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Below are articles and quotes from the pastor Jeremiah Wright that Sen. Obama holds in such high regard. Please take the time to read through when you can and check out the pastor for yourself. You can google his name and find many articles or go through his own church's website to find far too many racist values and comments. I have done so much searching on Obama and his connection to this pastor. It is what finally confirmed for me that this is not a man who belongs in the office of president, and that all his pretty speeches are nothing but well thought out smoke screens that the people want to hear, but are unfortunately nothing more than smoke and mirrors. It is not my intentions to slur someone's name, influence their vote, offend, or discriminate in any manner. I would NEVER do that. But I truly believe that the public needs to be informed about who this man truly is and where his true values and loyalties lie.One who wants to be the president of the United States should be for ALL of the people, not just what he considers his own.



In Wright's calculus, white America's bigotry is to blame not only for whatever ills continue to plague the black community, but also for our country's conflicts with other nations. "In the 21st century," says Wright, "white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just 'disappeared' as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns."

But there is one man who threatens to undermine Obama's appealing narrative as a man above the ugly quarrels and divisive partisanship of the past: his longtime pastor and spiritual adviser, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.


On March 1, 1972, Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. became the pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), a position he still holds to this day. Because he has been a revered figure in the life of presidential aspirant Barack Obama for two decades, Wright's political views, which he commonly draws from the tenets of liberation theology, are worthy of some scrutiny—if only to shed light on the teachings that have had enough resonance to retain Obama as a TUCC congregant since 1988. So great is Obama's respect for Wright, that the former sought the Reverend's counsel before formally declaring his candidacy for U.S. President. Moreover, Obama and his wife selected Wright to perform their wedding ceremony and to baptize their two daughters. These are honors of considerable magnitude, and it is reasonable to speculate that if we learn more about Rev. Wright, we may gain some insight into the personal qualities and belief systems Barack Obama holds in high regard.

When we read the writings, public statements, and sermons of Rev. Wright, we quickly notice his unmistakable conviction that America is a nation infested with racism, prejudice, and injustices that make life very difficult for black people. As he declared in one of his sermons: "Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run!... We [Americans] believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God."

In a similar spirit, Wright laments "the social order under which we [blacks] live, under which we suffer, under which we are killed."[1] Depicting blacks as a politically powerless demographic, he complains that "African Americans don't run anything in the Capital except elevators."[2] On its website, Wright's church portrays black people as victims who are still burdened by the legacy of their "pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism," and who must pray for "the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people."

Wright detects what he views as racism in virtually every facet of American life. In the business world, for instance, he attributes the high unemployment rate of African Americans to "the fact that they are black."[3] Vis-à-vis the criminal justice system, he similarly explains that "the brothers are in prison" largely because of their skin color. "Consider the 'three strikes law,'" he elaborates. "There is a higher jail sentencing for crack than for cocaine because more African Americans get crack than do cocaine."[4] Notwithstanding Wright's implication that the harsh anti-crack penalties were instituted by racist legislators for the purpose of incarcerating as many blacks as possible, the Congressional Record shows that such was not at all the case. In 1986, when the strict, federal anti-crack legislation was being debated, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)—deeply concerned about the degree to which crack was decimating the black community—strongly supported the legislation and actually pressed for even harsher penalties. In fact, a few years earlier CBC members had pushed President Reagan to create the Office of National Drug Control Policy.[5]

In Wright's calculus, white America's bigotry is to blame not only for whatever ills continue to plague the black community, but also for our country's conflicts with other nations. "In the 21st century," says Wright, "white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just 'disappeared' as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns."

Remarkably, no mention of jihad—the ageless Muslim tradition of aggressive, permanent warfare whose ultimate aim is to achieve Islam's dominion over the human race at large—managed to find its way into Wright's analysis. Rather, he assured us that the 9/11 atrocities were ultimately traceable to the doorstep of U.S. provocations. In fact, Wright apparently sees no reason to suspect that Islam may be incompatible in any way with Western traditions. "Islam and Christianity are a whole lot closer than you may realize," he has written. "Islam comes out of Christianity."[6]

Apart from America's purported racism, Wright also despises the nation's capitalist economic structure, viewing it as a breeding ground for all manner of injustice. "Capitalism as made manifest in the 'New World,'" says Wright, "depended upon slave labor (by African slaves), and it is only maintained by keeping the 'Two-Thirds World' under oppression."[7] This anti-capitalist perspective is further reflected in TUCC's "10-point vision," whose ideals include the cultivation of "a congregation working towards ECONOMIC PARITY." Dispelling any doubt that this is a reference to socialism and the wholesale redistribution of wealth, the TUCC mission statement plainly declares its goal of helping "the less fortunate to become agents of change for God who is not pleased with America's economic mal-distribution!"

