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Why's It Gotta Be So Black and White???
Filed under: Barack Obama > Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama's spiritual advisor, Jeremiah White, has gone on a very racially charged attack against Hillary Clinton.
Click here to watch Jeremiah's rant.
Why's it gotta be about race????
Why's it gotta be about gender????
Why can't we just vote for who we think is the best and most qualified leader????
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Posted: March 13, 2008 at 10:51 am
All of the comments that are made everyday about race boil down to one vital point…slavery had a lasting negative impact on the societal relations in this country. That's why we can't all get along. This country is run by white people. And Christians. And Men. And able-bodied individuals. And heterosexuals. And all kinds of other people who were born into privilege that they have such a hard time accepting. Did you ask to be born into privilege? No. Is it your responsibility to end discrimination against the people who were not born into privilege by stopping the cycle of hatred. Hell yes it is. Because it makes a difference when somebody with privilege who has nothing to gain takes up for someone that they do not identify with. If a black man calls out racism, everybody says, "It's just that black man trying to play the race card." If a white man points to racism against blacks, other white people listen. If that's not power and privilege above others, I don't know what is.
Things I find funny… The ones that are saying:
"What did the 'preacher' say that was so bad?" (The "preacher" is ignoring the struggles of all women in the United States that have suffered with discrimination and continue to do so today… The "preacher" is ignoring all of the work the Clintons have done to benefit the black community.)
"Oh yeah.. I'm sure Hillary has some skeletons in her closet because she won't release her tax returns etc." (Really? You don't think that the government would be frothing at the mouth if there were some illegal dealings they could charge the Clintons with?)
I think the majority of black people in the United States should be as ashamed of this man's speech in the same manner the majority of white people would be ashamed of a speech made by a KKK member. There is NO justifying his speech because it was intended to divide and insult us. Plain and Simple.
I think the minute Obama decided he was running for a major political office outside the "walls" of Chicago, he decided to "distance" himself from his longtime friend and preacher. How convenient.
and this is coming from a preacher…….
I FEAR FOR THIS COUNTRY IF BARACK GETS VOTED IN…ALL US WHITES BETTER FLEE TO CANADA! HE MAY PRODUCE CHANGE, BUT ONLY FOR HIS "KIND".
GO HILLARY!
think long and hard about this one..
THIS GUY IS ONE STUPID FAT ASSHOLE. DID HE SAY JESUS WAS BLACK? YEP, THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. TALK ABOUT RACIST; THIS GUY IS THE BIGGEST RACIST OF THE DECADE. SOUNDS LIKE HE IS BLAMING HILARY FOR BEING BORN WHITE. THAT WAS NOT IN HER CONTROL, JUST LIKE IT WAS NOT IN THE CONTROL OF PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN BLACK.
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IT IS NOT WHITE PEOPLE THAT ARE KEEPING BLACK PEOPLE DOWN, IT IS THE BLACK LEADERS THAT ARE KEEPING BLACK PEOPLE DOWN. PLEASE, IF YOU ARE A BLACK PERSON, DENOUNCE THIS KIND OF PITIFUL PREACHING.
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Obama just lost my vote. Fuck racism, no matter what group is being racist. Can you imagine if a white church said this about blacks? What a fucking double standard!
Whether you are a black man or a white woman, you still have problems different than a white man. And white men have problems too! Everyone has some difficulty in their life, even rich people. But to act like a white woman can just waltz through life and never have problems or difficulties is just naive. Sexism and racism exist. Someday hopefully it won't, but until then, this guy shouldn't be preaching how easy it is for Hillary until he's walked a mile in her mocassins (so to speak!)
perez, tell me this : why do you buy into the idea that latinos and blacks are at eachother's throats? I've been reading your site for a few years and you're kind of racist towards the black community. i don't care if you support hillary clinton, and obvs. you have the right to post whatever you feel, but you didn't say anything about the clinton camp's racist (veiled or otherwise) attacks on Obama. See : Geraldine Ferraro?!? Hillary didn't denounce those statements, but I think Obama's campaign is doing a much better job of distancing himself from potshots on race or gender. I'm a feminist, and I believe that there's been a lot of dirty tricks pulled on Clinton because she's a woman, but let's get some objectivity here….white privilege is a tremendous issue, and people should be able to talk about their unique experiences with it.
