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By: Barack Obama Finally Sees Problems with Rev. Wright Speech … Divorce Because he Called him a Politician | Scared Monkeys

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:59 +0000

[...] 20 years Barack Obama divorces Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Obama denounces Wright’s comments as the “he said, he said” battle continues. Some how Obama [...]

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:39:33 +0000

Actually, James, a good preacher talks about God, and Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, and the Old and New Testament, and Peter and Paul. Love and sacrifice and forgiveness and service to those in need. Admittedly I haven’t heard that much of what Pastor Wright has preached, but have yet to hear any of the above mentioned by him. Oh and by the way, my wife is a pastor. She preaches about the above subjects, and doesn’t rant and rave on politics or anything that Pastor Wright does. Perhaps you need to step inside a real church and find out what it is all about. You seem to have some pretty distorted ideas of the church from the tone of your comments.

By: Mockinbird

Mockinbird — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:12:59 +0000

Oh well. Barack can always run again for the Senate…or risk getting thrown in Gator Pond.

By: Marybel

Marybel — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:19:20 +0000

Direct quote from a Jodi Kantor article in the NYT dated April 30, 2007: "A Candidate, His Minister, and the Search for Faith"
"Mr. Wright, who has long prided himself on criticizing the establishment, said he knew that he may not play well in Mr. Obama’s audition for the ultimate establishment job.
“If Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me,” Mr. Wright said with a shrug. “I said it to Barack personally, and he said yeah, that might have to happen.”
This "escape" from Wright’s anti-American rantings has been planned all along if things got too hot for Poor Barack…
This is simply more political expediency from Barack H Obama and his pastor, all agreed upon beforehand! Some "divorce."

By: Bleepless

Bleepless — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:50:43 +0000

So Obama and his wife spent 22 years in church not listening to the sermons or reading the magazine. Right. I also believe in the Easter Bunny.

By: This ain’t Hell, but you can see it from here » Blog Archive » Wright under the bus? Think again.

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:35:55 +0000

[...] Wright in public, we hear that stupid bus metaphor again. From Ben Smith on Politico (by way of Blue Crab Boulevard) we get the words that did the deed; ”I have spent my entire adult life trying to bridge [...]

By: James

James — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:10:37 +0000

Has anyone come up with a reasonable concept as to why Wright and what he says makes Obama unqualified for the office of president? This issue is still much-ado-about-nothing.Almost….It does show that Americans are anti-religion even though they like to say they are the opposite. In America preachers are suppose to be able to rant and rave on any topic they choose; provided the topic doesn’t cross IRS laws. It now appears if the cable pundits don’t like the topic, or the style, or the manner of the preaching, they have the right to declare a scandal. Looks like freedom of religion in America has new limits and new overseers.Maybe this is a good thing after all. Just have to wait and see.Wright and Hagee, all bad people; but then in the end, aren’t all pastors?

By: Neo

Neo — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:05:01 +0000

Isn’t it just a gift from the Gods that the Rev. Wright seemed to give Obama this great seconds chance to have that conversation on race.What BS !!Frankly, the whole thing felt fishy from the beginning. Making it worse was the effort to blame Clinton for setting up the Nation Press Club affair where Wright could oh so well re-self destruct. But, of course, it would be topped off by Obama’s attempt at a Sister Soulja Moment.Only a political novice would ever believe that this was a coincidence. Even Karl Rove isn’t this obvious.The whole thing is just too easy that it stinks to high heaven.And, of course, it still doesn’t explain why Obama sat in Trinity UCC for 20 years ?