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Newly Unearthed Obama Video: “Rich people are all for nonviolence... They’ve got what they want.”
Patterico.com ^ | 10/3/2012 | Patterico

Posted on 10/03/2012 8:53:57 AM PDT by Qbert

In the wake of the Daily Caller’s release of President Obama cheering Rev. Wright and invoking the race card in various ways, our friend Morgen Richmond decided the time was right to release some little-known Obama video of his own. He authorized me to release the video here first.

The following clips are from 2002. Obama is speaking in a church at a 2002 Martin Luther King Jr. Day memorial service.

The full speech is here, and by and large it is a nice speech by a rising politician. Obama speaks about the need for empathy in society, about taking responsibility for our actions, and the audacity of hope. He levels barbs at the wealthy and unempathetic, but also criticizes those who blame the system for the arrest of O.J. Simpson and the crack epidemic. Although the audio quality is poor because of the echo in the church, one can tell that Obama is well spoken and articulate. Joe Biden would have been proud.

But there are a few times when the mask slips, just a little.

My favorite clip is this one, where he speaks of Dr. King’s philosophy of non-violence, and explains that it works only when there is empathy:

Video clip.

Transcript:

The philosophy of nonviolence only makes sense if the powerful can be made to recognize themselves in the powerless. It only makes sense if the powerless can be made to recognize themselves in the powerful. You know, the principle of empathy gives broader meaning, by the way, to Dr. King’s philosophy of nonviolence. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but rich people are all for nonviolence. Why wouldn’t they be? They’ve got what they want. They want to make sure people don’t take their stuff. But the principle of empathy recognizes that there are more subtle forms of violence to which we are answerable. The spirit of empathy condemns not only the use of firehoses and attack dogs to keep people down but also accountants and tax loopholes to keep people down. I’m not saying that what Enron executives did to their employees is the moral equivalent of what Bull Connor did to black folks, but I’ll tell you what, the employees at Enron feel violated. When a company town sees its plant closing because some distant executives made some decision despite the wage concessions, despite the tax breaks, and they see their entire economy collapsing, they feel violence . . .

And the class warfare talk never ends.

What Obama really thought about the Clinton years. Quote: “Among African American males, one third to one fourth caught up in the criminal justice system, so that the number of young men incarcerated exceeded the number enrolled in colleges and universities. Throughout the nation inequality up, trust in mutuality down . . . the evidence was there if we cared to look.”

Obama on empathy, the powerful, and the prison industrial complex. Quote: “It’s hard to imagine that the powerful in our society would tolerate the burgeoning prison industrial complex if they imagined that the black men and Latino men that are being imprisoned were something like their sons.”

Local funding of schools is “fundamentally unjust.” Quote: “And Illinois, like many states in the country, has an education system that is funded by property taxes. It is fundamentally unjust. So you have folks up in Winnetka, pupils who are getting five times as much money per student as students in the South Side of Chicago.”

The full clip on YouTube.

If you use any of these clips or transcripts, please credit Morgen, and mention that you saw them here first.


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KEYWORDS: 2002; 2012; barackrupt; bhofascism; caughtontape; classwar; classwarfare; democrats; formom; maumau; nakedmarxist; nonviolence; obama; obamaquotes; obamatruthfile; therealobama; thug; violence
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To: Qbert; All

This is really a slap in the face to MLK, too.

I remember thinking, when he first ran ... we heard stories about how much he read about and admired Lincoln. Lincoln being Republican, it didn’t make a lot of sense except when you consider that Lincoln presided over a civil war.


101 posted on 10/03/2012 2:01:39 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

When I first heard Rev. Wright, I was sure that would be the end of Obama. When it wasn’t, I knew nothing would stop him. Americans just didn’t care. I still think the vast majority of those who voted for him in 2008 will vote for him again. It is hard to believe Americans are really that stupid, but they obviously are.


102 posted on 10/03/2012 2:02:48 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

BUMP!!


103 posted on 10/03/2012 2:06:14 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Qbert

Alright. First we are haters because we are white. Now we are ALL RICH white racist that hate black people. Now I see why Obama let the Black Racist Panthers off the hook when they were yelling to kill the crackers and their kids... BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY BARACK OBAMA IS A MEMBER!!!!


