Obama's Reverend....what do you think?

鈥淏lack men turning on black men 鈥?that is fighting the wrong enemy. You both are the primary targets in an oppressive society that sees both of you as a dangerous threat.鈥?br>

鈥淩acism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run!鈥e [in the U.S.] believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God.鈥?{another sermon speech}

鈥淭he government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.鈥?br>


鈥淚n the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just 鈥榙isappeared鈥?as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns.鈥?{said in a magazine}

"The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people. God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme." {in a 2003 sermon}

Just to state some facts. Obama was married by this man and both his children were baptized by him. He only disowned him when he realized it would hurt his campaigne. Don't believe me just google the name Reverend Wright.
How do you feel about these quotes? Are they wrong, right, good, bad? I respect everyone's opinions, just wondering what you think.

I agree, somewhat that it is water under the bridge. I just got onto answers recently so I didn't get a chance to ask this before the election. But you have to wonder if they still keep in touch. If so that is a scary thing to have in the white house.

Yeah.....and to think that America is proud that they elected one of his faithful followers to be the next president. And they dare call Republicans racist.......

God Damn America for killing innocent people -- all through the bloody history of America, we have killed innocent people. Native American villages were raided when the braves were out hunting and women and children were murdered. In Vietnam, we carpet bombed cities and killed millions of innocent people - most of them old men, women, and children -- because the young men were engaged in battle. In Iraq we have killed tens of thousands of women and children. Last week in Afghanistan we killed 33 civilians, most of whom were children. Put things in perspective.

Obviously Obama's thinking is very different than this guy's. People choose churches for a lot of reasons, and except for many fundamentalists and Unitarians, politics is usually not high on their list. At the time this issue first came up, most Americans did not know Obama. We can now judge him on his own merits. Most people put this one to bed long ago!

I don't think I can fully appreciate Rev. Wright's approach without being a member of the inner-city congregation. I'm sure he approaches things from a different angle than most pastors. So it's easy to jump to conclusions; I'd like to see more indepth coverage of the entire church someday.

But I will say this -- the sound bites that I have heard were a little shocking.

I can't believe people are still bringing him up. Agree with what Obama said about those statements.

I agree with ya, but hey, that's pretty much water under the bridge now

He is a waste of my time and attention..

He's our Reverend now, get use to Wright