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Obama to Speak on Church Bus Throw

Sat, May 31, 2008 at 5:00:47 pm PST

Barack Obama is expected to speak soon about his 20-years belated decision to leave Trinity United Church, and here’s a thread to discuss it.

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1 MarkX  5/31/08 5:01:19 pm reply quote 0

What do we drink to?

2 jamgarr  5/31/08 5:01:37 pm reply quote 0

Michelle quit too.

3 Charles  5/31/08 5:01:37 pm reply quote 1

CNN isn't showing it!

4 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  5/31/08 5:01:57 pm 0
5 mama winger  5/31/08 5:02:01 pm reply quote 0

CNN and MSNBC not covering this speech?

6 Carolyn  5/31/08 5:02:24 pm reply quote 0

I am not fooled by this late awakening.

7 _RememberTonyC  5/31/08 5:02:25 pm reply quote 0

maybe he'll convert to Judaism ... he needs "The Tribe" to support him if he expects to win.

8 jelo  5/31/08 5:02:27 pm reply quote 0

lot's of uhhhs!

9 Bobblehead  5/31/08 5:02:30 pm reply quote 0

He's throwing the church bus under the bus, too? Wow, that's some big bus he has.

10 Ma Sands  5/31/08 5:02:33 pm reply quote 0

re: #3 Charles

I'm looking at CNN.....

11 DistantThunder  5/31/08 5:02:38 pm reply quote 1

Big discussions with family and friends and praying with pastors - such an obvious decision - and he spends weeks making up his mind.

Not leadership material

12 Killgore Trout  5/31/08 5:02:40 pm reply quote 0

re: #3 Charles

It's on the web feed.

13 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  5/31/08 5:02:56 pm 6
14 HelloDare  5/31/08 5:02:57 pm reply quote 0

First words were a lie. "I'm glad to see you guys."

15 mama winger  5/31/08 5:03:00 pm reply quote 0

re: #12 Killgore Trout

It's on the web feed.

But not on TV

16 Dolphin  5/31/08 5:03:00 pm reply quote 0

What "church" will he join now?

17 Tarkus289  5/31/08 5:03:02 pm reply quote 3

If you guys have a drink every time he says "uh" you will pass out in 5 minutes.

18 MarkX  5/31/08 5:03:04 pm reply quote 0

on FOX,

19 mikeymom  5/31/08 5:03:08 pm reply quote 1

drink word is --aahhhh--

20 mean Gene  5/31/08 5:03:08 pm reply quote 0

He's making a tremendous case for NOT leaving!
It is just that their MOUTHS get in the way!

21 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  5/31/08 5:03:11 pm reply quote 0

What kind of tread does Obama's bus' tires have?

22 Luigi  5/31/08 5:03:13 pm reply quote 0

CNN covering the gas crisis.

23 DistantThunder  5/31/08 5:03:15 pm reply quote 1

If he loses the general election, my money says he's back in the church.

24 goddessoftheclassroom  5/31/08 5:03:18 pm reply quote 0

I've sent ther baby Lizard to bring me an Applelicious beverage...

25 mama winger  5/31/08 5:03:23 pm reply quote 1

re: #16 Dolphin

What "church" will he join now?

NOI

26 hermeneutics  5/31/08 5:03:24 pm reply quote 0

The CNN video says that Obama will take questions after his speech. I wonder which college student in attendance knows anything about radicalized churches.

27 pingjockey  5/31/08 5:03:27 pm reply quote 0

It is the medias fault!

28 Sizzlack  5/31/08 5:03:35 pm reply quote 18

Once again I remind everyone that it was not 2.5 months ago this same man said he could no more divorce himself of Wright or Trinity Church than he could his own family. Yet he wound up doing so anyway. If this isn't enough proof that he is a shallow hack fool I don't know what is.

29 trailortrash  5/31/08 5:03:36 pm reply quote 0

/pulls on hip waders

getting deep

30 mean Gene  5/31/08 5:03:59 pm reply quote 2

The audacity of scrutiny!

31 DistantThunder  5/31/08 5:04:01 pm reply quote 0

He seems depressed.

32 Sharmuta  5/31/08 5:04:08 pm reply quote 0

Here he starts with the victimhood routine....

33 The Other Les  5/31/08 5:04:17 pm reply quote 0

re: #3 Charles

CNN isn't showing it!

No surprise there.

Forest Lake and Wyoming, Minnesota have a tornado warning.

