True.
I only wonder whether Wright conflated the quote with the white guy Peck during the original 2001 sermon in order to not be seen directly quoting Malcolm X. Or whether it is current 2008 spin for the same purpose.
It all rides on the parsing of the sentence, and it looks like he's pulled off the spin with the whole world watching, and not even the conservative talking heads noticed it.
It all rides on the parsing of the sentence, and it looks like he's pulled off the spin with the whole world watching, and not even the conservative talking heads noticed it.
This reminds me of one of the debates Geo. H.W. Bush had with Clinton. Someone got up and asked Bush what he was going to "do about the national debt, you know, the money we owe on credit cards".
Bush looked at the questioner like they were from Mars, and said something about not understanding the question. Which was entirely right, the "National Debt" doesn't have anything to do with peoples credit cards, but rather the debt the government owes.
The Clinton war room immediatly had their talking point, and by the time the debate was over the talking heads were all wagging about how Bush "didn't get it", because he didn't understand the national debt.
No. The fact was THEY didn't get it, because they didn't know the difference between the "National Debt", and someone's credit card bill. But the Clinton war room successfully spun it without even so much as Rush Limbaugh catching on at the time.
Clinton won because of superior use of spin control, and Hillary! might do it again.