This view is entirely consistent with Rev. Wright's devotion to the tenets of liberation theology, which is essentially Marxism dressed up as Christianity. Devised by Cold War-era theologians, it teaches that the gospels of Jesus can be understood only as calls for social activism, class struggle, and revolution aimed at overturning the existing capitalist order and installing, in its stead, a socialist utopia where today's poor will unseat their "oppressors" and become liberated from their material (and, consequently, their spiritual) deprivations. An extension of this paradigm is black liberation theology, which seeks to foment a similar Marxist revolutionary fervor founded on racial rather than class solidarity. Wright's mentor in this discipline is James Cone, author of the landmark text Black Power and Black Theology. Arguing that Christianity has been used by white society as an opiate of the (black) masses, Cone asserts that the destitute "are made and kept poor by the rich and powerful few," and that "[n]o one can be a follower of Jesus Christ without a political commitment that expresses one's solidarity with victims."

Many of Wright's condemnations of America are echoed in his denunciations of Israel and Zionism, which he has blamed for imposing "injustice and … racism" on the Palestinians. According to Wright, Zionism contains an element of "white racism." Likening Israel's treatment of Palestinians to South Africa's treatment of blacks during the apartheid era, Wright advocates divestment campaigns targeting companies that conduct business in, or with, Israel.

Given Wright's obvious low regard for the U.S. and Israel, it is by no means surprising that he reserves some of his deepest respect for the virulently anti-American, anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. "When Minister Farrakhan speaks, Black America listens," says Wright. "Everybody may not agree with him, but they listen … His depth on analysis when it comes to the racial ills of this nation is astounding and eye opening. He brings a perspective that is helpful and honest. Minister Farrakhan will be remembered as one of the 20th and 21st century giants of the African American religious experience. His integrity and honesty have secured him a place in history as one of the nation's most powerful critics. His love for Africa and African American people has made him an unforgettable force, a catalyst for change and a religious leader who is sincere about his faith and his purpose."

Wright's paean to Farrakhan was parroted in the November/December issue of TUCC's bimonthly magazine, the Trumpet, which featured an interview with the NOI "icon" who, according to the publication, "truly epitomized greatness." "Because of the Minister's influence in the African American community," the Trumpet announced that it was honoring him with an "Empowerment Award" as a "fitting tribute for a storied life well lived."

This seems an odd distinction to confer upon someone whose anti-American, anti-white, anti-Semitic statements are numerous. For example, in 1996 Farrakhan told a Tehran newspaper that God would "bestow upon Muslims" the honor of "destroy[ing] America." In February 1998, he sent a cordial and supportive letter to Saddam Hussein, calling him a "visionary" who had earned the Iraqi people's "love," and whose demise would "mean a setback for the goal of unity [among Muslims]." In July 2002, he declared that America, "with blood dripping from [its] hands," had no moral authority by which to overthrow Saddam. In February 2005, he condemned the United States for waging a war "against Islam," adding: "[T]here's no way that I, as a Muslim, could countenance my children or grandchildren fighting a war against fellow believers in any part of the world."


Farrakhan also has a long, well-documented history of venom-laced references to the white "blue-eyed devils" and Jewish "bloodsuckers" who purportedly decimate America's black communities from coast to coast. Moreover, he has referred to white people as "the skunks of the planet."

On a 1984 trip to meet with the Libyan dictator (and America's arch enemy) Muammar Qadhafi, Farrakhan was accompanied by none other than Jeremiah A. Wright.

