How did the Rev Wright not cost Obama the election?

[LumbergTech]

I do find it odd that Obama got a pass from the left on this issue. He attended a radical church for years. The lefties here make fun of religion every chance they get.

because he didn't go around spouting religious views to the public?

 

[boomerang]

You don't think "White folks' greed runs a world in need" was racist?

Sure doesn't sound like something a "typical white person" would say.

 

[bamacre]

You don't think "White folks' greed runs a world in need" was racist?

LOL, I don't remember that one.

 

[IGBT]

This is like some other presidential candidate attending Klu Kux Klan rallies!

liberals have to go somewhere.

 

[thraashman]

You don't think "White folks' greed runs a world in need" was racist?

LOL, I don't remember that one.

The line is in Obama's book Audacity of Hope. It was in a sermon by Rev Wright. However, even that is taking it out of context. The sermon reverend Wright gave that day was about the story of Hannah and he referenced a sermon he'd heard at a conference. The line he says about white folks' greed references that sermon. It strongly appears though is not clearly stated that Rev Wright is quoting the other sermon and not using his own words.

 

[JD50]

because he didn't go around spouting religious views to the public?

Many on the left (especially on this board) absolutely hate Christianity. They make fun of Christians every chance they get. Yet they vote for a hardcore christian.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

I've kind of been wondering why. It's pretty obvious that Obama was attending racist sermons.

Why did the electorate believe that Obama had no racist connections? Or if they realized it, then why did they ignore the fact that he had racist connections?

Obama distanced himself from Louis Farrahkan, but not the Rev. Wright, when the latter is much more blatant about his hatred for whites than the former is.

Despite the fact that he's probably not the first black President, he sure isn't neutral on race issues, and I'm surprised most white people are willing to have a President who so strongly supports reverse discrimination.

GWB was the president before him and on the other side of the political spectrum, he ran against a man who if he died would have left the nation in the hands of someone less qualified to be president than a braindead squirrel.

They could have put a non braindead squirrel on the ballot and still win since that would have been an improvement over GWB and better than the alternative too.

Obama wrote checks he couldn't cash, the hope he sold is now long gone and what he's done so far is utter bullshit, the only way the US can get back on track is to do what nations like Greece, UK and Ireland have done, bite the fucking bullet and quit spending while raising taxes to pay off the debt that is eating away at your taxes every fucking second anyway.

Now he is actually starting to do something... But this will cost the lobbyists and those who make the most money from scamming their own companies into having bonuses 1000x their net worth so it's not good news if you are a scammer of a lobbyist.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Many on the left (especially on this board) absolutely hate Christianity. They make fun of Christians every chance they get. Yet they vote for a hardcore christian.

Do you think anyone voted for Obama BECAUSE he was a Christian?

The RR didn't, did they? And their mantra is "All Evangelicals, all Male, All Right".

I think you got a tad confused on the issue here?

So go suck on a i love you.

 

[LumbergTech]

Many on the left (especially on this board) absolutely hate Christianity. They make fun of Christians every chance they get. Yet they vote for a hardcore christian.

Sounds a bit exaggerated to me...a vast majority of the country identifies as christian. I am not one personally, but I don't take opportunities to pick on them. When I was younger I kind of saw it as getting them back for unfairly criticizing non-christians, but I eventually realized that isn't the right way to handle differences. If Christian's want to use religion to justify public policy then they shouldn't get butthurt when people attack religion. If you don't want it to be used against you, then don't use it against other people.

 

[jonks]

Many on the left (especially on this board) absolutely hate Christianity. They make fun of Christians every chance they get. Yet they vote for a hardcore christian.

Not to speak for everyone, but those you refer to probably including me, do not hate christians, we merely take issue with the attempts of any religious group to attempt to influence the public sphere based on their belief system. As to voting for a "hard core" christian, I don't think anyone I've ever voted for qualifies.

 

[daniel49]

Because he slept through the sermons, just as Joe Biden now sleeps through his(Obamas) regurgitated speeches.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Because that is a bullshit issue that doesn't affect anyone. Gas prices stay where they and he has no chance of re-election

yeah right,,,,,,,you think the Republicans have anything better that Sarah Palin??

 

[Cheesetogo]

That's it exactly. Plus the media pretty much brushed it under the rug. Obama is a racist, pure and simple. naw, naw, naw, reject the white middle class America!

Isn't it apparent that's exactly what he's doing?

The only thing apparent is how blinded you are by partisan nonsense.

 

[CallMeJoe]

The only thing apparent is how blinded you are by partisan nonsense.

One cannot be blinded by partisan nonsense if he cannot hear such nonsense through the voices in his head.

 

[nobodyknows]

I never saw anything from Wright that was racist, unless it was taken out of context.

Then in your opinion, why did Oprah leave Wright's church?

 

[Steeplerot]

Many on the left (especially on this board) absolutely hate Christianity. They make fun of Christians every chance they get. Yet they vote for a hardcore christian.

People are annoyed by fundamentalists....when are you guys going to get a clue?

The Wright stuff is not racist. Just because you need it to be true for some conspiracy does not mean it is.

And yes, we are a white oligarchy, its not like righties dont know it, and work to keep it that way. Give the fake outrage a rest, no one is buying it but rw media circlejerk.

 

[pcgeek11]

I I'm surprised most white people are willing to have a President who so strongly supports reverse discrimination.

There is no such thing as reverse discrimination.

No matter which way it goes either black or white it is discrimination.

 

[pcgeek11]

BTW, you know he has to fake the African-American accent right? He grew up with a white mother in Hawaii, not Chicago. He had to tune it just right so that he wouldn't sound white, but wouldn't sound too black to whites.

What African-American accent. He never sounds like a black person... He sounds like a dumb ass white guy reading a teleprompter.

 

[Anarchist420]

I was thinking white guilt like a few other posters here.

That doesn't make me racist though. I really do think Obama is an overevolved elitist white peace of trash. I'm white and at times, aristocratic, but I'm not an elitist piece of trash like the President is.

 

[fskimospy]

I was thinking white guilt like a few other posters here.

That doesn't make me racist though. I really do think Obama is an overevolved elitist white peace of trash. I'm white and at times, aristocratic, but I'm not an elitist piece of trash like the President is.

Well no shit man, you just graduated from a tier 4 school. It's hard to be an elitist when going to glorified community college.

 

[umbrella39]

Obama was an obvious radical but American's fell for superficial charisma added by media. It was like a third world charismatic election.

Obvious? The only thing obvious is that he immediately turned into black Bush right after being elected. It must have been quite a let down having bought all that FUD.

 

[fskimospy]

Obvious? The only thing obvious is that he immediately turned into black Bush right after being elected. It must have been quite a let down having bought all that FUD.

Same argument happens every day. Out of one side of their mouthes these idiots say "HAHA LOOK AT THAT, I TOLD YOU NOTHING WOULD CHANGE HURR.", then out of the other side of their mouth they say "OMG OBAMA'S A RADICAL".

What they are really trying to say is "someone who isn't on my political sports team is the President, please make this stop immediately"

 

[WHAMPOM]

I've kind of been wondering why. It's pretty obvious that Obama was attending racist sermons.

Why did the electorate believe that Obama had no racist connections? Or if they realized it, then why did they ignore the fact that he had racist connections?

Obama distanced himself from Louis Farrahkan, but not the Rev. Wright, when the latter is much more blatant about his hatred for whites than the former is.

Despite the fact that he's probably not the first black President, he sure isn't neutral on race issues, and I'm surprised most white people are willing to have a President who so strongly supports reverse discrimination.

Out of context quotes. "nuff said.