--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Politicians have used this trick forever. Tie a lead to the > statements of someone who supports him and drag them along in the > dirt til they stop movin. Too bad the Dems didn't tie Bush to the > Klan or the Father of the Killers of Ryan White in Laramie > WY.
The big difference here, Mr. Ed, is that Bush wasn't a member of the Klan nor was he associated with the killers of Ryan White. Obama is not just associated with Wright, he has been a very instrumental part of his life for the past 20 years apparently. And, no, it's simply NOT going to be enough to say: I disassociate myself from Wright and his remarks. For goodness sake's, Obama has been going to this guy's Church for so, so many years. This reflects on his judgement in a way that so seriously calls into question his ability to be president if he could go to such a man's church for so long and have such an influence on his life (according to Obama himself). The Democratic Party simply will NOT let this stand. I would even suspect that many, many committed Obama delegates won't vote for him at the convention. He's toast and Hillary is the candidate. > .......Might not have helped. Like the Greeks once noted---what > good is Democracy if your bread n circus oriented populace is largely > happily uniformed. > > The Right is watching the Hillary/Barack War and diggin it. I worry > those precious few who haven't already made up their minds might > start seeing those 'Solid Republican's' and see safety from the chaos > of the volatile, multifarious democrats........and now I'm > pontificating...anyhoo.....I MISS JOHN EDWARDS! ....:) --- In > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > If the facts in this article are true, not only will he not be > > elected president, he won't get the nomination REGARDLESS of how > many > > delegates he has. > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > from: http://tinyurl.com/2xtfub > > > > OPINION > > > > > > Obama and the Minister > > By RONALD KESSLER > > March 14, 2008; Page A19 > > > > In a sermon delivered at Howard University, Barack Obama's longtime > > minister, friend and adviser blamed America for starting the AIDS > > virus, training professional killers, importing drugs and creating > a > > racist society that would never elect a black candidate president. > > > > The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., pastor of Mr. Obama's Trinity > United > > Church of Christ in Chicago, gave the sermon at the school's Andrew > > Rankin Memorial Chapel in Washington on Jan. 15, 2006. > > > > > > Trinity United Church of Christ/Religion News Service > > Sen. Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright > > "We've got more black men in prison than there are in college," he > > began. "Racism is alive and well. Racism is how this country was > > founded and how this country is still run. No black man will ever > be > > considered for president, no matter how hard you run Jesse > [Jackson] > > and no black woman can ever be considered for anything outside what > > she can give with her body." > > > > Mr. Wright thundered on: "America is still the No. 1 killer in the > > world. . . . We are deeply involved in the importing of drugs, the > > exporting of guns, and the training of professional killers . . . > We > > bombed Cambodia, Iraq and Nicaragua, killing women and children > while > > trying to get public opinion turned against Castro and > Ghadhafi . . . > > We put [Nelson] Mandela in prison and supported apartheid the whole > > 27 years he was there. We believe in white supremacy and black > > inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God." > > > > His voice rising, Mr. Wright said, "We supported Zionism > shamelessly > > while ignoring the Palestinians and branding anybody who spoke out > > against it as being anti-Semitic. . . . We care nothing about human > > life if the end justifies the means. . . ." > > > > Concluding, Mr. Wright said: "We started the AIDS virus . . . We > are > > only able to maintain our level of living by making sure that Third > > World people live in grinding poverty. . . ." > > > > Considering this view of America, it's not surprising that in > > December Mr. Wright's church gave an award to Louis Farrakhan for > > lifetime achievement. In the church magazine, Trumpet, Mr. Wright > > spoke glowingly of the Nation of Islam leader. "His depth on > analysis > > [sic] when it comes to the racial ills of this nation is astounding > > and eye-opening," Mr. Wright said of Mr. Farrakhan. "He brings a > > perspective that is helpful and honest." > > > > After Newsmax broke the story of the award to Farrakhan on Jan. 14, > > Mr. Obama issued a statement. However, Mr. Obama ignored the main > > point: that his minister and friend had spoken adoringly of Mr. > > Farrakhan, and that Mr. Wright's church was behind the award to the > > Nation of Islam leader. > > > > Instead, Mr. Obama said, "I decry racism and anti-Semitism in every > > form and strongly condemn the anti-Semitic statements made by > > Minister Farrakhan. I assume that Trumpet magazine made its own > > decision to honor Farrakhan based on his efforts to rehabilitate ex- > > offenders, but it is not a decision with which I agree." Trumpet is > > owned and produced by Mr. Wright's church out of the church's > > offices, and Mr. Wright's daughters serve as publisher and > executive > > editor. > > > > Meeting with Jewish leaders in Cleveland on Feb. 24, Mr. Obama > > described Mr. Wright as being like "an old uncle who sometimes will > > say things that I don't agree with." He rarely mentions the points > of > > disagreement. > > > > Mr. Obama went on to explain Mr. Wright's anti-Zionist statements > as > > being rooted in his anger over the Jewish state's support for South > > Africa under its previous policy of apartheid. As with his previous > > claim that his church gave the award to Mr. Farrakhan because of > his > > work with ex-offenders, Mr. Obama appears to have made that up. > > > > Neither the presentation of the award nor the Trumpet article about > > the award mentions ex-offenders, and Mr. Wright's statements > > denouncing Israel have not been qualified in any way. Mr. Obama > > nonetheless told the Jewish leaders that the award to Mr. > > Farrakhan "showed a lack of sensitivity to the Jewish community." > > That is an understatement. > > > > As for Mr. Wright's repeated comments blaming America for the 9/11 > > attacks because of what Mr. Wright calls its racist and violent > > policies, Mr. Obama has said it sounds as if the minister was > trying > > to be "provocative." > > > > Hearing Mr. Wright's venomous and paranoid denunciations of this > > country, the vast majority of Americans would walk out. Instead, > Mr. > > Obama and his wife Michelle have presumably sat through numerous > > similar sermons by Mr. Wright. > > > > Indeed, Mr. Obama has described Mr. Wright as his "sounding board" > > during the two decades he has known him. Mr. Obama has said he > found > > religion through the minister in the 1980s. He joined the church in > > 1991 and walked down the aisle in a formal commitment of faith. > > > > The title of Mr. Obama's bestseller "The Audacity of Hope" comes > from > > one of Wright's sermons. Mr. Wright is one of the first people Mr. > > Obama thanked after his election to the Senate in 2004. Mr. Obama > > consulted Mr. Wright before deciding to run for president. He > prayed > > privately with Mr. Wright before announcing his candidacy last year. > > > > Mr. Obama obviously would not choose to belong to Mr. Wright's > church > > and seek his advice unless he agreed with at least some of his > views. > > In light of Mr. Wright's perspective, Michelle Obama's comment that > > she feels proud of America for the first time in her adult life > makes > > perfect sense. > > > > Much as most of us would appreciate the symbolism of a black man > > ascending to the presidency, what we have in Barack Obama is a > > politician whose closeness to Mr. Wright underscores his radical > > record. > > > > The media have largely ignored Mr. Obama's close association with > Mr. > > Wright. This raises legitimate questions about Mr. Obama's > > fundamental beliefs about his country. Those questions deserve a > > clearer answer than Mr. Obama has provided so far. > > > > Mr. Kessler, a former Wall Street Journal and Washington Post > > reporter, is chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com and the > > author of "The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop > the > > Next Attack" (Crown Forum, 2007). > > >
