Obama Urges U.S. to Grapple With Racial Issue
By JEFF ZELENYBarack Obama confronted the divisions between black and white as he sought to dispel the furor over statements by his pastor.
March 19, 2008
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March 19, 2008
Obama Urges U.S. to Grapple With Racial Issue
By JEFF ZELENYBarack Obama confronted the divisions between black and white as he sought to dispel the furor over statements by his pastor.
March 19, 2008
Obama Urges U.S. to Grapple With Racial Issue
By JEFF ZELENYBarack Obama confronted the divisions between black and white as he sought to dispel the furor over statements by his pastor.
March 19, 2008
Mr. Obama’s Profile in Courage
What is evident is that Barack Obama not only cleared the air over a particular controversy — he raised the discussion of race and religion to a higher plane.
March 19, 2008
A Candidate Chooses Reconciliation Over Rancor
By JANNY SCOTTIn a speech that was frank but also hopeful and patriotic, Senator Barack Obama confronted race head-on, then reached beyond it.
March 19, 2008
Black, White & Gray
By MAUREEN DOWD Overriding aides who objected to putting race center stage, Barack Obama addressed a painful, difficult subject straightforwardly with a subtlety and
QUOTE(Snuffysmith @ Mar 18 2008, 11:11 PM) 
A Candidate Chooses Reconciliation Over Rancor
By JANNY SCOTTIn a speech that was frank but also hopeful and patriotic, Senator Barack Obama confronted race head-on, then reached beyond it.
March 19, 2008
By JANNY SCOTTIn a speech that was frank but also hopeful and patriotic, Senator Barack Obama confronted race head-on, then reached beyond it.
March 19, 2008
Obama only confronted it as a defense. He is NO profile in courage.
Wright's Rantings Won't Sink Obama - Dick Morris, The Hill
QUOTE(70sliberalism @ Mar 19 2008, 12:12 AM)
Obama only confronted it as a defense. He is NO profile in courage.
Why else would someone make such a risky move?
Politics Unusual: Obama Abandons Blame Game in Sophisticated Discussion of RaceDavid Corn, MotherJones.com
Election 2008: Obama tries to show the nation a pathway to a society free of racial gridlock and denial. (Full speech follows)
Obama Finally Puts Race on the Table [VIDEO]Jon Robin Baitz, Huffington Post
Election 2008: Obama's latest speech reminds us that the dreams of black America do not come at the expense of white America.
Obama's Coming-Out Speech
Lee Cary
The candidacy of the man some have said transcends race turns out, after all, to be all about race. The light that forms his world view is refracted through a prism that splits into two colors -- black and white. More
It's Time to Call the Democrats on Race Demagogy
James Lewis
Democrats have protected, excused, and enabled race demagogues. Why not denounce all racial hatred, no matter what the source? More
The Real Agenda of Black Liberation Theology
Jeffrey Schmidt
Now, suddenly, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright is misunderstood. Suddenly, so-called black liberation theology is misunderstood. More
Lee Cary
The candidacy of the man some have said transcends race turns out, after all, to be all about race. The light that forms his world view is refracted through a prism that splits into two colors -- black and white. More
It's Time to Call the Democrats on Race Demagogy
James Lewis
Democrats have protected, excused, and enabled race demagogues. Why not denounce all racial hatred, no matter what the source? More
The Real Agenda of Black Liberation Theology
Jeffrey Schmidt
Now, suddenly, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright is misunderstood. Suddenly, so-called black liberation theology is misunderstood. More
Damn Chickens (continued)
March 19, 2008
Barack Obama can't abandon his pastor? Really, it's that he won't. It's a conscious choice he's making because he knows full well that doing so would cost him most of his Black support More
The Children of Hypocrisy
March 19, 2008
For 20 years, Obama's kids sat in a pew and listened to Reverend Wright spew his poison. But Obama says that the next generation will be the healers of our racial divide. How? More
Did Obama blow his chance?
