Why is it that every time you Liberal Utopians screw up big time, by yourselves, you think it makes common sense to blame it on the GOP?

The GOP did not send the Obama guy to the church to become the acolyte of Wright. The Obama guy went there on his own accord.

In the Liberal Utopian race to hate America, you Liberal Utopians picked out a guy who has no experience, and you thought he could become president by banging away at racial issues.

And that's the GOP's fault? That you can't think beyond the tips of your scrugged up tennis sneakers?

You Liberal Utopians don't live in the real world. The longer you try to blame YOUR mistakes on someone else, the longer it takes YOU to learn how to do things Wright....opps...pardon the Freudian slip...right.

And the full story on Rezko isn't out yet. That should be the final nail in the Obama guy's political coffin.

While you are waiting for the man with the nail driving hammer to arrive, you Liberal Utopians keep on fighting with each other. It's not as bloody as a gladitorial contest. But it is slapstick.

Which is why the voters of this nation aren't about to turn the White House over to you Keystone Cops Liberal Utopians.

Liberal Utopians have so many problems they can't see the wellspring anymore.

fred camorra call

Sent by fred camorra call | 12:37 PM ET | 03-19-2008

gotta love that lizard brain laser technique. . . . soooo, NOT!

we cant possibly justify the prez politics of the last 6 years (i'll give bush a break for the time up to the "cheney-rummy lets be greedy sunaguns and exploit 9/11 for suffering and profit" moment (mid-nov 01 or so -- its documented, get offa yr lazy whuzzas and look it up)

sooooo whadda we do whadda we do -- i got it, let`s discredit our opponents with that good ol funny furrner antiamerica spiel. works every time. dig up some long forgotten guilt by association evidence (worked so well in the mccarthy era, huh camorra) while ignoring (a complacent compliant MSM obliges here) the far more scathingly stupid remarks of pastoral supporter of mccain. thats the ticket.

just when you thought america was getting all grown up and over itself.

hope the human brain triumphs this time and the politoco.coms of the world crawl back under their rocks.

Sent by tim in exile | 1:05 PM ET | 03-19-2008

This sounds like the same tired rightwing reactionary game plan for injecting hate into a political race. If you lack the arguments to win the debate you smear your opponent. They will discover that the American people are now on to their game. The swiftboaters should make sure that McCain and his supporters among the religious right are above reproach before the misreprent Dr. Wright's ministry and Senator Obama's association with Dr. Wright. They will discover that Obama is not John Kerry. He is from Chicago where the ruff and tumble of local politics has but given him the intestinal fortitude to strike back.

Sent by Jonathan Green | 1:13 PM ET | 03-19-2008

The Republicans should also be reminded that for the longest time children were molested in the Catholic churches and the church kept this under wraps, moving the priests around and yet still some people still go to the catholic church, does it mean they support the church. They may not have said the stuff that the Rev said but they acted in a manner that undermines the well being of children who are the country's future.
remember you can be judged on what you say and do not what you think. The Rev "said" but the catholic church "did".

Sent by concern | 1:16 PM ET | 03-19-2008

Anything Rick Wilson says should be anathema to the American electorate, especially veterans. This is the man who disparaged the reputation of a soldier, Sen. Max Cleland, who lost both legs in a grenade blast on active duty. Wilson's attack on this Senator portraying him as an ally of the 911 terrorists is typical of the Rovian disregard for any moral or ethical basis in government. It is surprising that the GOP would retain Wilson's name on any sort of press release. Despicable.

Sent by Chester | 1:17 PM ET | 03-19-2008

Fred, Senator Obama is a true statesman in the caliber of the Kennedys' and Dr. King. How refreshing after 8 years of a person that doesn't have the grammatical abilities of the average eight grader.

Sent by Michael Jacobs | 1:22 PM ET | 03-19-2008

If America wants to continue to elect its presidents based on hate and ignorance, they are welcome to it. And they will continue to get the government they deserve.

Sent by George de Man | 1:30 PM ET | 03-19-2008

The issues are once again being swept under the cover of fear! Senator Barack Obama's major address on Race & Politics in America touched on the very nerve of Race Relations in America. But rather than confront the hard questions raised by the Senator the media continue to play on the fears of white people who already harbor resentment for purely economic reasons. We can call the Nation that produced Alolph Hitler evil but we dare not question American Slavery and the Jim Crow South. Comments (calling the Catholic Church a Whore and a Cult) made by a National Religious Leader one whom Senator John McCain has praised for being a supporter of the state of Israel get little if no play in the American National Media but reminding America of the crimes committed against the Humanity of the Ancestors of African Americans is considered evil and hateful. The Nation that produced American Slavery no longer exist but we must never ever forget!

