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USA Today/Gallup Poll: Obama "Significantly Hurt" by Wright | 176 comments (176 topical)

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Where is Rev. Wright? (5.00 / 2) (#1)
by ChuckieTomato on Mon May 05, 2008 at 01:03:03 AM EST
That is the question. Haven't heard from him in a while

Maybe some sensible people took him aside (5.00 / 1) (#16)
by dianem on Mon May 05, 2008 at 01:40:10 AM EST
... and pointed out to him that he was sabotaging the campaign of the man who might be the first black President. This would not increase his prestige among the black community. He had his fun, and he will have more. The real question is whether his ego will allow him to sit quietly for the next 6 months.

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well but then again (5.00 / 3) (#29)
by diplomatic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 02:21:39 AM EST
he could pave the way for the first woman President.

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He AND Al Sharpton (none / 0) (#95)
by BarnBabe on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:41:02 AM EST
Did anything happen last Wednesday In NY? The day he was shutting the city down?

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NYC shut down in THIS Wednesday (none / 0) (#152)
by stefystef on Mon May 05, 2008 at 10:36:33 AM EST
May 7th.  And Obama hasn't said anything else about Sean Bell since the initial unsolicited statement.  

If Obama is so concerned with the inner city crime problem, he needs to go back to Chicago and address the killing spree going on there over the last couple of weeks.

One wonders what issue will Obama use to pander next?

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Thanks (none / 0) (#175)
by BarnBabe on Mon May 05, 2008 at 02:19:43 PM EST
I was assuming that it was right after the trial. 10 days later? Interesting.

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He's on TV all day, that's where (5.00 / 1) (#19)
by cymro on Mon May 05, 2008 at 01:51:00 AM EST
Every time I scanned through the cable news channels today, a Rev. Wright clip or discussion was playing on at least one of them. So it does not seem to matter where he is, his influence is everywhere now.

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even today he was? (5.00 / 1) (#30)
by diplomatic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 02:22:50 AM EST
Was that on local or national tv?  And was this just on FOX?  I must say, once again I am surprised at the legs.  Swift boats part deux.

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I read that FOX (none / 0) (#167)
by JavaCityPal on Mon May 05, 2008 at 12:13:40 PM EST
is exposing the Million Man March with Farrakhan, Wright and Obama in the organization group. And, of course, Obama in attendance.

That, alone, doesn't bother me.  But, Obama had a good opportunity to stand up and explain his connection to these people and his church the first time Wright came out in the news. Instead, he distracted the media and his followers with a speech on racism.

Many more things are bound to surface after 20 years in that church. Obama was clearly a "favored son" of the pastor and there has to be plenty for him to tell.  It's the secrecy and the attempt to hide who he is that I find so problematic.


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Under the bus? (5.00 / 4) (#59)
by lambert on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:38:04 AM EST
Your voice gets pretty muffled from under the bus.

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Payback (5.00 / 4) (#67)
by mmc9431 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:31:52 AM EST
IMO Obama used Wright to gain influence in the AA church community and undercut the Clinton's popularity there. Once he did this for him, Obama cut him out. I can understand Wright calling him a "politician". He is one. I can also understand the bitterness in Wright at having been used by someone you had considered a long time friend. After all, it wasn't Wright who changed, it was Obama. Wright served no useful purpose anymore.

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Right on! (none / 0) (#151)
by stefystef on Mon May 05, 2008 at 10:34:23 AM EST
I agree with your post.  You hit the Obama/Wright relationship right on the head.

Wright has been using black community leaders and churches to move quickly into politics.  Barry is a user.  Barak is a uniter.  So who is who?

The mask is slipping...

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Obermann took (5.00 / 3) (#72)
by Lahdee on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:45:27 AM EST
him into a room. They drank koolaide with bitters.

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He's busy working. . . (5.00 / 1) (#78)
by LarryInNYC on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:57:45 AM EST
on his book, due for fall '08 publication.

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I want to respond to your post (5.00 / 2) (#112)
by diplomatic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:12:00 AM EST
but after Tuesday.  Let's revisit it.  I think what you said is interesting and I am going to argue that if that was done on purpose, Obama is more naive than any of us could ever imagine.

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In A Bunker With Dick Cheney Perhaps? (none / 0) (#138)
by PssttCmere08 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:56:11 AM EST


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