"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them," he said.
"And it's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations,"
From Obama’s Dreams of My Father: ; 'It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.'
From Obama’s Dreams of My Father:
I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, Dubois and Mandela.'
From Obama’s Dreams of My Father: 'I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating> myself to whites.'
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From Obama’s Dreams of My Father: 'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mothers race.'
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From Obama’s Dreams of My Father: 'There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.'
so we can expect bush and mccain to make speeches like this this week then?
If anything this situation is further proof that religion should have absolutely nothing to do with politics. All organized religion does is divide people.
I don't fully trust this chart thing which, for one, fails to take into account 'set up' lines in speeches, but among African Americans, Obama's ratings went OFF THE CHARTS!
The only problem with this little chart is if you look in the left hand corner of the screen there, see what it says? Fox News Channel. That completely ruins any credibility of any "stats" that may be displayed elsewhere on the screen. So all in all this video is worthless.
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
Funny how Obama coudn't bring himself to mention to good that has happen in race relations in the last 40 years. There are many blacks that are so OVERSENSITIVE about race, it has become like salt on a wound that would heel with it wasn't there. Obama's church and his pastor are the main reasons for racial problems in America. Jerimah Wright was Obama's Pastor for twenty years, and people are suppose to believe that Obama didn't hear any of his venom? A sucker is born every second I guress.
What? Yes he did mention it. That was his key point about Wright.
Obama talks of "Reverend Wright's generation" in regards to how it "define[s] their worldview in fundamental ways."
Obama says, "The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is... that he spoke as if our society was static; as if no progress has been made." Then, "But what we know -- what we have seen -- is that America can change."
It's obvious you didn't read or listen to his speech.
The real time tracking sends an important message. Geraldine Ferraro was right. Black people are voting for Obama not on any issue other then that pigmentation oh is skin. In their eyes, Obama can do no wrong, and they happen to agree 1000% with Jerimah Wright. All one has to do is conduct a poll among must blacks to see if they agree with Jerimah Wright's comments. Most blacks do not like thi country. The brainwashing by people like Wright has done way to much damage in the black community.
This speech is antique. We need to concentrate how to get out of the shitty mess we're in right now, for everybody! Black, white or whatever. We can't begin to help our own people better here at home until we get out of the shit hole we're in right now.
Some might readily use the fact, that the African-American part of the audience seemed to agree with him much more than the rest, to argue that his message is in fact racial in character (as were say Rev Wright's words).
But before we come to that conclusion, remember, this speech is about how to overcome a history of oppression OF blacks BY whites. So his words will naturally resonate with the African-Americans in the audience much more than with an "undecided voter" (whatever that means).
If this was truly an unbiased study (as far as such a thing is possible), then it ilustrates a very important point. The fact that the response of Repubs, Dems, Ind. etc is so similar (look at the shape of the curves not the relative magnitudes) through different parts of the speech, means that at least he sounds CONSISTENT to people from a wide political spectrum. Can that be a anything but a good thing? Another indicator that this man has integrity.
The fact that the Dems, Reps and Indies had similar trajectories is not an indication of "sounding consistent," it is an indication that the three groups had similar reactions to those comments...
If it were really an issue of "sounding consistent," the trajectories would have remained relatively "flat," rather than spiking and dipping on different comments.
Since when are polls supposed to have value? hahaha... I feel bad for professional pollsters. Their jobs are about as useful to society as professional email spammers.
4 /4
From Obama’s speech in San Francisco:
"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them," he said.
"And it's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations,"
Twilightifyable 11 months ago
3 /4
From Obama’s Audacity of Hope: 'I will stand with the {Muslims} should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.' page 261.
Twilightifyable 11 months ago
2 /4
From Obama’s Dreams of My Father: ; 'It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.'
From Obama’s Dreams of My Father:
I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, Dubois and Mandela.'
Twilightifyable 11 months ago
1 /4 Obama’s Anti-American sentiment.
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From Obama’s Dreams of My Father: 'I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating> myself to whites.'
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From Obama’s Dreams of My Father: 'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mothers race.'
.
From Obama’s Dreams of My Father: 'There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.'
Twilightifyable 11 months ago
so we can expect bush and mccain to make speeches like this this week then?
