Why won't the Cons and Hillary supporters let this Rev. Wright incident die down?

Question

The cons believe that Rev. Wright is a racist...okay....we all get it. These questions and news coverage on Obama/Rev. Wright are getting repetitious. Aren't there MORE IMPORTANT issues to worry about?

Answer 1

I think it's a distraction technique. If we and the media are all focused on that, then we're not talking about the war lasting six years and no end in sight, the economy in recession, gas at $4/gallon, foreclosures up 110% from last year, etc.



Also, this is the only subject they have to criticize Obama on, so they're working it for as long as they can!

Answer 2

It's a pretty important issue. Obama spend near half his life as a parishoner being 'mentored' by Wright. That's not something you can just blow off. It's really not /just/ Wright, the controversey has revealed a whole sub-culture that most of America has been blissfully unaware of.



Ultimately, though, the attention should not be on Wright, himself. His inflamatory rhetoric brought the issue to light, but he's no longer important. What is important is examining the depth of Obama's participation in and committment to such a political movement.

Answer 3

It won't die down until its been discussed to death.

Just like Hillary's thinking she heard sniper fire twelve years ago.

Unlike that though which is thoroughly irrelevant to today, it makes you really wonder about the character of the man who calls another a mentor, a man who brought him to Christ, who married him, and baptized his children and then says he didn't know what Wright was all about. Wright made no secret of it, its on the Church's website. So did it just go downhill when white America heard about it?

What other core values of Obamas are going to change when one group or another hears of it?

There are more important issues, but its hard to get coverage of them. TV isn't the place to get information on serious issues from anymore and the newspapers all seem to be predicated on what sells and entertains, not what serious people think.



Judging from Wrights performance in several venues during the weekend, no one needed to pay him, he seemed to be eating up the attention and becoming more insulting and outrageous with each interview.

Answer 4

Actually no. And frankly, in my opinion, the 'Rev Wright' issue is much bigger than Obama or either of the other two candidates.



If it was just the Rev that was racist and harbored this beliefs and feelings, okay, fine. But it's not. His views are shared by many in the black community. THAT is a huge problem. Was it a problem when racist bigotry was pervasive in the white community? Yeah, it was. Would you have suggested we just ignore racism and let the ignorant bigotry in white society persist? Somehow I doubt it.



Racism is wrong in an individual, but it's extremely troubling when these views are held by a significant portion of America's population. Did we know about it prior to Rev. Wright? Sure we did. But we had no idea how big it was, how pervasive it was, how incredibly misguided and damaging it is. This is huge. There's a HUGE problem in the black community and there's not a darned thing that 'European' Americans can do about it. There's not a darned thing that the government can do about it. The 'change' has to come from within the black community, not from without. And when folks like the good Reverend foist the blame on others, he buries the problem and until you can deal with the real problem, you cannot affect a real solution.



That's why it bugs me. That's why I won't let this die down. It has nothing to do with politics.

Answer 5

Because most whites , and i am white, seem to think what he said was all just crazy stuff, when in reality, much of it has a basis...ie the tuskegee experiment and there were many other things like this, so wright comes across like a lunatic, but he actually made some good points, just too crazy for whites, although i guess its ok that all those right wing fanatics like pat roberts who has said worse get a free pass.

Answer 6

Everything is important to some one. Its the news network that brings it back, and of course Rev. Wright wants the spot on himself as well. He will run in 2012, with Al.

Answer 7

Rev Wright brought this up with his recent speech. And if these are the kind of thoughts that a possible future president believes in then we are in trouble. To say GD America is kind of a harsh thing. I don't want the future president to go to a church that teaches that when the pres should find ways to make the US better not damn it.

Answer 8

It is all they have on Obama.



Like someone posted, Hillary paid good money to have Wright at that press conference the other day.

Answer 9

There is no issue more important then the integrity and character of the man or woman running for President. Who cares about the economy or the environment if the President is a crook, pedophile, crackhead, lying, cheating, swindler, etc. I think that should be the first question we should always ask of our Presidential hopefuls.

Answer 10

I thought it was dying down, until Rev. Wright addressed the US Press corp affair. He kinda brought the whole thing back to light.

Answer 11

more important issue(s) than..

who will be the next President of the United States of America



..NO, there is not

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Cons have just begun their attacks

if obama gets the nomination you will see the Start of the Real attacks !!

Answer 12

why Rev. wright enjoy the spotlight but your right it time to turn thepage(i STILL VOTED FOR hILL)

Answer 13

It is Rev. Wright who won't let it die down. He is pouring gasoline on a fire.

Answer 14

This is important. This guy has been Obama's moral and spiritual compass and rudder for the last 20 years. Obama believes what this guy preaches. If he didn't, he would have been offended and found another church.

Answer 15

Because they know they cannot win on the more important issues.

Answer 16

Because it's working SO WELL.



Just look at Osama's poll number!





McCain '08

Answer 17

it is a perfect distraction for them. The media is eating it up. they are all eating it up. and in the meantime, no one is focusing on their short comings.

Answer 18

Because it's the only thing they have on Obama.

Answer 19

Yes and I have heard all I need to hear about it...

Answer 20

Cause Hillary paid good money for him to be a nuisance.