It's disgraceful,
Biggetry in this day and age.
to be fair, the clip you posted IS really messed up. Women still face sexism, white women included. for someone of one marginalized community to say that another one's life has been a walk in the park, that's not fair. It's called oppression olympics. fuck that! We all need to look out for eachother!!!!
Fuck that black as bitch. Thats why I hate negros they can all go back to AFRICA where they belong leave us alone!
Obama is the biggest PRICK that slimed it's way out of Illinois!
I will NEVER vote for Obama, I will insure I recruit everybody i meet to vote against that 1/2 Kenyan cocksucker! Nobama in 2008.
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Re: Kellie – hey kellie ,white history month is everyday of the year .you didint know that .its taught in school all year long.
he said she aint never been called a ni**er before well he just called her one seig heil jeremiah!*goosesteps away* he is no better tahn Malcolmn X or Farrakan! as a black man i would like to apoligize to hillary and the white people if i was in his church i would have walked out this just goes to show white people are discriminated on as mush as we are we need to stop hateing on the whites our people in africa thethe Hutu and Tutsi peoples of Rwanda to massacre each other by the hundreds of thousands in roughly three months. thats why the would thinks us blacks is ignorant cus we balme Everyone else is responsible.
Who is forcing the children of countries such as Sierra Leone to work long hours in dangerous conditions mining for diamonds and receiving nearly nothing in return? Is that also the fault of the whites? OUR OWN PEOPLE ARE BEING ENSLAVED BY US RIGHT NOW AND WERE STILL BITCHING ABOUT THE PAST AND WHITE PEOPLE WE NEED TO TAKE AND FOCOUS ON OUR OWN PROBLEMS TODAY
he said she aint never been called a ni**er before well he just called her one seig heil jeremiah!*goosesteps away* he is no better tahn Malcolmn X or Farrakan! as a black man i would like to apoligize to hillary and the white people if i was in his church i would have walked out this just goes to show white people are discriminated on as mush as we are we need to stop hateing on the whites our people in africa thethe Hutu and Tutsi peoples of Rwanda to massacre each other by the hundreds of thousands in roughly three months. thats why the would thinks us blacks is ignorant cus we balme Everyone else is responsible.
Who is forcing the children of countries such as Sierra Leone to work long hours in dangerous conditions mining for diamonds and receiving nearly nothing in return? Is that also the fault of the whites? OUR OWN PEOPLE ARE BEING ENSLAVED BY US RIGHT NOW AND WERE STILL BITCHING ABOUT THE PAST AND WHITE PEOPLE WE NEED TO TAKE AND FOCOUS ON OUR OWN PROBLEMS TODAY
Um…because everybody left in the election is a bag of shit?
This is an interesting discussion, and I have read ALMOST every post to see how many people use it to spew out their racism, and wouldn't you know it, a majority is people of color still pissed about something that OUR generation DID NOT do. It is proven that black people are voting for color, Oprah is a prime perfect example. What happened to Women are equal?
Can you imagine what is going to happen if Obama gets in, you think the "Rev Jesse Jackson" has a mouth on him now? Now, Wright!! I sat next to many black people in school, they were given the same respect, assignments, exams, etc as me and everyone else, however a majority chose the wrong paths, why are we "white" people to pay for that? You are not seeing the fact that you do this to yourselves. You guys are giving yourselves (not all of you mind you) the reputation you have yet anyone who is white has to pay for it. Women have come along way from being to bred to work in the kitchen and raise the children, because we chose to count as something more, and now we're not going to be able to prove that because everyone who is black thinks that Obama is the best choice clearly because of his skin color, Well they are right about the fact he will help only them, considering he hasn't mentioned his white roots at all. Is he that ashamed? Think about it 4 years of constant racism in the white house, and this is because non of you guys can let go of something we had no control over. This is 2008 people, grow the fuck up. Everyone chooses their own paths. If he does get in, I hope he proves everyone wrong and runs the country equally, but I fail to see the reality in that.
Re: JAY –
Thank you thank you very much!!!!!! Glad you spoke up.
