Comments on: Obama * Rev Wright * The Church http://www.tellingthoughts.com/us-politics/obama-rev-wright-the-church about our world - people - events Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:27:06 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Cami http://www.tellingthoughts.com/us-politics/obama-rev-wright-the-church/comment-page-1#comment-85 Cami Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:13:49 +0000 http://www.tellingthoughts.com/us-politics/obama-rev-wright-the-church#comment-85 I think the speech Barack Obama gave on race and religion and the Reverend Wright, summed up very well the long-standing race issues that are still prevalent in this country. It was past due time, someone stood up and addressed these issues, unabashedly. That speaks well of our future President! It is time for America to start facing the pain, healing the wounds and moving forward, on all sides. If it isn't addressed, it can't be healed. I think the speech Barack Obama gave on race and religion and the Reverend Wright, summed up very well the long-standing race issues that are still prevalent in this country.

It was past due time, someone stood up and addressed these issues, unabashedly. That speaks well of our future President!

It is time for America to start facing the pain, healing the wounds and moving forward, on all sides.

If it isn’t addressed, it can’t be healed.

]]> By: mary http://www.tellingthoughts.com/us-politics/obama-rev-wright-the-church/comment-page-1#comment-84 mary Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:41:54 +0000 http://www.tellingthoughts.com/us-politics/obama-rev-wright-the-church#comment-84 I really did not like the video, although I passed it along. I saw Obama lose all his confidence and self assurance and apologize to a white bigoted audience, when neither he nor Wright committed any wrongs. I do not watch TV and was not interested in seeing the web copies of the Fox news tape. I lived in Ku Klux Klan territory~and no not back in the 1950s, the 1990s~in Pennsylvania and that tape was made deliberately to defame both Wright and Obama's character. Much like Emmett Till, the mob, quickly reacted, judged and condemned on the word of a white person. If Wright was white, the public would be ho hum about it. Senator Obama has already been threatened with death lynching and this whole affair disgusts me. Some African/Americans are already bearing the brunt of this with the White Supremacists smug superiority. I would not blame Senator Obama and Michelle for withdrawing from the contest. I am glad they are hanging in there. But I am afraid Clinton has too badly damaged his character and diminished his reputation in a bigoted country that my hope for a better future for my grandchildren and children globally is gone. I really did not like the video, although I passed it along. I saw Obama lose all his confidence and self assurance and apologize to a white bigoted audience, when neither he nor Wright committed any wrongs.

I do not watch TV and was not interested in seeing the web copies of the Fox news tape. I lived in Ku Klux Klan territory~and no not back in the 1950s, the 1990s~in Pennsylvania and that tape was made deliberately to defame both Wright and Obama’s character.

Much like Emmett Till, the mob, quickly reacted, judged and condemned on the word of a white person. If Wright was white, the public would be ho hum about it.

Senator Obama has already been threatened with death lynching and this whole affair disgusts me. Some African/Americans are already bearing the brunt of this with the White Supremacists smug superiority.

I would not blame Senator Obama and Michelle for withdrawing from the contest. I am glad they are hanging in there. But I am afraid Clinton has too badly damaged his character and diminished his reputation in a bigoted country that my hope for a better future for my grandchildren and children globally is gone.

]]> By: Ritz http://www.tellingthoughts.com/us-politics/obama-rev-wright-the-church/comment-page-1#comment-67 Ritz Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:20:40 +0000 http://www.tellingthoughts.com/us-politics/obama-rev-wright-the-church#comment-67 I feel that Obama has dealt with this entire issue in the best way he could, maintaining his own standards, and integrity, while having to fend off political attacks from all angles and this country's very right-wing media. I personally feel that religion should not be an issue in a Democratic Campaign and am stunned by the attention this has received. But I am one who does not believe that politics and religion mix. The Constitution maintains we're allowed to have freedom in our choice of religious expression, and I believe there are very good reasons for that. This is meant to be a country of diversity, and I personally prefer it that way. If I wanted to live in a country where everyone was forced to follow the same set of beliefs or dogma, that is where I would be. This is the United States of America. Let's practice what we "preach." Thank you for your insights John. As usual, very helpful and thoughtful. I feel that Obama has dealt with this entire issue in the best way he could, maintaining his own standards, and integrity, while having to fend off political attacks from all angles and this country’s very right-wing media.

I personally feel that religion should not be an issue in a Democratic Campaign and am stunned by the attention this has received.

But I am one who does not believe that politics and religion mix. The Constitution maintains we’re allowed to have freedom in our choice of religious expression, and I believe there are very good reasons for that.

This is meant to be a country of diversity, and I personally prefer it that way. If I wanted to live in a country where everyone was forced to follow the same set of beliefs or dogma, that is where I would be.

This is the United States of America. Let’s practice what we “preach.”

Thank you for your insights John. As usual, very helpful and thoughtful.

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