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I don't know about all of you, but I'm having a hard time figuring out who I'm going to vote for in November, as none of the candidates really excite me. None represent the majority of ideas I have, and all have seriously flawed policies on a myriad of things.

But after listening to what Barack Obama said Tuesday in regards to the inflammatory remarks made by his pastor, Jeremiah White, I can safely eliminate him as a choice.

It's not that I think he's naive when it comes to his Iraq policy, or that he has no interest in addressing the immigration issue, or that most of what he "stands" for is change for the sake of change. But what he didn't say Tuesday is bothersome.

Here is a passage from a sermon given by White regarding how blacks in America have been treated:

"The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people," he said in a 2003 sermon. "God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme."

Here is one excerpt of what Jeremiah Wright has stated about 9/11:

“White America got their wake-up call after 9-11. White America and the Western world came to realize people of color had not gone away, faded in the woodwork, or just disappeared as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns.”

Obama chose not to disavow or denounce Wright, his pastor and mentor for over 20 years. He will not distance himself from a man who feels that US deserved to get hit by terrorists on 9/11. And Obama didn't really put a lot of distance between himself and Louis Farrakahn, a racist, anti-Jewish person who does nothing but harm tot his country when Farrakhan endorsed him.

I didn't like how Obama made excuses for White, saying that his words are often out of frustration and a feeling of disenfranchisement shared by many American blacks. Honestly, I don't understand how an educated black person in this country can still play the "victim" card anymore. Don't you think that Martin Luther King, Jr. would be thrilled to know how close we are to electing a black president? Don't you think he would be happy to know that a black man is a Supreme Court Justice, and that a black woman is the Secretary of State? And if you think about all of the blacks who own their own homes and businesses forty years after he was assassinated, I think King would appreciate the strides that have been taken in this country.

So when Barack is talking about victims of what he implied was white majority who has kept everyone down, I think he has missed the point. The problem with blacks today isn't about being kept down by "the man" as Obama, and many other Democrats would like you to believe, it's about the lack of father figures in many black families. It's about children born out of wedlock. You can't blame whitey for that.

I'm not telling you to not vote for Obama based on what he said, nor should anyone vote for him simply because he's black. And you shouldn't vote for John McCain simply because he's not a Democrat or for Hillary because she's a woman. But I think Obama, but not saying what he should have, hurt his chances to garner the votes of white people Tuesday.
At least he did with this white person. I'm very nervous voting for a guy who won't distance himself from anti-Semitic, American-hating people who only spread ugliness through their words.

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jpapagan read my blog view my photos
Mar 19, 2008 | 2:42 PM

If he had completely rejected and distanced himself from the reverend, he would have probably lost a lot more of the black vote than possibly losing the white vote by saying what he did. It was somewhat of a no-win situation for him, if you choose to draw this election up along racial lines.

I think what he did was bold. He refused to do the "political" thing that most candidates do which is completely reject and distance themselves from any person in their lives that the media decides to create negative spin and/or controversy over. He did not defend some of the things that the Reverend said and acknowledged that they were wrong and not HIS OWN views. But he tried to explain why the reverend and others in the black community may say certain things based on where they have come from in their past and from older generations.

Obama is showing that he is human and like all of us, doesn't have the exact same thoughts and viewpoints as every single person he is associated with in his life. It doesn't mean that he needs to remove that person completely from his life because they don't agree on every single issue in the world. That would be the exact opposite of what Obama is all about. Assuming that Obama has the same exact views on racism that Wright does, simply because he has a relationship with him, is the exact definition of racism and stereotyping. Obama should be taken at his word.

ddain read my blog view my photos
Mar 19, 2008 | 2:49 PM

But to merely call what the reverend has said to be "controversial" I think is wrong. It's one thing to be controversial, it's quite another to say that America deserved to get 9/11 and that white America is to blame for all that is wrong in the black community.

