Why Reverend Wright's hateful rhetoric will destroy Obama's chances in the general election

Unless you have had your head in a hole over the last week you know about Obama and the current scandal he is now facing with the hateful, anti-American statements made by his Pasteur, Reverend Wright. I have found the best compilation of Reverend Wrights worst remarks on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc2FCJ7zWEQ
But despite Obama's best efforts to diffuse this scandal with his amazing speech on race, this scandal will continue to haunt him throughout his campaign as his speech didn't address the worries of all the people appalled by the statements of Rev. Wright. He has undermined the key message that he can bring change from the political status quo. In his recent speech on race he can be caught in the most current lie in a long string of lies he has put forth throughout his campaign. As the first wave of the controversy emerged Obama claimed that he had never heard the inflammatory statements of Rev. Wright but admitted more recently that he had. This lie is just one in a long line of deception that is characteristic of the politics he so detests
His other lies include the difference in his public promises on NAFTA and Iraq from what one of his former key advisers, Samantha Powers has told foreign diplomats, plus his notorious connections with Louis Farrakhan and Jesse Jackson Jr. Many people may not know this but I have come upon surprising news that Jesse Jackson Jr equated Obama's nomination fight to O.J Simpson's murder of Nicole Brown shortly after the reults of the Iowa caucus and Obama has yet to denounce it. So much for Obama's other key message of unity. For someone who proclaims to want to bring our country together he certainly seems to associate himself with some very polarizing figures.
Obama's refusal to denounce his pastor may be a hard pill to swallow for many key voters he needs to swing in his direction to be competitive during the general election. Obama's appeal to Republicans and Independents used to be a credible argument for his viability as a nominee in the general election but recent CBS poll show that this base of support has significantly eroded with 47 % of responding Republicans saying they had a less favorable view of him and 36% of Independents responding the same. I'm sure the republicans are just salivating at the prospect of Obama as a candidate because he will be a lighting rod for attack ads that call into question his patriotism with regards to his 20 year relationship with Reverend Wright. Barack has already claimed that this man has helped change his life and who wouldn't believe that. Since Rev. Wright is a man that has been in Barack Obama's life for twenty years I think it will be hard to convince anybody that some of Reverend Wright's racist and anti-America commentary
hasn't rubbed off on Barack in some ways that may still be hidden to the public he is trying to woo.
I can already imagine that the attack ad will be sure to include one of the Reverend's worst inflammatory statements, "God damn America". I think that this statement alone could kill Obama's chances of winning a nationwide vote. So, I implore the superdelegates to vote for the nominee most likely to win an election against McCain instead of voting on an early wave of support that is likely to dwindle as more people become aware of the full breadth of Reverend Wright's hate filled sermons. Despite what the popular vote/ pledged delegates may show in the end I think this race is close enough that including other factors in measuring their chances in the general election should definitely come into play in a major way. Superdelegates are reserved to make their own decisions of nominee based on viability as a general election candidate so they should not be shackled by some non-existent rule that they have to vote in accordance with the popular vote/pledged delegates. Please make the right choice and choose Hillary Clinton for President. Who do we want ruling our country through the tumultuous times in our foreign relations and economy? If democrats don't remember we lost the election in 2004 in part due to the swift vote ads attacking John Kerry's patriotism. Do we really want to play into the Republicans hands and set ourselves up for the same mistake again with the burden of Obama's Rev. Wright scandal. If Obama becomes the nominee we will probably be doomed to a third term of a failed pro-Bush agenda. Superdelegates, please look at the big picture and the big states that wil prove crucial in this upcoming election. ( A discussion of the reasons why big states/large swing states should matter in the democrats choice of nominee to follow in tomorrow's blog entry.)