March 19, 2008
Noel Sheppard of Newsbusters thinks Barack Obama blew his big chance with yesterday's speech, justifying instead of rejecting his Pastor's hateful rhetoric More
CNN Pro-Obama and Pro-Wright All the Time
March 19, 2008
On Tuesday, CNN fully lived up to its reputation as left of center, on a day when Sen. Barack Obama was desperately trying to put the Rev. Jeremiah Wright scandal behind him. More
Obamababble
March 18, 2008
If in their close twenty year association Obama was not able to move Rev. Wright off his divisive hatred and correct his many historical errors, why are we to suppose he could unite a nation, millions of whom didn't and would... More
March 18, 2008
If in their close twenty year association Obama was not able to move Rev. Wright off his divisive hatred and correct his many historical errors, why are we to suppose he could unite a nation, millions of whom didn't and would... More
The Barack Obama Double Standardby Doug PattonWhat if Barack Obama was a white Republican?
Eloquent Speech, Troubling Worldviewby Kenneth BlackwellBarack Obama just gave an eloquent speech, but one that does not address the underlying nature of Senator Obama's beliefs.
Eloquent Speech, Troubling Worldviewby Kenneth BlackwellBarack Obama just gave an eloquent speech, but one that does not address the underlying nature of Senator Obama's beliefs.
The Problem With Obama's -- Not Wright's -- Vision by Terence P. JeffreyThe greatest barrier to Barack Obama becoming a leader who truly advances the cause of justice …
Say Goodbye to the Glowbama Mystique by Michelle MalkinBarack Obama -- the self-anointed soul-fixing, nation-healing political Messiah -- has lost …
Obama's Unique Balancing Act - Wallsten & Nicholas, Los Angeles Times
Black, White and Gray - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Obama Did Little to Address Pastor - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
Race, Wright and Obama's Candidacy - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Racial Problems Transcend Wright Issue - Vandehei & Harris, The Politico
Landmark Speech is Road Map - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Hate is Not to Be Endlessly Analyzed - Mark Davis, Dallas Morning News
Superdelegates Should Decide by June 4 - Bob Beckel, RealClearPolitics
What Obama's Speech Really Meant - Robert Tracinski, Intellectual Activist
Wright's Rantings Won't Sink Obama - Dick Morris, The Hill
Black, White and Gray - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Obama Did Little to Address Pastor - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
Race, Wright and Obama's Candidacy - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Racial Problems Transcend Wright Issue - Vandehei & Harris, The Politico
Landmark Speech is Road Map - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Hate is Not to Be Endlessly Analyzed - Mark Davis, Dallas Morning News
Superdelegates Should Decide by June 4 - Bob Beckel, RealClearPolitics
What Obama's Speech Really Meant - Robert Tracinski, Intellectual Activist
Wright's Rantings Won't Sink Obama - Dick Morris, The Hill
QUOTE(Pegatha @ Mar 19 2008, 07:40 AM)
Why else would someone make such a risky move?
Risky move? I don't get how his speech can be seen as a risky move....look around at the posts on this board from his supporters; they ate it up, and he knew they would.
QUOTE(Snuffysmith @ Mar 19 2008, 12:12 AM)
Black, White & Gray
By MAUREEN DOWD Overriding aides who objected to putting race center stage, Barack Obama addressed a painful, difficult subject straightforwardly with a subtlety and
By MAUREEN DOWD Overriding aides who objected to putting race center stage, Barack Obama addressed a painful, difficult subject straightforwardly with a subtlety and
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The candidate may have staunched the bleeding, but he did not heal the wounds. His naïve and willful refusal to come to terms earlier with the Rev. Wright’s anti-American, anti-white and pro-Farrakhan sentiments — echoing his naïve and willful refusal to come to terms earlier with the ramifications of his friendship with sleazy fund-raiser Tony Rezko — will not be forgotten because of one unforgettable speech.
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