He did not handle the situation well at all and in the process threw his white granny under the bus and all she ever did was love the guy.

Supporting a candidate is one thing but forcefulness onto others can cause resistance. Even within their own party. Ultimately wonderful news for the Republican candidate.

If I was sitting in a church and the preacher started to rant about any race of people and condemn this country, I would have walked out and made my exit noticeable! I would not have made excuses for the fanatic and then rationalized his words by remembering something my grandmother may have said at the dinner table at one time or another.

Some times a person has to take a stand and make their feelings known.

What is his platform in an abbreviated list?

I actually started writing a reply to this before I realized you're probably being facetious. Obviously you know anything about Obama's (or any candidate's) stand on the issues can be found with a simple google search.

I'll be bowing out of this particular thread now because it's obvious not a single one of our opinions about Obama will be changed by what the others' say and there's no reason for a bunch of squabbling between so few people on a small message board, as though what we think is really gonna make any difference one way or the other come election time.

I'm at peace with Obama's explanation and that's all that matters to me. Your mileage may differ.

-nab

Actually, his presidential platform is about as clear as mud to me. He has a dream about ending the war in Iraq, a weak defense system, healthcare for all, etc., but I do not have a clue about his proposed methods of bringing about any of these desires without plunging this country into economic helter skelter and making us vulnerable to our enemies.

I agree with most people that he is very good at giving speeches, but that does not set my mind at ease. We know he can talk the talk, but can he walk the walk? But, love is blind and those that love him refuse to see any wrong in the facts that have been presented. Yes, I did say facts. You can not convince me that you just happened to miss all the "white hate" sermon's that your minister preached; and I find it hard to believe that you would sit through such sermon's if you did not agree even a little. A little of that kind of hate is way too much for us to move forward as a nation.

Obama Gets 'Panther' OK

"One day after Barack Obama delivered a speech calling for improved race relations in America, the blogosphere was buzzing Wednesday about whether his campaign planned to remove an endorsement by the New Black Panther Party from his Web site."

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/19/obama-web-site-still-carries-new-black-panther-party-endorsement/

I am not the least bit surprised that he would get their endorsement. They hate whites also, so of course they would jump on his band wagon.

Why is it some people are so willing to jump to the defense of people who align themselves with "white haters," but if the tables were turned, would be all over the skinheads or any other radical white supremacist group? It sickened me to read the comments of the New Black Panthers.To hear the cry of "racial" equality, yet have this very hate filled discriminatory biased group is appalling. Whether he "supports" their view or not, it is concerning how many people who are "associating" with him, are anti-American radical liberals.

His statement about his white grandmother is ridiculous. Black people will tell you too, that depending on how someone is dressed or whatever, they are afraid to walk past them on the street. Would I be afraid to walk past a well dressed professional looking black male? No, and if the whole story were told-she probably wasn't either. But when you see someone who appears to be a thug, you definitely have your guard up, whether you, or they, are black or white. Is that profiling? No, just common sense. I would be that way whether it was a white thug, black thug, Mexican thug or any other thug. I would love to know the context of his grandmother's words-it could have just as easily been as I described above, yet for the sake of a speech, made to sound oh so humble and forgiving.

I thought the statements given by Trent Lott were on target about the "speech." Essentially, he said it was a good speech for political rhetoric. If you had a pastor that had opposing views from yours on a regular basis, you would find a different church. If it was a one time thing, that they said something offensive, you would approach your pastor and tell them you disagree with them and do not support that message. Yet neither of these things was done, until it became public knowledge and these hate filled messages made the media spotlight. Will this same person sit back and not defend America in times of crisis, or be too jelly-bellied to stand up to other politicians for what is right and in the best interest of our country? Or will he let people "lead" him, while he claims the title of America's leader?

No candidate is perfect, just as no person is perfect. But look at the track records of all candidates, and there is no contest in my opinion.

His grandmother sounds like a wise woman to me and I hope Obama told her to be sure and lock her car doors if she sees a group of any men walking past her!

This is a very interesting quote that explains some of the mindset that we see demonstrated by certain individuals that appear to make a living off of white guilt.

“There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do do not want to lose their jobs.”

Booker T. Washington, 1911