–klqtzz

If you vote for John McSame ( BECAUSE Hillary or Obama loses) you deserve the America you will inherit.

too bad the rest of us will have to live on that sinking ship with you.

apparently, my way of thinking is not welcome here. i am apparently either an Obamabot, or an Obamanista, or something of the like because i am inspired by the particular politician i support. interesting…. MOST of the posters here sicken me. goodbye once again… i mean, i can’t even come here to see some sane policy analysis about security as it’s all obscured by the petty hatred and unbelievable microscopic, narrow-minded parsing. if you turned that microscope on your own candidate, you know what you would find… that is, if you took a step back and didn’t take their defenses of any of those perceived offenses or weaknesses as Gospel. but you do… cuz they’re from YOUR candidate. it is sickening. you folks here seem to be many of those who “will not vote for Obama” if he is the Democratic nominee. now, i know why i support my candidate. but i would certainly vote for Hillary over the R. is that the difference here? i’m sorry, but you folks are over the top in your fanaticism… please don’t talk about people deifying Obama. look in the frikkin mirror and know thyself.

Don’t blame this on Hillary. She didn’t wave her wand and make him be a member of that church. She didn’t force him to campaign as if he is the new Messiah, with all of the attendant religious hysteria. She didn’t make him befriend Reszko.

These are Obama’s own flaws that are bringing him down.

Until the Wright thing, I was still holding out for a dream ticket, with either Barack or Hillary at the top. It seemed the best way to avoid a brokered convention.

Now I don’t see him having any future at all. He should have waited till his next term to run for President.

Given the level of support that he is capable of engendering, I have to say: What a waste.

The Press have blackmailed the Democratic constituency.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X77R_prkCkg&eurl=http://www.balloon-juice.com/

People realize that the DNC made the rules and Clinton wants to change them now that she’s losing.
Also, save your prayers. Americans are not as narrowminded and as hard-hearted as the people who have gravitated to this site.

Larry,

Please save your blog!

What are you folks going to do IF (which I doubt) you so damage Obama that you have to live with McCain?

SUGGESTION: Anybody like the idea to have a thread for abstracting/reducing campaign speeches into a numbered or bulleted list as John did in the above - (but real ones, after they are delivered)? Something like “So what did he/she say?” Caveat: could cut both ways.

Obama, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, has been a member of Trinity UCC for 20 years.” “Trinity UCC is rooted in and proud of its Afrocentric heritage,” Thomas said. “This is no different than the hundreds of UCC churches from the German Evangelical and Reformed stream that continue to own and celebrate their German heritage, insisting on annual sausage and sauerkraut dinners and singing Stille Nacht on Christmas Eve. .” While Trinity UCC is predominately African American, it does include and welcome non-Black members. The Rev. Jane Fisler-Hoffman, Illinois Conference Minister, who is white, has been a member of the congregation for years.
“Trinity is a destination church for many members of the UCC, a multi-racial, multi-cultural denomination that is largely Caucasian,” Thomas pointed out. “When in Chicago, many UCC members flock to Trinity to share in and learn from its vibrant ministries, dynamic worship and justice-minded membership. Contrary to the claims made in these hateful emails, UCC members know Trinity to be one of the most welcoming, hospitable and generous congregations in our denomination.” [...]

Rev. Steve] Gray, a member of First Congregational UCC in Indianapolis (mainly caucasian), has worshiped several times at Trinity UCC and is most impressed by the overflowing sense of welcome it extends to visitors. “When you’re Euro-American, (White) the people [at Trinity UCC] are so exceedingly gracious, warm and welcoming. They hug you and say, ‘Welcome to our church!’”

This ramped-up smear campaign against the UCC’s largest congregation and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s home church — Trinity UCC in Chicago — has raised the ire of the Rev. John H. Thomas, the UCC’s general minister and president, who called the e-mail-driven claims “absurd, mean-spirited and politically motivated.”

The Main Stream Media has been filled with images and video of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s controversial statements for the past four days, 24/7, which Obama has strongly condemned. My concern, however, relates to equal time. When Senator Obama, who, after all , is actually the Candidate, gave a speech in Indiana, addressing his faith, diversity, and unity, and Invoking Robert Kennedy, it has gotten such a tiny percentage of coverage in comparison to Rev. Wright’s controversial statements shown every hour in the hour. The main stream media has asked the questions how is Obama to deal with this controversy and when he does they give very little air time to his Answer, which he spells out beautifully in this Indiana Speech. This is just not Right.

On the Other hand we have an Interesting article on Huffington Post describing how a right-wing preacher is treated with similar contoversial remarks:

When Senator Obama’s preacher thundered about racism and injustice Obama suffered smear-by-association. But when my late father — Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer — denounced America and even called for the violent overthrow of the US government, he was invited to lunch with presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, Sr.
Every Sunday thousands of right wing white preachers (following in my father’s footsteps) rail against America’s sins from tens of thousands of pulpits. They tell us that America is complicit in the “murder of the unborn,” has become “Sodom” by coddling gays, and that our public schools are sinful places full of evolutionists and sex educators hell-bent on corrupting children. They say, as my dad often did, that we are, “under the judgment of God.” They call America evil and warn of immanent destruction. By comparison Obama’s minister’s shouted “controversial” comments were mild. All he said was that God should damn America for our racism and violence and that no one had ever used the N-word about Hillary Clinton.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/obamas-minister-committe_b_91774.html

May be this is part of Obama’s mission, since he is a Unifying Force. In order to be a Unifier, one must get the people talking about those issues which stand and impede unity and discuss those issues so one can understand and overcome these issues.

I guarantee it- this speech will be all about how screwed up WE are if we don’t take this moment to redeem ourselves by electing Barack Obama president. It will be all about making us hate eachother for being the racists we didn’t know we were until Barack Obama told us so- and was backed up by Keith Olbermann, Donna Brazile, etc.

And it will be an Amazing, Honest, Unifying Speech which puts the Last Nail in Hillary’s Coffin– and never you mind that Hillary had nothing to do with this controversy, this has already been spun into Another Clinton Dirty Trick in order to deflect our attention from the actual issue- Obama’s support for a RACIST MINISTER AND HIS HATE-MONGERING CHURCH.

All we know about their relationship is that it’s very, very close, and it involves Obama giving Wright a big sackful of money every year. You can “guess” all you want. That doesn’t cut it for me.