One of the aftermaths of Imus and his racial slurs to the Rutgers Women's Basketball team came on April 11, 2007. On that day, Senator Obama made the following statements "I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus, but I would also say that there's nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group. And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude."

Furthermore, Sen. Barack Obama called for the firing of talk radio host Don Imus who referred to the women as "nappy headed hoes." Obama said he would never again appear on Imus' show, which had been broadcast on CBS Radio and MSNBC television. Obama said he appeared once on Imus' show two years ago, and "I have no intention of returning."

Obama said Imus "didn't just cross the line. He fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to deal with today in America. The notions that as young African-American women -- who I hope will be athletes -- that that somehow makes them less beautiful or less important. It was a degrading comment. It's one that I'm not interested in supporting." Although every presidential candidate had decried the racist remarks, Obama was the first one to say Imus should lose his job for them.

Let's move ahead one year later where we discover Obama's spiritual advisor has been saying a lot of racist and anti-American remarks much more inflamatory than Imus. Additionally, these remarks were not one-time occurences, but have been going on for 30 years. Why didn't Obama disassociate himself from Rev. Wright? Obama said Imus fed into the worst stereotypes. What about Wright saying "White America invented AIDS to kill off the black man" and that it shouldn't be "God bless America. It is God damn White America." Isn't that feeding into an even worst stereotype than Imus' remarks?

How come Obama didn't demand Wright step down from his pulpit at some time during the 20 years Obama had a relationship with the man? How come Obama kept the man on not only as his spiritual advisor but also put him on his campaign staff for the presidency?

There is something very very wrong about this picture of Obama, and it is summed up by the fact that in Obama's world, blacks can be racist; whites cannot.

It's osama not obama

This thread is gonna be crazy lol

WRONG YET AGAIN

i agree full heartedly...obama is racist by asscoition with his pastor....what you wrote is mild compared to some statements his pastor has made....

I'm so tired of hearing about Obama and his pastor.

Not one commentator that I have heard has commented on something that I pieced together, and believe it makes much more sense that the radical teaching of Wright did leave a mark on the Obama's.

We all know how close Obama was to Wright, that can't be denied, and he did admit that he was present during times the man said things "that could" be taken as being controversial.

Okay, we know all that. But does everyone forget the time Michelle Obama said "For the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country"?

Does that NOT sound like an opinion she came to after hearing, taking in, and agreeing to the radical, anti-American, anti-White, anti-Jew statements Wright has been saying for years? I mean, this lady went to Princeton and Harvard!

How exactly does she and Barack connect with the "struggling black man, unable to get anywhere in life because of whitey" that Pastor Wright preaches on and made his wealth from?

Michelle Obama's comments are a DIRECT SIGN that the hateful rhetoric of Wright not only seeped into her and likely Barack's opinion of the country, but it is also being displayed, her was the obvious slip of it.

make sure your facts are straight -- what really occurred was

...With the Rev. Al Sharpton leading calls Monday for radio host Don Imus to be fired over racially insensitive remarks, Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign avoided the controversy throughout the day.

...Not until Monday evening, five days after Imus's comments were uttered and hours after CBS Radio and MSNBC announced a two-week suspension for the radio host, did Obama weigh in, saying in a statement: "The comments of Don Imus were divisive, hurtful, and offensive to Americans of all backgrounds." Obama did not address whether he thought Imus should be taken off the air.

The country, even in light of knowing racism is such a compelling issue, continues to bring racism into everything - just like your reply. Obama attends workship, he has maintained a relatinship with Wright, whether we like it or not. Obama agrees with him on some things, objects to others, this doesn't mean he should disassociate himself with a long time friend, even if the presidency is on the line. Finally, a candidate who has some balls, we should worship the man.

It just amazes me that people are actually voting for this man--can you imagine how a foreign leader will be greeted at the whitehouse?

What foriegn country is he the president of?

clueless..don't ya think?

I would like to hear educated rebutals to this please. Please humor me, I mean....enlighten me!

personally bastet i wouldn't associate with hate mongers period,the end,whit or black.and don't tell me if I hung with whites who called blacks the N word or Mexicans "greasers" etc.that you would figure i wasn't just like them.People show their character by who they allow in their lives. By supporting a racist pig who hides behind Jesus and denying his white heritage Osama has shown me he is just as racist as his mentor.
I will not vote for him even if he were running for dogcatcher.

you're quick

starsailor .... I agree with what you are saying. Incidentally, there is a video on YouTube made by someone like you or me, not a news commentator. It has Mrs. Obama making that comment, along with Obama lying about not knowing what Wright was preaching, and Wright spewing his inflamanatory remarks.

Something else that is very disturbing to me is that I saw several black ministers on cable last night who said all black churches espouse the same teachings as Wright. The reasoning is that black people need to know what slavery did to them and how the white man continually oppresses them. All of the ministers claim that it is not racist/hate when one listens to all of the sermons. If this is true, then this is very frigtening that black people are being taught to hate whites by the ministers who are supposed to keep them straight. The black ministers believe that past oppression/slavery is not only an excuse but also gives them the right to preach these hate messages. Has anyone else heard this insane rhetoric that all black churches are preaching hate of America and white people?

Obama's statement was "I would also say that there's nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group. And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude." The implication there is that Obama was calling for the firing of Imus.

Yes, Obama should disassociate himself from Wright. Let's look at things this way. Suppose McCain's minister was a member of the KKK who wanted all blacks shipped back to Africa. Would you vote for McCain? Would you say McCain has the right to continue going to that church, whether we like it or not? Would you say McCain has a right to continue his association with that minister? Of course not, you, the Liberals, and most people of African descent would be in the streets not only demanding that McCain be removed as the Republican nominee for president, you would demand he be removed from the US Senate. You did it to Trett Lott for a much much minor offense.

There is no comparison of Imus and Obamas preacher. The difference is that the preacher "believes" he is helping his flock, right or wrong, and Imus was derogatory just to be so.

Second, people do not follow everything that their preachers say do, nor do they all believe everything a preacher preaches.

We all knew that the race card would get pulled on this election and the gender card also. We all knew that Bill's problems would plague Hillary.

If you are a racist you were not going to vote for Obama anyway and if you are a chauvenist you were not going to vote for Hillary either so that leave McCain for the ignorant among us.