If anything this situation is further proof that religion should have absolutely nothing to do with politics. All organized religion does is divide people.
mizilus 4 years ago
pretty good
assweeping 4 years ago
I don't fully trust this chart thing which, for one, fails to take into account 'set up' lines in speeches, but among African Americans, Obama's ratings went OFF THE CHARTS!
FalconX2000 4 years ago
Wright's speech is representative of how many blacks feel. So, what does this say about America?
It says, Barack will throw his grandmammie under the bus for political gains.
tennismike22 4 years ago
The only problem with this little chart is if you look in the left hand corner of the screen there, see what it says? Fox News Channel. That completely ruins any credibility of any "stats" that may be displayed elsewhere on the screen. So all in all this video is worthless.
ogjimkenobi 4 years ago
Uh hello...the "real time tracking" is cool, right? C'mon now, who drew that chart and animated a (screen) over it???
ajsgod123 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Funny how Obama coudn't bring himself to mention to good that has happen in race relations in the last 40 years. There are many blacks that are so OVERSENSITIVE about race, it has become like salt on a wound that would heel with it wasn't there. Obama's church and his pastor are the main reasons for racial problems in America. Jerimah Wright was Obama's Pastor for twenty years, and people are suppose to believe that Obama didn't hear any of his venom? A sucker is born every second I guress.
xpandergt 4 years ago
What? Yes he did mention it. That was his key point about Wright.
Obama talks of "Reverend Wright's generation" in regards to how it "define[s] their worldview in fundamental ways."
Obama says, "The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is... that he spoke as if our society was static; as if no progress has been made." Then, "But what we know -- what we have seen -- is that America can change."
It's obvious you didn't read or listen to his speech.
DhaliClone 4 years ago 2
The real time tracking sends an important message. Geraldine Ferraro was right. Black people are voting for Obama not on any issue other then that pigmentation oh is skin. In their eyes, Obama can do no wrong, and they happen to agree 1000% with Jerimah Wright. All one has to do is conduct a poll among must blacks to see if they agree with Jerimah Wright's comments. Most blacks do not like thi country. The brainwashing by people like Wright has done way to much damage in the black community.
xpandergt 4 years ago
You have absolutely no knowledge of the black community at all. Stop pretending you're smart, you're just making excuses for your racism.
CrowsTurnOff 4 years ago
This speech is antique. We need to concentrate how to get out of the shitty mess we're in right now, for everybody! Black, white or whatever. We can't begin to help our own people better here at home until we get out of the shit hole we're in right now.
chickadee66 4 years ago
Some might readily use the fact, that the African-American part of the audience seemed to agree with him much more than the rest, to argue that his message is in fact racial in character (as were say Rev Wright's words).
But before we come to that conclusion, remember, this speech is about how to overcome a history of oppression OF blacks BY whites. So his words will naturally resonate with the African-Americans in the audience much more than with an "undecided voter" (whatever that means).
statecollegeblues 4 years ago
If this was truly an unbiased study (as far as such a thing is possible), then it ilustrates a very important point. The fact that the response of Repubs, Dems, Ind. etc is so similar (look at the shape of the curves not the relative magnitudes) through different parts of the speech, means that at least he sounds CONSISTENT to people from a wide political spectrum. Can that be a anything but a good thing? Another indicator that this man has integrity.
statecollegeblues 4 years ago
The fact that the Dems, Reps and Indies had similar trajectories is not an indication of "sounding consistent," it is an indication that the three groups had similar reactions to those comments...
If it were really an issue of "sounding consistent," the trajectories would have remained relatively "flat," rather than spiking and dipping on different comments.
elrompecuero 4 years ago
apparantly this poster didn't realize that 54% of democrats are black
larrym444 4 years ago
I'm a Democrat. Am I 54% "black"? Where the hey did you pull that statistic out of?
ddayiv 4 years ago
can somebody please explain the value of polling during a speech? Do those numbers mean anything, or is it just a fancy statistic?
applaya 4 years ago
Since when are polls supposed to have value? hahaha... I feel bad for professional pollsters. Their jobs are about as useful to society as professional email spammers.
mientememami 4 years ago
To guage what a specific focus group thinks about specific segments of the speech, maybe?
elrompecuero 4 years ago