Does Barack Obama Have a Jeremiah Wright Problem?
Jeremiah Wright - Main Man of Water Cooler Talk Today.
I work in a large corporate environment. You will find blacks, whites, Democrats and Republicans, and you will find they all have one thing in common. They all think that in a world that is so focused on race issues, an individual as radical as this man does not shine a positive light on Barack Obama's quest to be the next President of the United States.
The Clinton camp and the McCain camp as well will use every sound bite they can get their hands on so that everyone can see and hear the teachings that Jeremiah Wright delivers to his congregation. Just hearing these words spew from the mouth of this man will make people wonder. And that is all it takes to change a vote; just being unsure about someone. Common consensus is that this country needs a President that is for ALL of the people. Not SOME of the people. We need to move forward as a country. Not backwards.
Barack Obama has been running a very strong race against Hillary Clinton. In voicing his bigoted opinion, Jeremiah Wright will cause many of Obama's supporters, red and yellow, black and white, to rethink their votes. A common question now is whether or not Barack Obama feels or thinks about white people the way that his pastor does. How could one not believe that he believes the words of his pastor - his teacher?
My father was a minister as well. I know from experience, that if a person does not like what the preacher has to say, they promptly find another church to go to. Water cooler comment today was that in light of this latest from Wright, people wonder as well about some of the remarks that Obama's wife has made.
Jeremiah Wright is without a doubt, an incredibly bigoted racist. Mr. Wright paints an evil picture of hatred against the white race. How does Jeremiah Wright, spewing so much hatred, NOT hurt Barack Obama? Several of my co-workers, white voters and black voters as well, have paused to rethink their opinions of who should be our country's next president.
I don't think this is over for Barack Obama. If he truly feels that he can be the leader of all men and women in our country, and respect all people regardless of race, he should publicly denounce the things that Jeremiah Wright is saying about white people. I feel that for him not to step forward and clarify his position on the whole issue of race once and for all, can, and will, hurt his campaign.
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Thanks for the comment jobythebay. I too think that Wright is a horrific man and truly hope that Obama does not harbor the same feelings of hate. I respect everyone's right to vote as they choose, and respect those that makes decisions, not on media or rumor, but on their own feelings, beliefs, and intuitions.
Hi, well I guess he did denounce the statements. Wright for sure is horrific but as a white, Jewish, woman I am still supporting Obama.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/751053/pastor_of_hillary_clintons_former_church.html
hey yo momma, in all the posts on here, you are the only one that mentioned his middle name...must bother you! It is a shame that almost everyone on here feels like they have to sign on under a fake name to leave a comment on here. yep, me to. respects to yous that are not afraid to speak your peace. Funny thing. this article is over a moth old now and guess what. 'Bama came out today and said mr reverend is bad. Damn....guess mr wright IS a problem after all..LOL
America government has always being anti black. Black people we should stay out of this election.
Barack is a great candidate he when to white schools and was born to a white mother and they still try to deny him for bullshit reasons and want to call it democracy, its call white government democracy. No minority has a shot in HELL in the country. The white man has design this bogus democracy in 1776 they shut us out then and they will shut us out now.
Obama made one of the most brilliant speeches of our lifetime and everybody just wants to cling to the remarks made by his reverend. The speech was pro-everybody. We need somebody whose pro-everybody in office. White people need to go back and actually listen to the speech and get a clue! All the negative things that you have to say about him relate to the remarks made by another man and his middle name, which he had no choice in having.
The white people want to say I don't know Barack Obama but the man has self wrote 2 books
continued - I think she is working with the same mentality that Wright has. And don't tell me in all of the years of marriage that kind of talk has never come up in the Obama household. A certain figure in world history had their brainwashed followers, it is clear Wright has one with Michelle Obama.
Wright has issues with whites because somewhere in his past his family had major dealings with them and not in a good manner. Have you noticed how light he is compared to Obama who is half-white. Yep, I think Wright has some white in his line (family tree) and pehaps that white parent abandoned the black one, leaving someone in his line to grow up in poverty. I mean, that has to be the answer cause he is just about as white as me and I am white and hispanic, but look hispanic.
And I agree with eyes wide open's comment about Michelle Obama. Would I honestly want that in the White House representing all American women? I mean, come on, you are for the first time proud in your life to be a part of this country, or something to that effect? So you weren't proud of the American government who gave you those student loans, or the American corporation who hired you for your first law job, or the Illinois people who helped get your husband to the senate? Give me a break. I think she is wor
Barack Obama has to distance himself from Wright if he's going to win the working-class white voters.
This country desperately needs a leader who can bring all of us together: black, white, Latino, Asian,
young, old, straight, gay, fat, thin. I have to agree with Bill Richardson, though when he said that
media is making too big a deal out of this and the person that suffers the most is Obama. I really
hope that his "true" fans will not desert him over this. He's apologized and moved on and now should
all of us. Though older black and white votes are still feeling the stinging effects of racism, as a new
millenium (sp?) activist, I see sizism as the next biggest issue.