Posted on 03/20/2008 5:26:12 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Jeremiah Wright was White House guest
The recent coverage of Rev. Jeremiah Wright has often cast him as a marginal, almost fringe figure, but Trinity Church is a major Chicago institution, and Wright has long been a prominent pastor on the American scene.
And an anonymous blog set up to defend his church offers some compelling photographic evidence of this: A photograph of Wright and President Clinton, which it says was taken on September 11, 1998 -- the date of a White House gathering for religious leaders.
Hillary Clinton, according to her recently-released schedule for the day, was present at the gathering.
That's where Clinton reportedly told the assembled clerics, at the depth of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, that he had "repented."
As CNN reported at the time:
"I have been on quite a journey these last few weeks to get to the end of this, to the rock-bottom truth of where I am," Clinton said in his most emotional and dramatic statement since the affair with Lewinsky became public. "I don't think there is a fancy way to say that I have sinned."
Agreeing with his critics that he was not "contrite" enough during his initial Aug. 17 statement, Clinton said, "It is important to me that everybody who has been hurt know that the sorrow I feel is genuine. First and most important, my family, my friends, my staff, my cabinet, Monica Lewinsky and her family and the American people. I have asked all for their forgiveness."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Thanks, what a classic photo now!! Let’s see the t-shirts and posters next......
Obama’s mother raised him an athiest and he apparently got little or no religious background from his stepfather during his years living in Indonesia, so when Obama chose Chicago as the launch pad for his political career (as a “community organizer”), he figured he figured being a “Christian” had to be part of the game plan.
I doubt he seriously dreamed at that time that he would someday be a legitimate contender for the Presidency so he went with a church that would work for his immediate purposes of ascending in the world of South Side Chicago politics. Had Obama been a little more far-sighted he might have chosen a nice “mixed” church somewhere, or at least a more traditional black church.
But if he was one of 100 people invited to a preachers at the WH event, then chances are slim Slick knew much about him
“I wonder what Rev. Jeremiah Wright had to say when the Clinton Lewinsky scandal broke. Was he a Clinton supporter?”
“Maybe he gave him some tips about ‘ridin dirty’.”
ROFL!
Stop it, your killing me!!!
The strange thing about Rev. Wright’s hate whitey rants is that his appearance is more similar to someone from Sicily, Lebanon or Tunisia. I suspect that his DNA is more white than black. Oh, there is another thing strange about the fellow - his wearing of robes more suitable for the opera stage than behind a pulpit. /p>
I don’t buy that. Obama always played shrewdly. He has a gift for it.
So Wright councilled Slick Willy on how to do Monica?
It was also the date of the release of the Starr Report.
Wasn't *Squirt seeking 'spiritual guidance' around that same time?
Especially in front of TV news cameras. BTW did you notice your post #?
Are you saying that is Jerry Wright?
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I like mine exta buttery.
OK, that'll work for the first five years. Ten, even. But twenty? Seriously?
Thanks Twinkie...., you are very refershing too....like a junior mint.
I laugh every time I see that.
Ribs?
Obama's Grandmother: "Typical White Person"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxmEz8H33ZI
(A small analysis at the end by yours truly)
That might be the best ever.
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