Farrakhan has long considered Qadhafi to be his trusted "friend," "brother," and "fellow struggler in the cause of liberation for our people." In 1996, the NOI leader formed a partnership with Qadhafi, who pledged $1 billion to help Farrakhan develop a Muslim political lobby in the U.S. Said Qadhafi: "We agreed with Louis Farrakhan and his delegation to mobilize in a legal and legitimate form the oppressed minorities—and at their forefront the blacks, Arab Muslims and Red Indians—for they play an important role in American political life and have a weight in U.S. elections." "Our confrontation with America," added Qadhafi, "was [previously] like a fight against a fortress from outside, and today [with the NOI alliance] we found a breach to enter into this fortress and confront it."

Farrakhan's October 16, 1995 Million Man March ranks among the events about which Rev. Wright has written most extensively and passionately. Wright attended the rally with his son, and has described it as "a once in a lifetime, amazing experience."[8] When a number of prominent African Americans counseled fellow blacks to boycott the demonstration because of Farrakhan's well-documented history of hateful rhetoric, Wright derided those critics as "'Negro' leaders,"[9] "'colored' leaders," "Oreos," and "house niggras"[10] whose most noteworthy trait was their contemptible "Uncle Tomism."[11] "There are a whole boat load of 'darkies' who think in white supremacist terms," added Wright. "… Some 'darkies' think white women are superior to black women…. Some 'darkies' think white lawyers are superior to black lawyers. Some 'darkies' think white pastors are better than black pastors. There are a whole boatload of 'darkies' who think anything white and everyone white is better than whatever it is black people have."[12]

In the book titled When Black Men Stand up for God, a collection of sermons and reflections on the Million Man March, Wright identifies Kwanzaa founder Maulana Karenga as an attendee of the rally.[13] In the end notes that follow a transcript of one of Wright's sermons, Karenga is described as "an internationally acclaimed social activist and scholar in Pan African Studies"; "the founder and creator of Kwanzaa, the well-known African American holiday"; and "the director of Pan African Studies and Visiting Lecturer in Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Riverside."[14] Unmentioned is the fact that Karenga is a self-identified "African socialist" whose "Seven Principles of Blackness," which are observed during Kwanzaa, are not only the Marxist precepts of parity and proletariat unity, but are also identical to those of the 1970s domestic terrorist group, the Symbionese Liberation Army. Nor is it noted that in 1971 Karenga was convicted of torturing two women who were members of United Slaves, a black nationalist cult he had established.

On its website, Wright's church describes itself in distinctly racial terms, as being an "Unashamedly Black" congregation of "African people" who are "true to our native land, the mother continent, the cradle of civilization," and who participate in TUCC's "Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community."

Some have suggested that such seemingly exclusionary assertions, coupled with Wright's own racially loaded statements and his close affiliation with Farrakhan, indicate that Wright is guilty of racism. But Wright casually dismisses this charge, stating: "I get tickled every time I hear a 'Negro' call me a racist. They don't even understand how to define the word. Racism means controlling the means."[15] In other words, Wright employs a rhetorical escape hatch that permits him to evade all charges of racism simply by claiming that only the "dominant" (i.e., white) demographic is capable of such ugliness. The implication is that no deed or utterance, however hateful or vile, is egregious enough to qualify any black person as a racist; that blacks are always the victims of racism, never its perpetrators.

American voters ought to have more than a passing interest in the fact that when Barack Obama formally joined TUCC in 1991, he tacitly accepted this same Jeremiah Wright as a spiritual mentor. Moreover, he pledged allegiance to the church's race-conscious "Black Value System" that encourages blacks to patronize black-only businesses, support black leaders, and avoid becoming "entrapped" by the pursuit of a "black middle-classness" whose ideals presumably would erode their sense of African identity and render them "captive" to white culture.

In addition, voters should examine carefully the question of whether Obama shares Wright's socialist economic preferences. They ought to be aware, for instance, that the Democratic candidate is on record as having said that his religious faith has led him to question "the idolatry of the free market." Moreover, Obama's voting record and his issue positions show him generally to favor high spending and increased government intervention in all realms of life.





Obama Pastor: 9/11 Wake Up Call For Whites
The following is from a pdf file of sermon from Barack Hussein Obama’s "spiritual mentor" as published in October 2003 issue of the Trinity United Church of Christ’s publication, "The Trumpet." (Published by the Reverend’s daughter.)

