Unfortunately, I am going to be tied up today so I won’t be around to blog about Obama’s big speech on race until later this afternoon/evening. Use this thread as an open thread to comment on it, and whatever else you want to talk about.
The speech, which will be given at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, starts at 10:15 AM ET. I’m sure Hot Air and Michelle Malkin will have full coverage/video clips.
PM Update - 7:32 PM: My thoughts on the speech are posted here.
Posted By: Sister Toldjah in: Election '08, Elections, Obama Files, Open Thread
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Some of the message to “White America” is that we still don’t understand that the United States allowed slavery, opressing blacks, and creating a scociety where racism against blacks was the norm. I’m sorry, but as a white, I know this already. I’ve learned about his awful part of our history from school, parents, radio, tv, church, you name it. I have aknowledged this fact over and over. I didn’t have anything to do with it. I’m not going to personnaly apologize for for this disgusting chapter in the U.S. history, because I didn’t do anything wrong. Obama and Wright’s seems to be that because you are white, you bear some of the responsibility for someting that happened 200 years ago. Sorry, I don’t see it that way.
Comment by Sparky @ 3/18/2008 - 11:38 am
I love Shakespeare at times like this….
…it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Comment by Leaning Straight Up @ 3/18/2008 - 1:33 pm
I had trouble with Wright when I first saw the clips. But my views have been changing. I just found a longer sermon which puts the Hillary remarks in context. I posted it on my blog.
Comment by Sweating Through Fog @ 3/18/2008 - 2:26 pm
You can say what you want, Sweating, but this guy hates this country and if this has been Obama’s “moral compass” throughout his life, then I have a BIG problem with Wright and Obama.
Of course, this may help explain Michelle Obamas apparent disdain for this country.
Comment by NC Cop @ 3/18/2008 - 2:52 pm
I thought it was a good speech, but I’m not sure that many will read it, or if they do will assume it’s just a political move. We’ll see I guess.
Comment by alchemist @ 3/18/2008 - 2:53 pm
I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy. For some, nagging questions remain. Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely – just as I’m sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed.>>
Emphasis is mine… I have disagreed with my rabbi even though I haven’t been to a synagogue in a long time. But how many of your rabbis or pastors have used crude, racist or hateful language to describe someone because they aren’t the right race? Mine certainly never did.
Obama’s atempt at noral relativism isn’t going to wash. Americans, yes even Dems will reject him.
He clearly didn’t care about the disparaging remarks about white people by Wright that he attempts to whitewash in his speech. He made no reference to his church honoring the likes of the Jew and honky hater Louis Farakhan.
Of course when it got hot in the kitchen he only manages to fan the flames with his insultingly simplistic, belated, uncaring attempt at justification.
Comment by Dunk @ 3/18/2008 - 4:18 pm
I’m sure the MSM, the Left, and the usual collection of idiots will praise this speech to the heavens. But it’s nothing. Obama is a waste of time to the electorate, and they ought to realize that by now.
As Leaning Straight Up said:
Comment by benning @ 3/18/2008 - 4:31 pm
Here’s a blast from the past. This is what our esteemed Mr. Obama had to say about the Imus situation:
Of course they wouldn’t be working for you, at least not anymore.
Comment by NC Cop @ 3/18/2008 - 5:25 pm
“Unfit For Duty”. Obama has swift-boated himself by his loyalty to a racist, anti-American divider.
Comment by Tom TB @ 3/18/2008 - 7:05 pm
Hey, ya’ll - just started another thread and added my commentary here.
Comment by Sister Toldjah @ 3/18/2008 - 7:31 pm
Well first off id like to make a comment ,thatI haven’t seen. He makes claims that JESUS knew what it ws like to be treated by wicked white folk,cause he said jesus was a black man amongst whites.Well lets first emphasize CHRIST was a jew!!! so if your gonna be an anti semite after claiming JESUS was a black man then you really got screwed up theology and not the CHRIST of scriptures,I believe you can see the foolishness of this line of biblical interpretation.obviously if this is the JESUS he knows its not the MASTER that died on the cross and rose!!! so hes got an angry bitter hateful unchanged heart.
Comment by mike @ 3/19/2008 - 12:21 pm
Maybe he’s getting Jesus mixed up with Sammy Davis Jr.?
Comment by Severian @ 3/19/2008 - 2:24 pm
Didn’t Sammy convert to Judism later in life?? - Lorica
Comment by Lorica @ 3/19/2008 - 2:52 pm
Yup, he was black and Jewish, just like Christ!
Comment by Severian @ 3/19/2008 - 2:54 pm
Comment by Lorica @ 3/19/2008 - 3:59 pm