104 posted on 10/03/2012 2:16:10 PM PDT by Ohiobelle
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To: Qbert

sounds like he endorsed violence


105 posted on 10/03/2012 2:17:54 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Ohiobelle

The only people that want Barack Obama reelected are those that get Obama phones and Obama money while the rest of us have to pay for it!!! I want this man out! Obama has destroyed the middle class with all those broken promises about hope and change! I will not stoop to his racist level. I don’t need to.. I seem to recall an old video I have of Obama. Let me see what I can dig up.


106 posted on 10/03/2012 2:24:29 PM PDT by Ohiobelle
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To: Qbert

Some videos haven’t disappeared since 2009. http://ohiobelle.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/obama-and-his-lies/


107 posted on 10/03/2012 2:57:08 PM PDT by Ohiobelle
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To: Qbert

Some videos haven’t disappeared since 2009. http://ohiobelle.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/obama-and-his-lies/


108 posted on 10/03/2012 2:57:25 PM PDT by Ohiobelle
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To: Qbert

Just in case we nee d a history refresher. http://ohiobelle.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/return-of-the-dixiecrats/


109 posted on 10/03/2012 3:04:29 PM PDT by Ohiobelle
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To: Qbert

These are the people voting for Obama. It’s us against them. http://ohiobelle.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/liberals-are-un-american/


110 posted on 10/03/2012 3:11:49 PM PDT by Ohiobelle
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To: Qbert
I’m not saying that what Enron executives did to their employees is the moral equivalent of what Bull Connor did to black folks, but I’ll tell you what, the employees at Enron feel violated.

Hey, Barry! What did Enron and Bull Connor have in common? They were Democrat perversities. You Democrats have always been screwing black folks over, even 50 percenters like you.
111 posted on 10/03/2012 3:18:03 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: Qbert
“I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but rich people are all for nonviolence. Why wouldn’t they be? They’ve got what they want. They want to make sure people don’t take their stuff.”

Romney should use this in the debate. I guess Obama thinks it's ok for people just to take things that don't belong to them.

112 posted on 10/03/2012 3:20:05 PM PDT by tobyhill (Obamacare, the final nail in the US coffin.)
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To: tobyhill

That’s one of many reasons why the libs hate the ten commandments. That “Thou shalt not steal” thing really puts the kabosh on all their ideas.


113 posted on 10/03/2012 3:22:33 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Qbert

Thou Shalt not Covet...

Since he’s preaching from the pulpit.

You can see and hear how those in that church think. They want their share of other peoples stuff.

That is exactly how they think


114 posted on 10/03/2012 3:26:23 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Viennacon
But one thing about where he compared 9/11 to Katrina. There is no comparison.

9/11 was outright murderous terrorism.

Those in the twin towers had no warning, unlike Katrina.

Those in the twin Towers had no time to escape, unlike Katrina.

I'm outraged.

115 posted on 10/03/2012 3:27:14 PM PDT by Crucial (Tolerance at the expense of equal treatment is the path to tyranny.)
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To: Mr. K

I was thinking Kung Fu Panda.


116 posted on 10/03/2012 3:27:58 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Qbert

And of course somethings will never change! http://ohiobelle.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/cnn-the-communist-news-network/


117 posted on 10/03/2012 3:29:21 PM PDT by Ohiobelle
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To: Graewoulf
"So the sooner the Liberals can make the rich people poor, The sooner the Liberals can help them."

The liberals are helping the rich people. They're helping to lighten their loads by emptying thier wallets.
/s

118 posted on 10/03/2012 4:00:21 PM PDT by Flotsam_Jetsome ("Obama": His entire life is Photoshopped.)
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To: Mr. K

You’ve got one really strong arm.


119 posted on 10/03/2012 4:05:03 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Qbert

The man is a leftist creep. Who knew? The unfortunate thing is that Democrats will still cover for him. It’s all about power with these people.


120 posted on 10/03/2012 4:15:02 PM PDT by popdonnelly (The first priority is get Obama out of the White House.)
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