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DEL.ICIO.USKingston on Obama: Despite the speech, the Democrat’s former pastor ‘disturbs’ voters
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On the same day that Barack Obama gave his speech on race in Philadelphia, who should visit the state Capitol on Tuesday but U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, the Savannah Republican who — in the last few weeks — has made a small career of talking about Obama’s refusal to wear an American flag lapel pin.
Kingston, of course, didn’t have a flag pin on his suit.
The congressman has taken some heat for his televised shots at Obama, and we asked if he considered them a mistake. Clearly, Kingston did not.
“My view is as long as the left, the Obama people, are attacking me about Obama not wearing a lapel pin, I think they’re choosing the debate topic — and we’re solid on that all day long,” Kingston said. “People in my district know that I will and have worn American flag lapel buttons. They did not know that Obama refuses to.”
Kingston said he didn’t watch Obama deliver his address on race — but nonetheless was willing to predict a result.
“It could have the impact that [Republican Mitt] Romney’s speech had on being a Mormon — that it was great for those who already support Obama,” Kingston said. “But you still have a long relationship with Jeremiah Wright and a guy who’s very divisive. And it disturbs people.”
He continued: “I think that the think that’s happened with Obama is that the primary — up until Ohio — has been a powderpuff contest, where you just couldn’t attack him. And now that boundary’s been broken — people have to answer questions. He’s answering. But you were forbidden to ask questions until about a month ago.”
Comments
By gttim
March 18, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this
Naturally, a Georgia Republican is going to have an opinion on a speech he didn’t watch! Why should he stop talking about things he knows nothing about now?
By Wayne
March 18, 2008 6:08 PM | Link to this
He didn’t take the time to listen to the speech. Those who were never considering to vote for Obama probably would not have a change of heart. THose who are on the fence have to be encouraged by Obama’s candor, demeanor, honesty and intellect. I have new found confidence in Obama. He is undoubtedly a man of extremely high character.
By princewill
March 18, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this
I just dont understand how this so-called “patriot” who claim to be a christian can continously speak ill of a man. The good book says “thou shall bear no false witness against your neighbor”. No their Bible does not have that. They pick and choose what to pick from the Bible.
By GAConservative007
March 18, 2008 7:02 PM | Link to this
What will you lib Obama supporters do when Hillary steals the nomination?
By williejames
March 18, 2008 7:10 PM | Link to this
He was of such high character that he waited until the pastor became a major liability before distancing himself. Right. Unfortunately, Kingston has it correctly. Even if Obama is the dem nominee, the repugs are going to eat him alive for this, the stupid lapel issue and the comments made by Michelle Obama.
By Bitter EX democrackkk
March 18, 2008 7:19 PM | Link to this
Folks, he had some abiguous excuses…Oprah denounced this Pastor and Church a few years ago…did SHE not see the problem for him in all this??? And yet, she pours $$$ to him???
Im sorry but Obama’s Preacher Wright has totally ruined the chances for the man. I hate to think of the consequences…
B U T, we CAN ALL get ready for the jacked up democrackkk convention this summer which ought to be historic, especially if they dont burn down Denver!
By Wackolibhack
March 18, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this
It is Bush’s fault that the Obama’s joined and supported a hateful church. I hate Bush.
By GodHatesTrash
March 18, 2008 7:29 PM | Link to this
Kingston is an idiotic inbred stumpbroke Texas moron.
Only other morons care what he ‘thinks’.
Lucky for him he lives in Georgia, where the moron vote approaches 95%.
By GodHatesTrash
March 18, 2008 8:52 PM | Link to this
White rednecks are scared, so Kkkingston wants to get a lynchmob together to show them colored folks their place.
Trash.
By RJ
March 18, 2008 8:57 PM | Link to this
Kingston, like Hannity, Lumbaugh and similar ilk, profits imensely from ignorance and discord and therefore have a vested interest festering this matter. As a matter of fact, he is banking on another term through the use of this deflection strategy, i.e.,the more he bashes Obama the less the people in his distrct will notice his ineffectiveness in a Democratically controlled Congress.
