AFter what he said about Hillary!!! How she doesn't know what it is like to have to be twice as good!!!

His comments are way too little way too late. He shouldn't be given ANY credence. He only said what he said when he absolutely had to and he simply is not credible. I didn't know about it, I never heard it, simply not believable.

It is like asking the Catholic Church to distance themselves from the Pope.

Some very negative ideas have taken hold among various segments of American society. People who have experienced the worst that America has to offer express their sentiments with a general hostility toward America rather than focusing on specific instances and balancing them with the many good things this nation has to offer. It is difficult for people outside of these communities to understand the hostility, since they have not directly experienced the attacks that led to the anger. For example, some people in the South hold onto memories of their ancestor's treatment after the Civil War and use their anger to fuel anti-American sentiment.  The attitude of Wright is typical of how this is expressed in portions of the African American community.

It is understandable that people would be angry about past and current injustices, but it is not acceptable in society at large to express those sentiments the way they are often expressed. People may recognize the anger for what it is, but at the same time feel that it is unfair to focus on the bad and ignore the good. In the case of people who expressed anger at the U.S. after 9/11, we get angry because they seem to blame us for the  attacks while ignoring the good we have done in the world. It offends many white Americans that well-intentioned people like Wright seem to blame American white society at large for the injustices of racism without balancing it with recognition that many white people worked along with various minorities to achieve social justice. This is a great divide that will be difficult for Obama to bridge.  

Still the pastor had a political post in Obama's campaign until last week.

My church has been a leader in our city in many social justice initiatives, and our parking garage is full of cars bearing anti-Bush stickers; we're unabashed liberals.  I've NEVER heard a pastor in 22 years get vulgar, no matter how angry he or she was.

I can also tell you that --at least for us-- a contribution of $22,000 in a single year would be huge.  My family consistently supports our ministries, and because I've chaired stewardship drives I know that our annual pledge is in the top 10% of the rest of the membership.  It's a fraction of Obama's.

It's not clear to me how the fact that this is a black church makes JW's language and tone okay.  "riding dirty" is just so far from what belongs in the context of worship, I can't even get my head around it.

I think Obama's in trouble with this, and I just cannot imagine that it won't be used against him in the fall if he's nominated.  This man baptized Obama's kids, which for most of us is a pretty big deal -- he's not a random supporter.  And I don't think it will wash to say that he's old generation and Obama's just trying to embody a new approach.

First is the fact
that it is not credible he hasn't heard any of this for 20 years despite how tight he is with hi pastor.
remember he even got rights to "The Audacity of Hope" sermon for his book, marrry him, blessed his new home, baptized his daughters, pray in proivate with him at the launch of his presidential run.
Wright sermons were known to many (me included) for a while. Wright relationship with Farrakhan was widely known.

Second Obama is on record (NYT, RS, Chicago press) admiting he knew about Wright "rough sermons".

I knew about about his 9/11 comments. His sermon
in January 2006 at the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel in Washinton DC, when he claimed that the
 "government created AIDS to infect and kill black people" was well known. Still Obama
donated $22,500 to Wright's church (the single largest charitable donation Obama has ever made.).

Nothing wrong with the donation per se. But
Wright's sermon was out there then.

Third, Obama now tries to reject the words while still embracing the man. This is impossible.
1000 good deeds do not erase hateful speech these become part of who the man that pronounce them is.

It is very hard for me to see how can you stomach the words and tolerate a man that speaks these words without at some level believe in them and in him yourself.

..... this is not entirely a problem of my making. Some of these battles that I am going through right now are the result of some pretty unfair attacks on me. But this history exists, and so, yes, I believe I will not be able to bring the country together in the way that I thought I could.

The problem is not the AA community but rather that the white community and the main stream media simply can't deal with this at all.