The sermon is really a wide ranging diatribe which includes, among other things, calls for US divestiture in Israel. But even amidst the Reverend’s many crackpot and racist statements, this one jumped out:



Maybe I Missed Something!

A Message From our PASTOR, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., Senior Pastor

In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the Western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just “disappeared” as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring Black concerns.

Again, Reverent Wright is the man that Mr. Obama claims got him interested in politics. He speaks of him as his political father and even his surrogate father.

From the Chicago Tribune:

Pastor inspires Obama’s ‘audacity’

By Manya A. Brachear
January 21, 2007

When he took over Trinity United Church of Christ in 1972, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. was a maverick pastor with a wardrobe of dashikis and a militant message…

Obama, was not a churchgoer at the time, but he found himself returning to the sanctuary of Trinity United. In Wright he had found both a spiritual mentor and a role model…

[Wright] eventually returned to Howard University to finish bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English with a focus on African spirituals. At the University of Chicago Divinity School, he earned another master’s in the history of religions with a focus on Islam…

In his 1993 memoir "Dreams from My Father," Obama recounts in vivid detail his first meeting with Wright in 1985. The pastor warned the community activist that getting involved with Trinity might turn off other black clergy because of the church’s radical reputation.

When Obama sought his own church community, he felt increasingly at home at Trinity…

Later he would base his 2004 keynote speech to the Democratic National Convention on a Wright sermon called "Audacity to Hope," – also the inspiration for Obama’s second memoir, "The Audacity of Hope."

Though Wright and Obama do not often talk one-on-one often, the senator does check with his pastor before making any bold political moves.

Last fall, Obama approached Wright to broach the possibility of running for president. Wright cautioned Obama not to let politics change him, but he also encouraged Obama, win or lose…

Maybe we missed something, when so many put so much faith in a person we knew nothing about.

This is the "BLACK VALUE SYSTEM" that the Trinity United Church of Chicago ( where Obama is a 20 year member and Jeremiah Wright is pastor) preach, teach and pledge.
"These Black Ethics must be taught and exemplified in homes, churches, nurseries and schools, wherever Blacks are gathered. They consist of the following concepts:

Commitment to God. “The God of our weary years” will give us the strength to give up prayerful passivism and become Black Christian Activists, soldiers for Black freedom and the dignity of all humankind.


Commitment to the Black Community. The highest level of achievement for any Black person must be a contribution of strength and continuity of the Black Community.

Commitment to the Black Family. The Black family circle must generate strength, stability and love, despite the uncertainty of externals, because these characteristics are required if the developing person is to withstand warping by our racist competitive society.

Those Blacks who are blessed with membership in a strong family unit must reach out and expand that blessing to the less fortunate.


Dedication to the Pursuit of Education. We must forswear anti-intellectualism. Continued survival demands that each Black person be developed to the utmost of his/her mental potential despite the inadequacies of the formal education process. “Real education” fosters understanding of ourselves as well as every aspect of our environment. Also, it develops within us the ability to fashion concepts and tools for better utilization of our resources, and more effective solutions to our problems. Since the majority of Blacks have been denied such learning, Black Education must include elements that produce high school graduates with marketable skills, a trade or qualifications for apprenticeships, or proper preparation for college.

Basic education for all Blacks should include Mathematics, Science, Logic, General Semantics, Participative Politics, Economics and Finance, and the Care and Nurture of Black minds.


Dedication to the Pursuit of Excellence. To the extent that we individually reach for, even strain for excellence, we increase, geometrically, the value and resourcefulness of the Black Community. We must recognize the relativity of one’s best; this year’s best can be bettered next year. Such is the language of growth and development. We must seek to excel in every endeavor.
Adherence to the Black Work Ethic. “It is becoming harder to find qualified people to work in Chicago.” Whether this is true or not, it represents one of the many reasons given by businesses and industries for deserting the Chicago area. We must realize that a location with good facilities, adequate transportation and a reputation for producing skilled workers will attract industry. We are in competition with other cities, states and nations for jobs. High productivity must be a goal of the Black workforce.

Commitment to Self-Discipline and Self-Respect. To accomplish anything worthwhile requires self-discipline. We must be a community of self-disciplined persons if we are to actualize and utilize our own human resources, instead of perpetually submitting to exploitation by others. Self-discipline, coupled with a respect for self, will enable each of us to be an instrument of Black Progress and a model for Black Youth.