Kingston has been a strong supporter of President Bush, who we all know is responsible for this current bad state of affairs afflicting our nation. The people in that District may be ignorant but they sure are not stupid. Ergo, that District is in for a change, for the better, this election year.
By kingfarthoe
March 18, 2008 9:08 PM | Link to this
anyone who uses the word solid is so a*-tight he can’t take a solid. kingston was obviously a*-raped by his momma as a boy his logic is so retarded and his opinions so inbred with fear of the end of bigotry. He is an example of dumb whites who should not be allowed to breed repubs. who hate gays, science, progress… but love killing and shooting and judging what they fear to love and understand.
By Jesus
March 18, 2008 9:14 PM | Link to this
(wackolibhack) wackofudge-packinrepub-whomolestcollies- its your fault u idiots elected a moron u ruined america u elected a draft dodger with no balls a vp with eight deferments no wonder his daughter is a lesbo because her dad was a chickenshit just like u go to iraq big talker better yet keep running your ignorant mouth about your deep rooted hate of reality coo-coo-cachoo
By Wackolibhack
March 18, 2008 9:20 PM | Link to this
It is Bush’s fault that jesus has a bad case of BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome). I hate Bush.
By Churchill
March 18, 2008 9:30 PM | Link to this
Whine all you want libs, but Kingston will be re-elected. Peace.
By wackfaggot
March 18, 2008 9:40 PM | Link to this
gw is the greatest thinker since hitler he’s a genius this war this lie was brilliant oil corps are finally making the big bucks the military industry is purring so we kill innocent Iraqis and take advantage of patriotic Americans small price to pay as long as we love our white christian god it’s all good yeah hear
By churswill
March 18, 2008 9:49 PM | Link to this
goodnight libs, i’m going to bed in a separate room from my wife with my bill o’reilly blanket, my hannity jacket, and my limbaugh pacifier blog u tomorrow long live hatred bigotry and hypocrisy and god bless gw peace to white christians and boogers to the rest
By Political Foreskin
March 18, 2008 11:14 PM | Link to this
Obama’s speech was too long. He didnt’ have to address what his former pastor said.
Obama should have simply told Americans how HE feels about America. He’s not responsible for anyone else’s opinion, and nobody thinks he should be except the vestige of the bush base and they dont count.
Obama landslide in november, and nothing can stop it.
By Churchill
March 18, 2008 11:24 PM | Link to this
I loving reading the tolerant, diverse ranting of the libs. They really do want peace and harmony. Actually, they seem to be a little on edge. It must be the “Civil War” in their party that has them so upset. You see, they were convinced that this was their election. Nothing could stop them. But they didn’t count on Hillary and her quest for power. Now they are beginning to realize that a win in November is no longer a sure thing. And they only have themselves to blame.
This bit of truth will upset them, verily. I will be attacked, but I know and they know that I am blogging the truth. Peace, libs. Peace.
By Wackolibhack
March 18, 2008 11:28 PM | Link to this
It is Bush’s fault that the libs have sabotaged themselves. I hate Bush.
By Tina
March 19, 2008 12:22 AM | Link to this
Kingston would benefit from reading his profile on AR or this examination of the background behind this controversy:
http://acropolisreview.com/2008/03/barack-obama-condemns-reverend-jeremiah.html
By BillW
March 19, 2008 1:07 AM | Link to this
how does this grab you?
By Mary
March 19, 2008 4:17 AM | Link to this
Although the media always airs the most inflammatory comments of anyone they are trying to discredit, I must have missed something in the sound bites from Obama’s former pastor. Pastor Wright expressed the thoughts of many black Americans about the history of racism in this county. He never said that whites are inferior or less worthy of God’s love (something we still see directly and indirectly stated from whites about blacks in blogs such as this one). So, now when white America has to listen to a black person speak the truth about our country’s history, they proclaim the pastor a bigot. Hhhmmph…Who hung black people from trees on a mere whim, with no repercusions? Who kept little black kids from going to schools that had books? Who sicced dogs on black Americans and blasted them with high pressure water hoses when they tried to protest the injustice? Who you say…white people you say? Really? And they did these things because they felt blacks were less than whites and unworthy of the same rights - not because blacks had done something wrong, right? So, now tell me again what the pastor said that was racist… Inflammatory, yes - racist, NOT!!!! At least Obama didn’t totally back down this time.
