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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Obama Race Speech Preview Remarks

Posted by: Amanda Carpenter at 10:28 AM

"He’ll [Obama] discuss the controversy surrounding the offensive remarks made by Reverend Wright, but also why they were so contrary to the purpose of his candidacy, which is based on the recognition that there is far more that unites us than divides us.” -Obama campaign spokesman Dan Pfeiffer

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LeeLee writes:	Tuesday, March, 18, 2008 10:40 AM
Just A Quick Poll...
"Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely – just as I’m sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed." How many here have heard such remarks (i.e., "G-D America!", "the govt gave blacks AIDS", "America = AQ") from their pulpits?
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cjvwise1 writes:	Tuesday, March, 18, 2008 2:05 PM
Good heart with gift for unity
I am a white, 57 year old woman who was reared in Tioga County, PA. The same Tioga County that made the front page of the Wall Street Journal in the mid 80's for racial and bias acts. It is the same TIoga County that in the 70's ran a black man out of town for dating a white girl. It is a sportsman's paradise and with that it has roots with the KLAN. Residents are much less likely to be members, but faces of lawyers, doctors, accountants and businessmen from Philly or Jersey who have "clubs" in the region, are currently faces of this antiquated organization. They fly their helicopters or bring their Hummers to the region and exchange their angry rhetoric of race, religion and even education bias. They call the residents cattle who are just a breed to serve their needs. The KLAN is no longer an organization against the blacks, it has grown to include all poverty dwellers. It is now a class system. We need to start addressing the "truths" of our nation if ever we are going to overcome our weaknesses. I believe Obama sees this nation with a good heart and a gift of unity and hope. I was reared by a father who uttered the bitterness of a different era. If you walk into an elder care home, you can hear the bias of that generation. I know I hold far different views. I believe many of us have evolved. We can no longer close our eyes. We need to speak about the wrongs, bring them out into the open arena and find a cure for them. Our past does include secret laboratories and tainted history. But those tests were not limited to the blacks. They include Indians, poor whites and orientals. We can utilize this information to create a better tomorrow.
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