Can someone give me an unbiased, readers digest version of why we're all in a twitch over Wright

[Joe the Revelator]

again today?

I havn't seen the speeches, what was so wrong/right about them?

[GarbagemanLB]

1. Clips taken out of context making people think he 'made fun' of certain people's speaking

styles. Ignoring the fucking THEME OF HIS SPEECH, which was 'Different, NOT deficient'.

[Joe the Revelator]

3. So everyone is in a tizzy over the JFK bit?

Really? Thats it?

[mkultra]

2. ok

he says things that are thought provoking.
republicans and HRC get a headache from thinking
they lash out.
black people.

[MNDemNY]

4. Any thing that puts a spotlight on this Reverend is damaging to Obama.

[Joe the Revelator]

12. This doesn't answer my question at all.

[PassingFair]

5. He's B-L-A-C-K......

didn't you notice?

:sarcasm:

[Cosmocat]

21. and the MSM has SUCCESSFULLY gotten even Ds ...

to chase their own tails with this crape ...

[2rth2pwr]

6. I was blown away by his brilliance, did you catch the part about how African-

Americans have different "tonalities" than white people? And that that is the reason they clap differently?

The honesty is breathtaking.

[IndianaJones]

9. huh? nt.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

14. He was speaking of African music vs. European music

not African people vs. European people. And it's not secret that syncopation in modern American music has it's roots in African music, and syncopation was at one time viewed as a tool of the devil. The entire point of his speech was "different is not deficient". Syncopated music is different from European classical music, but not deficient when compared to that classical music.

[mikelgb]

7. racist motherfuckers think everyboy else is too

[babylonsister]

8. Wright's speeches were great, especially last night's to the NAACP.

Catch it if you can.
The tizzy is produced by the m$m and Clinton supporters, who happen to be one and the same. Guilt by association, Wright=Obama, both bad, bad black men. :eyes:

However, there are some thoughtful DUers who are Clinton supporters and enjoyed his speech, so my brush is too broad.

[mmonk]

10. Bigotry + the politics of bigotry.

Any other reason given is horse hockey.

[americanstranger]

11. Because 'He's scared to debate Hillary' didn't fly.

The content of the speeches doesn't matter in the least.

The fact that Wright made speeches is a problem for some, apparently. But the bottom line is that some people here have to have something to feed on, because the fact that their candidate is facing certain defeat is staring them straight in the face and they need something to keep their minds off that unpleasant fact.

Reverend Wright will get that job done, at least for today. Expect Rezco Revisited later this week.

- as

[scheming daemons]

13. A) Controversial figure says throught-provoking things B) LIVs too simplistic in their thinking to

understand C) Media gives LIVs short out-of-context sound bites so their heads won't hurt any more.

[Stinky The Clown]

15. The perceptions that accrue to some whenever an "angry black man" has the temerity to speak up.

Electoral fear.

If you haven't heard what he said, you owe yourself a listen. I suspect you'll agree with most or all of what he has to say.

He is a very smart man who is spot on in his views of things.

[fed_up_mother]

18. He's ignorant when it comes to soundbites.

Come on? Still spouting the conspiracy theory that the white government is responsible for AIDS? He mentioned that this morning, with NO disclaimers. Yes, I know about the Tuskegee study. But I'm talking about winning ELECTIONS! Democratic president. Democratic house. Democratic senate.

How smart can this man be if he's creating these soundbites? Or does he want Obama to lose? Frankly, that's what it's starting to look like. Either that, or his ego is so big he can't control these "soundbites."

My momma had something to say about this. It's called "cutting off your nose to spite your face." :(

Sure, let's have "this" discussion of race. Go right ahead. But it sure won't matter once McCain is elected. :mad:

[SoCalDem]

16. "Lively" political-minded preacher

LOUDLY preaching and saying controversial stuff in church

Obama's a member of the church, and has said that the pastor was like a father to him..a mentor in his spiritual awakening..

videos of controversial snippets arrive online

media wets its pants from the sheer glee

Obama detaches himself from the pastor's politics

media again wets its pants RE-showing the clips

media demonizes the pastor

pastor resurfaces to defend himself

media wets its pants and prepares to try and destroy Obama over the pastor's comments

that's it in a nutshell

[fed_up_mother]

17. Republican wet dream for sound bites

that will be tied to Obama, fairly or unfairly.

[damntexdem]

19. The rightwing, the Clinton's, and the MSM needed ammo against Obama.

So they dug up a few minutes of video out of decades of sermons by Wright. They now keep playing them; and even when the "controversy" dies down, they start it up again by playing them again. It's the most successful distraction from real issues that they have created so far, but they are working on many more.

[2rth2pwr]

20. Americans are just not ready for a man with the intellectual luminosity Wright has.

Most people are too stupid to understand that black brains are different than white brains, and that's why they clap differently.

[joeybee12]

22. Was there anything wrong? Perhaps not. Was he wrong to make them?

Perhaps...anything he does these days will get wall-to-wall coverage and bring the controversy back out into the open. He's not helping Obama at all...he should just lay low and defend himself later...it's the nature of the MSM beast...I'm not defending the MSM, I'm just pointing out how they react. Sucks, of course, but there it is.