By Mary
March 19, 2008 4:18 AM | Link to this
Although the media always airs the most inflammatory comments of anyone they are trying to discredit, I must have missed something in the sound bites from Obama’s former pastor. Pastor Wright expressed the thoughts of many black Americans about the history of racism in this county. He never said that whites are inferior or less worthy of God’s love (something we still see directly and indirectly stated from whites about blacks in blogs such as this one). So, now when white America has to listen to a black person speak the truth about our country’s history, they proclaim the pastor a bigot. Hhhmmph…Who hung black people from trees on a mere whim, with no repercusions? Who kept little black kids from going to schools that had books? Who sicced dogs on black Americans and blasted them with high pressure water hoses when they tried to protest the injustice? Who you say…white people you say? Really? And they did these things because they felt blacks were less than whites and unworthy of the same rights - not because blacks had done something wrong, right? So, now tell me again what the pastor said that was racist… Inflammatory, yes - racist, NOT!!!! At least Obama didn’t totally back down this time.
By Mary
March 19, 2008 4:47 AM | Link to this
And further more…
Why is Obama supposed to take responsibility for Pastor Wright’s views just because he attended the man’s church and was married by him? How would the average white person feel if they had to bear responsibility for something other white people said that might not be their personal beliefs? This is yet another thing that black people deal with every day for which white people have no frame of reference. A black man is on the news for shooting a pretty blond white girl (or anybody for that matter) and whites are looking at blacks cross-eyed for months. A white man is on the news for shooting/blowing up/eating a black person (or anybody for that matter) and nobody blinks when they pass a white person on the street. How fair is that crap?
By Inherit America
March 19, 2008 7:10 AM | Link to this
Modern contract law has vestiges of slavery’s rule of law. The party of the first part gets all the money. The party of the second part gets his own sweat. The party of the first part gets the police, the courts, the assembly, and the license to kill. The party of the second part inherits the wind.
Obama 08. Inherit America.
By Will Jones
March 19, 2008 7:34 AM | Link to this
McCain’s Roman Catholic. Does that make him a child molester?
By Inherit America
March 19, 2008 7:40 AM | Link to this
Obama 08. Inherit America.
By Bitter EX democrackkk
March 19, 2008 7:49 AM | Link to this
STRIVE to be SMARTER than a democrackkk!
By Copyleft
March 19, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this
It’s fun to watch the far right in a panic over Obama, throwing everything they can think of at him and hoping something sticks. It shows how scared they are.
They KNOW their defeat this November is inevitable… and if Kingston wants to make a “career” out of irrelevant trivia, well they’re his 15 minutes to blow. What a sad little loser.
By Churchill
March 19, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this
It is Hillary and the “kitchen sink” strategy, Copyleft. I am just encouraging the rancor. I haven’t attacked Barry. I’ve called him a lib, which he is. If you are looking for someone to blame. Look to your own party. Here is a clue: start with Hill and Bill. Copy that?
By Joe
March 19, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
The problem for Obama, who campaigns on a message of racial reconciliation, is that the “mentor” whose church he joined and has generously supported is a disciple not of [Dr. Martin Luther] King but of James Cone, founder of a “black liberation” theology that teaches its adherents to “accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy.” Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe, March 19, 2008.
By Churchill
March 19, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this
Why all the racism on the left. I knew you libs loved the 1960’s, but why the need to relive it? I thought Barry Obama was about hope and the future, why is he stuck on the race note of the past? Peace. By the way, has anyone seen the Rev. Manning video? It is priceless.
