It's not Obama's pastor that bothers me, it is Obama himself. In defending his pastor, and making his typically white comment, he has exposed himself as a person that thinks blacks can't do anything wrong and whites can't do anything right. This makes him a racist and black supremist, and there is no way in hell, I would want him for a president. This leaves me with no one to vote for, but I should be used to that by now. All politicians are typically scum, and in a campaign, the scum rises to the top.

At last something has surfaced that can put a good face on our underlying desire not to vote for a black man.

The accusation of being a closet Muslim was a bit tenuous and besides, a little racist in itself.

The crime of smoking while being black, a little too transparent and silly.

But this, his awkwardly worded attempt to acknowledge a very common reaction of white people when they encounter an unknown black male, ahhhhhhhhh finally we have a conscience salving excuse to turn our back on another black candidate. How satisfying. The search can end, we have a principled excuse to do the wrong thing.

I never see color. I treat all people as individuals. But, accuse me of being prejudice, and your going to end up kissing my white butt. I've been in a lot of situations where I was the only white man present. The white race is the minority race of the world. I never owned any slaves and have never harmed anouther person other than in self defense. So, don't blame your damn black troubles on me, I had nothing to do with them, and I have enough problems of my own. Besides, if it wasn't for slavery all of these dudes would still be in Africa. They got free transportation to America and never got charged for the trip. If they don't like this country, there are boats and planes leaving every day.

One night my car stalled and I had to walk. I ran into six really large black dudes. They ran like hell. They were afraid of me. But, yet, it is the typical white people that are prejudice. Bull crap. Grow up, and quite blamiong all of your problems on white people. like I do.

Stratocaster: Your level of ignorance frightens me! Why don't you be honest. You are trapped in your own ignorance and you are afraid to exceed the sum of what you have been taught all of your life.

I truly feel sorry for you and your kind.

Obama 08'

When I say I don't see color, I mean I don't judge people buy their color. I have worked for years in situations where I was the only white person. I have black people for friends. There are black people I trust my back with, but none of them whine and blame all of their problems on this poor white dude. I find some of Obama's words objectionable. So what? He is not Jesus returned to the earth.

Be very afraid... Be very afraid when Stratocaster tells the world, by his own admission, he has BLACK FRIENDS!

I agree with Hillary on this one.."I think that given all we have heard and seen, he would not have been my pastor."

I also understand where Obama is coming from, saying he does not agree with wright but is not willing to disavow him as his friend and pastor. IF Obama were to renounce Wright he would have many blacks saying he renounced his race. Obama is between a rock and a hard place, and dealing with the issue of Wright, being wrong, will not be easy. Its much the same as Hillary, blamed for what her husband says, has said, does and has done. She chose to stay with him and people have not, nor will they, get over it...I doubt if Obama will escape it either. I was not too surprised to hear Wright's "God damn America" sermon, because he and a FEW (not many) other black ministers have preached prejudice for years.
When Michelle Obama said in a talk, "for the first time in my life, I'm proud to be an American" Since I already knew about the Church she was attending, with Rev. Wright as its pastor and preacher, she has heard more than a few blatently biased sermons over the years, so, I was not as surprised to hear her say it as I was shocked.

I do not think Obama is a racist any more than Hillary is. We all have friends and relatives who we totally disagree with yet love regardless, but since we are not all running for president, we do not have to face the non-stop scrutiny they have to endure at every turn..

One would have too be deaf, blind and dumb to think that racism does not exist in all races, but, we do not have to be a part of the bigoted ignorance, that racism is.

"Accomplishments have no race, gender or creed"

Obama seems to be a typical socialist, enamored with government solutions to the problems government itself creates. But I personally don't give a hoot what his pastor says, just as I don't give a hoot about what the Pope says when a Catholic runs for office, or what the Mormon Church preaches when Mitt Romney runs, or what Pastor Hagee, Pat Robertson, or Jerry Falwell think when George Bush and John McCain run for office. If they disavow the more execrable creeds of those denominations, that's good enough for me.

Hillary Is A Monster With A Monster Sized Ego That Has No Qualms About Her Own Personal Ego Trip that she will let the best interest of the Democratic Party Fall on a pike before her own ego appeasment.