The hard part is that Obama considers this man to be a mentor, and if you are in a relationship like that with someone who spews hateful things for so many years, and yet you choose to continue to be friends with him, that says a lot about you as a person, and not in a good way. Obama made a statement by sticking with this guy for so many years, and not rejecting him yesterday, 5 years ago, or 15 years ago.

newsislame
Mar 19, 2008 | 4:53 PM

ddain-thank you for your well written critique of hussein obama.. it seems everyone else on this website has their official obama rose-colored glasses on. and i think that jay_kumar is actually on obama's payroll, no can possibly be that blinded by this guy.

Jay_Kumar read my blog
Mar 19, 2008 | 7:17 PM

Hi Newsislame --

I'm not on anyone's payroll but this company. And whose payroll are you on newsislame?

How do you get so much time to troll around this website and endlessly repeat your observation that Obama's middle name is Hussein.

Can't you attack Obama on his health care plan, his Iraq plan? His speaking style? Who he gets his money from? Issues related to campaign finance. Who can put together a Electoral college majority to win the Presidency?

If you're a voter in a state like California, who you vote for President is of little importance because this state is expected to go into the Democratic column, if the candidate is Obama or Clinton.

Can't you freshen up your anti-Obama rhetoric a little bit newsislame? There is more than one way to skin a cat.

Bill Bennett brought up Obama's middle name on CNN like in January, after Iowa.

FREEDOMFREE read my blog view my photos
Mar 19, 2008 | 8:12 PM

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craftyguy read my blog
Mar 19, 2008 | 8:16 PM

hope everyone now sees who Obama really is..a complete lie with racist influences ..its no wonder Farrakhan endorsed him ..its no wonder he had a racist American hater pastor not only as his mentor and spiritualist but a member of his campaign..until he was doing well its no wonder his wife was never proud to be American..the only reason he most likely voted against the war is he hasn't a patriotic bone in his body only loathing for the military and this country while they shed their blood for cowards like him so he can run for the presidency while he calls racists his friends ..and say God damn America..

DfDeportation read my blog view my photos
Mar 19, 2008 | 9:31 PM

Looks like the Obama lustre is losing it's shine a bit...

DfDeportation read my blog view my photos
Mar 19, 2008 | 9:33 PM

Jay,

It was the Clinton surrogates who brought up the "Hussein" Obama thing first...at least get it right...

TameraHB read my blog
Mar 20, 2008 | 1:49 AM

Nice, accurate blog ddain!!! People will see the light...will realize how dangerous this man is for any hope of UNITY! HE says one thing to appease a certain group...then he back pedals to try and appease the rest! I think we are seeing who he really is now and the type of people he "wants" to associate with. As a friend said...you really have to listen carefully to him because he is so smooth in his double-tongued talk!
IF he really DISAPPROVED of his Pastor and the racist teachings of his "cult", then he would have left that church. We all know, there are many churches to choose from to attend!

Jay_Kumar read my blog
Mar 20, 2008 | 3:52 AM

"...Every Sunday thousands of right wing white preachers (following in my father's footsteps) rail against America's sins from tens of thousands of pulpits. They tell us that America is complicit in the "murder of the unborn," has become "Sodom" by coddling gays, and that our public schools are sinful places full of evolutionists and sex educators hell-bent on corrupting children. They say, as my dad often did, that we are, "under the judgment of God." They call America evil and warn of immanent destruction. By comparison Obama's minister's shouted "controversial" comments were mild. All he said was that God should damn America for our racism and violence and that no one had ever used the N-word about Hillary Clinton.

Dad and I were amongst the founders of the Religious right. In the 1970s and 1980s, while Dad and I crisscrossed America denouncing our nation's sins instead of getting in trouble we became darlings of the Republican Party. (This was while I was my father's sidekick before I dropped out of the evangelical movement altogether.) We were rewarded for our "stand" by people such as Congressman Jack Kemp, the Fords, Reagan and the Bush family. The top Republican leadership depended on preachers and agitators like us to energize their rank and file. No one called us un-American."

www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/obamas-minister-
committe_b_91774.html

DfDeportation read my blog view my photos
Mar 20, 2008 | 7:21 AM

Why would I expect anything less from the Huffington Post?