By Copyleft
March 19, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this
Obama’s not stuck on race, but his critics sure seem to be.
By david duke
March 19, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this
Mcoldfartmcain endorses pedophiles when will he denounce any association to his faith after all they have killed millions in the name of God (the crusades) just like the good ole usa killing em dead in Iraq at least repubs are consistent in their love of blood why stop at Iraq if we are so righteous let’s send all these repub bloggers to North Korea and kick some gook a* then on to South America then let’s attack Canada just for s** and giggles I denounce everybody yeah
By Alo ATL
March 19, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this
Churchill and Demo…kkk or whatever read like the types of folks bent on souring this country. The easy Fox News (and CNN for that matter) induced split-screen, for and against, inane and ultimately irrelevant exploration of issues is what keeps you types stuck in your compartmentalized and limited views. Conservative or Liberal? Black or White? Choose one or die. Give me a break. Obama’s speech is one of the most important ever given in our nation’s history; squarely trained on an issue polluting our society. Not realizing that and thus ignoring a message as important, as necessary as what this man tried to elocute would be a mistake exposing your conservative ideals as little more than partisan fandom devoid of any meaning aside from a love of red and pachyderms. B*******.
By Churchill
March 19, 2008 7:42 PM | Link to this
The speech was great. But why did he sit in that church for 20 years? Even the Oprah had the sense to leave that hate spewing den of Anti-Americanism. He gave the speech to try to save his political rear end. If he truly wanted to put the past behind us he could have started with himself and left that church. But he is still in the race and so is Hillary. That is good news to me. Peace.
By the decider
March 19, 2008 7:58 PM | Link to this
man i sure wish i could read like him he is a good negro
By oprah
March 19, 2008 8:03 PM | Link to this
i am not surprised by churchy taking glee in society trying to work through its collective problems he gets off on failure loves to see his country torn apart. America is no longer the land of the beautiful because people like churchhill are afraid of their shadow look in the mirror your living proof peace
By Churchill
March 19, 2008 8:20 PM | Link to this
Society is not working through the race issue. The libs are. The same libs that support affirmative action, unless the minority threatens them (a la Hillary). I do take glee in the battle on the left. It is time for African Americans to shrug off the yoke of their white masters and leave the Democrat Plantation. The Republicans are not in the midst of a race war. The libs are. I love it. Peace.
By GAConservative007
March 19, 2008 8:38 PM | Link to this
Church you better watch out. You are making too much sense and the liberals are going to lose it. They will start typing a bunch of lib hate using your name. But I bet you know that. Anyway, keep it up. The truth is slowly leaking out.
By gaconservative007
March 19, 2008 10:06 PM | Link to this
i’ve got dork monogrammed on my tighty-whities
By pat robertson
March 19, 2008 10:10 PM | Link to this
God has punished America for our sins by sending GW to ruin the economy and destroy the english language finally my prediction comes true oh and look out gays soon we will ban fashion
By lilburn lush
March 19, 2008 10:20 PM | Link to this
the truth is leaking like your last bowel movement gaconser00. you love playing gotcha. Get this Bush Cheney Rumsfeld Rice 2 draft dodging chickenhawk liars one delusional napoleon reject and a major camel-toe got it peace in the middle east neocon
By GAConservative007
March 19, 2008 10:27 PM | Link to this
What will you Obama supporters do when Hillary steals the nomination in Denver?
By GAConservative007
March 19, 2008 10:32 PM | Link to this
Hillary doesn’t have camel toe… she has moose knuckle.
By master p
March 19, 2008 10:46 PM | Link to this
gaconserv-00 why don’t you go to denver and start a riot yourself just your face in a crowd would cause a stampede of ugly
By Churchill
March 19, 2008 10:49 PM | Link to this
I think you are the one ticking the libs off tonight, 007. Fun isn’t it! They will not address what is going on in their party. A: Because they have no explanation for it. B: Because they are in denial.