It is really sad this has turned into that type of issue, I listen to a local talk radio station and the whole Obama/Hilary debate circled around race. The main issue should be who is the better candidate to clean up Bush's mess and get our nation on track, but with all the ignorant minds that will be voting who knows what will happen.
that man is a racist and a fucking idiot,so if thats barrack spiritual advisor then it says alot about that man himself……….the election should not have anything to do with race!!!!!!!!!its 2008 for fuck sake,jeremiah wright should just shut his fucking mouth!!!!!!!
My other feeling is we are ONE NATION who has been betrayed by our president and we need to find the next best person who will help lead us in the right direction. Why does is matter who is black, white, hispanic, chinese, man, women? We all need to come together and get past this racial issue! And it is always a white puting down the black, well I can say from many personal experiences race isnt just white against black, it goes all different directions. This is coming from a young white lady who is the least bit racist, is see people for people not their color, but believe me, living in Miami I delt with many racisms towards m.
that man is a racist and a fucking idiot,so if thats barrack spiritual advisor then it says alot about that man himself……….the election should not have anything to do with race!!!!!!!!!its 2008 for fuck sake,jeremiah wright should just shut his fucking mouth!!!!!!!
Why can't we all just hug? You fucking losers are being sucked right in to the Liberal, leftist trap again…go ahead, vote Democrat. Sell your souls. You'd put a special interst group in the White House? Assholes!
Hillary supporters are low class and uneducated. Look at Perez. Nuff said.
Is America on crack how is it that Obama and his racist pastor for the last 20 years even a candidate for President, I feel like I'm living in a nightmare. The problem is that the Dumbocrat party is 35 percent black, 25 percent hispanic and the rest white, dived by liberal whites that hate America and middle class whites, now the reason Obama's even still in this election is because of the liberal media that portrays him has something he isn't and treats him as some black savior of America ( I don't know why blacks don't go and save Africa since it's such a hell hole) back to my point, you have the liberals and the blacks who are voting for Obama and some hispanic , but why he can't close the deal is because middle class whites and most hispanics know he is a con man selling a dream. Obama's all about unity and transcending race, but then you watch a sermon from his pastor and mentor of the last 20 years and you realize Obama's full of shit and America's liberals are going destroy this country one way or another if the rest of America doesn't wake up. But then again this is the Dumbocrat primary and in the general election Obama's toast when the actual thinking American's vote.
Sam :-
When THINKING Americans vote, THINKING Americans will be hoping that you non-thinking stupid Americans are enjoying sleeping with ur sisters, cos thats ALL you're good at… messing up the human gene pool.
When THEY stop making it be about race; WE'LL stop making it be about race. Good luck on that one.
i dont know where you white people get blacks are more racist.you do nt know what it like having to grow up black.it is very hard because white people do not respect us.so unless you turn black anythime soon i dont think you white have room to talk bout us being racist.get over it.the rev. is true with his words.so obama will change that when elected and that the way the cookie is goin to crumble.OBAMA 08 BABY!
Thanks for posting Perez - this is not getting a lot of run time on CNN or CNBC - they are showing the really horrible clips where he said "God Da** America" which is the basis for how Michele Obama feels about America. This came out last year and it was glossed over; Obama thought that people were okay with it but they really weren't listening. An American President cannot have view like this. Wright clearly doesn't have any empathy for what women have gone through and continue to go through. He doesn't have any empathy for poor or middle class white Americans who struggle and are called "Archie Bunkers" by the obama campaign. He doesn't have any empathy for Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans - Did you know that the Hispanic community is getting paid WAY less than any minority community - even women? I'm sure Wright wouldn't even address any other minority community let alone care about it. Obama's ideas have been shaped/formed by this bigot. This bigot is part of his campaign team - he's an adivsor for God's sake! He helped incite the rage against President Bill Clinton in SC; he's helping to play the race card against Hillary and all the other bad white people. He's making sure it works. Can you image a Presidency with this guy and his advisor, Wright? We want someone who cares about ALL people!
What I love is he goes on about how god taught him not to lower hiself to the level of bigatry….and in the same breath he repeats his judgement on Hillary…a judgement based only upon the colour of her skin. Hate is hate, ignorance is ignorance, prejudice is prejudice, NO MATTER WHAT COLOUR THE SKIN OF THE VICTIM!!!
