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I want to thank Rev. White to waking up the white voters who were leaning toward Obama. Through Wright, we are starting to see Obama’s true color and agenda. Thankfully, many blacks have the natural ability to shoot their foot off with their mouth. In this case Wright shot his own foot off and got Obama’s as well.
Posted by at 5:23 PM on March 20
Put it this way… If a White presidential candidate had David Duke as a close confidante and friend… and the media found out about it — BET YOUR LAST DOLLAR that presidential candidate would be forced to resign or at the very least, lose big time, no matter how much groveling, and apologizing he did — to Blacks and the media.
‘Nuff said. Let OBAMA be man enough to drop out! And if he refuses to drop out, VOTE HIM DOWN!
Posted by Fed Up at 5:53 PM on March 20
I can’t understand this issue of Obama’s pastor. March 2008, in the middle of a campaign Obama “repudiates” certain things his pastor said in the past. Why didn’t obama stand up and say something 5 years ago? 15 years ago? How could Mr. Obama sit through 20 years worth of “why we should hate whitey” lectures unless he was in substantial agreement? that Obama now “repudiates” what the pastor said only proves he knows the right thing to say in the middle of a campaign.
In his “blame whitey” speech, he says
“I could no more dis-own Pastor Wright than i could dis-own the Black race”
really? then it’s reasonable to believe Obama identifies closely with Pastor Wight’s beliefs too.
How does obama separate the man from his beliefs? this is like the Jews embracing Hitler while “repudiating” that whole ovens thing
The title of Obama’s next book: “The Audacity of Hypocrisy” or “The Dreams of my Opportunism”
it gets more confusing. before, Pastor Wright is described by Obama as his closest personal advisor. After, Obama says: “I knew him, I knew him as a man from the church”. Quite a fall from grace eh Mr. Wright? now go stand in the box with Al and Jesse till after the election!
VOTE FOR OBAMA! A MAN FOR 13% OF THE PEOPLE!
Posted by at 6:11 PM on March 20
No doubt. A Fox News reporter (a white woman) was already making excuses for Write, saying she could not judge him because she is not black. She also said, Write might have faced so much discrimination in his life that maybe we shouldn’t blame him for his anger towards America, but rather try to understand it.
Yep, right on cue.
Posted by at 6:25 PM on March 20
Another reason Obama chose and stayed with TUCC is to validate their “blackness,” which was in doubt early on in this campaign.
Posted by Question Diversity at 7:18 PM on March 20
We read and heard the racist, anti-White rantings by Jeremiah Wright. we read and heard Obama trying to ‘distance” himself from Wright — without offending his brother Blacks but trying to placate the perceived White enemies.
Obama’s fine-sounding rhetoric said ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Wht? Because what actually did he say — beyond admitting there are race-based differences?
Take the comment on White anger over forced busing! Why did Obama fail to address the basis for that White anger? That the intention of forced busing was to provide a better education for Blacks. What forced busing ACTUALLY DID was to LOWER THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR WHITES! Visit a classroom with at least half the students being Black — you’ll quickly understand my comment.
With respect to Affirmative Action — Obama sidestepped the real reason for White outrage. Affirmative action primarily SERVES TO LOWER THE BAR — FOR BLACKS! By often giving Blacks preference to more intelligent or better-qualified Whites!
I refer to Barak Obama as “PHONY OBAMA.” With damned good reason, I think. The man talk being as empty and as insubstantial as a rainbow! Pretty to look at (or to listen to) — but utterly devoid of real meaning. This is the man who is expected to bridge the chasm between the races? The man to lead not only our America — but also the world?
Posted by Fed Up at 8:19 PM on March 20
Just the same old. Blacks getting away with actions that are uncivilized, while Whites lose their jobs for saying “macaca”.
Posted by at 8:31 PM on March 20
Here’s the test: would I, as a white male, be made to feel comfortable and would I be welcomed into Obama’s church. The answer is no. It’s a snakepit of seething racial hatred. Obama is not the healer that he’s portrayed himself to be.
Posted by at 9:05 PM on March 20
I simply cannot believe that so many Americans - make that white Americans - are stunned at this Obamination. Most blacks - and I mean most like in the range of 99.9% - feel the same way as Barack & Michelle Obama and Jeremiah Wright. Blacks refusal to acknowledge the genuinely good things whites have done for them is the epitome of their indifference. It’s not have we’ve done, it’s what we still have to do. That neverending list of retribution. All the things we still must do as punishment for things we haven’t done. All the exaggerations and lies, the accusations and threats, the constant beating of the war drum is nothing new, the decision to finally see it for what it really is - well, is new. Whitey, wake up and smell the hatred, for it ain’t ever going away!!!
