< Previous page
Next page >

As a supporter of Barack Obama I was saddened by the outlandish behavior of his former pastor. It's obvious that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright seeks to promote himself and his posh lifestyle and doesn't mind harming Obama's candidacy.

I am waiting for the day when candidates do not feel an obligation to bring their religions and their pastors, priests, or rabbis onto the political stage. It's a strange tradition.

We've seen how "men of God" can contaminate the proceedings in countless ways. Although few are so deliberately repulsive as Wright, you'd have to have a strong stomach to sit through a sermon by Pat Robertson and some others as well.

Obama is a good and decent man who sincerely wants to bring America together and move forward.

Do not allow the Clintons to use this whipped-up issue as a means of taking us backward. Do not allow envious, self-possessed race hustlers to derail his objectives and keep the tired discord alive.

Vote for a positive and constructive future for your country on Tuesday.

Debrah Correll
Chapel Hill

-------------------------------------------------------

Just listening to the media coverage of presidential hopeful Barack Obama's former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright reinforces why religion and politics should not be mixed and why our country has so many problems now. For the past 8 years, the United States has fallen to shambles thanks to the wonderful government in place right now, and instead of the nation trying to find the best candidate to help us rise to the level of living that Americans are used to, everyone's too busy talking about one person's opinion that was made years ago and has absolutely nothing to do with the presidential candidates.

Rev. Wright is just one man but we as a nation are many. Let's talk about the issues at hand and not what he says. Our constitution gives him the very right to say what he wants. President Bush said some things in the past too and look at where it got us -- Iraq!! Need I say more?

Stephen Lynn
Cedar Grove

---------------------------------------------------------

I am a white, female, 87-year-old senior citizen. Following the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, CNN TV's The Situation Room evening news report referred to the senior citizen voters in western Pennsylvania as those of the Bigotry Generation. I take issue with painting a whole generation with one swipe of the brush.

I see Barack Obama as a man uniquely qualified to fulfill a desperate need for reconciliation in our country that my generation has loved, fought, and died for. Obama is highly qualified, educated, intelligent and eloquent. He has a keen mind and a calm, thoughtful, and confident demeanor. His multi-racial life experience exceeds in important measure the experience his opponent claims to have gained in her 8 years in the Clinton White House.

I am a life-long Republican, but Barack Obama has earned my respect and support He has stayed above the caustic and bitter tone of his opponents campaign. He is the right leader at the right time to restore dignity and unity to the United States of America.

Let not the so called Bigotry Generation deny him his hard-earned opportunity to deliver hope and change.

June Peacock
Raleigh

---------------------------------------------------------

I was amused by the recent letter comparing the selection of a CEO, with the contest for the Democratic nomination.

The previous CEO (read Bush) lacked experience . . . except that George W. Bush was governor of Texas, which many people feel (or felt) was a better credential than being a senator, for someone seeking the presidency. Plus he had the experience of seeing the presidency up close. Although it's becoming clear that having the unfinished business of someone else's presidency on your plate is not a good idea. Let's face it, there is no resume that guarantees a good president. Judgment is important but what's the proper test? The kind of church he attends? Or her readiness to go to war?

< Previous page
Next page >