Julian Sanchez is right, the problem is that political surveilance is irresistable, and history proves it.
JMR

A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover.

Obama can say literally say anything with his oratorial style and the MSM will lap it up. He could honestly read from the Philadelphia phone book and various "pundits" would be panting and having heart palpitations.

As far as the voting public goes in flyover country....I think the genie is out of the bottle, so to speak. Virutally no one is going to be listening to this speech - and the ones that are will be only a tiny fraction of those that heard Rev Wright.

Mitt Romney's much hyped "Mormon speech" was touted highly, but in the end, didn't really change much for his candidacy.

"women and minorities hardest hit"

Seems Obama is going on Clintoon time....

I'm waiting...and waiting... 

If Obama cares so much and so deeply for the people of Chicago, why is he giving this speech in Philadelphia?

And who is this clown?

The set-up man?

Theme for Election '08: I want my mommy!

Slavery was original sin? What is that supposed to even mean? And his campaign is all about finishing the work of the abolitionists?

He can't say jack about Hillary making this a racial issue.

I expect him to brush over the fact that he KNEW what his reverend stood for despite his implying that he never heard his Pastor say thosse harsh things.

I am black and I lifelong attender of black churches. But I have never heard any black preachers spew the nonsense that 'Reverend' Wright spewed. If I did, or ever do, there is an excellent chance that I will walk right out of that church.

Here we are trying to heal racial tensions and that nut job of the cloth is flaming them. He is no more relevant than Jackson and Sharpton.

Obama becoming our next Commander in Chief would be a huge mistake.

So one minute his campaign is all about finishing the abolition movement....

then 90 seconds later his campaign is not about affirmative action.

???

Oh, and PS - I NEVER hear my pastor say things I find offensive.

"What do you expect from this speech?"

Gotta say, I don't expect a whole lot. What can he say that changes the fact that he has belonged to a racist, hate preaching church and has been cozying up to its racist leader for 20 years, a church he is still a member of, and pastor he still turns to, not to mention his marriage to a woman who without a doubt agrees strongly with what this pastor and his church was preaching.

If anyone wants to listen to Glenn Beck, he's breaking down the speech piece by piece on his radio show right now. Log onto www.woai.com to listen.

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Is Obama this dumb or is he playing a dummy on television.

Showing his and Michelle's true colors...

This speech is outrageous...absolutely outrageous.

Blame us for his and Wright's and others sins....

Beyond pathetic...I am furious with his words, how the hell dare he!

Lord I cannot wait to see his defeat....and Hill's too...but his more-so at the moment.

He just said Wright did a good thing actually, after-all one of his members of the church got to be a candidate for the Presidency.

Friggin' unbelievable. 

Last time I checked there was an IRS code that said something about making political comments in a tax-exempt institution like a church. When is the IRS going to pull the tax-exempt status of Obama's Trinity United Church?

and Mussolini kept the trains on time. The liberal argument is always that it doesn't matter what you spew into the dark or do with your right hand, as long as you do Good Works with your left.

The last I checked, he wasn't running for President of Day Care.  Furthermore, I'd like to see the books of that day care: did it make money?

Absolutely horrendous...pathetic, racist, blaming the white man, conservatives, talk show hosts...blah blah blah...

He may as well kiss his dreams good-bye....the audacity of his speech is breath taking...I know the msm will love it of course, but the normal man out here won't.

He stuck up for Wright and his hate preach when it comes right down to it....and himself.

I do not care how the msm spins this...which they are...Sally Quinn, Joe Watkins all saying what a great speech this is...well they are going to see in Nov. how great this maddening BS, this infuriating , racist, yes racist speech was...

Unifying they are saying this is....staggering speech they are saying...

Unifying my arse!!!! Staggering... I agree.

I get annoyed listening to him speak.

He gets a high cadence                     thenareallyquickfinish.
                                 then a low one

And did you hear those cheap shots BO took at "conservatives", as though THEY were the ones who say "God Damn America". Typical "liberal" tactic. Try to shift the blame. You can run on this one BO, but you can't hide--sorry, buddy. Face your faults. Face the black community's faults as well as those of "white" America. Stop trying to shift the blame. We're not buying the garbage you're selling. Until those like you tell the truth, America will never be united!

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

Having been the target of personal hatred, racism, and discrimination by Reverend Wright and his many parishoners, I find it deeply offensive there has been no apology offered by Revered Wright, Senator Obama, nor anyone from the Trinity United Chruch of Christ or the Obama campaign.