34 debutaunt  5/31/08 5:04:18 pm reply quote 0

Calling up sick and shut-ins!

35 _RememberTonyC  5/31/08 5:04:19 pm reply quote 0

whining about the media?

LOL

36 Charles  5/31/08 5:04:27 pm reply quote 7

Whining about the news coverage again.

37 MarkX  5/31/08 5:04:28 pm reply quote 1

re: #16 Dolphin

What "church" will he join now?

To repeat myself...

Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show

38 unrealizedviewpoint  5/31/08 5:04:33 pm reply quote 2

re: #6 Carolyn

I am not fooled by this late awakening.

There's 1.
299,999,999 to go.

39 jcm  5/31/08 5:04:34 pm reply quote 4

Ladies and Gentlemen to demonstrate CHANGE I'm throwing TUCC under the bus with Grandma, Rev. Wright and others. I HOPE you don't notice.

Thank you,
B. Hussein.

40 hermeneutics  5/31/08 5:04:35 pm reply quote 0

re: #28 Sizzlack

Good recall. Yes. I wonder if one of the students/reporters will remind him of his words and ask for an explanation.

41 zombie  5/31/08 5:04:40 pm reply quote 9

Out of sheer orneriness, I'm posting this again, because no one seems to have noticed it:

Magic Bus

by the Who, Me?

Every day I add to the queue (too much, magic bus)
of folks to throw under the bus -- like you. (too much, magic bus)
They're so nervous, they just sit and smile (too much, magic bus)
Your time is coming, just wait a while. (too much, magic bus)

Thanks Rev. Wright, for getting me here (too much, magic bus)
Without your sermons I'd be stuck on my rear. (too much, magic bus)
I don't want to cause no fuss (too much, magic bus)
But can I throw you under my Magic Bus? (too much, magic bus)

42 VegasRick  5/31/08 5:04:42 pm reply quote 0

re: #31 DistantThunder

He seems dRepressed.

Racists!

43 itellu3times  5/31/08 5:04:47 pm reply quote 0

Barry II: The Awakening

44 MarkX  5/31/08 5:04:51 pm reply quote 0

....."not fair".

45 HelloDare  5/31/08 5:04:51 pm reply quote 0

See, he is making it America's problem, not his. Every time anybody says anything at the church people connect it to him.

46 NoSubmission  5/31/08 5:04:56 pm reply quote 0

he's on FOX live.

47 Killgore Trout  5/31/08 5:05:09 pm reply quote 0

Blame the news!

48 trailortrash  5/31/08 5:05:10 pm reply quote 4

so he only left the church to give them a break from his overshadowing halo?

49 NoSubmission  5/31/08 5:05:12 pm reply quote 3

just let them hate in peace.

50 bystander  5/31/08 5:05:15 pm reply quote 5

"Change you can believe in."

You know another phrase regarding change? "The more things change, the more they stay the same." The more I see of Obama, the more he reminds me of Jimmy Carter.

A loose cannon rolling about on the deck of a ship is more likely to sink the ship it's on than harm the enemy. What we have here is a loose cannon.

51 DistantThunder  5/31/08 5:05:17 pm reply quote 3

Obama wants to be Social Worker in Chief.

52 mean Gene  5/31/08 5:05:21 pm reply quote 0

I'm guessing this means he'll be missing Sunday sermons for a while now.

53 The Other Les  5/31/08 5:05:21 pm reply quote 0

re: #16 Dolphin

What "church" will he join now?

I would suggest the Church of Scientology and their Sea Org but that comes a bit close to suggesting violence.

54 pingjockey  5/31/08 5:05:22 pm reply quote 1

You media people ar ebashing the church! Yep, that far right media like CNN and NBC and ABC et al.... are just right wing hit machines.

55 Sharmuta  5/31/08 5:05:23 pm reply quote 1

The Audacity of Scrutiny!

56 jamgarr  5/31/08 5:05:24 pm reply quote 2

Kernak: "Trinity, Trinity and Trinity"

Mayo Jar: "Name a huge explosion, a gigantic trio and a monumental mess"

57 mama winger  5/31/08 5:05:26 pm reply quote 0

OT

re: #26 hermeneutics

You probably didn't see it, but on an earlier thread I noticed you know some folks with Wheaton's Billy Graham mission program. Do you know Roy Oksnevad by any chance?

58 NoSubmission  5/31/08 5:05:28 pm reply quote 0

he's playing the victim.

