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I think his speech was effective and I believe in the short term it helped him (to some extent). In the long run I think he has a big problem on his hand. I think this has really hurt his chance at becoming President. I think that he will get the nomination but I don't believe he will become President. I thought he had a really good chance before this incident, if I had to pick I would've said he would become President but now I think this incident with Mr. Wright has really hurt his chances at the Presidency. He made some very good points but he has a long hard road ahead of him to heal from this incident.

At least we found out a few things, one of them being Obama is selective in rememebering the truth, the whole truth, and nothing about the truth.

He had said before that he had never heard the minister mention such things and also that he was not at the particular sermon mentioned. In his speech, he said that he HAD heard the Rev mention such things before, yet the Rev isnt his political advisor, he's his spiritual leader.

Oh yeah and I thought he threw his grandmother under the bus.

I routinely hear things in church, school, work and other places that I do not agree with from people I am close to. But that is what THEY say, not what I have said. And that's the case here, too. For me, what is most disturbing here is the tendancy to mix religion and politics. Not like it hasn't been done before, but in the past 2-3 elections, more politicians on the left AND right are mixing the secular and the divine--and it is coming back to bite them.

"Just remember if any of you have aspirations for public service you maybe hurting your chances by going to church and being held responsible for what you pastor might say at any given time!"

A profound statement indeed! Let him without sin cast the first stone.

When I hear the terminology, that something about race has come up, i generaly shut my ears to the whole thing. I haven't read what Wright said and I don't care. I hear what Falwell says, and I don't care. I hear what Rev. Al says and I don't care. I hear what Farrakan says and I don't care. The racial issue in a presidential race is a dead horse. It is a ploy to keep the democrats fighting, so that perhaps John McCain can slip ahead in the poles. The race card is like a piece of cheese in a rat trap. Usually the biggest rat gets the cheese and fall victim to the trap. We are Americans, we need to stand up as Americans. We need to hold fast with American Values. We need to make sure that those who are elected to represent the people, do so. All the others are wasting valuable time of ours and their own.

We're all Americans. Most of us are looking for the same things in life. To demonize the candidates, throws their ideas and ideals out the window. Churches up until the last ten years or so, segregated the masses and we still have "black" and "white" churches. Putting too much emphasis on the person who you sit and listen to one hour of one week of time, hardly puts that person in your pocket, or you in theirs. After the election, we will still be Americans, who need to work together for a better life. Neither responsible candidate will be leading us any closer to ruin than the last. We can only go up...hopefully.