Disavowal of the Pursuit of “Middleclassness.” Classic methodology on control of captives teaches that captors must be able to identify the “talented tenth” of those subjugated, especially those who show promise of providing the kind of leadership that might threaten the captor’s control.

Those so identified are separated from the rest of the people by:


Killing them off directly, and/or fostering a social system that encourages them to kill off one another.
Placing them in concentration camps, and/or structuring an economic environment that induces captive youth to fill the jails and prisons.
Seducing them into a socioeconomic class system which, while training them to earn more dollars, hypnotizes them into believing they are better than others and teaches them to think in terms of “we” and “they” instead of “us.”
So, while it is permissible to chase “middleclassness” with all our might, we must avoid the third separation method – the psychological entrapment of Black “middleclassness.” If we avoid this snare, we will also diminish our “voluntary” contributions to methods A and B. And more importantly, Black people no longer will be deprived of their birthright: the leadership, resourcefulness and example of their own talented persons.


Pledge to Make the Fruits of All Developing and Acquired Skills Available to the Black Community.


Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting Black Institutions.


Pledge Allegiance to All Black Leadership Who Espouse and Embrace the Black Value System.


Personal Commitment to Embracement of the Black Value System. To measure the worth and validity of all activity in terms of positive contributions to the general welfare of the Black Community and the Advancement of Black People towards freedom.

Well hill-stars dont think we are going to be getting fair media coverage from here on out because I took a peek at hard ball and chris matthews had ed gorden and he actually said hillary's come back is due to the media he said we the media had her dead and gone and we have to watch out and not bring her back anymore so get ready they are going to be slamming clinton hard and praising obama. i am not too worried because i think its no secret anymore that the media is biased especially MSNBC they are working hard to control and minipulate this election we cant let them do this, anyway it kind of seems now the more they do it the more agitated people will get.

The truth is the harder people look at Obama, the less they like him.

He doesn't stand a snowball chance in hell of carrying middle America.

Too many questions about Muslim ties, African ties, his one race church, Rezko, NAFTA, voting present, not achieving much in his 47 years.

The gloss is off. Voters like him best when they know the least about him.

And frankly I don't understand this disavowal of the middle class that his church espouses.

(Thank you for the articles, but I've seen that part before.)

I am happy to be middle class, it is better than it was being poor.

Most Americans ARE middle class.

In reply to the American Voter, Pastor Wright is right. Racism exists in every aspect of American life. This is a fact, and a recognition of the fact does not translate to being aniti-America. A recogniton of the fact translates to taking action to remove the racism so that the United States can actually be what it represents itself to be--a nation dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. The election of Obama to the office of President of the United States will go a long way to demonstrate that the United States lives up to its credo. Pastor Wright is not bigot. You, my friend, are the bigot. Examine your own motives, before you attempt to examinate the motives of others.
Dorothy

I agreed with the bloggers that say, the more we look at Senator Obama, the more we wake up and say he is a fraud!

I am so sadden that americans cannot use their intellect and see through Senator Obama's lofty empty words and see he lacks the leadership skills and the international policy ( said Canada had a president) experience to be president.

I am deeply concern about Senator Obama's ties to a racist church and his lack of grace and strength under fire. He never gives specifics about his stance on the tough issues our nation faces. He just paraprases Senator Clinton's intelligent and seasoned answers during debates.

Vote for the best PERSON which is Senator Clinton for president!

I agreed with the bloggers that say, the more we look at Senator Obama, the more we wake up and say he is a fraud!

I am so sadden that americans cannot use their intellect and see through Senator Obama's lofty empty words and see he lacks the leadership skills and the international policy ( said Canada had a president) experience to be president.

I am deeply concern about Senator Obama's ties to a racist church and his lack of grace and strength under fire. He never gives specifics about his stance on the tough issues our nation faces. He just paraprases Senator Clinton's intelligent and seasoned answers during debates.

Vote for the best PERSON which is Senator Clinton for president!

It doesn't matter if Hillary or Obama wins the
democratic nomination. This country is not ready for
a White Woman or a Black Man to be President.