59 HelloDare  5/31/08 5:05:28 pm reply quote 0

He is doing exactly what he shouldn't be doing.

60 Killian Bundy  5/31/08 5:05:43 pm reply quote 2

He did it for the church!

/what a guy

61 IgofAntioch  5/31/08 5:05:43 pm reply quote 13

Bush may have the fault of being too loyal to his friends but obama has no loyalty to anyone but himself

62 NoSubmission  5/31/08 5:05:46 pm reply quote 0

brushed it right off.

63 victory bound  5/31/08 5:05:48 pm reply quote 1

Hold on tight, white Grandma. You are next!

64 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  5/31/08 5:05:50 pm reply quote 0

re: #41 zombie

I can hear Pete Townsend in the background. Very funny!

65 Charles  5/31/08 5:05:55 pm reply quote 9

Can't I just finish my church service?

66 _RememberTonyC  5/31/08 5:05:56 pm reply quote 0

I think he should join Frank Church

67 Luigi  5/31/08 5:06:02 pm reply quote 2

He wishes he could stay but the media has been harassing the sick people in Trinity. The choice is clear.

68 mikeinmd  5/31/08 5:06:03 pm reply quote 0

Great judgement. Only discussed leaving AFTER Trinity went Nat'l, cuz before that, it was all good.

69 debutaunt  5/31/08 5:06:04 pm reply quote 0

re: #58 NoSubmission

he's always playing the victim.

70 jamgarr  5/31/08 5:06:12 pm reply quote 0

re: #31 DistantThunder

He seems depressed.

Agreed.

71 unrealizedviewpoint  5/31/08 5:06:26 pm reply quote 0

Little pad added to his shoulders?

72 Charles  5/31/08 5:06:26 pm reply quote 2

Oh, that's it. Issue over! Let's move on now, people.

73 HelloDare  5/31/08 5:06:33 pm reply quote 4

Trinity will be having a Waffle Breakfast tomorrow.

74 debutaunt  5/31/08 5:06:34 pm reply quote 0

re: #65 Charles

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA

75 hermeneutics  5/31/08 5:06:35 pm reply quote 0

re: #57 mama winger

No, but the name is strangely familiar. I'll look him up.

76 autoexec  5/31/08 5:06:37 pm reply quote 2

I'm officially returning my Klan card.

Can i run for President now?

77 sattv4u2  5/31/08 5:06:44 pm reply quote 0

oooo ,,,, he's going to open it up for questions,,,,

Braids in the front row,,

"If you were a tree ,,,,,, "

78 NoSubmission  5/31/08 5:06:47 pm reply quote 0

Can't wait for the softball press questions.

79 mikeinmd  5/31/08 5:06:51 pm reply quote 0

Bob and weave, repeat.

80 Carolyn  5/31/08 5:06:52 pm reply quote 1

Quote:

Mr. Wright, who has long prided himself on criticizing the establishment, said he knew that he may not play well in Mr. Obama’s audition for the ultimate establishment job.

“If Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me,” Mr. Wright said with a shrug. “I said it to Barack personally, and he said yeah, that might have to happen.”

81 tradewind  5/31/08 5:06:55 pm reply quote 3

Wow... he is really self-obsessed and weak here in this speech,
and he is blaming the media for the whole thing.
Really not an intelligent move.
Obama is actually exhibiting foot-in-mouth disease. So much for the orator-in-chief.......

82 Killgore Trout  5/31/08 5:06:57 pm reply quote 0

He's going to take questions. This should be interesting.

83 Manster  5/31/08 5:06:59 pm reply quote 0

Racist church? What racist church?

/Obama Nation

84 Luigi  5/31/08 5:06:59 pm reply quote 5

He seems to have a blank flag on his lapel. I think that's smart.

85 pingjockey  5/31/08 5:07:07 pm reply quote 2

The Church of Whats Happenin' Now!

86 JammieWearingFool  5/31/08 5:07:07 pm reply quote 5

Uh, I think I, uh, counted 97 uhs during those three minutes.

The Wizard of Uhhhs.

87 jetpilot1101  5/31/08 5:07:09 pm reply quote 1

The Dem convention should be a hoot!

88 trailortrash  5/31/08 5:07:18 pm reply quote 0

i cant believe they are going to be so blatant about denying florida and mich voters will.
hope that bites them in the ass come the general

89 mama winger  5/31/08 5:07:18 pm reply quote 1

re: #71 unrealizedviewpoint

Little pad added to his shoulders?

