June 6th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
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What’s so crazy about that? The U.S. government allowed black men to die of untreated syphilis for the purpose of a scientific experiment. It’s not much of a stretch for a black pastor to find sinister motives in HIV, too.

June 6th, 2008 at 11:45 am
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No. Obama’s decision was politically right. His campaign was being derailed by Reverend Wright, and he needed to denounce and disassociate. Reverend Wright understands this and holds no grudge against Obama for doing so.

That having been said, I find nothing offensive in any of the sermon snippets I heard from Wright. I recognize that even the ones some people think were “hateful” and “racist” were taken completely out of context and twisted by spin doctors.

Personally, I think the church needs far more Reverend Wrights and a lot fewer Reverend Hagees.

Equally interesting is that their complaints are only vague generalizations. I have yet to hear them put forth a list of specific instances where the media unfairly bashed Hillary. The only times I’m ever heard anything negative from the MSM is when Hillary brought it on herself (such as the Bosnia lie or her “hard working white Americans” remarks) — and even then the coverage paled in comparison to what Obama received for his gaffes.

Then you have people like RHF who are trying to conflate the MSM with internet blog sites such as this one. On blogs, people are going to express their opinions. And there have been plenty of opinions expressed about all the candidates — not only here at TP, but many other sites as well. The internet is a great place for this activity. But RHF and others need to learn that the candidates themselves aren’t necessarily responsible for opinions that get posted.

I can honestly say that nobody’s campaign staff tells me what to write.

not savvy, not insightful, just superficial and stupid – like the political version of dancing with the stars.

rogers Says:
liberal traitor:

Aw, I knew I shouldn’t have held my breath…better luck next time.

No, by all means — hold your breath.

Keep holding it. You’ll pass out, but that’s normal.

The problem with the Wright media coverage was just that it wasn’t covered sooner. Hillary would have likely won the nomination if this crazy pastor was exposed before Iowa primary, NH, etc. The media was clearly not doing their job vetting Obama.

I suspect that one of the reasons Wright has received so much of the spotlight is because the right hasn’t been able to paint Obama himself as a “scary black preacher” — which they had previously been able to do with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

The “scary black preacher” has been a caricature that has been trotted out to make white people afraid for decades now (and if white people aren’t afraid, they’re TOLD they have to be afraid).

But what to do when Obama doesn’t fit that mold? Why, find Obama’s actual pastor and make HIM the “scary black preacher”! Go through as much video as you can, find anything that can be spun into something “scary”, post it on YouTube, mention the existence of these snippets on as many blogs as you can, then sit back and wait. Sure enough, the MSM will pick up the football and run with it. Not only will they play the footage over and over, they will conflate the pastor’s views with Obama’s, in an effort to paint Obama as the equivalent of a “scary black preacher”.

Unfortunately, nobody seems to be scared of white preachers, even though the things some of them say make Wright’s utterances look quite bland in comparison.

rogers Says:

liberal traitor Says:

Your just side-stepping and refusing to just say wether or not it was wrong and political, nevermind…

You are such a child michael. If we wanted this type of argument we’d be doing daycare for 2 year olds.

Keep going Obama, we are behind you in every way. What a contrast between the two parties within the last 24 hours.

1. No Lobbist Money to DNC (Obama) Positive

2. Continue illegal wire taps (McCain) In direct conflict with the constitution.

And this is only the begining !!

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Your just side-stepping and refusing to just say wether or not it was wrong and political, nevermind…

If you want a response, try starting with a real question. Specify which comments were made and which were denounced. Otherwise, your request is meaningless.

All they’ve got is hoping people will be scared of his former pastor.

Sad, but not being fully exposed. March on.