Barack Obama Speech and Selected Commentary

1.     Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: 'A More Perfect Union': text version available under additional reading)

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWe7wTVbLUU 

Text: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88478467

Various Reponses to Obama’s Speech

Note:  These responses are predominantly critical of Obama.  They are not necessarily representative of the range of responses to the speech, many of which rated it highly.  The professor does not necessarily endorse any of these views.

1. “Obama Chooses Reconciliation Over Rancor,” New York Times, March 19, 2008.

            http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/us/politics/19assess.html?ref=politics

2. Charles Krauthammer, “The Speech: A Brilliant Fraud,” Washington Post, March 21, 2008

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003017.html

See also Charles Krauthammer on Obama 'race' speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsCRsa3Ctzo

3. Huckabee defends Barack Obama on Rev. Wright controversy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNwMPNxwHmQ&feature=related

4. Matt Frei (BBC), "Washington diary: Obama's quandary"    

            http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7303987.stm

5. "Beloved Community," Christian Century, April 8, 2008

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright

“Jeremiah Wright - Obama's mentor - Hate speech”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdJB-qkfUHc&feature=related

BARACK OBAMA Pastor ANTI-AMERICAN Rev Jeremiah Wright Racism (ABC News)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwQWuQVE6sw&feature=related

Best of Jeremiah Wright's Sermons Pt. 1 (Fox News)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=617eK2XIaLk

Transcript Of A Jeremiah Wright Sermon

            http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=4808fe74-023d-417b-8537-33763c33e399