Obama Is Throwing Wright Under the Bus
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Hard to fathom
I find it hard to believe that Mr. Obama is just now hearing the preaching of Rev. Wright. The decades that Mr. Obama has known Rev. Wright, and listened to his sermons, he knew what Rev. Wright stood for and against for years but now he is turning against him. It is nothing but political hogwash. He did not repudiate Mr. Wright in the past and is doing so now because it is costing him in votes and image. Mr. Obama is not the man of change and a fresh face. He is just like the rest, just do whatever it takes and say whatever it takes to get elected.
Invalid statistical analysis
Why does the author predicate his analysis on the Florida "results", which were considered invalid by the Democratic Party.
"In 2000, Al Gore won 67 percent of the vote in Broward County and 62 percent in Palm Beach County—both have large Jewish populations. In this year's Florida primary, Obama lost those counties to Clinton by 57 percent to 33 percent and 61 percent to 27 percent. No Democrat can carry Florida without big margins in Broward and Palm Beach."
I don't remember Obama running in Florida (despite his name being on the ballot). The author should get his facts straight, or at least reference the inconclusive nature of Florida's "results". This is shabby journalism.
I am a foreign national and have general interest in US Politics. I thought I could respect US News & World Report (they publish very reliable university ratings, for example). But I completely taken aback by some of the trashy talks many op-ed articles take on this site (among some other prominent US media outlets). Shame on you folks for such rich agenda-based and biased articles. Not that I am a huge fan of Obama (and why should I be as I have no say in US politics), but any person with some minimal intelligence could see the utter bias by media to paint the front-runner so badly. I understand that any time a person/institution feels changes, it naturally resists it. It almost seem as if media outlets feel threatened with any change (which assuredly McCain & Clinton won't bring any, as far as I know their history) this guy may presumably (as it seems) bring about in some of the pre-conceived notions of doing local and global politics. Much like corrupt society can't stand to see a decent upfront person and hence makes all efforts to drag him downwards, by suggesting the filthiest of things that according to their own standards most of them will not stand up.
Under the Bus
Since Sen Obama said that he could no more disown Jeremiah Wright than he could disown the Black community, doesn't that mean that by his recent remarks disowning Wright, he has disowned the Black community?
Clinton is not Obama's Problem; Obama made his own Problems
The comment above wrongly denigrates Barone who in fact is a fair political analyst who often uses statistics to make his point... as he did in this article.
Then the same poster goes on to state that "Obama has problems, but they are almost entirely of Clinton's fabrication." That is called super-deflection.
Accusing Clinton of blackmailing and intimidation is either very paranoid or extraordinarily desperate.
Fact: The nomination was not over in February. Many states and territories still needed to vote and nine are awaiting their turn to voice their choices.
Fact: The Clintons did not once "racial profile" anyone. In reality, it was the Obama campaign who were race-baiting and making false accusations. By the way, why did Obama disparage Jesse Jackson's 1984 and 1988 Democratic presidential nominations by stating that any reference to Jackson in the context of Obama's wins was a belittling and dismissing of Obama? I see it the other way around. Obama has greatly disrespected Jesse Jackson and his historical accomplishments. In 1988, Jackson came in second to Dukakis when he won over 1200 delegates, 13 states (including Michigan)... and one journalist tagged 1988 as the "Year of Jackson."
Fact: Just as many people will not vote for a white woman as a black man... so how is that unfair? Gender and racial bias is reality.
Fact: Obama and Hillary represent the long time existing division in the Democratic Party... with the current party leaders Teddy Kennedy representing idealism and Bill Clinton representing pragmatism... Some call it far left and centrist... I see it as elitist vs. populist.... And that is the real battle being fought.
Fact: Obama cannot win the general election without the Jewish vote and a good deal of the blue-collar vote. Obama's relationship with radical elements was his own choice and his own problem. Hillary did not make him do it nor prevent him from dealing successfully with his own issues.
WOW.
Stupid media. They wanted him to do it; and now they are bashing him for the same.
"Yellow Journalism" at its best!
OBAMA'S WOES
THE SAD THING IS THAT PASTOR WRIGHT IS NOT THE ROOT OF OBAMA’S WOES. IF YOU TRACE BACK HIS POLITICAL CAREER, YOU WILL FIND SOMEONE WHOSE JUDGMENT SEEMED OBSCURED BY HIS POLITICAL AMBITION. THINK ABOUT TONY REZKO, AND THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND, AND, OF COURSE, PASTOR WRIGHT.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, THIS MAN HAS MORE THAN A FEW TIMES SHOWED A LACK OF JUDGMENT WITH HIS AFFILIATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS TO FURTHER HIS POLITICAL CAREER.
AT THE START, HE ENJOYED THE BENEFITS FROM THESE ASSOCIATIONS AND SAID NOTHING. BUT WHEN THESE ASSOCIATIONS PROVED TO BE A LIABILITY TO HIS ASPIRATIONS, HE STEERED AWAY FROM THEM. AND MORE THAN A FEW TIMES HE HAS TRIED TO GET AWAY WITH “I-DID-NOT-KNOW-HIM” EXCUSE. I MEAN, YOU CAN ONLY SAY “I’M A BUTTHEAT” SO MUCH.
I DON’T KNOW HOW CAN HE GET AWAY WITH THIS TREND BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT THE PROBLEM HERE IS NEITHER WRIGHT OR REZKO, BUT HIS CHARACTER. I JUST HOPE THAT IN THE REMAINING PRIMARIES, THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES WITH A KEEN EYE. IT IS TIME TO LOOK BEHIND RHETORIC AND DECIDE WHO IS THE BETTER PRESIDENT.
MICHAEL BARONE=PRO-CLINTON PROPAGANDA
Barone has consistently been skewing distorting, manipulating, expurgating electoral events and facts into a pseudo-reasoned argument. A high-school student could provide more critical, probing analysis than Barone has been spouting out over this campaign. Obama has problems, but they are almost entirely of Clinton's fabrication. This nomination was over in February, but the cowardly democratic party leaders yielded to the Clinton blackmailing and intimidation, and pretended that their was still any legit. question. The biggest loser here, is the media (who continue to discredit themselves and the intelligence of the the American people) and the democratic party. Obama will be nominated, but will surely lose the election, thanks to Clinton's and the media's not so subtle "racial-profiling." By claiming that Obama cannot win the working class rurals, the media is providing an alibi for long-standing racism. The rural lower/middle class democrat, who may have been lured by his 'better angels,' now has an acceptable pretext (eliteness, unable to connect) to not vote for a black man. Although subsiding, prejudice and racism are still smoldering in the hearts of many Americans. Clinton, and the insatiable, soulless mass media, have been maliciously and disingenuously stoking the embers of racism. The biggest loser is the democratic party. They have already lost half the game, by letting Clinton and Republicans choose the playing field. Neither Clinton nor Obama can win in November. The curse of the Clintons lives on.
