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April 29, 2008
Barack Obama Thinks We're Stupid
(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama said he is "outraged" by comments his former minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, made Monday at the National Press Club and is "saddened by the spectacle."Think about that for a second. He's been a member of that church and has known Wright for 20 years and now claims he is "shocked, shocked" by his former pastor's opinions. Only a complete and utter fool could fall for such tripe. (Andrew Sullivan, come on down!)"I have been a member of Trinity Church since 1992. I have known Rev. Wright for almost 20 years," he said at a news conference in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. "The person I saw yesterday is not the person I met 20 years ago."
Obama said he is outraged by Wright's remarks that seemed to suggest the U.S. government might be responsible for the spread of AIDS in the black community and his equation of some American wartime efforts with terrorism.
Does Obama really expect people to believe that Wright has grown more radical in the past two days than he's ever been in the previous two decades? Heck...has Wright grown more radical now than when Obama said he could "no more disown him than I can disown the black community" or "my own grandmother?"
I've read Wright's speech to the NAACP and the transcript of his appearance before the National Press Club. I've heard audio and seen visual from the speeches. In both, Wright comes across as an angry, bitter and unpleasant man who displays little of the grace one should expect from a pastor who claims to communicate God's truth.
Obama's press conference was an attempt at sleight of hand, but he's a poor illusionist.
Posted by slublog at April 29, 2008 10:56 PM
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Barack Obama Thinks We're Stupid
He's counting on it.
Posted by: nuthinhere at April 30, 2008 03:20 AM
"Barack Obama Thinks We're Stupid"
I don't think so, he is not that smart. His actions over that last few weeks demonstrate that he is an incompetent buffoon and a political amateur...the perfect democrat candidate.
Posted by: CharlieDontSurf at April 30, 2008 02:24 PM
Obama, Clinton, DNC; what's the difference in their view of the populace?
Posted by: steveegg at April 30, 2008 05:15 PM
No one seems to look towards his political views, which are very far left. Since his reverend has shown his true colors, he's suddenly trying to distance himself. After twenty years, some of us aren't buying it. You've accepted crazy for twenty years, if you didn't believe it, you would have went to another church.
Posted by: coldmexican at April 30, 2008 11:51 PM
since he is the only serious black man for president, suddenly we should forget what he is about, white guilt and everything. lets not forget his past. or what his reverend says.
he's listened to that man for years, and he's more liberal than most.
he's a smooth talker, but between the both of them
I'll listen to anything but him, he lies, especially about his reverend.
Posted by: coldmexican at May 1, 2008 12:20 AM
My beer swilling cousins in Germany don't understand America's problem.
"Vun candidate iz bitch lawyer married to anozer lawyer. Vun candidate iz lawyer married to bitch lawyer. Ze third candidate iz var hero married to blonde vife, vif nice rack, unt she owns a beer distributor. Vat iz problem?"
Posted by: Lamontyoubigdummy at May 1, 2008 01:10 PM