Posted on 04/28/2008 11:46:11 AM PDT by The_Republican
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, explaining this morning why he had waited so long before breaking his silence about his incendiary sermons, offered a paraphrase from Proverbs: "It is better to be quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
Barack Obama's pastor would have been wise to continue to heed that wisdom.
Should it become necessary in the months from now to identify the moment that doomed Obama's presidential aspirations, attention is likely to focus on the hour between nine and ten this morning at the National Press Club. It was then that Wright, Obama's longtime pastor, reignited a controversy about race from which Obama had only recently recovered - and added lighter fuel.
Speaking before an audience that included Marion Barry, Cornel West, Malik Zulu Shabazz of the New Black Panther Party and Nation of Islam official Jamil Muhammad, Wright praised Louis Farrakhan, defended the view that Zionism is racism, accused the United States of terrorism, repeated his view that the government created the AIDS virus to cause the genocide of racial minorities, stood by other past remarks ("God damn America") and held himself out as a spokesman for the black church in America.
In front of 30 television cameras, Wright's audience cheered him on as the minister mocked the media and, at one point, did a little victory dance on the podium. It seemed as if Wright, jokingly offering himself as Obama's vice president, was actually trying to doom Obama; a member of the head table, American Urban Radio's April Ryan, confirmed that Wright's security was provided by bodyguards from Farrakhan's Nation of Islam.
Wright suggested that Obama was insincere in distancing himself from his pastor. "He didn't distance himself," Wright announced."
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Now, Obambi is saying that he doesn’t share Wright’s views. So, we are now to believe that he chose as his mentor and spirtual advisor someone with whom he does not share common views and values? Sure, Obmabi, tell us another one.
If nObama gets in, you will be luck to get a chicken wing and water in a dirty glass!
I think he just said God is his enemy.
Bushmaster M4 A3
an old fashioned guy!
Nice hat!!
Will hold a gallon of water or a one pound bag of shite!
I too like your hat. But, I also want a Dick Cheney hat, if I can figure out where to get one.
I wonder what McCain thinks of NC GOP’s ad now? Oh wait, he hasn’t seen it and I’m sure he thinks Rev. Wright is being misquoted on live TV!
Now, that’s versatility!!!
I think McCain should now demand that Obama and Wright say they’re very sorry make up.
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