Letters to the Editor
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pointless to poll this issue now
And, BTW, Fox is still run by a Republican operative and active campaigner, right?
It's a bad question. When will we hear questions about John McCain and his unpatriotic associations? There are preachers who support him who are just as "divisive" and "unpatriotic" as Wright.
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more to come.......
Just wait until the Tony Rezko trial begins.
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@infidel90210
You sir, are a racist.
First, you assume I am black. Second, your make the following statement "The fact is I, like millions of other white Americans, were willing to give Obama a chance after 20 years of Bush/Clinton." You were willing to give a black man a chance? Third, the difference between the statements of Reve. Wright and your hypothetical White preacher is that his statements are based on statistical realities of the disproportionate affect of the drug war, aids etc. on the descendants of slaves in this country who was speaking to a community that only exists because of the fact this so called land of the free had slavery long after most countries, and legalized discrimination based on skin color up to a generation ago. Only an ignorant racist, such as yourself, could have his head so far up his ass not to recognize the social context into which Rev. Wright was making those statements. And even your ignorance is inexcusable, since Obama very clearly pointed you in the direction of understanding.
Now you may not like what Rev. Wright says, but given the reality of the community he serves and the reality of the oppression that resulted in the people in his congregation needing his service, i.e. in the real America not the la la land you live in, anybody like Obama who wished to be involved in the local community would be perfectly justified in going there.
You are a cowardly man, scared of the justified anger of the people who were the victims of the most despicable crime against humanity that there is, slavery, that was the law of this United States of America for way too long for us to be anything but ashamed. It is not for you to deny that anger, even if you believe, as does Obama, that the good of this country outweighs the evil history of this country towards blacks and natives. Rev. Wright railed against the institutions and complacency of our society, not against "white people" whatever that might mean. So what? He noted, unlike you apparently, that Sept. 11 was a result of our meddlesome foreign policy in areas of the world which are populated predominantly by people of darker skin tones than you. That does not justify it, that does not make it anything other than a horrible crime, but it would not have happened if we were not, as a country, deeply involved in the internal affairs of countries in the middle east. Is that involvement justifiable? Rev. Wright apparently doesn't think so, and has the right to say so. Of course, people like you who do not believe in open discussion of how terrorism does not exist in a vacuum and is actually related to our middle east policy, i.e. un-american head in the sand let papa bush take care of your cowardly lily-white hide people like you can't handle honest discussion and justifiable anger.
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What Don't People Understand?
Let's put it this way:
White Americans are racist against black Americans in about the same percentages that black Americans are racist against white Americans.
Now if a white candidate attended a church for 20 years that outwardly and enthusiastically blamed all the world's ills on black people, what percentage of black people do you think would vote for him? probably not a whole lot, no matter how many great speeches he gave about racial reconciliation. agreed? in fact, I'd think black folks would be down right stupid to vote for that person.
Then you can pretty much figure out how many whites (about 75% of the electorate) will vote for Obama in November, and it's a number that's going to put John McCain right into the oval office. You might have a few hippies who feel racial guilt, but the truth of the matter is most white Americans DON'T feel guilty about things that were done to black folks by other people before they were born.
Those who think that this is not going to follow Obama right through to November are incredibly naive. McCain will publicly say he doesn't think any less of Obama or pass any judgment on his patriotism on account of "how he practices his faith." In fact, he'll be GD MAGNANIMOUS towards him. Then, all the right wing 527s will come out in Sept/Oct and run Obama/Wright commercials nonstop, with McCain distancing himself from them the whole way. And McCain will come out looking better than ever, while all the right wing crazies are doing the slandering for him. You all must have very short memories if you don't remember that this is a country that elected GWB not once but twice.
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Okay Pyrrho
In none too delicte words this whole Wright situation has become a huge shit sandwich for both Obama and his spporters. We're all taking a bite out of it, but I hope 210 million Americans in this country both black and white, which is also the composition of Obama's campaign, and his supporters, want Americans of every ethnicity and shade of skin, to understand that we are inclusive people, not exclusive people, and reverend Write, his statements seemingly racist or not, are his statements and do not speak for us, Barack Obama or his friends and supporters. You know left from right right, well try to understand Wright from Obama. They aren't synonymous. They are two very different people with two very different views, informed by two different generations and two different experiences.
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If I have to hear about another poll ...
They are about as important as an American Idol vote. Polls change with the news cycle and are, alas, as fickle as these unknown Americans. These numbers mean nothing but look pretty positive after the worst week of Obama's campaign. He has weeks to recover before any votes are cast. The media will tire of this soon and it will be boring soon.