I'm a democratic but I strongly believe this is all
a set up. Its going to be the good ol white boys club
like President Bush who is going to run the "White
House" for another four years. So get ready for more
War, High Gas Prices, No Health Care, Foreclosures,
and another Recession.

As much as I like Obama, if he won the nomination, he
wouldn't get pass the "White" house gate before some
white crack pot take a shot at him.

Let's take a walk down history lane, President John
Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, even
the actor so-called president Ronald Reagan were all
shot by a white lunatic. So what chance does Obama have? None!!!!
This country is too racist to have a black president and to fickle to place a woman in the white house.
White America rather see John McCain in office and that is exactly what's going to happened.

When will the bias media and the worship followers stop and see that Senator Obama is not only not qualified to be president, but he belongs to racist church and will only promote the black value system,not the United States of American value system?

Beware of false prophets such as Barak Hussein Obama

Now, I'd maybe vote for that American Voter; he's got something to say. I'm tired of watching the other three media-made contenders obviously struggling just to think.

T-
The Clinton handing….is by far some of your best work. I don’t agree with everything you said, but you captured so many great points and spoke from the heart.

However, I do think you are underestimating the everyday voter. Most of us that follow politics are doing so based on a desire to have substance and improvement. Most of the dimwits that type disparaging remarks based on race, sex, etc…are the lazy twits that sit home on election day, but spend the following four years whining about the state of the union. Or at least that is my experience among people I know. Though, you are right - the only way McCain will win is if Clinton or Obama stray right of McCain or invoke his tactics.

I didn’t like the 3am bit either. As much as I despise McCain…….I would still admit that I think he would put American safety first & be capable of handling emergency situations. I do factor who I think would best handle that call & continue to believe H Clinton to be the best of three capable candidates. But…. like you say I don’t need fear to rationally decide who I think will respond to a 3am call to my liking. She is still playing the experience card the wrong way. There is a much easier and profoundly more effective way of showing she has the “experience” & “solutions” that Obama only has “hope” and “change” to counter.

You know I have always voted GOP, but now support Hillary. Still, my second choice is Obama. I think a lot of Hillary supporters are just blowing hot air. I can not see anyone who believes in Hillary’s platform switching to McCain. That would be like saying you wanted Creme Brule ,but will settle for a Snickers bar.

The 'American Voter' paste job runs to 3,801 words.
Just thought someone else might be curious.

Candace Quinn said,"As much as I like Obama, if he won the nomination, he wouldn't get pass the "White" house gate before some white crack pot takes a shot at him."

She goes on to cite the assassinations of JFK, RFK, MLK and finally the wounding attempt against Reagan as examples of a "white lunatic" at work.
Candace,it's doubtful that the killings of JFK,MLK or RFK were committed by one individual. Sirhan, who shot Bobby, was Palestinian by birth and doesn't meet the high standards for 'whiteness' that our great nation holds so dear, anyway.
The only one that you mentioned that we could safely say was perpetrated by a lone "white lunatic", was the Reagan shooting. Hinckley, the fellow who shot him, was white and officially 'mentally ill'.
A great case can be made that the others were killed through some sort of conspiracy. Not because of a lone "white lunatic" but by a whole cabal of 'white lunatics'. The lunatics truly responsible, though they go unnamed, were evidently pretty well socialized.

I dip my toe into American Voters lengthy exhibition:

"Commitment to the Black Family. The Black family circle must generate strength, stability and love, despite the uncertainty of externals, because these characteristics are required if the developing person is to withstand warping by our racist competitive society.
Those Blacks who are blessed with membership in a strong family unit must reach out and expand that blessing to the less fortunate."

Is it racist to say that "strength, stability and love, despite the uncertainty of externals" should be developed and encouraged in Black families? I'd like to see that in all families, myself. Aren't these the very same 'family values' that the evangelicals on the right espouse?

