Rev. Wright

[some_user86]

Yes, by utilizing my brain power you can increase your
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Your welcome.

I have to figure out how put that in my sig...

[Don Quixote]

According to liberation theology, the concept of "imputed guilt" applies to social issues. Therefore, in black theology, slaveowners and vigilante lynchers are "Adam," and in your tacit acceptance of the prevailing socioeconomic system their guilt is imputed to you.

Yes. Thanks for elucidating. I have studied some liberation theologies and am no fan of them.

Wright's essential problem is one of his theology. I think I brought it up not too long ago, but I don't think anybody understood.

Nuts : Wright and his ilk draw the line between good and evil by social class, income, race, and political leanings. The scriptures, however, draw this line right through the human heart. I pray that my colleagues and I are in this latter camp.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I own several colored tv's am I an opressor?

. can't they be happy. it was called a black and white tv not a white and black tv. geezz.

[jochhejaam]

His original post was being sarcastic. That was supposed to have a comma there, I am guessing.

Yep, should have been a comma there.

[jochhejaam]

Bigot on parade


RARELY in the history of American politics has a bigot had as much power as the Rev. Jeremiah Wright enjoys today.

Support for Sen. Barack Obama has plunged nationally and (more importantly) in North Carolina since Mr. Wright confirmed at his National Press Club appearance Monday that he does indeed hold racist, lunatic, anti-American views, and implied that Senator Obama has been insincere in separating himself from them. "He had to distance himself, because he's a politician," Mr. Wright said.

Senator Obama was more upset by Mr. Wright's assertion he was being disingenuous than by the extremist nature of his remarks, the New York Times reported Thursday.

"As Mr. Obama told close friends after watching the replay, he felt dumbfounded, even betrayed, by Mr. Wright's implication that Mr. Obama was being hypocritical. He could not tolerate that," the Times said.

For good reason. In a Rasmussen poll in New Hampshire released Thursday, 56 percent of respondents said Senator Obama denounced Rev. Wright because it was politically convenient. Fifty four percent said it was at least somewhat likely that Senator Obama shares some of his pastor's controversial views.

Senator Obama's belated denunciation of Mr. Wright hasn't helped matters. "Does Obama really expect Americans to believe it was Wright, and not the prevailing political winds, that changed overnight?" asked the Denver Post.

He may be a foul-mouthed bigot, but the Mr. Wright is no fool. He had to know his high-profile speaking tour would harm his former protege. So why did he do it?

His feelings are hurt, a Wright intimate told Fredric er of the New York Post:

"After 20 years of loving Barack like a member of his own family, for Jeremiah to see Barack saying over and over that he didn't know about Jeremiah's views during those years, that he wasn't familiar with what Jeremiah had said - this is seen by Jeremiah as nonsense and betrayal," his source told Mr. er.

Others speculate Mr. Wright may not want Senator Obama to be elected, because if America does elect a black president, it would undermine his thesis that whites are incorrigibly racist.

The simplest explanation may be that Mr. Wright cares more about his moment in the limelight than he does about the harm he's doing to Senator Obama.

If you're running as the candidate of hope and change who will "bring us together," it is hard to imagine how things could get worse. But they can.

Mr. Wright could destroy his former protege in a single interview. Radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt explains:

"If Pastor Wright agrees to be interviewed by other than Bill Moyers, the questions should ask not for his opinions on various controversies, but for facts about his relationship with the senator. Did Pastor Wright discuss [militant black Muslim] Louis Farrakhan before, during, or after they both attended the Million Man March? Did Senator Obama indicate unease with or criticism of Farrakhan? How often did you see Obama at Trinity on Sunday over the past 20 years?"

Mr. Wright need only grant such an interview to torpedo Senator Obama's candidacy. It doesn't matter whether he answers the questions truthfully, because only he and Senator Obama know the truth. What a club to hold over the head of a presidential candidate! I doubt Senator Obama has slept well since Monday.

Mr. Wright already has drilled some big holes in the hull of the SS (sinking ship) Obama. Hillary Clinton has caught up with Senator Obama in polls among Democrats since the reverend's appearance at the National Press Club, and she runs slightly better than he does against prospective GOP nominee John McCain.

The pundits say Senator Clinton faces a must-win primary in Indiana Tuesday. That's true. But the more important primary that day may be in North Carolina, which - because of the state's large black population - was to have been Senator Obama's firewall. All polls taken since Monday show the race there has narrowed dramatically. One showed Senator Clinton with a slight lead. If she were to win in North Carolina, it would be clear the bloom is off the Obama rose.

If Senator Obama wins, however narrowly, in North Carolina on Tuesday and, two weeks later, in Oregon, he can limp to the nomination because super delegates are more afraid of offending blacks than they are of losing in November.