Looks like it, doesn't it?

90 Sharmuta  5/31/08 5:07:23 pm reply quote 7

So he didn't leave because the church was a problem, he left because the press was a problem.

91 mikeinmd  5/31/08 5:07:24 pm reply quote 3

re: #78 NoSubmission

Can't wait for the softball press questions.

The Audacity of Questions.

92 DistantThunder  5/31/08 5:07:27 pm reply quote 0

He'll be back

93 Killgore Trout  5/31/08 5:07:29 pm reply quote 0

Still no coverage on CNN tv? Heh.

94 Sizzlack  5/31/08 5:07:29 pm reply quote 5

I bet he really wants a smoke right now

95 MarkX  5/31/08 5:07:33 pm reply quote 0

re: #82 Killgore Trout

He's going to take questions. This should be interesting.

Want to bet?

Get ready for softballs.

96 hermeneutics  5/31/08 5:07:47 pm reply quote 0

re: #57 mama winger

Email me, Mama. Jeez, I'm giving out my address twice in a week!

97 sngnsgt  5/31/08 5:07:50 pm reply quote 3

I did NOT have church with that man, Rev Wright.

98 Tarkus289  5/31/08 5:07:53 pm reply quote 0

What a tool.

99 Yankee Division Son  5/31/08 5:07:57 pm reply quote 0

Neither MSNBC or CNN are covering the speech here, FOX has it on. MSNBC is doing some drama/crime show, not even news.

Like I said, someone has to drive the getaway bus ya know...

/Obama's busy throwing stuff under it

100 sattv4u2  5/31/08 5:07:58 pm reply quote 1

"how the democrats are going to improve their lives"

How about STAYING THE F*** OUT OF MINE

101 Charles  5/31/08 5:07:58 pm reply quote 7

Question: do you feel this will put the issue behind you?


Well, uh uh uh, uh, you know...

102 red speck  5/31/08 5:08:01 pm reply quote 4

Obama's chickensssssssss, are coming home to roosssssssssssst

103 Bobblehead  5/31/08 5:08:03 pm reply quote 0

re: #81 tradewind

Wow... he is really self-obsessed and weak here in this speech,
and he is blaming the media for the whole thing.
Really not an intelligent move.

Obama is actually exhibiting foot-in-mouth disease. So much for the orator-in-chief.......

Biting the hand that feeds him?

104 debutaunt  5/31/08 5:08:08 pm reply quote 2

UH UH WELL ummm uh

105 jamgarr  5/31/08 5:08:09 pm reply quote 0

Karnak

106 mama winger  5/31/08 5:08:10 pm reply quote 10

"We prayed on it"

give me a break

107 jetprop  5/31/08 5:08:22 pm reply quote 4

With that whistle B.O. has when he speaks...

I'd like to see him recite his rendition of "Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore"

108 MarkX  5/31/08 5:08:34 pm reply quote 0

re: #101 Charles

Uh X 4

drink
drink
drink
drink

109 Killian Bundy  5/31/08 5:08:35 pm reply quote 10
let them get back to worshiping God

/funny they didn't do that in any of the sermons I heard

110 jcm  5/31/08 5:08:42 pm reply quote 1

re: #87 jetpilot1101

The Dem convention should be a hoot!

HRC should ask that Rev. Wright give the opening prayer.

111 mama winger  5/31/08 5:08:47 pm reply quote 0

re: #96 hermeneutics

Gotcha! It may take a bit. Email has been funny.

112 mikeinmd  5/31/08 5:08:59 pm reply quote 0

My imagination or is he leaning quite a bit, Body Tilt.

113 HelloDare  5/31/08 5:09:04 pm reply quote 0

Damn, my feed is delayed.

114 jetpilot1101  5/31/08 5:09:07 pm reply quote 1

This doesn't matter. He needed to do this years ago. Everytime that poor excuse for a church pulls another "wright" out on stage, it's going to get airtime.

Sorry Barry, you blew it.

115 The Other Les  5/31/08 5:09:07 pm reply quote 0

re: #21 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

What kind of tread does Obama's bus' tires have?

At this point he would have to use this:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

116 Sizzlack  5/31/08 5:09:13 pm reply quote 0

Wait did he just say hes leaving the church because he doesnt want a spotlight on Trinity church? Ahhwhaa?