Rev. Wright goes on to say,"these characteristics are required if the developing person is to withstand warping by our racist competitive society."
Do we not have a "racist competitive society"? Look at these posts, look at your post. You try to smear Obama with his own race, to twist words of encouragement towards the Black community into an attack against whites. Competitive? Our pursuit of wealth has become the real religion in our country I think, far surpassing the influence of any of the major established religions and often co-opting them.
Nobody recognizes the erosion of our way of life as long as they have the new car and the big house in the good neighborhood. Who cares if some other person is having problems if everything is OK behind the little white fence, behind the wheel of that car that cost twice as much as the house you grew up in? Even if that problem the other person is having is illegal incarceration, "rendition" and torture. So what? I'm alright.
Now though, we can't afford to put gas in that car, the house is in danger of foreclosure and the realities are beginning to make themselves horribly apparent. Our 'way of life', even our vaunted middle class itself, is disappearing and much of that is due to the horrific costs of the war that YOU ALLOWED. Why didn't you notice this a long time ago? Maybe you should have listened to Rev. Wright.

I'll risk the accusation of being a cutter and paster myself here. You remember I mentioned the low numbers for Ron Paul in Texas. I got this from a Ron Paul group:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D.

March 5, 2008

Didn’t anybody notice this?

It is now 24 hours after the polls closed in Texas. In 21 counties, with 100% of precincts reporting, nobody voted in the Republican presidential primary. In three counties, with 100% of precincts reporting, nobody voted in the Democratic presidential primary.

In the 21 counties with no Republican voters, there were 87,919 registered voters, and 36,239 ballots cast, all of them Democratic.

In the three counties with no Democratic voters, there were 5,212 registered voters, and 1,865 ballots cast, all of them Republican.

In Maverick County, all 9,661 ballots cast were Democratic. In Hansford County, all 1,235 ballots cast were Republican.

ONE-PARTY TEXAS COUNTIES, PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, 2008

County Registered Republican Democratic

Voters Votes Votes

Armstrong 1404 369 0

Borden 432 0 139

Brooks 6385 0 3185

Cottle 1230 0 471

Crockett 2654 0 1166

Culberson 1959 0 526

Dickens 1410 0 612

Duval 9331 0 5053

Foard 1043 0 432

Hall 2110 0 813

Hansford 3101 1235 0

Hardeman 2969 0 1086

Hudspeth 1557 0 476

Kent 665 0 250

La Salle 4071 0 1392

Loving 116 0 22

Maverick 26224 0 9661

Reeves 6337 0 2228

Roberts 707 261 0

Stonewall 1087 0 483

Throckmorton 1175 0 513

Upton 2139 0 823

Zapata 7148 0 3190

Zavala 7877 0 3718

But don’t take my word for it. See for yourself.

http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/mar04_135_race0.htm

http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/mar04_136_race0.htm

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#TX

Election officials in the State of Texas have some explaining to do.

Richard Hayes Phillips is the author of the definitive book on the 2004 presidential election in Ohio – “Witness to a Crime: A Citizens’ Audit of an American Election.” For more information: richardhayesphillips@yahoo..com

Sorry the graph didn't translate well in my last post-t

Tucker said:
am so sadden that americans cannot use their intellect and see through Senator Obama's lofty empty words and see he lacks the leadership skills...

This is probably because all of the "intellectuals" as they say, are supposed to be Obama supporters. I have never understood this characterization, that those of us with advanced degrees, can not be Hillary supporters.

We must vote with our intellect not based on the melanin of one's skin. racism (reverse for example) of any kind is not right and so is sexism.

I like to think I have above room temperature IQ :) and yet I just don't get it with the love fest with Senator Obama. His resume doesn't even come close to Senator Clinton. He doesn't form his own opinions and doesn't possess the leadership skills and international knowledge to run this nation.

I HOPE people wake up and see that the media and others are trying to make a straw man like Obama into some kind of political god. I implore "intellectuals" voting for Obama, to do the research and investigate his background. Look beyond his lofty words and watch his actions ( walks off the stage when he is being challenged or can't come up with an answer). We need a strong leader who can react under pressure, it is clear he is not the one.

Senator Clinton has been unfairly challenged and with a media clearly against her and even being called a b*&^%, which is so disrespectful, Yet she always remains strong and cool.

England citizens look for someone to be a strong leader and if it came in the form of a woman, so be it.

Senator Clinton has the leadership skills and grace under pressure, which is needed, just like Margaret Thatcher had.

Vote for the right PERSON for the job which is logically is Senator Clinton. She is the right PERSON and leader for the UNITED States of America