Just remember people, if Obama becomes President this "pastor" will be visiting the White House many, many times. This "pastor" despises this country but yet he will be able to step foot into the White House.
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are probably rolling over in their graves. Pray for this country.
Why is it that a black man can play a race card and get the response in the media as oh well he played the race card
but the white women played the race card in a less defamatory way and she was crucified by the media. what is fair and balanced about that our is it just another case of affirmative action that favors only one race in the media and
america.the preacher looks white on the tv he must have a BI-RACIAL past and so does obama he doesn't look like a black man either not the black men I see daily gotta have some white legacy their but in denial of their past. so technichally it is not a black white issue
O-BOMB-A AND HIS CREW will destroy all allies we have with other countries and we will soon become at another war because of him trying to bring every country together. i would just like to say thank you to all the oBOMBa supporters for turning their backs on america. thanks again. it will soon be world war 3. believe or not it is going to happen.
i am spearheading a write in campaign to have me as a guest on larry king. write cnn and tell them you want to see the bathog as a guest. my posts are brilliant and my following swells with each one. BATHOG
This is one of the most offensive things I have seen this year, so far.
OBAMA was an adult when he picked this church and this pastor — he can't claim that his parents raised him here. The fact that he chose to remain a member is this church for so long with such a HATE-MONGERING PASTOR is BEYOND ME!
Christian Pastors are supposed to peach forgiveness, compassion, love, and peace, not this ridiculous garbage. Barack OBAMA has LOST MY VOTE.
Sorry, Barack.
I've been voting democrat all my long life, but all this race/gender talk is really turning me off. McCain might be getting some democrat votes this election.
I agree Perez, we should vote for who is the strongest leader. I really don't think this preacher was in the wrong… I don't agree with all of his word-choices, but he speaks a lot of truth. And even what he did say offends anyone, remember that he is not Barack and doesn't necessarily speak Barack's opinion… in Barack's debates and interviews, he has been trying to shy away from race issues and focus on the important issues of the campaign… its unfortunate that people don't know the truth about Barack: how open-minded, loving, and caring he is. And I don't think there is anything wrong with his church or him being proud of where they come from and what they have overcome… strength comes with adversity and the preacher makes an excellent point- Barack has gone through tremendous adversity and I, for one, would like to have a President that knows hardships and adversity and resiliency… unfortunately, it is apparently clear that Hilary does not even know what the word means… she has led a privileged life and can't even begin to understand true hardship. I say we vote for a president who is real, honest, and strong.
First - Jeremiah Wright is NOT Barack's spiritual advisor.
Second - This clip is taken out of context. The context is an African American pastor relating to the experiences of his largely (but not exclusively) African American congregation. His point is that people who are outside of the mainstream should be encouraged that God views them as equal to all others. The use of Barack and Hillary only illustrates his point. That goes for Latinos, Asians and Native Americans too.
Third - Perez you are clearly biased and you are losing fans daily. Stick to entertainment - leave the reporting on politics to those who are more fair minded.
It's gotta be about race because Obama supporters are racists. They don't think they are though. Because they're also stupid.
Perez, Hilary started the whole attack thing in the first place. I was towards her campaign and how she is going to help America, I have leaned towards Obama for change.
It's gotta be about race because Obama supporters are racists. They don't think they are though. Because they're also stupid AND IGNORANT!
I sincerely hope that people are waking up to the truth about Obama. After his wife's horrible anti-American comments and seeing his mentor/pastor/spiritual advisor/basis for speeches and books rant and rave in a hateful and racist manner, I really hope the veil has been lifted and the blinders taken off. Obama speaks of hope and change, but do you really believe he means hope and change for ALL Americans?? Or is it actually hope and change for BLACK Americans? Knowing what we know of the two people closest to him, who've had the longest relationship with him, do you still believe his words are meant to include anyone but black people? Why would anyone who's not black be included, non-blacks are the enemy don't forget.
Re: I.AM.CANADIAN. – oh canada please shut the hell up you country sucks you hide behind america thinking you're so protected but your asses would be dominated in a war against england eh? you filty french bastards make me sick to my stomach canada is the country long forgotten and america thinks that they have control of everything you damn americans are the worst type of people get off of your fat asses and realize how pathetic you are.
