Bassey, before Wright, us white people had no idea that blacks were so angry… well, except for years of Malcolm X, Black Panthers, or the even more recent incarnations of NWA and Public Enemy.

Guess what, we get it. Guess what else, the people who hear Obama’s message don’t care. Isn’t it obvious that Wright and Obama have clearly different tones and messages?

Find a new drum to beat. Have you heard, there’s STILL a war going on and gasoline is continuing to be a drag on the economy?

“What did black people think of it?” I suspect the answer hinges on which “black people” you mean? “Black people” are not monolithic.

The fact that Obama has familial ties with Muslim supremacists in Kenya’s killing fields (see his cousin Odinga) seems entirely relevant to the electoral discussion.

If some folks are obsessed with Obama’s East African heritage, why not examine the views of those “black people”?

Because Barrack Hussein Obama has personally supported his cousin Odinga and his Muslim tribal allies as they burn black African women and children alive in churches— and rape and loot— today in Kenya (see hyperlink below). http://www.nysun.com/article/69273

What did those black people think of it?

Bassey, in case you haven’t caught on yet, our votes mean nothing anymore. Politicians seduce voters every election year with the same empty promises.

Bassey, I don’t always agree with your conclusions, but this was brilliant and eloquently written. Perhaps the most insightful point was the effect on white voters; unfortunately, the Southern power structure has created a dichotomy between poor blacks and poor whites, such that whites become resentful that blacks are getting assistance while they struggle. Granted, there are still more whites on welfare than blacks. Why it is this way could be the subject of much debate. But to end this, requires that rural whites understand why they’re working 12-14 hour work days and still struggling to get by.

However, I can only wait for the maelstrom of comments decrying the oppression of whites by minorities.

“How much truth can you tell before no one is willing to listen to it?”

The real question is how much racist hate and lies you can spew forth before no one is willing to listen. The threshold seems quite high for Wright supporters.

I do wonder if Obama has an answer to the questions in this letter:

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/open-letter-to-senator-obama/

Wright IS wrong - but he’s not alone.

The statements of clergymen like Jeremiah Wright aren’t controversial and incendiary; they’re wicked and stupid. By Christopher Hitchens

… wait until you get a load of the next Chicago “Reverend,” one James Meeks, another South Side horror show with a special sideline in the baiting of homosexuals. He, too, has been an Obama supporter, and his church has been an occasional recipient of Obama’s patronage. And perhaps he, too, can hope to be called “controversial” for his use of the term house n* to describe those he doesn’t like and for his view that it was “the Hollywood Jews” who brought us Brokeback Mountain.

http://www.slate.com//id/2187277/pagenum/all

I can’t even imagine the $hitstorm if a white politician were to refer to anyone as a “typical black person”.

Obama would run over his own grandmother to be President, at least the “typical white person” grandmother. The black one lives in a hut in Africa, while he’s living in his fancy mansion.

“…a voting population that carries memories of segregation and bears the scars of institutional racism…” and “Patriotism carries a different meaning for those who have been historically subjugated”. And those sentences followed “They [Black voters] almost universally vote Democrat because the left more consistently promotes their best interests…” I find this maddening. I have heard for years, and of course, was taught in college, that Democrats could rely on Black votes because of this country’s history of racism and segregation. What nonsense. The Democrats are the party of racism and segregation. They did everything they could to undermine Lincoln during the civil war - even putting out flyers arguing Lincoln and the Republicans were wasting good white boys for Negroes. The Democrats rolled back civil rights legislation the Republicans passed after the Civil War. The Democrats fought, tooth and nail (and with water cannon, dogs, and lynching), the Civil Rights Act. A Republican has, as his close advisor, the most powerful woman in the world, Condi Rice, a Black woman. And you ask why the Democrats are thinking of throwing Obama off the ticket through the superdelegates? The answer is precisely because the Democrats have fooled Black voters into thinking they actually care about their “best interests”.

All the schmucks who post about Obama’s grandmother are clearly typical white people.

1:55- our country went through a change where the “politics” for each party basically switched. Back during Lincoln, Republican was what Democrat is now and vice versa. Although each party has now evolved to where they are basically the same. They just hold onto stupid ideals and vote against each other on them just to act like there’s some big difference and thus get nothing accomplished. Let’s change the whole damn system, that would stop the inadequacies of the outdated one we currently bitch about constantly

“The Democrats are the party of racism and segregation.”

Congratulations. You know your history and you memorized a few basic facts. Unfortunately, you neglected the part where you use your critical thinking skills.

The Democrats of the mid-1800’s are no more like the Democrats of today, than the Whigs of the late-1700’s are like the Green party of the present. Just because two things have the same name, doesn’t mean that those two things are the same thing.

Maybe if you had come up with present-day examples of segregation and racism by Democrats, you could have made a compelling argument. However, the Democrats of the mid-1800’s passed their torch to the Republicans of the mid-1900’s, who are still vaguely similar to the Republican party that still exists.

How about the Democrats during the time of Martin Luther King? You know, the ones who fought against the civil rights bill?

“What did black people think of it?”

Do black people have some kind of collective brain or something? What did blue-eyed people think of it?

Must everything be about race? This Wright issue has nothing to do with race, it has to do with Obama’s lack of integrity. A strong leader would have stood up for what is right and called out Wright on his hateful and vicious rantings.

A man fit to lead a country would have acted to correct an injustice instead of supporting that injustice as he watched Wright preach his lies to congregation after congregation.

Either Obama didn’t think Wright’s actions were worth condemning or he did think they were and supported it anyway. Either way Obama has shown his willingness to support evil.