Obama will not disavow his relationship with Wright, a man with a hatred and raging anger against White America that is so deeply embedded in his pysche, Wright, to this day, by Obama's admission, still believes it is 1960, that America is "static". The ideals, values, and perceptions Wright preaches in his church, for the last thirty-five years, come from that place in his hate-filled soul.

Obama wants you to "understand" the man has issues and even though he has been preaching hatred of White America to his parishoners for the last thirty-five years, Obama included, remember that he doesn't realize he's living in the past, nor do the people of the church that jump to their feet and clapping their hands in agreement with his hatred.

That these parishoners of Reverend Wright, for the last thirty-five years, have taken those hate-filled words home from Sunday services and repeat them to their children and friends, and they tell two friends, and they tell two friends, and so on, and so on, and so on... for generations, thus perpetuating hatred and racism in America today.

It all boils down to Obama's heartfelt belief that:

"In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed. Not just with words, but with deeds – by investing in our schools and our communities; by enforcing our civil rights laws and ensuring fairness in our criminal justice system; by providing this generation with ladders of opportunity that were unavailable for previous generations. It requires all Americans to realize that your dreams do not have to come at the expense of my dreams; that investing in the health, welfare, and education of black and brown and white children will ultimately help all of America prosper."

I had expected something different, and certainly something so much more. *shrug* Obama just anotha haytah, yo. The beliefs of Obama's wife, Michelle, too, and the influence of Reverend Wright's hatred, is more than apparent in her college thesis and recently published remarks.

Obama's speech was very clever.

The issues regarding Wright have to do with his rantings over anti-America and anti-Israel - - -  neither were directly addressed.

Instead he attempted to shift the focus to race relations and the old argument of blaming White America for all of Black America's problems.

I believe he did not do enough to get his campaign back on track and more issues will arise. If he does become the nominee this will be a historic McCain landslide.

Today's speech did more to set back race than anything in the last 14 years-only OJ did close to the same.  We now know that churches are spewing hatred of America, hatred of the white man, hatred of corp America, etc.  The candidate of UNITY has now shattered the fragile layer of race relations by never totally distancing himself from words of pure hatred.  His statement of not agreeing is too simple.  If you stay in a room full of fleas, you are not able to keep all the fleas off!  When you continue in an environment that does not change, it changes you, you do not change it.  Really what he said just reiterates some of what Repubs have said for years-programs to make things better do not work.  We the people believe it is people that make things work, not government!  He spouts about how the blacks and lower class whites have been put down by the rich-this is hatred speech.  Some blacks and whites have rose to monetary status because they did not believe they were to be kept by the government, but that they could, with the will of GOD and their own hard work, succeed!  He talked of lines in the emergency rooms of hospitals of people without insurance.  They don't have it because they won't pay for it!  Not because it isn't available!  He brings up Dr King, well, to borrow from someone else, BHO you are no MLK!  And what did the ASHLEY story have to do with anything.  14 years ago, let's see, Bill Clinton in WH.  Poor Ashley's mother had cancer[I'm sorry for her and her family], and he says she lost her job because she missed work and lost her health care.  Well if she had health care, it would continue under Cobra for a certain period of time.  Ashley ate relish and mustard sandwiches.  Did not any church know of Ashley and her mom's fate.  My church helps those in need.  It's supposed to be a story to inspire, but I read a sign recently that said, "Aspire to inspire before you expire!".  Good words to go by.  The Ashley story has too many missing components.  I've love to know more, know why no one helped in her neighborhood, church, etc.  To finish his story he says the elderly black man says only "I'm here because of Ashley", but never really explains it-was it because she went to his home and said come out, or was it because she related the story to him, or just what?  The speech was void of any real substance.  That's one man's opinion!    

From an interview in GQ:

Meghan confesses that her real love life hasn't been especially active
lately. She's gone on only one official date since her dad's campaign
began, but she bowed out early with a "headache." Then there was also
the rumor that she'd been seen with--horrors--a Ron Paul supporter.

"That
has been blown out of proportion in every way!" she exclaims. "What
happened is that I dropped my coffee and he helped me with it and was
like, 'Do you want to go to Baja Fresh?'... Not that I would be against
dating a Ron Paul supporter, but he turned out to be very strange. He
collected Barbie dolls. I called my girlfriends after and was like,
'That's weird, right?' "

Obama has done it! I thought the Clintons had done it, untill I read his speech. That is the biggest load of clap-trap I have ever heard. There is so many things in that trash, or omitted from his little talk, I dont know where to start!

The bottom line is, racism and hate is deeply ingrained in this one.

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The first two contestants were losers

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Actually, it appears to be Mexico's fault.