If this is the individual that our President turns to in a time of crisis for spiritual advice, the man that convinced him to run for the Presidency…..well, President Obama, you just lost my vote. While I realize he is preaching to a congregation that shares the African American experience, the election is about America as a whole, not America divided by racial experience. Jeremiah "Wright" is definitely Jeremiah "Wrong".
you americans are the most fattest racist people i have ever heard of or seen you streets are polluted you attack other nations without justification. tell me america did you ever catch osama? no. so thought husseien would be better to kill off so you could get iraq's oil huh? you damn greedy american fat ass pigs. now you cant even unite with each other to pick a great president instead you have to resort to low blows and judge other peoples race n gender. dont you get it!?!? it doesnt matter whose white or black but who is more better qualified but you dumbass americans are too stupid to comprehend
first of all Jesus wasn't black.
second, obama is just as much white as he is black–he's biracial. and that single parent home? that was a white woman (his mother) that raised him. not some poor black lady…and actually he was very privedged…his dad was from kenya but he went to school in hawaii, so he obviously wasn't that bad off.
Re: shawn – you're either ignorant of hoping the rest of us are. that horrible excuse for a pastor has been spewing his hateful, racist views from that pulpit for 36 years. after 9/11 he gave a "sermon" telling his congregants how the terrorist attack was God's punishment on white people for their opression of blacks. he's given numerous sermons on why blacks should sing "God damn America" instead of God bless America. He's racist, hateful, and anti-American and this is the leader of the church Obama claims "speaks to him" on a spiritual level. and Obama himself has claimed this man as friend, mentor, pastor, spiritual advisor, and the inspiration for many speeches and his second book. I was really waiting for someone to try to say this clip was taken out of context. Denying that anyone except a black man has ever been discriminated against, claiming jesus was a poor black man, and saying he loves white people because jesus taught him to love his enemies (just to name a few of the completely offensive things he said in that 3 minute clip) will never have a context that makes then not racist and hateful.
I am off of this bloody awful site and i say goodbye you ignorant arrognant fat ass americans. may your children contine to grow fat n aquire diabetes and i hope mccain wins so he can tear your country up more than bush obviously obama or clinton would do the job but since your country is too stuck on race/gender you're blind to the truth you americans will never match up to england in class or elegance its a shame really the whole world is laughing behind your backs because in the end america will never get better good luck you low life fucks lets just hope you dont go n start wars with other people you cunts!!!! fuck you!!!!!
lmfao well said. you americans think you have it all. well guess what the latin invasion has arrived crackers are the minorites and hispanics are here to stay!!! fuck you white american its all about the latin americans now! we outnumber blacks as the largest minority so get over it!
FOR ALL WHO HAS SAID OBAMA HAS LOST YOUR VOTE, YOU NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IF YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CAMPAIGNS HILARY FIRST STARTED THE ATTACKS TOWARDS OBAMA. LOOK AT HER COMMERICALS AND SPEECHES ON TV. OBAMA HAS CONSISTENY BEEN ABOUT CHANGE AND STRIVING WHAT IS BEST FOR AMERICA, WHEN HILARY ATTAKCED HIM, HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ATTACK BACK. SO FOR YOU ALL TO SAY SOMETHING AS IGNORANT AS THAT MAKES ME THINK THAT WE AMERICANS ARENT READY FOR CHANGE.
Re: Shannon – what adversity is that? yes, his bio father left, but he was raised in a 2 person household, by college educated parents, he attended prep school, not public school, and has degrees from two ivy league colleges. someone paid for all of that, so the poverty thing is out the window, i grew up middle class and had to turn down an ivy league education in favor of IU because there was no way to pay for it and i'm going to be paying for the education i did get for many years to come. lower and middle class families can't afford to send their children to prep schools and ivy league universities. he never lived in a ghetto, so he doesn't have that experience either. the only adversity he can legitimately claim is having black skin, and that in and of itself is not adversity. being poor, having no family, living in ghettos, not having the means for education, being physically or mentally challanged, THOSE are adverse circumstances. his might have been nontraditional, but they weren't adverse.
oh, and i have to wonder if Obama really has ever been called the n-word, him personally. and IF he has, i seriously wonder if it was even a white person who called him that…
Re: nicole – you really don't get it, do you? it's not about who started it, it's about learning who Obama really is, what he really believes, and what he really means when he says the word "change". get a clue!
