Comments on: Overdue Post http://www.ryptide.com/2008/04/30/overdue-post/ Just Another Geek's Completely Useless Blog. Fri, 16 May 2008 04:44:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: ryptide http://www.ryptide.com/2008/04/30/overdue-post/#comment-297 ryptide Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:31:13 +0000 http://www.ryptide.com/2008/04/30/overdue-post/#comment-297 I don't think Wright is Obama's "spiritual advisor" -- He's a retired pastor from his church. Yes, he subscribes to some ideas that are controversial, and that hurts Obama because of the 20 year relationship through the church. I would not consider any of my former pastors a "spiritual advisor" and didn't when I went to church either. That's a label the press is using to tear Obama down. Is Hagee McCain's advisor? Wright came in for support during the scandals of the Clinton administration. Is he Clinton's advisor? Obama shouldn't have HAD to denounce him. That's my point. It's a character attack on Obama by attacking someone else. It makes no sense. It is treated like Obama and Wright have been working together in darkened rooms to overthrow the government and kill whitey. Wright is divisive, and that is a problem. But it should be a problem for Wright, not for Obama. He is not a surrogate for Obama and doesn't speak for him. He is not even his pastor anymore! I don't believe the Democrats will remain divided in November. I think a lot of the defection talk you here is people's frustration with the length of the process, which I personally would have no issue with if they were talking about meaningful stuff. People are frustrated with the never-ending stream of negative and non-news. What would you suggest the party do? Because I don't see a problem with the party in this particular case. I see a problem with the press. The party can't do anything about this tabloid journalism about things that have little to no bearing on the election. They can boycott networks the way they have with Fox, but the press is going to say what it wants regardless. I don’t think Wright is Obama’s “spiritual advisor” — He’s a retired pastor from his church. Yes, he subscribes to some ideas that are controversial, and that hurts Obama because of the 20 year relationship through the church.

I would not consider any of my former pastors a “spiritual advisor” and didn’t when I went to church either. That’s a label the press is using to tear Obama down. Is Hagee McCain’s advisor? Wright came in for support during the scandals of the Clinton administration. Is he Clinton’s advisor?

Obama shouldn’t have HAD to denounce him. That’s my point. It’s a character attack on Obama by attacking someone else. It makes no sense. It is treated like Obama and Wright have been working together in darkened rooms to overthrow the government and kill whitey.

Wright is divisive, and that is a problem. But it should be a problem for Wright, not for Obama. He is not a surrogate for Obama and doesn’t speak for him. He is not even his pastor anymore!

I don’t believe the Democrats will remain divided in November. I think a lot of the defection talk you here is people’s frustration with the length of the process, which I personally would have no issue with if they were talking about meaningful stuff. People are frustrated with the never-ending stream of negative and non-news.

What would you suggest the party do? Because I don’t see a problem with the party in this particular case. I see a problem with the press. The party can’t do anything about this tabloid journalism about things that have little to no bearing on the election. They can boycott networks the way they have with Fox, but the press is going to say what it wants regardless.

]]> By: djbattery http://www.ryptide.com/2008/04/30/overdue-post/#comment-296 djbattery Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:05:06 +0000 http://www.ryptide.com/2008/04/30/overdue-post/#comment-296 Now I can't stand hillary. But it scares me that Obama has Wright as his spirital advisor. That terrorifies me. This is not the type of person that should be in the president's ear. The fact that Obama took a long ass time to finally denounce Rev. Wright also scares me, as now it looks disingenous and is only to save political face. I watched Rev Wright speak in Detroit and he is extremely devisive. His words and attitude is exactly the attitude that Obama spoke out against in his "race relations" speech a few weeks ago. It also concerns me that Obama didn't know any of this about the Rev Wright for the last 20 years. Quite honestly, no matter who gets the nom. The democrats will alienate much of their base, there will be defectons to mccain and the superdelegate system is again going to screw the regular voter. If Mccain picks condi as his VP, its over black and female, and with 10-25% of democrats planning on defecting if their candidate loses the primary, it's almost over before it begins. The democratic party is in sad sad shape and those with the most power are to effin stubborn to do anything about it. Now I can’t stand hillary. But it scares me that Obama has Wright as his spirital advisor. That terrorifies me. This is not the type of person that should be in the president’s ear.

The fact that Obama took a long ass time to finally denounce Rev. Wright also scares me, as now it looks disingenous and is only to save political face.

I watched Rev Wright speak in Detroit and he is extremely devisive. His words and attitude is exactly the attitude that Obama spoke out against in his “race relations” speech a few weeks ago.

It also concerns me that Obama didn’t know any of this about the Rev Wright for the last 20 years.

Quite honestly, no matter who gets the nom. The democrats will alienate much of their base, there will be defectons to mccain and the superdelegate system is again going to screw the regular voter.

If Mccain picks condi as his VP, its over black and female, and with 10-25% of democrats planning on defecting if their candidate loses the primary, it’s almost over before it begins.

The democratic party is in sad sad shape and those with the most power are to effin stubborn to do anything about it.

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