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Mon 28 Apr, 2008 05:22 am
April 26, 2008, 8:30 a.m.
Wright Game
By the Editors
When the North Carolina GOP announced its intention to run an ad featuring Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's controversial pastor, lots of people got the vapors, including John McCain.
North Carolina Democrats have denounced the ad as "racist." John McCain has gone almost as far. "I've done everything that I can to repudiate and to see that this kind of campaigning does not continue," McCain said. He called North Carolina Republicans "out of touch with reality" in their refusal to pull the ad and suggested they aren't worthy of the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan.
Please. The ad is a bank shot on top of a bank shot, hitting two Democratic gubernatorial candidates for endorsing Obama who, in turn, was long associated with the radical Wright. We doubt it will be particularly effective. But there is nothing illegitimate about it.
Obama's relationship to Wright is relevant to his judgment, character, and ?- in his explanations of what he knew and when about Wright ?- his honesty. Are we to ignore all this because Wright is black? Are only videos of white pastors damning America fit for airwaves? It's not Wright's race that matters, but his racist and anti-American rantings.
We understand McCain's desire to steer well clear of any racial foul-play, but there's none in the ad and he's foolish to be pushed into the position of speech cop for every other Republican in the country. It's unclear what McCain's principled standard for criticism of Obama is. The Illinois senator has a closer relationship to Wright than former terrorist William Ayers, but McCain has seen fit to condemn the latter association.
From now until November, any Republican criticizing Wright will be accused of playing the race card. It's a way to shut down discussion of Wright's poisonous worldview, and of what it says about Obama. These rules stack the deck and stifle legitimate debate. Republicans must reject them.
NRO
Miller, you need to get a life. How many of these posts do you plan on putting on here? Same old, same old. Come on.
Mame wrote:Miller, you need to get a life. How many of these posts do you plan on putting on here? Same old, same old. Come on.
Do you not remember her MO.....she probably posted 1000 threads regarding healthcare.
This is what Miller does.
miller is definitely in the wingnut category... but KAK has a right to post whatever KAK wants...
and for roxxxmanne to make duragatory remarks about other member's postings is beyond ironic...
Seriously. There needs to be a Miller v. Roxxxanne virtual cage fight.
If we can get it a ppv event a lot of us would watch it.
Just saw Rev. Wright's NAACP speech. His enemies simply cant compete with this man. I feel sorry for those who try. Hillary wants to know why Obama didn't quit the church. What gaul. It aint blindness it's pure powermongering. It's base. Rev. Wright is all about love and building a better, more understanding and appreciative world. And to state the obvious about Miller and her constant attacks on Wright her attacks are on Obama in a mad quest to get Hillary the nomination not because she supports Hillary by far but because she believes Hillary cant beat bomb bomb bomb Iran McCain.
blueflame1 wrote: Rev. Wright is all about love
If Rev. Wright is all about love, why then doesn't he sound like Jesus Christ?
Miller, "If Rev. Wright is all about love, why then doesn't he sound like Jesus Christ?" He may not sound like your Jesus but he sounds exactly like my Jesus. You sound as if you have not seen the NAACP speech or the National Press Club speech which was brilliant. He talks of reconciliation and with historical significance and in depth and with hope. He has a beautiful message. Unfortunately America does not have a beautiful history. But facing up to that history is all that can lead to change as in those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it. Getting back to your Jesus question Rev. Wright said it best when he said the Christ of the slavemasters and the Christ of the slaves in the holds of the ships were different. Both thought they were right. You have always given me the impression that you're more on the side of the slavemasters than the slaves. In my mind you represent your Christ and I represent mine. I would suggest to you that if you have not heard both speeches given last night and today that your statements about Rev. Wright are purely political and made deliberately out of ignorance. You dont care, edont wanna know what he thinks outside of what you can twist to suit your own devious purposes.
A couple points points Wright made at the Press Club was this war in Iraq was built on lies and his God daughter has just been sent to Iraq. His service in the Marines is known and he's mentioned Cheney's and Bushie's lack of service and now his God daughter is serving in a war those God damned chickenhawks built on lies. Last sentence is my take not his.
I beg your pardon.
It is not a question of who project/uphold the intellecual faculties.
But a question unsolved.
I amean AMERICAN DREAMS unrealized.
people are starvinv because of this funny HOPE AND AND DREAM
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