Re: British People do it better. Americans suck!!! – we are going to miss you. i am sure you will come crawling back the next time you are losing a war, fuckin lime bean
Re: British People do it better. Americans suck!!! – you're just angry because your prince said he'd rather be in afghanistan than england. he'd probably rather be in canada or the us than england, too, i'm sure that just chaps your ass.
Re: bathog – lol…i really do think you should go on larry king. and if you do, give jen a shoutout, huh?
Re: Latinsdoitbetter – the problem is, we americans do have it all, but few of us care about protecting it and making sure the next several generations have it all. as for latinos being the biggest minority, congrats, you should throw a party. seriously, invite me.
Re: British People do it better. Americans suck!!! –
I'm very sorry for you, because as evidenced by your comments, you're just as bad (and sad) as those "…ignorant arrognant fat ass americans" you hate so much. You must really have an awful, unhappy life to be so angry at an entire country of people you have never met and don't know anything about. Pehaps you should see a therapist.
Mmm I dont know what is wrong with this country talking about races to get a president elected.
we do no have such hatred towards each other coming from our politicans in Europe.
America must have a real problem with ITS HISTORY.
sad.
Re: jen – well said jen. write a letter and i will mention you on air
I would NEVER vote for Obama after hearing his pastor and self proclaimed mentor's disgusting racist words.
Neither of them are the most qualified leader!!! Ron Paul 2008!!
I know I'm late with this, but will feel better after I write it. So Obama has been going to this same church for the past 20 years. The reverend there is a CERTIFIABLE mad man who needs medication RIGHT NOW. I mean: Unbelievable! So put that aside. Does Obama and wife take their little children to that church to listen to the garbage coming out of rev's mouth? Suppose Obama now, after the ill will his MENTOR has brought forth, announces that he denounces the crazy, angry guy and/or says he does not agree with what pastorman has been saying…I mean: This Wright guy didn't just come up with this garbage! He must have been preaching this horror all the years B. Hussein Obama has been attending that church! Can this not be pointed out aggressively so that we as a nation stop fainting and wanting B. Hussein Obama to be our president? I am really scared at the possibility…or is America, indeed, taking notice and weighing the benefits versus the risks and I haven't read or heard yet about it? This is really important!! This is unprecedented! How does B. Hussein say to us: "I've been listening to my pastor and mentor for the past 20 years, but now I suddenly realize he has been wrong in his comments." Oh boy.
These are the true colors of the democratic party. They act like they are the party of equality but they are not.
is npt black and white…….its black muslim and lesbian…..get it….ofcourse not you will need more than that lonely brain celll u have……
Re: becky – well, Obama hasn't even attempted to denounce this man and in fact has had him with him for guidence and counsel throughout the campaign. but the media outlets, other than perez, haven't the balls to even air this garbage. the news media, in case anyone hasn't realized this, is completely pro-obama…and it's either because they're afraid of being labeled racist or they've actually drunk the kool-aid, hard to tell. either way, they only portray obama in the most positive terms and try really hard to cover up any negative associations and those that manage to break through to the public, they downplay and spin faster and better than obama's own campaign people. and if that doesn't work, they try the old slight of hand, trying to force our attention to something else, usually something anti-hillary. and if all else fails, they claim that uncovering these basic truths about obama is a "smear campaign" and "fear tactics" by the clinton campaign. because, as wright said, whites ARE the enemy (oh, and by the way, "white" apparently includes hispanics/latinos, asians, native americans, europeans, and anyone else not black because you know none of us have a heritage or culture or ancestry to be proud of).
I LOVE HILLARY!
Barak Obama FAILS.
Re: bathog – i just wrote in to larry king:) make us proud, bathog!
Re: Latinsdoitbetter – You're post was really stupid. Until there are great Hispanic leaders; keep the business of running the country to those who know how to do it. I hope that anyone you would possibly want to vote for never wins because stupidity breeds stupidity.
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Signed,
Latina
Re: nicole – #971 What Change are you speaking of? Just answer that one question. What change, specifically does Obama stand for?
This is scary! OBAMA JUST LOST MY VOTE!!!!
Re: bathog –
#955
Getting a little big for your brittches, bathog, eh?
