Philly Mayor Would Quit Obama Church

[sueragingroz]

The mayor acknowledges that some voters have approached him and asked, in his words, "Why not support a brother?"


"Somehow, someway, for some people there's an automatic assumption that a mayor who is African-American or some other elected official has to support another African-American," Nutter said.


"I thought that when Dr. King said that he wanted people to be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, I thought that's what he was talking about," Nutter added.


Nutter is sticking with Clinton, even though by doing so, he said he might be thwarting the election of America's first black president.


"Certainly the opportunity to demonstrate to my 13-year-old daughter that there is a bright future for her, that a woman could get elected president of the United States, is equally compelling," he said.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=4549699&page=2

Let the bashing (or sinking) begin.

[Johnny__Motown]

1. Let It Sink

[sueragingroz]

3. oooh so predictable

you are going to bash another successful and intelligent african american because he doesn't worship at the altar of :obama.

nice

[EFerrari]

6. For me it's not about Obama at all.

Dr. Wright is an accomplished, successful and revered man who has been made into a cartoon in the media.

Nutter know that and is simply shilling for Hillary. That's disgusting.

[anonymous171]

2. One Note: Dr. King said some very similiar things about America.

[Garbo 2004]

4. Current thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5308567&mesg_id=5308567

[Mooney]

5. Support on demographic grounds has never been a given.

All black men won't support Obama. There are women who won't support Hillary.

Whoop.

[jefferson_dem]

7. Poor Nutter.

He's still sooooo bitter that Obama dissed him in favor of Mfume for mayor.

Let it go, Nutter. Let it go.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Plus the city's Dem. officials didn't support him in the primary so he is getting his paybacks. n/t

[DesertFlower]

9. that's his choice. nt

[AllentownJake]

10. Nutter

I was living in Philly during the primary. Glad I didn't vote for him.

[Forkboy]

11. Then he is aptly named.

[MadBadger]

12. This should be local Philly news and thats it

Who really cares what a local PA politician thinks?

[ProSense]

13. Nutter in the Gutter

Nutter in the Gutter

by BooMan
Sat Mar 29th, 2008 at 07:09:33 PM EST

I know Michael Nutter and I like him very much. Which is why I find it so painful to see him pimp himself out to the Clintons in an utterly lost cause. That he would be a party to the attempted political race-assassination of Barack Obama is beyond disappointing. It's unforgivable. And I'll tell him that the next time I see him.

Posted on Mon, Dec. 17, 2007

Heard in the Hall

Before Clinton, Nutter favored Obama

Mayor-elect Michael Nutter last week wholeheartedly threw his support behind Hillary Clinton in next year's presidential race.

"Philadelphia, we need a friend in the White House," he said at an Electric Factory fund-raiser for the New York senator, before a crowd of about 1,000 people - including former President Bill Clinton.

That might be.

But several months earlier, Nutter left the distinct impression that Philadelphia might need a different friend.

At a mayoral forum at Central High School in Philadelphia last February, each of the five Democrats running in the primary was asked to predict the next president.

Nutter's answer: "I'll go out on a limb. Sen. (Barack) Obama." His response triggered a round of applause and whoops from the young audience.

Of course, that was before the Illinois senator distributed an e-mail to the supporters of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, one of Nutter's rivals in the race, asking them to contribute to Fattah's campaign committee.

Asked last week about why it was Obama then and Clinton now, Nutter said: "That was during the election campaign, and I certainly wish him well. I wish him the best. That's what campaigns are about. They evolve over time."

Of course, Congressman Fattah has endorsed Obama.

[rurallib]

14. Anybody care about Bush's War? the economy? healthcare?

global warming? environment? HeLLLOOOOO