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By Associated Press

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Published: Tue, March 18, 2008 - 5:00 am
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 5:47 am

MONACA, Pa. - Senator Barack Obama says his former pastor is
getting a bad rap.
In Pennsylvania on Monday, Obama said that while he condemns
some of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's racially tinged and
inflammatory remarks, he believes that, quote: "the caricature
that is being painted of him is not accurate."
Wright was Obama's pastor for nearly 20 years before retiring
recently.
The Democratic presidential hopeful told reporters that he would
address the controversy surrounding the Chicago minister today in a
speech about race in Philadelphia.
Obama said he'll talk about how differently "some of these
issues are perceived from within the black church community."

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I have only heard clips of the speech this evening, but it kind of sounded like he was making excuses for Rev. Wright and calling his little white granny a racist!

Unless his granny was the keynote speaker at a KKK rally I don’t see the comparison!

Posted by BamaBob on 03/18/08 - 6:22 pm • Report Abuse

People are always talking about how racism is alive & well in America. Well, Obama’s pastor proved that point!!!

Posted by glamblitz on 03/18/08 - 5:45 pm • Report Abuse

Obama was clearly trying to play it down the middle and mix in a little ancestral shame to deflect some of the attention given to Rev. Wright’s words.

It is understandable that Obama does not want to alienate his diehard base that will love him no matter what, but some of us are wondering just who this man is behind the motivational rhetoric that comes across as a mixture of an open tent revival and an Amway meeting.

I’m not certain that his speech writers truly addressed the issues of his allegiance to such a hated-filled leader and spiritual adviser. I don’t think this issue has been put to rest just yet.

Posted by BamaBob on 03/18/08 - 1:36 pm • Report Abuse

you know, why didn’t wkrg show the whole clip about Obama’s preacher and How can anyone expect the USA to be ran By a Man that goes to a Church where the Preacher uses Gods name in vain while condeming America and condoning that only Blacks can go to his Church! I mean, People! wake up and smell the coffee! Do you really think he if for real? will white people be allowed in America if he wins? He obviously still has the same beliefs or why wouldn’t he be trying to change it all so the world can have the “Unity” that he keeps talking about? you know, not everyone has a computer to see the whole clip and I think everying should be aware of what their candidate stands for. Thank you

Posted by gardnerbunch on 03/18/08 - 12:51 pm • Report Abuse