Remember "Animal Farm." Remember, "Animal Farm."
Come back down to earth, bathog.
Re: whites….. – and you don't know what it's like growing up white, do you? you don't know what it's like being passed over for scholarships, jobs, spots in programs because they have to have the right racial balance, even if that means less qualified people come out ahead of more intelligent, educated and hardworking people. you have no idea what it's like to be lower middle class and white, when you don't have enough money for college, but you don't qualify for any assistance because your skin is white. how many college educated black people worked a full 40 hours a week while going to college fulltime, after literally begging for a LOAN (NOT free money, as in grants and scholarships, we actually have to pay it all back with interest), and still graduated with honors? because that right there describes both myself and my husband, WE had to work TEN times as hard to get where we are. We had every disadvantage, yet we managed to rise above it. We've actually experienced true adveristy in our lives. give me a freaking break. black people in America today have every advantage.
PEREZ, YOU FUCKING HYPOCRITE!
Re: British People do it better. Americans suck!!! –
#966
I'm 110 pounds. Do I have to put that in the Metric system for you?
This video is so very DISTURBING!!! This JACKASS continues to build racial tension and he calls himself a CHRISTIAN and alignes himself with CHRIST? Are you fucking kidding me? What's more is that HILLARY HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE BLACK COMMUNITY. This IDIOT should be removed from the pulpit. What a fucking racist. Way to keep building tension DUMBFUCK!
Re: jen –
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You hit the nail on the head. There is nothing worse than being "po' white folk." There is no help if you're lower middle class white. You do not get the benefits of being a minority, and you have to work twice as hard, three times as hard and still come out behind of the privileged white folk and behind of the freebie-getting minorities…
I know cuz my boyfriend is white middle class. His family would not/could not pay for his education. He went to NYU and got some scholarship money, but he also got loans and now struggles to pay it back.
At his work, people less or equally deserving get double his salary because they are minorities…. What else can it be? He's a superstar at work, extremely intelligent, BUT WHITE.
singed,
Latina
Re: Lady – #900 Yes we are!
Re: Skinny American – lmao…i'm jealous…i'm 41 weeks pregnant, and at the moment fall into the "fat american" catagory…at least until tomorrow, when i'm finally popping out this stubborn little kid:)
They're both assholes.
***MAYNARD KEENAN for '08!!!***
Re: jen –
#1001
Awww, our very own Jen is gonna have a little jenny?
Congrats.
Re: dumb. – Ferraros comments were in context, referring to her running way back when and saying Obama is lucky to be black now. She did not say he was lucky to be black 200 years ago. He's lucky to be black, just black now when he's got the chances of anyone else.
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get over "Perez, be fair, talk about Ferraro's comments."
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You sound like a whinny child.
When Dr? Rev? Wright said "Bill Clinton did us just like he did Monica Lewinsky. He as riiiiidddddin' dirty." Wow. I thought all the blacks loved Clinton. Are they changing history now?
994: you too have written in to applaud my views. write to larry king too. i shall call you my disciple .
It's that way b/c your candidate, Hillary, made it that way.
Racism SUCKS!
OBAMA '08!!!!!!
they just called! iam on larry king thursday april 16! thanks for everyones support! the thousands of letters all of my fans wrote demanding it have paid off in full! thank you thank you thank you thank you
Re: BATHOG – woo woo! i'm definately watching, i just put it in my day planner:)
Re: BATHOG –
#1008
We can all watch Larry King at your House. Woot Woot!
1735699]Re: ANYONE CAN BE RACIST[/re]
#795
Prejudice + $$ + economical power to subject a class of people b/c of their ethnicity + classifying people of ethnicity as second-class citizens = racist.
As a group, African Americans do not have the economical power….African American can be prejudice and bias, but without economical power to dictate the "haves and haves not"…
Re: the lord –
yes, you did try and correct people until i pointed that out. What i find uneducated is that you are trying to argue with people over something you seem to know little about. Hilary has done many things whether you want to admit it or not. That is your choice. I would ask you what Obama has done but i already have my opinion…which would be he has done NOTHING but try and preach for change without taking any action. If you want to know all the things Hilary has done over the years use your common sense and look it up on the internet, read a book about her, or listen to the news. Or will that bore you seeing how you will not have anyone to bash. The whole point in me getting into this arguement with you is because you were trying to correct those you disagreed with, call them names, and act as if you knew everything. And your whole "your pulling a Hilary" is plain stupid. I could say your pulling an Obama by talking about things you seem to know nothing about. Maybe instead of posting comments every five minutes you should read a book. so lord you go ahead and speak…though you seem to speak too much.
