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Most of you are aware of the public lynching of Barack Obama by the racist white media who are caught up in a feeding frenzy over the words spoken by one of Obama’s closest friends.
In YouTube videos posted all over the Internet and shown on national network news, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright spews hateful rhetoric from his church pew.
But the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is not running for president. Why is the media condemning Obama for something his friend said? Obama should be judged by his own merit and character – not by the character of his friends.
I just shake my head at the hypocrisy of people like Sean Hannity who bow down in the presence of that jerk Don Imus who says every crazy thing that comes to mind. But they just excuse Imus as being “eccentric.” Why can’t a black man be eccentric?
The media doesn’t understand that we don’t throw our friends away simply because we don’t agree with their politics.
Voters are a lot smarter than the media give them credit for. Obama addressed the voters in an impassioned speech directed toward the racist media.
Obama expressed understanding of the passions on both sides in what he called ”a racial stalemate we’ve been stuck in for years.”
”But the anger is real; it is powerful; and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races,” he said in a speech at the National Constitution Center, not far from where the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
Obama said the sermons delivered by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright ”rightly offend white and black alike.” Those sermons from years ago suggested the United States brought the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on itself and say blacks continue to be mistreated by whites.
While Obama rejected what Wright said, he also embraced the man who inspired his Christian faith, officiated at his wedding, baptized his daughters and has been his spiritual guide for nearly 20 years. Read the full text of Obama’s speech