117 trailortrash  5/31/08 5:09:15 pm reply quote 1

omg he just admitted the church cant handle teh scrutiny hahahaha

118 DistantThunder  5/31/08 5:09:17 pm reply quote 1

He had to pray about it - when it seems like an obvious, rational choice to leave - actually run


We don't want to have to answer for everything stated in the church - also don't want the church under scrutiny - heh.

119 mama winger  5/31/08 5:09:19 pm reply quote 1

Rev Moss is an agitator and should not be subject to scrutiny

120 JammieWearingFool  5/31/08 5:09:21 pm reply quote 2

So the slobbering media who gave him a free pass was harassing infirmed people?

Uh, where's the evidence?

121 Logic  5/31/08 5:09:22 pm reply quote 0

"I HOPE they CHANGE the subject now." - BHO

122 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  5/31/08 5:09:28 pm reply quote 0

re: #86 JammieWearingFool

Been in "Toastmasters"?

123 debutaunt  5/31/08 5:09:29 pm reply quote 0

problemattica.

124 zombie  5/31/08 5:09:32 pm reply quote 1

re: #94 Sizzlack

I bet he really wants a smoke right now

If Obama ever breezes through the Bay Area again harvesting Billionaire Bucks, this time I'm hovering outside every single venue he goes to in an attempt to catch pictures of him smoking.

He's got a nicotine jag -- just like Christopher Hitchens did when I saw him.

125 DistantThunder  5/31/08 5:09:32 pm reply quote 1

re: #97 sngnsgt

I did NOT have church with that man, Rev Wright.

lol

126 sngnsgt  5/31/08 5:09:32 pm reply quote 0

Game over, now can I just eat my words?

127 USBeast  5/31/08 5:09:34 pm reply quote 2

Why am I thinking about that scene from "The Jerk": "He shouldn't be too hard to find. He'll be towing a small church."?

128 Cap'n DOC  5/31/08 5:09:42 pm reply quote 0

re: #94 Sizzlack

One big GroupHookah comin' up!

129 guzziguy  5/31/08 5:09:44 pm reply quote 1

re: #49 NoSubmission

just let them hate in peace.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! I can hear it now. "I do not support what those people now believe. I never have. We grew apart."

In my opinion this is simply a strategy move. They are now free to be as crazy as they want. It's not his church.

His apologists will cry foul in every way possible if ANYONE ever mentions the church again. Never mind that he was a member for 22 years.

130 Sharmuta  5/31/08 5:09:45 pm reply quote 0

Awww- the Audacity of Campaigning....made him leave his church.

131 Muadib  5/31/08 5:09:51 pm reply quote 4

Total bullshit. He can throw that so called church out of his life, but the radical socialist program is still in his heart. I hear nothing but political expediency.

132 Killgore Trout  5/31/08 5:09:52 pm reply quote 1

Why is no one else's church under scrutiny?

133 Charles  5/31/08 5:09:53 pm reply quote 2

He's really stuttering now.

It's the right thing to do.

134 Ornery Ballsack  5/31/08 5:09:54 pm reply quote 3

We don't want this church scrutinized.

/heh, I bet you don't.

135 mean Gene  5/31/08 5:10:04 pm reply quote 12

You know, Obama, if the church had stuck with Scriptural sermons it would never have been an issue at all.

136 mama winger  5/31/08 5:10:05 pm reply quote 0

"How will this not be different if you join another church?"

hahahahahaha

137 The Other Les  5/31/08 5:10:06 pm reply quote 0

re: #36 Charles

Whining about the news coverage again.

Hot house flower child!

138 EC Marm  5/31/08 5:10:12 pm reply quote 0

He's doing it "for the church"

139 debutaunt  5/31/08 5:10:16 pm reply quote 0

He stutters like a fiend.

140 tradewind  5/31/08 5:10:18 pm reply quote 0

The 'fury of a cable program'?
He's really off the deep end now.

141 Luigi  5/31/08 5:10:19 pm reply quote 0

I'm gonna become an Episcopalian...

142 HelloDare  5/31/08 5:10:20 pm reply quote 3

So if he wasn't running for president, he'd still belong to the church? And when he is not running he's going to rejoin the church? I hope they nail him on that..

143 astronmr20  5/31/08 5:10:22 pm reply quote 0

So he's doing this for the church? ?

144 Purple Prose  5/31/08 5:10:22 pm reply quote 1

I could no more disown this church than I could disown my own white grandmother who let me eat my waffles and served me arugula...

Oh, wait, I will disown this church now, because it is politically expedient to do so, but I still support unconditional talks with any member of the church...