Posted by GetBackJack at 9:08 PM on March 20
So far, no one in the media is pointing out the blindingly obvious. Yes, they will mention that perhaps Obama went to the Trinity church to validate his blackness, to build a political base among South Chicago’s biggest and most important black church. He’s half black and half white, so he goes to the uber-black church to prove his genuine core blackness.
But what about Wright himself? In photos cheek by cheek with Obama, it’s obvious he has even more of that nasty evil white blood flowing in his veins. He is even less black than Obama, who at least had a full-blooded Kenyan African father. Wright is probably only 1/4 black.
So what is Wright’s story? How did he come to be the ranting screaming white hater? Is it also a case of “proving” his essential blackness, in spite of his very light skin, by screaming most loudly his hatred of the white race?
There is some serious social pathology here, both in Wright and Obama.
Posted by at 11:12 PM on March 20
Many white liberals support Obama in the hope his election will appease black anger once and for all. Our experience however in America is that blacks are only peaceful sadly when oppressed and not when gaining power. As a matter of fact blacks are the only race that newly acquired civil rights and properity only lead to incredibly high rates of violence. South Africa has experienced the same phenomenon. The odd anamoly with blacks is that as their income increases so do their their rates of immorality increases(crime and illegitimacy).
Posted by Virgil Tibbs at 12:22 AM on March 21
Words of author Barbara Kay:
Nobody can smoke institutionalized vulgarity for 20 years without inhaling.
Brilliant line. Right on target.
Posted by Reader-1 at 12:38 AM on March 21
Perhaps the most infuriating aspect of this whole fiasco, is how many Whites, particularly those of the movement conservative/neocon talking head(and their listeners/viewers) set, are FAR more put-out by the anti-American sentiment than anything whatever to do with race! Over and over again, I have heard everyone from Lou Dobbs to Loudmouth O’Reiley, Hannity, et al and back bemoan all this dastardly anti-Americanism, while bending over backward to play-down the race-issue.(as if they don’t know that this alleged anti-Americanism is just anti-White hatred by another name - they hate WHITE America…or Whites period)
America as it stands right now, is an ENEMY of our(White) people! If anyone should be leveling intense criticism against what this country has become, in public and private sector alike, it is enlightened WHITES!! Thus, all this misplaced jingoism not only rings hollow with me, but it seriously detracts from the REAL issue here, which is 100% about race.
That even the Whites who are supposed be at least cautiously wise to all this Leftist racial flim-flam are so utterly clueless, basically speaks volumes about just how far gone this country really is.
Posted by HH at 1:53 AM on March 21
The National Post is the only Canadian newspaper that would print this kind of commentary, and I’m quite proud to see it on AmRen. As with the majority of leftist American papers, Canadian media coverage of Obama’s speech was effusively swooning, comparing the speech to the Gettysburg address or some of the soaring and beautiful language employed by Thomas Jefferson!!! I don’t know why this kind of mindless adulation of a well spoken but, except for his blackness, ordinary, lying and disingenous politician/lawyer still suprises me. All Obama did, as others have noted, what the bait/switch game. He changed the context of the discussion and thereby avoided the crucial questions tis controversy raised. As a bonus he managed to blame Whites for Wright’s sickening views; they are a result of justified black rage.
Posted by White Canadian at 2:35 AM on March 21
So, Obama , whilst “rejecting” the beliefs of this “Pastor”, stands by him as to do otherwise would mean him rejecting his black community?
Well, in Ireland they have a saying - “You can tell a man who boozes by the company he choses”.
Obama has been shown for what he is. An anti-white, racist, snake oil salesman.
Posted by Geoff Miller at 5:02 AM on March 21
The 2008 presidential race was a shoe in for Democrats this year. The key word being ‘was’. It was all but assured. A done deal.
A Democratic victory in 2008 right now is in serious doubt. Who could have screwed this up? A black man. Worse, he doesn’t even realize it.
If Barack Obama was a true Democrat and a team player he would bow out at this point. He cannot win. If he did that, Democrats would once again become the ‘shoe ins’.
Will he do this? Of course not! That’s not what Blacks do. Another good example is Kwame in Detroit. A Black will almost always hang on despite their obvious incompetence and other Blacks will support them despite their obvious incompetence. Its amazing really. The arguments they present to support their case usually ends up digging the hole deeper for them.