You see, they cannot blame all this racism/sexism infighting on Bush or “neocons”. It is coming from them and their candidates. This is truly monumental. The longer this “Civil War” in the Democrat party continues, the better our prospects for victory in November. If they lose in November it will be because they couldn’t stop the fighting. This may be a better election cycle than I first thought. Peace.
By GAConservative007
March 19, 2008 10:56 PM | Link to this
Yes there will be a lot of ugly libs to stampede. Truer words have never been typed.
By gw
March 19, 2008 11:02 PM | Link to this
hey conserv007 and churchill see ya tomorrow i’ll be wearing my boots you fellas still wearing your pumps
By decider
March 19, 2008 11:06 PM | Link to this
he-he old mccainey had a brainfart on iran or something like that barbara get my coke
By GaConservatice007
March 19, 2008 11:09 PM | Link to this
hey churchy please please bring the chocolate sex wax and your nixon mask for the orgy ive seen to have run out all the fellas from the gop will be there even larry cant’ wait chao
By Churchswill
March 19, 2008 11:14 PM | Link to this
no can do conservy007 my old lady lumps won’t let me go after catching me blogging in her underwear again peace my nazi brother
By Alabama National Guard
March 19, 2008 11:48 PM | Link to this
man if i was young i would love to serve in iraq just like the old guard you soldiers are damn lucky its very romantical
By Monica's Ex aka BJ Clinton
March 19, 2008 11:58 PM | Link to this
I would just like to note the tolerance and substantive arguments of those on the left. Wow!! Those government schools are really churning out excellence these days.
By james taggert
March 20, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this
hey what’s a little gay sex and meth with a male prostitute i’m a racist bigoted republican god fearing man who always throws the first stone at a glass house god bless gw and parts of the usa the good conservative parts that is
By hillary
March 20, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this
so my husband cheated whoopee unlike the repubs at least it was with the opposite sex funny how they fight same sex marriage just some self hating conservatives
By Churchill
March 20, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this
I have been giving this some thought, you libs attack every conservative white christian for their religious views. This happens all the time. I fyou need examples, just ask. It is part of your standard operating procedure. But let one of your own be attacked for supporting and joining a racist, bigoted, Anti-American church, and suddenly you cry foul. Well it seems to me that your chickens are coming home to roost. What is good for the goose, libs. Peace.
By barbara bush
March 20, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this
you libs don’t get it we r force fed what to say hannity limbaugh rinse repeat talking points from talking heads r like a daily fiber pill to help us swallow the bs we believe conservative good gw righteous liberal bad evil no good america why r u complaining after 8 yrs of gw and a crooked congress with the majority for 6 to go along with all the thieves running the greedy corporations why r u angry? the conserves desrve are thanks aren’t you better off? and the little brown ones like to sleep outside and my boy george has a coke problem i blame mexico you should to. what is about ignorant you don’t understand libs?
By Illegals r kool
March 20, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this
“come on people now love one another” we are all “everyday people”
By Copyleft
March 20, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this
Fair’s fair indeed, Churchill. So you can attack Rev. Wright’s religious views all you like. Heck, I don’t agree with him either!
Now, as to OBAMA’s views… do you even know what they are?
By Churchill
March 20, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this
Copyleft, I read the speech and Obama’s quasi denouncement of the Wrong Rev. Wright left me scratching my head. Since he was a member of the church, I assume that he agreed with the views of that church. You can’t pick your parents, uncles, or aunts, but you sure can pick your church and mentors. As far as Obama’s views…he’s a lib and that’s O.K., but I do not have to support him. He also has a thin public record and I think that it is only to fair to examine the relationships that he says are important to him. He has been associated with that church for 20 years. I think it is fair game.
By heck of a job brownie
March 20, 2008 8:42 PM | Link to this
does this mean u won’t vote for a catholic churchy because the church hid pedophiles will you not vote for McCain based on this logic or all you just a fat ugly repub conserve who loves eating the bs of fox news I think we all no the answer to that hypothetical ? your a hippocrate