From Rooters:
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Barack Obama said Saturday he has ended his 46-year stint as a member of the black race "with some sadness".
"This is not a decision I come to lightly ... and it is one I make with some sadness," he said at a news conference, called on a Saturday in order to avoid the intense scrutiny of the press.
"I'm not denouncing the black race and I'm not interested in people who want me to denounce the black race," he said, adding that his fellow African-Americans "have been suffering from the attention my campaign has focused on them."
Obama said he and his wife have been discussing the issue since Pastor Jeremiah Wright's appearance at the National Press Club in Washington last month that reignited furor over remarks he had made in various sermons at Trinity United Church of Christ.
"I suspect we'll find another race for our family to identify with," Obama said.
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Barack Obama said Saturday he has ended his 46-year stint as a member of the black race "with some sadness".
"This is not a decision I come to lightly ... and it is one I make with some sadness," he said at a news conference, called on a Saturday in order to avoid the intense scrutiny of the press.
"I'm not denouncing the black race and I'm not interested in people who want me to denounce the black race," he said, adding that his fellow African-Americans "have been suffering from the attention my campaign has focused on them."
Obama said he and his wife have been discussing the issue since Pastor Jeremiah Wright's appearance at the National Press Club in Washington last month that reignited furor over remarks he had made in various sermons at Trinity United Church of Christ.
"I suspect we'll find another race for our family to identify with," Obama said.
6 comments:
Pastorius gets my vote for the WOI (Worthy of Iowahawk) creative sarcasm of the day award.
Iowahawk would have done it much better than I. But, thanks.
Christians face arrest and beatings by police in Birmingham for preaching the gospel while British (mis)government sends imams into schools to teach Islam to British kids. http://www.bnp.org.uk/2008/06/christian-preachers-face-arrest-in-birmingham/
Barack Obama said Saturday he has ended his 46-year stint as a member of the black race...
Well, why not?
He left Trinity UCC for the church's own good. See this.
Seeing as how he lied about being black to begin with...
http://kennethelamb.blogspot.com/2008/02/barak-obama-questions-about-ethnic.html
Mr. Obama is 50% Caucasian, that from his mother. What those who want Mr. Obama to write history by becoming "America's first African-American president" ignore is that his father was ethnically Arabic, with only 1 relative ethnically African Negro - a maternal great-grandparent (Sen. Obama's great-great grandparent, thus the 6.25% ethnic contribution to the senator's ethnic composition.).
That means that Mr. Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side. He is 43.75% Arabic, and 6.25% African Negro ( academic studies of race, the proper scientific word for the ethnic composition)
Put another way, his father could honestly claim African-American ethnic classification. He was the last generation able to do so.
He wants change, change, change. Obama = cracker? Possibly whole wheat cracker (the slightly darker alternative.)
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