Jay_Kumar read my blog
Mar 20, 2008 | 7:58 AM

To dfdeportation - TIP: Critique the author, and what he says, not the link.

DfDeportation read my blog view my photos
Mar 20, 2008 | 8:03 AM

ha ha ha ha You're telling me, the Huffington Post is irrelevant from the link? ha ha ha That's like saying FOX11 is.........."fair and balanced". ha ha ha ha Hey, did you get to march and protest yesterday? Don't worry, another MILLION MEHI MARCH is being planned for May 1. You gonna be out there with the MEEEEElllliooooons? I hope so. You'll be in heaven huh? ha ha ha

Jay_Kumar read my blog
Mar 20, 2008 | 8:06 AM

and to dfdeportation - you're 100% correct, Hillary Clinton's campaign is pushing this stuff as hard as they can. They have the most to gain. Seems both Obama and Clinton are pretty confident they can beat McCain in the general election. Which is very likely.

The numbers to look at are in the ELECTORAL COLLEGE. National polls don't mean anything at this point. The question for McCain is can he keep all the states Bush won in 2004, and the electoral college victory needed to take the White House. Doesn't look likely. Ohio and quite a few Southern states look really dicey.

Jay_Kumar read my blog
Mar 20, 2008 | 8:10 AM

Look DfDeportation - Don't judge someone until you meet them. Keep your comments to the topic.

DfDeportation read my blog view my photos
Mar 20, 2008 | 8:18 AM

Jay,

Are you suggesting I shouldn't make a judgement call on somebody like....Roger Mahony? On May 1, you and the misses can take your new baby out to meet him, and say, "see precious, what a nice man this Roger Mahony is". I'm sure he'll be ther too. As for McCain, he can't get any money or volunteers for his campaign. ha ha ha ha He's over in Israel and England trying to get as much money as he can get. ha ha ha And Democrats had TWICE AS MANY Repulican voter so far in these primaries...Sorry Jay, I'm NOT a kool-aid drinker.

scooch read my blog view my photos
Mar 20, 2008 | 2:55 PM

thanx ddain. It is ust one more perwon whom I trust and who I agree with. Too much double talk going on from that Camp.

YinYang read my blog view my photos
Mar 20, 2008 | 4:30 PM

No matter what color a person is, when they make as much of a big deal racially toward anyone regardless of color like Mr. Wright does I think it says something about the way their character- duh. And I think it says something about Barack Obama having this guy as his pastor for so many years. I mean, if you dont like that way someone is and what they preach why do you spend every sunday with 'em? I say hope for the best and expect the worst. God Bless America.

DfDeportation read my blog view my photos
Mar 20, 2008 | 9:38 PM

When Moqtada al-Sadr extended his cease-fire in Iraq last month, many wondered what he had in mind. Did he intend to bide his time, purge his movement of dissenters, or simply withdraw from public life to study Islam in Iran? Almost two weeks ago, Sadr himself provided an answer. He failed:
“I have failed to liberate Iraq, and transform its society into an Islamic society.”
– Moqtada al-Sadr, Asharq Al Awsat newspaper, March 8, 2008
Moqtada al-Sadr — the radical cleric dubbed “The Most Dangerous Man in Iraq” by a Newsweek cover story in December 2006 — has just unilaterally extended the ceasefire he imposed on his Mahdi Army militia last summer. And on the eve of the Iraq War’s fifth anniversary, Sadr also issued a somber but dramatic statement. He not only declared that he had failed to transform Iraq, but also lamented the new debates and divisions within his own movement. Explaining his marginalization, Sadr all but confessed his growing isolation: “One hand cannot clap alone.”

beepbeep read my blog view my photos
Mar 21, 2008 | 7:59 AM

ddain...You don't make enough money at Fox News for it to be in your economic interests to vote for a Republican.

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I'm a Web Producer here at MyFoxLA.com and you can find me blogging here and there about all sorts of topics. My avatar changes every so often, right now I'm hoping San Diego stays sexy.

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