cousins, sometimes close cousins, to the "American-Whites". Their children will become a strong trademark of this nation.

God bless them, too.

It's a tough, beautiful strain. Made out of the children of survivors. Children of harshly treated African slaves. And the conquering English Empire's lower class and the insane with optimism or greed upper class. And fleeing Irish, wild and impossible to kill, prolific breeders with anyone. This is a good place for people like them. People who desperately need a "start-over" and have the special gifts required for survival here. This is good ground for the discarded, and abused. The weeds. If they can survive, they will be able to prosper here.

We are their children. And its fathers and mothers.

We are the survivors. Children of the toughest, smartest long odders anywhere.

So get a grip, Pat. Nothing worse than "high-class" Irish. Nazi-Jesuits did this to you, Pat.

Did Obama criticize his grandmother? No, he made an observation about her, as he did about his pastor. Read the "whole speech"

Did Obama justify black hatred? No, he analyzed it, and condemned it. Read the "whole speech"

Did Obama justify white hatred? No, he analyzed and condemned it. Read the "whole speech"

Did Obama run away from the issue of race? No, he analyzed it and asked "all" of us, to join in a common dialogue of understanding. Read the "whole speech.

Was Obama self serving in this speech? In a way, yes, just as Clinton is clearly self serving in many of her remarks. What is the difference? Read the "whole speech"

Why is this speech being analyzed and used as a talking point on colleges and think tanks and organizations around the nation? Because there is substance, thought, and clarity in the words. Read the "whole speech". Please, to all, whether Republican or Democrat, Clintonite or Obama fan, this man is calling us out of the pig stye...and I do hope that for the good of our country, we can climb out of the mud. Please, "read the whole speech".