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| B.O. blames '60s for pastor's comments |
| 2008-03-16 |
| Barack Obama on Friday blamed fiery 1960s-era conditioning for racially inflammatory remarks by his former pastor and a prominent backer of Hillary Clinton. In a wide ranging interview with Tribune editors and reporters, Obama denounced controversial sermons from Rev. Jeremiah Wright in which the just-retired pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago called on blacks to condemn the United States and accused U.S. leaders of state-sponsored terrorism that invited the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. At the same time, Obama sought to explain the context of those and other controversial Wright statements by drawing a connection to recent comments by Geraldine Ferraro, the former New York congresswoman. Ferraro recently stepped down from Clinton's campaign after saying that Obama enjoyed an electoral advantage over Clinton in the Democratic presidential contest because he was black. Both Wright, who is 66, and Ferraro, who is 72, were products of the often violent and racially divisive '60s and were stuck in a time warp, Obama explained. Obama compared Wright to an uncle he was fond of but with whom he disagreed, adding: "Like a lot of African American men of fierce intelligence who came of age [then], he has a lot of the language and the memories and the baggage of those times." Obama said he didn't attend controversial Wright sermons excerpts of which are now circulating on the Internet. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 Obama said he did a "good job" navigating local politics without becoming "entangled in some of the traditional problems." Obama said [his earmark] was "I Â… have a temperament that I think is suitable to the presidency, as well as campaigning for the presidency." No shit. He's close to mastering teflon. Nothing to see here. Incredible. |
| Posted by: KBK 2008-03-16 17:59 |
| #13 This would have made some sense if it had read, "Barack Obama on Friday blamed fiery 1960s-air conditioning..." back in the 60s, most of Chicago didn't have air conditioning and some of the window models caught fire when cranked up all the way... |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-03-16 17:00 |
| #12 He did too much LDS in the 60's. A double dumbass on you! /StarTrek |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-03-16 16:37 |
| #11 By the end of the campaign, obama's going to be scrubbing his hands raw, muttering "out damned spot!" Missus obama's going to be screeching "Barry! You blew our chance to put whitey in his place!" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-03-16 15:42 |
| #10 I hate fake people. Hillary is a fake, she wants to tax us into submission and make us into a nanny state. She doesn't say that she says she is "progressive". Nobody would dare call Rev Wright a racists but that is exactly what he is proclaiming from the pulpit. By the way I care in what "context" he said "God Damn America" there is NO WAY that kind of talk belongs in any "Church". Mrs. B.O. claimed that hse was misunderstood when she was "Finally proud of America'" She didn't mis-speak she was just passing on what she learned at church. She just could not understand that the rest of America does not feel that way. I will bet you that B.O. was surprised by all the attention given to a man that preaches to his family on Sunday. He believes it and don't anyone think otherwise. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2008-03-16 15:15 |
| #9 Wright is a Satanic, hate filled monster. Anyone who defends anything about him other than his 1st Amendment right to be a Satanic, hate filled monster is likely the same. OB is a huge disappointment to me. I could never vote for him...but at least I thought there was at least one honorable liberal politician I could respect...unlike PelosiReidBoxerFranksKennedy, etc. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-03-16 14:56 |
| #8 Oh, I get it. It's THE MAN'S! fault the Rev is blaming THE MAN! Well, geez, who can blame him then? Sorry, to doubt you, Barry. Here's another mulligan... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-16 14:11 |
| #7 he (Wright) has a lot of the language and the memories and the baggage of those times." Anyone with more than a passing familiarity with the black activist community knows that this sort of deranged Blame Whitey, Death to AmeriKKKa ranting is standard doctrine. It is what keeps media-darling black politicians like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton from being viable with the non-black electorate. So far, by being an empty suit and only talking about HopeAndChange, Obama has avoided a similar fate. It does not mean he is not a True Believer. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-03-16 13:18 |
| #6 heh - SondraK has got a great pic - the chickens are coming home to roost, indeed |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-16 12:29 |
| #5 And nice how he dragged Hilly into his quagmire... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-03-16 12:19 |
| #4 I attended church regularly and listened to all the sermons, of course, because I am a devout Christian and Pastor Wright was my spiritual mentor, but I never heard those sermons! |
| Posted by: B. H. Obama 2008-03-16 12:19 |
| #3 It seems anyone can find any excuse to sanction and/or dismiss any verbal abuse of this country; so why should Obama be any different? |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2008-03-16 11:32 |
| #2 Gee...I didn't think BO was old enough to remember the 60's. What next, blaming the 80's for doing of cocaine? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-03-16 10:03 |
| #1 That's actually an intelligent view of both of them. I would have just called them dinosaurs... |
| Posted by: Shakey Steve 2008-03-16 09:59 |