First, if you heard or read his speech today. I have been hearing that Obama took responsibility for Wrights controversial remarks. If this were so then why initial did Obama say that he was unaware of Wrights “appalling view points”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7piGy0u43c&e (This was the Rev. Wright’ sermon, but I note now that it was changed to Obama denouncing speech. So Here is the link to the ABC News link of the speech)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36T1fnIafC0
My Response to CNN, Situation Room, Cafferty File, and 360 with Anderson Cooper
I believe that this Obama speech, was eloquently written and given; however, I feel once again, it was without sincerity and was pandering to the voters especially, the White voters. Obama made a comment that we will not be able to come together to solve the problems, if we can’t get past this.
Yet, Obama’s choice was having known what is Rev. Wright stood for, still entrusted him to be a part of Obama’s campaign, but did not want him there when he announced his candidacy for President.
He (Obama) finally admitted that he had attended and heard those racist words, but only after he hedged about whether he was there or not.
Obama statements “that I can’t disown Wright anymore than he could his white grandmother.”
This is the same Grandmother that raised him, ensured that he went to a prestigious private school and encouraged him.
How does he repay her kindness to him and her openness with him?
He disparages her as being a racist!
When all she is “guilty” of is sharing her feelings with him on something that was common with her age, gender and race (I am not saying that what she said was justified, nor am I attempting to justify what she said.
But if he is willing to throw his grandmother under the bus, what will he do with the American population if he is elected to our highest office?).
Why, she might have felt that way?
Check your history:
The Black Panthers movement, Malcolm X, radical extremists for the time and the shooting of JFK, & Robert Kennedy, two people who attempted to advance rights for the black community. As the media, showed the most violent behavior of the black male.
Who would not be fearful, especially an elderly woman.
Heck, people were afraid of people that rode motorcycles and had tattoos - might be a Hells Angel. Everyone was fearful of those behaviors.
These sermons were given now, and made reference to the shooting of Robert Kennedy. Obama knows……what it is….in a white, rich America.
What about the Black, rich Americans? So we hear about the white, rich, are those people in the sermons. NO!
Do they know what it is like to be a Caucasian, Latino, Asian, and Native American?
Work day in day out.
First to be laid off because there are not any Federal incentives for you.
To be told, when you go to obtain a Small Business Loan,
To hear “your the wrong color, no offense though.”
To apply to a college, to hear “Yes, I know that you have a 4.50 out of a 4.00; I see you have all the community service, and that you were a leader for your class, but we have to take a certain number of ethnicity and we have filled all of those slots …….”
As one of your earlier guests stated: it is not the same time as it was in the MLK. The media makes this analogy of Obama and MLK, but in my opinion, MLK would turn over in his grave with the type of extremist behavior that Obama is attempting to justify in his affiliation with and choice of spiritual and politic advisor Rev. Wright.
Now the media and Obama are using that this is typical for a black church. Well, it is just another attempt to distract the general public from this issues. Obama campaign is screaming foul, and the media helping him to do so.
Why is it that the media is not jumping all over the inconsistencies and the analogies?
If this were Hillary Clinton, the media would be and has jumped all over the same issues, but not Obama’s lack of judgement, leadership and worthiness of the American’s vote.
Why?