Re: clueuin –
#1011
Let's move on Over to the new Obama post as this one is getting difficult to navigate.
But I think that you are hung up on a technicality and theory, but not what is in use in loose terms "practicality."
Re: clueuin – where exactly did you get your definition of racism? the DICTIONARY defines racism as: "1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others. 2. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races." It says nothing about socio-economic status, because anyone can hate, no matter who they are and what they may or may not have. However, as Barack Obama's personal net worth has been estimated at about $1.3 million, I'd say even by your definition, he and his wife have all the qualifications for being racist. And jeremiah Wright, having been the pastor of a church with a congregation of around 10,000 people would also have the financial means you seem to think are necessary to be racist. However, I'm still confused as to where exactly you got your definition for racism…
n a fiery sermon taped and available on DVD, Barack Obama’s longtime pastor and spiritual adviser can be seen and heard saying three times: “God damn America.”
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., in his taped sermons, also questioned America’s role in the spread of the AIDS virus and suggested that the United States bore some responsibility for the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Confronting the content of some of Wright’s sermons, parts of which have been aired this week on FOX News, the Obama campaign is continuing to distance itself from the pastor’s rhetoric. But it is stopping short of a full repudiation.
Wright’s supporters say his Afro-centric sermons accurately portray black America, and they contend his sermons are widely studied by theologians. But critics are now calling attention to some of his words from the pulpit.
The pastor delivered his final sermon last month and retired as leader of Trinity United Church in Chicago. Obama has attended the church for 20 years and calls Wright his spiritual adviser.
In a fiery sermon in April 2003, Wright said: “The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes three-strike laws and wants them to sing God Bless America.
“No! No No!
“God damn America … for killing innocent people.
“God damn America for threatening citizens as less than humans.
“God damn America as long as she tries to act like she is God and supreme.”
In DVD copies of his sermons available for purchase, Wright can also be seen questioning America’s role in the spreading of the HIV virus that leads to AIDS. In another speech, made in the days after 9/11, he suggested that American foreign policy invited the terror attacks.
“We bombed Hiroshima. We bombed Nagasaki. And we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon and we never batted an eye,” Wright said.
“We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because of stuff we have done overseas is now brought back into our own backyard. America is chickens coming home to roost.”
The pastor also said: “The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.”
Late Thursday, the Obama campaign said it has distanced itself from certain comments made by the pastor. But it did not fully repudiate Wright himself — as some critics have called for.
“Senator Obama has said before that he profoundly disagrees with some of the statements and positions of Reverend Wright, who has preached his last sermon as pastor at the church,” Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said. “Senator Obama deplores divisive statements whether they come from his supporters, the supporters of his opponent, talk radio, or anywhere else.”
Last year, Obama rescinded an invitation to Wright to deliver the invocation at his announcement that he was running for president. He also issued a statement saying personal attacks have no place in politics after Wright delivered an attack on Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton.
But Obama’s longtime relationship with Wright is continuing to spark controversy.
“This is not just someone that Barack Obama has a casual relationship with,” said Tom Bevan, executive editor of RealClearPolitics.com. He noted that Wright married Barack and Michelle Obama, and Wright’s words were the inspiration for the title of Obama’s book, “The Audacity of Hope.”
“Barack Obama has not out and out distanced himself from all of these comments … ,” said Patricia Murphy, editor of CitizenJanePolitics.com. “It’s unclear if he rejects all of these statements. I would assume that he does, but I think he is going to be pushed where he needs to come out and fully explain his relationship with his pastor.”
Some of Wright’s statements have raised eyebrows at a time the Internal Revenue Service is scrutinizing tax-exempt religious organizations for alleged violations of rules barring them from participating in political campaigns.
Prior to his retirement last month, Wright delivered commentary from the pulpit in which he praised Obama, as well as remarks focusing on the racial divide between Obama and Clinton.