Posted on 03/14/2008 6:54:59 AM PDT by jdm
Before the press began looking into the inflammatory rhetoric of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, they fawned over his association with Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey. In a Chicago Tribune profile that appeared just as Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency in January 2007, the Senator confirmed the close relationship with the firebrand preacher at Trinity United Church. Wright provides both a moral compass and political advice, Obama said — then:
Wright, 65, is a straight-talking pragmatist who arrived in Chicago as an outsider and became an institution. He has built a congregation of 8,500, including the likes of Oprah Winfrey and hip-hop artist Common, by offering an alternative to socially conservative black churches that are, Wright believes, too closely tied to Chicago’s political dynasties.
Obama, too, also came to the city as a young unknown. Emerging from relative obscurity with his win in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary race for a U.S. Senate seat, he found a growing audience by preaching the politics of social justice and common ground. He has encouraged Democrats to acknowledge the power of faith in the lives of Americans. Now, he is positioning himself as a presidential candidate who can unify the American people.
Obama says that rather than advising him on strategy, Wright helps keep his priorities straight and his moral compass calibrated.
“What I value most about Pastor Wright is not his day-to-day political advice,” Obama said. “He’s much more of a sounding board for me to make sure that I am speaking as truthfully about what I believe as possible and that I’m not losing myself in some of the hype and hoopla and stress that’s involved in national politics.”
This sounds much different than Obama’s “old uncle” analogy that he has used of late as more of Wright’s inflammatory rhetoric has come to light. Wright has always stirred controversy, but not to the level that Obama feels now. Calling on his congregation to say “God damn America” and railing at Hillary Clinton because she has never been called the N-word may not have a great impact on the rapidly diminishing number of primary elections Obama has to face before winning the nomination. It will have a huge impact on how people see him in the general election, since as Obama himself stated in this piece, he seeks out Wright for political guidance before making any “bold” political moves.
What kind of advice would people believe him to receive from Wright, after having heard his sermons? And why would Obama seek it, and feel comfortable in the race-baiting environment Wright provides?
Obama may have less to lose than Oprah Winfrey, however. She has built a media empire by making herself accessible to women across all demographic lines. Not many people would associate Oprah’s easygoing nature and warm, welcomng appeal with the kind of oratory provided by Wright. Both Obama and Winfrey may have to tune their “old uncle” messages in the weeks and months ahead, if they want to continue their wide appeal to Americans who don’t feel compelled to ask for God’s damnation on the nation they love.
just like having the devil advise you.
So WHO gave the Media these tapes of the SCREAMING RACIST PASTOR??? HILLARY’S MINIONS???
Actually, I think they are for sale at Obama's church.
Must have been Hillary’s hit team- or else the GOP is stupid-
the tapes of this raging racist idiot who serves as Obama’s spiritual mentor- would have been much more valuable if released after Obama won the nomination
Maybe, but someone HAD to give them to the media.....wonder who?
Wright preaches hate, hate for America and hate for whites. He believe the US government created AIDS to test on the blacks in Africa. He believe the US is buying the drugs coming into this country to use against Blacks and minorities. He believes the US deserved 911 as a result of US genocide around the world. He believe Louis Farakahn is a great person deserving of a lifetime achievement award.
It is easy to understand how Obama does not salute the flag, wear a flag on his lapel, and how his wife has never been proud of America in light of all this. THEY believe these things.
This strikes not only to Obama's core beliefs (because he clearly has attended this church, heard these sermons, and depends on this man for counsel), it also goes to his judgement...something he has tried to make a big deal out of in the campaign.
Fact is, Obama and his policies display themselves an agreement with this preacher, his actions betray the same...and they speak to an unbelievable bad judgement given the history of the United States in the modern world, not only abroad but domestically.
Obama and his wife themselves demonstrate how ludicrous these charges and beliefs are...and how poor their judgement is for countenacning them.
...and all of this does not even go to or address Obama's "friendly" association with one of the founders of the Weathermen underground, who is an avowed and self admitted domestic terrorist, guilty himself of bombings in this country...and who is wholly unrepentant of the same.
The Obama's, along with these associations, are enemies to all this nation has been founded and established upon.
It is amazing to me, and a horribly sad commentary on our times, that so many Americans are being mesmerized by this abject charlatan and camelion. He is a ravening wolf and we must spread the word of his associations as far and as wide as possible.
At least one of those YouTubes- the one from the week of 9/11 has been online for many months if not longer.
Hillary never thought it would come to this- now she MUST go for the superdelegates with everything she’s got. It’s going to get uglier.
Hillary is the ONLY one who gains by this getting out now, before Penn. and the Michigan Mulligan.
Well, Wright’s views and words explain Michelle Obama’s chip-on-the-shoulder hatred for America. And Obama’s vow to apologize to the world for America’s supposed sins. These remarks also explain why Obama’s white grandma, the woman who largely raised and educated him, is kept well out of sight while the primaries are being held. In his bio, an ungrateful Obama dismisses his white grandparents as “white folk” of dubious pedigree—one was “thought” to have had a Confederate ancestor. Meanwhile the media presents fawning portraits of an Obama Kenyan grandmother who may or may not be an Obama blood relative but who in any case had nothing to do with him until he reached adulthood.
“Obama’s Black Seperatist Church”. I want to hear that from ABC,CBS,NBC,CNN, and FOX. I most certainly would hear that constantly if David Duke was McCain’s pastor for the past 20 years.
Couldn't agree more which is why I continously scratch my head with the likes of Hannity et. al. going after him now. IMHO, Hillary will not be as easily beaten as many assume.
It explains why Obama really does not choose to wear an American flag lapel pin, nor salute the Ameircan flag during our anthem
It also give some clues into the things Obama “HOPES” to “CHANGE”, his pastors’ rnat has laid out the things Obama must believe in his heart, that an America “ruled by rich white people” does wrong-
If he is ever elected- bend over for massive income transfers from rich (meaning white) US people to others who “deserve” “social justice”, and not just in the US
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Obama, each day appears to be the Manchurian/Islamofacist candidate.
It is time to repudiate the haters of America. They are not leaders, they are scumbags and often traitors.
Has anybody noticed we have heard of no further gaffes from angry Michelle “Affirmative Action” Obama for the past week or so? Did somebody put duct tape on her mouth?
But who tipped ABC News off so they could run a more than three minute prime time expose of Wright?
Rush mentioned that Fox News was doing a story on whether the moonbat reverend violated the Church's tax-free status by endorsing Obamna. The FNC reporter listened to all the CD's that are for sale at the church and discovered the anti-american and anti-white rants.
Oprah, like BO (middle initial deleted), is a successful con-artist. I don’t know where Oprah learned how to do it, but BO picked it up - albeit at long distance - from his con-artist father.
I think a Fox reporter bought them at the Church’s gift shop where they are on sale. The rest of our hard-working media hadn’t gotten around to it.
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