Barack Obama said in his speech that his White grandmother was afraid to run into Blacks in public. No kidding. So would anyone else with half a brain. Now he says its because she didn’t know them. Balony. It was because he they were Black!
Its because she didn’t know them, huh? Barack Obama doesn’t even realize the silliness of this argument. He expects people to buy it.
Wow!
Posted by Realist in Atlanta at 5:45 AM on March 21
Didn’t Jesse Jackson say that when he’s out walking if he hears footsteps behind him, he is relieved when he turns and sees a White man.
Arc.
Posted by Arcadian at 10:26 AM on March 21
The usual double standard is perfectly obvious here, as the reporter notes. It’s odd that no one in the media has asked the logical question: exactly which elements of this church’s “unabashedly Afrocentric” doctrines does B. Hussein Obama embrace? We’ve heard all sorts of foggy, sentimental pseudo-statements about what he doesn’t believe, but it is safe to assume that a church Obama attended weekly for twenty years held some kind of allure for him beyond the disco music and circus costumes of the pastor and choir. What was the basis of Trinity’s appeal for the would-be first couple?
Posted by Cassiodorus at 11:32 AM on March 21
I also would like to thank Rev (bigot) Wright for getting the attention of many comatose white voters. The thing that surprises me is that many whites are surprised by this language…what naive fools we have in this country.
Thanks Rev, keep the hate moving and demonstrating what the “real black agenda” is.
Posted by jdavis at 12:44 PM on March 21
Obama is a a racist pig and what is typical of blacks and black politicians. They are self contradicting, illogical, emotional, directionless, and expert liars. They blame every failing of their race and themselves on perceived injustices that occurred hundreds and hundreds of years ago to people whom they have never met. What sort of leader would someone like this make. Maybe like Eddi Amin Dada. Elect Obama so the black man can do for America what he has done for Africa.
Posted by Johann von Braun at 1:01 PM on March 21
While I agree with the posts I see so far, I hope that readers can see the flaw in the “my country, right or wrong” as inflected by Kay in the beginning of her article. We would be far too easily led if all a corrupt leader needs to do is call on our patiotism and knee-jerk compliant patriotism - something that has been done in the past too often - and too our great loss. Similarly, thoughtless patiotism can lead to the embrace of Hitlerian leaders, who when the cause crumbles due to insane management, turns on his own “beloved” people and murders them.
Posted by Whiteplight at 1:18 PM on March 21
Many missed the ulterior cleverness of Obama’s speech - that of attempting to redefine Reverend Wright’s vile diatribes against America into only bitter, understandable, perhaps even forgivable reactions to long-standing white racism.
But racism was hardly Wright’s main offense - Reverend Wright’s real revelation is his deep and virulent hatred for this country.
Therefore the part of Obama’s speech everyone should notice and not forget is his absolute refusal to cut the umbilical cord, to fully disassociate himself from this contemptable anti-american demogogue and his continuing influence on his own life.
That refusal makes it America’s burden that Obama remains a Senator - let alone get elected as President of the United States.
Posted by Gary at 2:21 PM on March 21
I just saw a movie on Jesus last weekend and was struck anew by the company that he kept and the tolerance that he had. Obama is certainly not Jesus, but if you truly wish to bridge the divide between whites and blacks, which he truly does. You do not cut yourself off from the extremes, you appreciate what is good in them, black or white, and understand their anger and pain.
What counts is not Rev. Wright’s words and heart.
What counts is Obama’s words and heart. And there is no evidence that he has “inhaled” the hateful portion of the otherwise admirable church work done at his church. Only a politically correct politician would cut off all controversial associations. And such a politician would be unlikely to be able to actually bridge the gap.
It is usually true that “Where there is smoke there is fire”, but look at Obama and find ANYTHING that suggests he is anti-white or anti-black. You will see the opposite. He is generally the best of both.
Posted by ken at 3:11 PM on March 21
I’m not mad at Barack Obama for not sincerely apologizing for Wright’s anti-white racism. Nor am I angry at the conservative lemmings for not demanding a sincere apology. No. I’m ticked off at all the honkies, especially the rich powerful ones, who have supported Obama … and continue to support him!!!
Posted by KP at 4:32 PM on March 21
Thank God White America now knows what kind of guy it’s dealing with. It is impossible to attend a church for 20 years and not know the anti-White and anti-American beliefs of their pastor. For him in his much adored “speech” to suggest that is an insult to our intelligence.
I have had an dark, uneasy feeling about Obama almost since I first heard him speak several years ago. Now we know the truth. Do some research on this guy. For “all his adult life” he has had associations with communists(Frank Davis, who he mentions in his book) and anti-Amercian anarchists(William Ayers of the Weather Underground and with whom his campaign spokesperson described their relationship as “friendly”).
