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Technosoul · Apr 29, 2008, 05:12 pm

Obama was clearly upset that the Rev Wright hogged up three days of news time to with his antics and for messing up his election bid to be a President. "This is not the same man I once knew" Obama disclosed, "his viewpoints are not shared by me, concerning the AIDS conspiracy, concerning the claim that America is acting like terrorists, and so forth" Obama said. Obama made it clear that nothing that Rev Wright is saying has anything to do with his own viewpoints, background beliefs, or the direction from which his party will take. In effect, Obama is walking out on Rev Wright's "comeback".

The paradox is that Obama is bitter about the antics of Rev Wright during this weekend (right before the next big primary) and he cannot reach for his fomer religion for security. ( nor his gun, if he has one).

So this means that the next couple of days will be spent by news pundants who will talk about how Obama is trying to do damage control concerning the preacher man. More loss time where his message of change and unity will be pushed into the background. More wasted time defending his self from Rev Wright instead of talking about how he wants to improve things in America. What a big mess. And of course the news people fell in love with the Rev Wright because he is so entertaining and radical sounding. Even Carter had to defend his self from a Wright statement during his interveiw on the Larry King show.

What I see here is a generation gap within the black community, the old time folks who experienced the 50s and 60s know where the Rev Wright is coming from, but the younger generation is taking part in some the changes that evolved out of the Martin King Jr days of old. The African Americans have a lot more respect nowadays with leading roles in movies, sports, business, politcs, and on CNN news. Obama belongs to the new generation where as Wright belongs to the "old school".

Bridging that gap will not be an easy one.

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Technosoul Volcanic Erupter Posts: 8,663	Obama bashes Rev. Wright Obama was clearly upset that the Rev Wright hogged up three days of news time to with his antics and for messing up his election bid to be a President. "This is not the same man I once knew" Obama disclosed, "his viewpoints are not shared by me, concerning the AIDS conspiracy, concerning the claim that America is acting like terrorists, and so forth" Obama said. Obama made it clear that nothing that Rev Wright is saying has anything to do with his own viewpoints, background beliefs, or the direction from which his party will take. In effect, Obama is walking out on Rev Wright's "comeback". The paradox is that Obama is bitter about the antics of Rev Wright during this weekend (right before the next big primary) and he cannot reach for his fomer religion for security. ( nor his gun, if he has one). So this means that the next couple of days will be spent by news pundants who will talk about how Obama is trying to do damage control concerning the preacher man. More loss time where his message of change and unity will be pushed into the background. More wasted time defending his self from Rev Wright instead of talking about how he wants to improve things in America. What a big mess. And of course the news people fell in love with the Rev Wright because he is so entertaining and radical sounding. Even Carter had to defend his self from a Wright statement during his interveiw on the Larry King show. What I see here is a generation gap within the black community, the old time folks who experienced the 50s and 60s know where the Rev Wright is coming from, but the younger generation is taking part in some the changes that evolved out of the Martin King Jr days of old. The African Americans have a lot more respect nowadays with leading roles in movies, sports, business, politcs, and on CNN news. Obama belongs to the new generation where as Wright belongs to the "old school". Bridging that gap will not be an easy one.