Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $25,907
31%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 31%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: thephillyspeech

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • The Mainstream Media and Middle America: Divergent Views on Obama’s Speech

    03/20/2008 9:57:46 AM PDT · by beacon street bandit · 16 replies · 882+ views
    Beacon Street Journal ^ | 3/20/08 | John Kinsellagh
    I am struck, though not entirely surprised, by the widening gulf between some Cable TV commentators and pundits reaction to Obama's speech and that of most of middle america. So disparate is the treatment, that It leads me to ask: did we watch the same speech? By and large, the acclamation given his speech by most liberal pundits has been unrestrained and effusive: On MSNBC, Sally Quinn gushed that it was the greatest in all of human history; tune in to any cable news channel and you will hear similar accolades. We have seen this all before, most notably in...
  • Video of Obama Contradictions on Wright

    03/20/2008 6:13:28 AM PDT · by Comedylover · 11 replies · 769+ views
    Must see - several clips of Obama before the speech and Obama during the speech, complete contradictions.
  • Obama and His 'White Grandmother'

    03/18/2008 1:15:35 PM PDT · by CA Conservative · 95 replies · 3,021+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 3/18/08 | James Taranto
    Barack Obama took the stage this morning to give what was billed as a "major speech on race." It was, of course, an attempt to rescue his campaign from the revelation that his so-called spiritual mentor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, espouses a virulently anti-American and antiwhite worldview called "black liberation theology." <--snip--> What Obama is evading is that this "profoundly distorted view" is not just some passing emotion. It is what Wright himself, in the "talking points" page of his congregation's Web site, describes as "systematized black liberation theology." As we noted yesterday, Wright credits James Cone of New York's...
  • Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift: Don’t Judge Obama on Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s Remarks

    03/18/2008 12:41:06 PM PDT · by Rufus2007 · 69 replies · 1,430+ views
    Newsbusters.org ^ | March 18, 2008 | Jeff Poor
    One of the criticisms of the media's coverage of Sen. Barack Obama's candidacy - both from his opponents on the right and on the left, has been that he's been given a free pass on a lot of issue. The latest in particular had been the recently uncovered of Obama's former church minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who had made several incendiary remarks about race and the government. Eleanor Clift, known for her defense of Bill and Hillary Clinton on the syndicated show, "The McLaughlin Group," came to the defense of Obama in a March 17 appearance at The National Press...
  • Obama: Fire Imus (Obama First White House Contender to Call for Imus' Firing Over Racial Slur)

    03/18/2008 12:47:37 PM PDT · by SeafoodGumbo · 81 replies · 2,905+ views
    ABC ^ | 4-11-07 | Jake Tapper
    In an interview with ABC News Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., called for the firing of talk radio host Don Imus. Obama said he would never again appear on Imus' show, which is broadcast on CBS Radio and MSNBC television. "I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus," Obama told ABC News, "but I would also say that there's nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group. And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude." Top Politics stories Obama said...
  • Obama's Church Accuses Media of Character Assassination

    03/18/2008 12:37:58 PM PDT · by stevelackner · 6 replies · 350+ views
    STEVE LACKNER ^ | March 17 | Steven W. Lackner
    Obama's church, Trinity United Church Of Christ, has attempted to respond to the video clips that have emerged of their former pastor Jeremiah Wright engaging in hateful, racist, ignorant, anti-American diatribes they called sermons. Otis Moss III, the current pastor of Trinity United, said that "we have listened and watched as the wonderful work of our church has been vilified this week. This week should be special for us because I guess we know a little something about crucifixion." Give me a break! Trying to play the victim card is idiotic. Wright blamed America for 9-11, compared America to Al-Qaeda,...
  • I just read Obama's speech and have tears running down my face ...

    03/18/2008 10:53:47 AM PDT · by HD1200 · 131 replies · 5,117+ views
    I have seen a like intro referencing crying at several left wing message boards a dozen times already. OK, this is what we are up against people. Crybabies that start crying over political speeches! Unbeleivable! Just who ARE these people that would cry over a political speech given solely because the guy was backed into a corner over an issue? To CRY over it?
  • Obama lectures us on race, gender and equality. Obama's speech text

    03/18/2008 7:30:10 AM PDT · by Nutmeg08 · 316 replies · 7,980+ views
    Drudge ^ | 3/18/2008 | Senator Obama
    "A More Perfect Union" Remarks of Senator Barack Obama Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10:17:53 ET “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.” Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America’s improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots who had traveled across an ocean to escape tyranny and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787. The document they produced was...