It makes me ill to think he was almost elected by millions and millions of unsuspecting, naive White supporters - who, when asked, could never tell you anything productive(for his country)the guy has ever done. A blank resume’. Maybe this will give the liberal White masses is Iowa and Utah(and a few other nearly all-White states he won) something to think about.
Posted by D. Andrews at 5:25 PM on March 21
i think thousands and thousands of white people should unite and attend reverend wrights church every sunday, as many as we can muster, just overwhelm it. sit there in silence and listen to the sermon. more or less just disolve it. swarm technique.
Posted by danjack at 6:26 AM on March 22
As my father used to say - you can take a black out of Africa, dress him up, and send him to school, but ever so often the African will come through. Whites beware - watch for the snake in the grass. Hopefully, this all came out in time to keep this slick con from being voted into the White House.
In the case of Wright and Obama, both have a lot of Caucasian ancestry, but both claim themselves as black. Why don’t they identify with their whiteness? Unfortunately, the one drop rule is true.
As far as whites being dazzled by Obama’s oratory skills, I could have told them that was a bunch of garbage a long time ago. My spouse and were watching Nightline a few years back and Cornell West appeared with some imagined grievance about white injustices against blacks. Listening to him speak, I was somewhat awed by his large vocubulary and polished oratory prowess. But upon closer listening, I realized what he was saying was incoherent and didn’t make any sense. All he was doing was spewing out a bunch of 50 cent words.
Many white people marvel at this from a black because their altruistic nature makes them start thinking “listen at that - he/she really is my equal.” But, if whites listen more closely to what blacks say they will notice the message doesn’t make any sense.
Posted by UnPC at 10:07 AM on March 22
“Many white people marvel at this from a black because their altruistic nature makes them start thinking “listen at that - he/she really is my equal.” But, if whites listen more closely to what blacks say they will notice the message doesn’t make any sense.”
Posted by UnPC at 10:07 AM on March 22
Following the chronology of posts on a particular point by any black who comes on here will reveal the same thing. More often than not I’ve read silliness from a black on here who can put a few sentences together but his thinking processes are blaringly inadequate.
For example, in rebuttal to a white charge about the epidemic of black, everyday crime in this country, we’re more apt to read a black rebuttal, claiming our complaints doesn’t have a leg to stand on because Hitler was white and killed millions of people, not understanding that their response is an apples and oranges dissimilarity.
When Jared Taylor went on the Queen Latifah show, expounding on the black crime rate, an obese black woman with an angry look got up and said in reponse to the prevalence of everyday black crime throughoput the country that serial killers were mostly white. Her comments drew a heavy round of applause among the blacks in the room, making them out to be a mob that was applauding their own stupidity. The subject to them was closed, because they believed they had proven that white serial killers amounted to the equivalent of widespread and numerous black crime.
It goes on and on, and even their best and brightest are inept. Those who re-read Obama’s speech will see the contradictions in his reasoning in certain paragraphs.
Blacks are just not far enough along the evolutionary scale as the rest of the world.
Posted by eman at 5:57 PM on March 22
>>>Why didn’t Obama stand up and say something 5 years ago? 15 years ago? How could Mr. Obama sit through 20 years worth of “why we should hate whitey” lectures unless he was in substantial agreement?
And THOSE are the unanswered questions which will END the dream of Obama to become a Black President. Why? Because the ONLY rational answer being that Obama essentially concurred with Wright!!!
Surely anyone somewhat brighter than a turnip would realize that attending sermons by a Black racist preacher repeatedly ranting about Whites and thereby inciting more hatred of Whites — would surely surface sooner or later. Would come back to haunt. To irreparably damage his campaign and his image.
It always comes back to the beginning of the circLe, doesn’t it? If a White politician or other public figure makes a racial slip — he gets hounded unmercifully — by Blacks AND the pandering media!
Yet Blacks want, demand a double standard — a standard which can be defined as:
BLACKS DEMAND TO BE HELD TO A LOWER STANDARD OF BEHAVIOR, SPEECH AND ACCOUNTABIITY COMPARED TO STANDARDS SET FOR WHITES!
Blacks want, even demand that all standards relating not only to ethics, but also academic, professional and behavioral standards — be lowered for them ON THE BASIS OF THEIR RACE! Still they can’t understand why Whites consider them inferior to Whites. THINK ABOUT THAT ONE!
Posted by Fed Up at 7:24 PM on March 22