Sent by Pierre Harbin | 1:38 PM ET | 03-19-2008

America is indeed a society of contradictions. It is a society that likes to hold up itself as the beacon of hope, prosperity, fairness and egalitarianism, yet a vast majority of its people remains stuck in a past that knows nothing but hatred, unfairness and bigotry.

I have watched and listened to the sound bites being repeatedly played all around in which Rev Wright said a few inglorious things, things that are really ugly, but things that are also inconvenient trues. The painful irony in all of this is the brutal hypocrisy that has colored the reaction of mainstream America; as though the words spoken by Rev. Wright are Obama???s. I guess that the practice of???Guilt by association??? applies only when it does not affect them.

Yet, these same people would take exception to violent, anti-Semitic, and other words of similar nature, and even more brutal in flavor and spirit, spoken by white Americans such as Ron Paul, Pat Buchanan, Jerry Farwell, Pat Robertson, the KKK, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O???Rielly and several others who simply ???hate the gust??? out of black people simply because they are of a different hue. White America, and indeed some stale and stinking bigots, operates as if ???We are not all cooled by the same winter, warmed by the same sun and cleansed by the same water. They are behaving as though ???if you prick us we do not all bleed the same blood.???

It is never okay for anyone to speak ill of his/her country as Rev. Wright did, but we cannot and should not pretend our troubles or failures away, by behaving as if these comments have never been said before or as if these are the only comments, go or bad, that Rev Wright has ever uttered. We cannot be serious with the lopsided masquerading of two 5 second clips from a collection of well over 240,000 hours of preaching; 99.99 percent of which were positive and uplifting! Where is our sense of fairness?

The media must provide some historical context to all this because, there are clips that are not being aired of dogs being let loose upon black people in the south and of police using fire hoses to push them back, of ???Whites Only??? signs of ???If you???re white you are right, if you are black stay back.??? There are indeed several harsh reminders everyday of racism in this country. How do we explain this stamp that appeared on job application, ???QUALIFIED BUT BLACK, APPLICATION REJECTED????

Though brutally disturbing and shameful, Rev. Wright spoke implicitly, though caustically, to something that America will have to come to terms with because Black people suffered during slavery, they suffered indignities during the civil war and they suffered even more during segregation. This is not to say that all of white America enjoyed these terrible periods in our history, because that was and still is NOT the case.

Rev. Wright has not produced one ounce of evidence to support his claim that the US government created HIV/AIDS to kill black people, but if one uses history as a guide, then how can we pretend that the US government supported and funded the injecting of Black men with various strains of syphilis during the Tuskegee experiment. Government statistics continue to show vast disparities between the qualities of healthcare services that blacks receive vis-??-vis their white counterparts???the same story is true with the quality of education and jobs! We have work to do America and let us not pussyfoot around and pretend as though this is not true.

Black Americans too have not lived up to the creed of their racial significance. They have harbored some rather foolish and non progressive attitudes that have held them back for years and only they can extricate themselves. They have failed to take full advantage of the opportunities that this AMERICA, of which Rev. Wright belongs, has provided for all.

They use the same racial epithets and slurs that they complain bitterly about when communicating to each other-this is a race that needs serious education and psychological help to help it distinguish between sense and nonsense, between pride disgusting conceit, between empowerment and polarization. It must become apart of Black America???s thinking and mindset that singing ???We shall overcome,??? will not cut it in a world where hard work and dedication to will are all that matters.

Black America has a lot of introspection to do, and no amount of cursing America as Rev. Wright did can bring them any closer to self-improvement or empowerment. This bling-bling ???gold teeth??? culture will get them nowhere; except to the dentist. It is therefore up to parents, of both races, to work hard to educated their children about the real history of this wonderful place; we call home and for them to be absolutely honest in their oral history. America is a great place, but America has also had an ugly and harsh past that has set the stage for some serious wounds that still need healing and hypocrisy will not heal this stinking sore.

Sent by Christopher | 1:52 PM ET | 03-19-2008

Reading the comments on many blogs today I have disheartened by ignorance and apparent lack of ability to comprehend very basic, straight forward language. Finally, we have had someone have the courage to talk about what many of us think, but would never dare say in public. Obama should be congratulated on tackling such a difficult issue. An issue that is a deep wound in the American landscape. If we continue to distance ourselves from individuals who are deemed to be "unpatriotic" we will fail as a nation to improve and lose the title of "the greatest nation on earth." Great nations are great because their peoples have the ability to recognize their flaws and correct them, not persecute people because they criticize the ills of their society.