That's probably what will happen - unless Jeremiah Wright opens his mouth again.

Jack Kelly is a columnist for The Blade and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.


http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs...3/-1/COLUMNIST

[George Gervin's Afro]

Bigot on parade


RARELY in the history of American politics has a bigot had as much power as the Rev. Jeremiah Wright enjoys today.

Support for Sen. Barack Obama has plunged nationally and (more importantly) in North Carolina since Mr. Wright confirmed at his National Press Club appearance Monday that he does indeed hold racist, lunatic, anti-American views, and implied that Senator Obama has been insincere in separating himself from them. "He had to distance himself, because he's a politician," Mr. Wright said.

Senator Obama was more upset by Mr. Wright's assertion he was being disingenuous than by the extremist nature of his remarks, the New York Times reported Thursday.

"As Mr. Obama told close friends after watching the replay, he felt dumbfounded, even betrayed, by Mr. Wright's implication that Mr. Obama was being hypocritical. He could not tolerate that," the Times said.

For good reason. In a Rasmussen poll in New Hampshire released Thursday, 56 percent of respondents said Senator Obama denounced Rev. Wright because it was politically convenient. Fifty four percent said it was at least somewhat likely that Senator Obama shares some of his pastor's controversial views.

Senator Obama's belated denunciation of Mr. Wright hasn't helped matters. "Does Obama really expect Americans to believe it was Wright, and not the prevailing political winds, that changed overnight?" asked the Denver Post.

He may be a foul-mouthed bigot, but the Mr. Wright is no fool. He had to know his high-profile speaking tour would harm his former protege. So why did he do it?

His feelings are hurt, a Wright intimate told Fredric er of the New York Post:

"After 20 years of loving Barack like a member of his own family, for Jeremiah to see Barack saying over and over that he didn't know about Jeremiah's views during those years, that he wasn't familiar with what Jeremiah had said - this is seen by Jeremiah as nonsense and betrayal," his source told Mr. er.

Others speculate Mr. Wright may not want Senator Obama to be elected, because if America does elect a black president, it would undermine his thesis that whites are incorrigibly racist.

The simplest explanation may be that Mr. Wright cares more about his moment in the limelight than he does about the harm he's doing to Senator Obama.

If you're running as the candidate of hope and change who will "bring us together," it is hard to imagine how things could get worse. But they can.

Mr. Wright could destroy his former protege in a single interview. Radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt explains:

"If Pastor Wright agrees to be interviewed by other than Bill Moyers, the questions should ask not for his opinions on various controversies, but for facts about his relationship with the senator. Did Pastor Wright discuss [militant black Muslim] Louis Farrakhan before, during, or after they both attended the Million Man March? Did Senator Obama indicate unease with or criticism of Farrakhan? How often did you see Obama at Trinity on Sunday over the past 20 years?"

Mr. Wright need only grant such an interview to torpedo Senator Obama's candidacy. It doesn't matter whether he answers the questions truthfully, because only he and Senator Obama know the truth. What a club to hold over the head of a presidential candidate! I doubt Senator Obama has slept well since Monday.

Mr. Wright already has drilled some big holes in the hull of the SS (sinking ship) Obama. Hillary Clinton has caught up with Senator Obama in polls among Democrats since the reverend's appearance at the National Press Club, and she runs slightly better than he does against prospective GOP nominee John McCain.

The pundits say Senator Clinton faces a must-win primary in Indiana Tuesday. That's true. But the more important primary that day may be in North Carolina, which - because of the state's large black population - was to have been Senator Obama's firewall. All polls taken since Monday show the race there has narrowed dramatically. One showed Senator Clinton with a slight lead. If she were to win in North Carolina, it would be clear the bloom is off the Obama rose.

If Senator Obama wins, however narrowly, in North Carolina on Tuesday and, two weeks later, in Oregon, he can limp to the nomination because super delegates are more afraid of offending blacks than they are of losing in November.

That's probably what will happen - unless Jeremiah Wright opens his mouth again.

Jack Kelly is a columnist for The Blade and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.


http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs...3/-1/COLUMNIST

Clinton has a 0% chance of winning NC.

[jochhejaam]

Clinton has a 0% chance of winning NC.

The latest polls have him 7-9 percentage points ahead, but the oddsmakers, and I don't know what formula they use to come to their conclusion, give Clinton an 8.8% chance of winning N.C.

Rasmussen Markets data just prior to the release of this poll showed Obama was heavily favored to win the North Carolina Primary. Current prices show that Obama has a 90.0% chance of winning while Clinton is given a 8.8% chance of victory.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...cratic_primary