Rev Jeremiah Wright meets John McCain ;)

The following story reveals how bad racism is in the United States, and what difficulties Obama's workers faced in Indiana: Click here to read the story.

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John McCain: Double standards

Click here for a good commentary on the issue by PBS's Bill Moyers, who interviewed Reverend Wright.

Also, you can click here for a good commentary by CNN's Roland Martin.

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The Split Between Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Barack Obama

Obama did the right thing, The Reverend (maybe unknowingly) was derailing Obama's campaign through his rants. Reverend Wright does live in the 1960s and 1970s, Obama had no choice but to condemn Wright's rants and split from him.

A Strained Wright-Obama Bond Finally Snaps
As Mr. Obama told close friends after watching the replay, he felt dumbfounded, even betrayed, particularly by Mr. Wright’s implication that Mr. Obama was being hypocritical. He could not tolerate that.

The next afternoon, Mr. Obama held a news conference and denounced his former pastor’s views as “divisive and destructive,” giving “comfort to those who prey on hate.” And so, with those remarks, a tightly knit relationship finally came apart. Click here to read more.

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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton - April 16th debate on ABC

Who won? I believe that McCain did. As usual, Clinton and Obama tore each other apart - more so Clinton than Obama. Moderators George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson were not much help either. They spent more than half the debate rehashing tabloid questions, including the controversy over Barack Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright among others.

I lost some respect for the moderators, especially Charles Gibson whom I held in very high regard prior to this debate.

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Mike Huckabee's Fairness: His Statement on Rev. Jeremiah Wright

I have done my part in poking fun at Mike Huckabee, but you have to admire him for his fairness. I was impressed when I read the following statement by Mike Huckabee on Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Obama's former pastor:

I grew up in a very segregated South. And I think that you have to cut some slack — and I’m going to be probably the only conservative in America who’s going to say something like this, but I’m just telling you — we’ve got to cut some slack to people who grew up being called names, being told, ‘You have to sit in the balcony when you go to the movie. You have to go to the back door to go into the restaurant.’

You can click here to read a transcript of Huckabee's statements or click here to watch the interview where Huckabee made this statement.

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Rush Limbaugh on Jeremiah Wright; Jeremiah Wright on Rush Limbaugh: "Rush, you devil!"

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Barack Obama's Speech on Race

You can click here to listen to Barack Obama's speech.

Barack Obama's Speech on Race.

I have to admit, I'm not someone who was swept up in Obamamania and, while I respect the Illinois Senator, politically my feelings about him had been pretty neutral. However, as time goes by, I'm becoming more and more convinced that he's the better candidate for the US Presidency.

In the past, I didn't agree with the comparisons of Obama with Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy. I had listened to alot of Obama's speeches, and I just didn't see this comparison.

However, his recent speech on race-relations changed my mind. I thought it was powerful how Obama stated he cannot disown his pastor, despite his controversial comments, because he was family like his white grandmother who at times made disparaging remarks about blacks. With that comparison, Obama highlighted the experiences of many people who have a relative, pastor, or close associate who holds views with which they disagree.

I went on the internet and listened to Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech and to JFK's "Ask not what you can do for your country" speech. I believe that Obama's speech on race relations and on his pastor ranks with these great speeches.

I sincerely believe that Americans should nominate and elect Barack Obama President, he provides a new hope for the current generations, and for generations to come, a hope for an America where everyone - regardless of race or religion - can feel an integral part of society.

His speech was fireworks and it will survive for many generations afterwards as an important speech in American history.

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Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Barack Obama's pastor

George W. Bush, John McCain and Hillary Clinton are very upset.

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