Barack Obama discusses Rev. Wright on The View

Barack Obama discusses Rev. Wright with the ladies The View.
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Listening to pundits dissect the West Virginia race is making me queasy. Today, a major talking point is the exit polls showing that 50% of voters in that state believe Obama shares the views of Rev. Jeremiah Wright. With astonishment and foreboding, the talking heads titter about his prospects in the fall. Not one of them owns up to exacerbating this mess by reinforcing likely prejudice. The intellectual dishonesty is staggering.

Reporters did not put Obama in that church for twenty years, and yes, the subject was an appropriate campaign topic. But to loop about twenty incendiary seconds from thousands of hours of sermons while linking the politician to the preacher, then act surprised when some voters believe what has been forced down their throats, is disingenuous, to be polite.

As usual, only Bill Moyers bothered to examine the issue with any depth. He has been hitting the circuit to discuss his new book, Moyers on Democracy. He rightly notes that "[b]y no stretch of the imagination can we say the dominant institutions of today's media are guardians of democracy," and as one reviewer summarizes, "Our public conversation is mediated by politicians who have mastered 'sound bites' sculpted from polling data, by "pundits" whose credibility increases with the frequency of exposure despite being consistently wrong, and 'experts' whose authority depends not on reason, evidence or logic but on ideology and affiliation."

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[racrx32]

Everyone needs to shut up, and become mature adults and regardless of my views, I did not vote for him for many reasons, I could care less if he is green ,pink, striped, black or white. Bottom line is, he is our president, not anyones saviour. We all need to pray for him, and support him on the right issues. As pres, he can only do so much, but, he has a tough road ahead of him, so God help president barak. God bless you, congratulations, I will pray daily for him and his family

[freethatthang]

you people who are posting these comments are RACIST, white people have been doing this kind of thing for four hunred plus years,you have the nerve to get angry about something you do all the time,look at your HISTORY,not good at all,you teach your children to hate people who are not like them,again look at YOUR HISTORY,you sound so stupid,the nerve of you to get angry,go back and search your history and then.....

[Xplayers1112]

damn this niggas professional lol

[HotnSmart1]

so after all barack said about this guy why does elisabeth still always use rev wright against obama that girl is crazy

[racrx32]

@Lander123Gal Oh I agree with you he is a puppet. I cannot stand obama. And yes, he is playing a huge roll in the new world order. He has cut our country off at the knees the jerk!!

[Lander123Gal]

Damn this guys a terrific actor, someone get him an oscar!

[Lander123Gal]

@racrx32 lmao u saddass. Do some research on the illuminati/new world order etc . Your president is not working for you, he is just fufilling the commands of those above him :)

[therealestsista]

LOL he transcending because he lied about this pathetic country! Rev. Wright told the truth and there is no reason for Obama to defend his comments, if anything he should co-sign what Rev. Wright says! TRUTH HURT just like what Helen Thomas recently said about the Jews! Yal motherfuckers need to stop doing bad then we won't speak about it hello!

[tbird13936]

the person. Especially when the reasons for not liking the person are based off of short sound bytes and countless of interpretations of his personality fed to you by an intermediary disguised as a "journalist". This is for the individuals who hate our president and are sincerely afraid: how can you hate and fear a man you've never met? Delivering news is a business, and that means that you have to sell a brand that is different from the other brands--there has to be a market for your product.

[tbird13936]

I'm mesmerized. You didn't vote for Barack Obama and you don't care for his policies, but you still see him as a human being. You don't think he's the next coming of Chairman Mao, Stalin, Hitler, or even Satan. You don't think he's a Socialist. You will even pray for him because that's what Jesus would preach--you 79% of America who are Christians, take note. This is the kind of voice the Republican party needs. Bottom line: there's a difference in not liking a presiden't policies and not liking

[blove5000]

Obama threw Rev. Wright under the bus in this video. I love Jeremiah Wright

[dxfactorial]

its funny how all of these women are sitting with their legs crossed...acting all proper cos they are next to the president. These same ho's are loud and obnoxious on any other day. lol