Sent by Disheartened | 2:04 PM ET | 03-19-2008

Fred: If insults and name-calling are all you can come up with, please don't comment.

Sent by R. Williams | 2:19 PM ET | 03-19-2008

An attack ad against Obama featuring music by Public Enemy? Wow. Yeah, I'm sure Obama chills out and listens to that kind of stuff all the time. Suuuuuuure. Seriously, talk about playing up racial stereotypes and caricatures. That's just insanely stupid and offensive to make a video like that. What's worse, is that Republican constituents will probably buy into it.

Sent by angsty | 2:28 PM ET | 03-19-2008

Obama's speech was true, eloquent and carefully calibrated toward political ends. It did not, however, dissuade this voter from the conclusion that his judgment is, in fact, seriously flawed and we still do not know who he really is.

Sent by Katherine | 2:42 PM ET | 03-19-2008

Has Obama ever listened or told a racial joke......bet he has. Maybe it is not a race issue but a culture issue. Don't be fooled by charisma....we need a president Rep/Dem that will do not talk.

Sent by Bruce | 2:45 PM ET | 03-19-2008

It is difficult for me to understand how the issue of race and defeating Obama in the general elections on this issue is going to solve the monumental issues we face as a nation - the wars, failing economy, health care, energy cost, poorly performing schools, and the like.

If race is a part of the Republicans strategy??? What does it say about the Republicans? What is the benefit to the Nation? How does it help us address the issues? What solutions to our problems are offered by this strategy?

I strongly believe that those without any real solutions to the problems we face as a Nation will use race to divide the people and win the elections. But what will that mean for us? It will mean more of the same ???wars, failing economy, lack of access to health care, high energy cost, poorly performing schools, tax break for the wealthy, movement of jobs overseas and high unemployment. NOTHING WILL CHANGE. Is that what America wants?

Sent by Sam | 2:55 PM ET | 03-19-2008

Obama's judgement is questionable because he associated himself with your typically socially active (and vocal) African American church? Seriously? When you look at the judgements and mistakes made by ALL of these candidates over the course of their careers, the word is not very meaningful. I'm even skeptical that Obama will be able to nail Hillary over her Iraq vote for much longer. This election is coming down to matters of "the whole package": eloquence, character, and political smarts. Obama presents the best combination of all of these.

Sent by George de Man | 2:56 PM ET | 03-19-2008

Republican strategy:
First: Take control of the narrative.
Second: Take the issues important to the American voter out of the narrative.
Third: Keep your candidate quiet, lest he will be exposed.
I shouldn't be surprised that the Republican Party hasn't replaced these consultants (sic) with someone who has discarded the politics of division and fear mongering. The latest polls show that most Americans are concerned with the economy, Iraq, health care. Please share with us where McCain stands on these issues.

Sent by Roger | 3:05 PM ET | 03-19-2008

LOL, so as the Democrats destroy their own party from within they still seem to find the imagination to blame the Republicans. Lemme guess, Karl Rove planted the "reverend" Wright in Obama's church?

Sent by deek | 4:28 PM ET | 03-19-2008

Has anyone bothered to research and find out who else is a member of Obama's church. Read the Minnesota Monitor dated March 16, 2008. I guess the highly respected and wealthy African Americans have no judgment according to the postings on this board. If it is guilt by association and marriage that gives us judgment than John McCain is guilty of being drug user like his wife, Cindy. Yes, she stole drugs [Editor's note: McCain did admit to stealing drugs from her charity over a three-year period in the late 80s, early 90s. Charges were dropped when she agreed to seek help for her addiction.]. Where is the outrage? If one chooses not to vote for Obama, just admit that you are a racist and move on. You will be more respected than if you try to infer that because he went to a Rev. Wright's church that he cannot vote for him. By these postings if Obama was standing beside God in all of his glory, you would not vote for him simply because of his race and hue. I have never understood such hate.

Sent by Sophie Keeling | 5:51 PM ET | 03-19-2008

Sent by Sophie Keeling: If one chooses not to vote for Obama, just admit that you are a racist and move on.

That pretty much about sums up that Barack guy's political platform.

Welll, Sophie, we Americans are moving on. And if you want to call us racists, that's your truck.

We really don't care what you think of us.

fred camorra call

Sent by fred camorra call | 8:59 PM ET | 03-19-2008