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Question: Will the Jeremiah Wright controversy cost Barack Obama the election?


Yes. It shows he lacks judgment.	votes: 15	24%
Yes. His responses have been inconsistent.	votes: 9	15%
No. He will win or lose on more substantive issues.	votes: 20	32%
No. The media have blown this way out of proportion.	votes: 18	29%

Yes. It shows he lacks judgment.
Comments:

OBAMA IS A LIER AND APPEARS TO HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE FLAG OR HIS COUNTRY. OUR COUNTRY DESERVES AND NEEDS MORE. IF HE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT HE NEED CHARACTER AND HONESTY IS VITAL. HE HAS PLAYED US, AS IF WE ARE IDIOTS. HE HAS NO EXPERIENCE, NONE AND SHOWS NO COMMON SENSE, WE SHOULD BE SMARTER THAN TO VOTE FOR THIS KID! BEING ABLE TO SPEAK IS ONE THING AND PROMISE THINGS LIKE A SANTA CLAUSE IS FOOLING SOME VOTERS. WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BHO is clearly the worst person for America. Nobody can honestly beleive that BHO, an admitted Black Nationalist, could be in the dark about his pastor and mentor's views. BHO needs to be stopped. Now.

Obama will get the Dem nomination regardless of what Hillary does. However, in the general election the Wright issue will resurface and cause him more problems. Wright is a self-serving black racist and will do all he can to derail Obama just to get even for being dissed by him. Additionally, Michelle Obama is a bitter, harsh speaker which will also hurt Obama on the circuit. And once the public realizes just how liberal the Obamas are, and how condescending they really are, they will have second thoughts about them. McCain is no prize but at least we know who he is and what he really stands for and has a track record. Obama has never done anything or stood for anything of significance in Congress. He is a lightweight with no experience and if he wasn't black would have been out of the race long ago.

If Obama is the Dem nominee, stick a fork in him, he's done. Not just because of Wright, but Ayres, Rezko and many other things I'm sure the Republicans have dug up on him.

Yes. His responses have been inconsistent.
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He is chicken to debate Hillary!! I won't vote for someone who is that scared of women. He won't get my vote..

But he's the darling of the MEDIA! When are the people going to learn that HE'S NOT for America?

No. He will win or lose on more substantive issues.
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the nomination is up to obma to win or loose...

Wright is clearly wrong. However, the Obama campaign will be judged on bigger and more important issues.

If he loses...it will be because he does not have a clue of a plan on fixing all the stuff he promises to fix. What a joke. He is nothing more than a good speaker who obviously passed college oral communication classes.

Looks like he's still ahead of Hillary.

No. The media have blown this way out of proportion.
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Talk about a manufactured issue. I have been offended as much or more by things Hagee, Fallwell and Robertson have said as Wright. The N-S is part and parcel to the cynical use of the 3-G's (god, guns and gays) to distract people from real substantive issues like the war, the economy and so forth. Its past time to give this manufactured issue a rest

That's like asking if McCain will lose because idiots like Rush Lamebrain and Bill O'Rielly are closely associated with him. What another incredibly stupid and biased question, NS!

A non issue!

No. Why should he be judged by a loud mouthed, self centered individual who saw a chance for his place in the sun. He used his relationship with Obama to push himself to the top of the heap. Forget about him and his flare for the words and gestures. My minister does not always speak for me in this world.

All one must do is read the comments of the Revs. Robertson, Falwell, Hagey, etc. Let's be fair about this. My minister has said things with which I don't agree! Give it a rest!

With all the coverage by the media,people get numb about it.Then Osama makes it out to be like it never happened. All the hatred that is in Osama and his wife Michelle, is coming out and they will mess up and be caught in a big lie. Is he an Iranian cell, ready to take out America if he becomes President? He scares me, he doesn't seem to want anybody to know much about him. Only what he talks about. The press needs to come up with the facts about Osama and Michelle, like why was he dressed up in the clothing from Iraq? etc...The media is too afraid of racism. Why? Shouldn't they report the news like they do for anybody else? They love to dig up dirt about Brittany Spears, or Tom Cruise. They are WHITE. I feel offended by the press for being racist to the white population. Maybe some white dude will sue them!!!

idiots...

Obama has shown courage through this, not lack of judgement. Judge Obama by what he has DONE to help build up America as a senator, not by what his ex-pastor said. Many (like Hillary) who think he should have left his church, yet do we rake her through the coals for staying with Bill after Monica? Do we ask if she is wearing a flag pin? I myself have been a member of a catholic parish which had several pastors who were nuts. We put up with them until they moved on. You don't just quit your parish family.

What about McCain and Hagee? This is about race.

This is a manufacured issue. Take a seven year old sermon out of context and run it 24/7 on cable news - Obama wan't even in attendence. The News Sentinel is just as guilty and obviously shilling for their coporatist masters. No wonder the paper keeps shedding circulation - may do well to start publishing stories of real issues that affect real people and being a watchdog on govt - as your first amendment responsibility is supposed to be. How bout this bozo from last week - waht planet is he from? Only knows what some AM radio blowhard tells him - probably that Stewart fellow from Angola "If one of these liberal Democrats gets elected president I will be very worried. Kiss the Bush tax cuts goodbye and watch the stock market and your IRA tank. Not only will you lose the tax cuts (50% increase from 10% back to 15% for lower middle class) but the taxes will increase even more to cover the liberal socialist programs. If you think we are in a recession now, you ain't seen nothing yet! The misery index of the Carter years will be back in full force. Speaking of Carter, what a useful idiot he is for Hamas and the rest of our enemies. He has no brains and no shame. Whoever he endorses will probably wish he hadn't"