Clinton Chats With The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy?
The news out of Pennsylvania today was that Hillary Clinton weighed in on the Reverend Jeremiah Wright controversy when she told a newspaper editorial board, "he would not have been my pastor … You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend."
But somewhat lost in the hubbub over this latest jab at Obama was the very fact that Clinton was meeting with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial board at all.
Published by billionaire conservative activist Richard Mellon Scaife, the Tribune-Review is known for its opinion page, which tilts heavily to the right. During the 1990s, the paper published a series of stories examining the case of Vince Foster, the former White House Deputy Counsel whose 1993 death was ruled a suicide after several investigations.
The Tribune-Review was at the forefront of conspiracy theorists who speculated that Hillary and President Clinton may have been involved in murdering Foster and covering up his death. As late as 2002, the Tribune-Review published a column suggesting Hillary Clinton's presidential aspirations would be tampered due to the Foster "cover-up."
Asked at a news conference this afternoon what it felt like to sit in the heart of the "vast right-wing conspiracy," Clinton laughed.
"It was actually very pleasant … " she said. "I said in the beginning when I arrived that it was obviously somewhat counterintuitive for me to be there, but it was a good discussion."
But somewhat lost in the hubbub over this latest jab at Obama was the very fact that Clinton was meeting with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial board at all.
Published by billionaire conservative activist Richard Mellon Scaife, the Tribune-Review is known for its opinion page, which tilts heavily to the right. During the 1990s, the paper published a series of stories examining the case of Vince Foster, the former White House Deputy Counsel whose 1993 death was ruled a suicide after several investigations.
The Tribune-Review was at the forefront of conspiracy theorists who speculated that Hillary and President Clinton may have been involved in murdering Foster and covering up his death. As late as 2002, the Tribune-Review published a column suggesting Hillary Clinton's presidential aspirations would be tampered due to the Foster "cover-up."
Asked at a news conference this afternoon what it felt like to sit in the heart of the "vast right-wing conspiracy," Clinton laughed.
"It was actually very pleasant … " she said. "I said in the beginning when I arrived that it was obviously somewhat counterintuitive for me to be there, but it was a good discussion."
Barack Obama Speaks at Dr. King''s Church
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0x_TpDris
MOST AFRICAN AMERICANS MAY NOT EVEN TRULY BE RELATED. THIS IS HOW WE ADAPTED TO EXPAND OUR FAMILY WITH SOMETIMES NON FAMILY BLOOD. WE HAD NO FAMILY AND OUR SENSE OF FAMILY VALUE MEANT NOTHING TO THE SLAVES OWNERS. SO YES A PASTOR CAN BE A RELATIVE IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY WHETHER YOU CONDONE HIS WORDS OR NOT.
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You can find all about it in a widely under-read article in the September 2007 issue of Mother Jones, in which Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet reported that ''through all of her years in Washington, Clinton has been an active participant in conservative Bible study and prayer circles that are part of a secretive Capitol Hill group known as the %u201CFellowship,%u201D aka The Family.''
But it won%u2019t be a secret much longer. Jeff Sharlet%u2019s shocking exposi, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power will be published in May.
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The Family avoids the word Christian but worship Jesus, though not the Jesus who promised the earth to the %u201Cmeek.%u201D They believe that, in mass societies, it%u2019s only the elites who matter, the political leaders who can build God%u2019s %u201Cdominion%u201D on earth. Insofar as the Family has a consistent philosophy, it%u2019s all about power %u2014 cultivating it, building it, and networking it together into ever-stronger units, or %u201Ccells.%u201D %u201CWe work with power where we can,%u201D Doug Coe has said, and %u201Cbuild new power where we can%u2019t.%u201D
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_(Christian_political_organization)
Hillary, you lied to the public about your Bosnia trip. You said you landed under sniper fire, and that you had to run to the car to get to safety. You are a congenital liar. We don''t want you. Go away Hillary "liar" Clinton. You are a selfish power hungry lying monster who do not care about this country or its people. You are refusing to release your tax return because you don''t want anyone to see you illegal dealings. That is why you said you will release your tax return if you get nominated. You only care about having power and money. Hillary is a LIAR. Believe this: In the end, TRUTH will alway win.
Jpezzus-= stop with the black slavery thing already it is old news and really means nothing anymore but an excuse for the African American society to not be accountable for it''s self and point fingers at everything but the real problem which is your community. Obama''s preacher is no better than Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson and Osama Bin Laden. They all repress their people for personal financial gain that is the problem.
You can find all about it in a widely under-read article in the September 2007 issue of Mother Jones, in which Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet reported that ''through all of her years in Washington, Clinton has been an active participant in conservative Bible study and prayer circles that are part of a secretive Capitol Hill group known as the %u201CFellowship,%u201D aka The Family.''
But it won%u2019t be a secret much longer. Jeff Sharlet%u2019s shocking exposi, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power will be published in May.
[..]
The Family avoids the word Christian but worship Jesus, though not the Jesus who promised the earth to the %u201Cmeek.%u201D They believe that, in mass societies, it%u2019s only the elites who matter, the political leaders who can build God%u2019s %u201Cdominion%u201D on earth. Insofar as the Family has a consistent philosophy, it%u2019s all about power %u2014 cultivating it, building it, and networking it together into ever-stronger units, or %u201Ccells.%u201D %u201CWe work with power where we can,%u201D Doug Coe has said, and %u201Cbuild new power where we can%u2019t.%u201D
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_(Christian_political_organization)
As parents, Barack and Michelle Obama have let their little girls down by allowing them to be exposed to the racial and anti-American sermons so loudly proclaimed by their pastor and so enthusiastically received by the congregation. The young children in that church will take such reactions by the adults as a celebration of the truth, when in reality, it''s them passing the burdens of victimization, hate, and distrust on to future generations. It''s sad that the members of the church don''t see it and frightening that the Obama''s have participated in it. Oh, and I''m a Democrat.
He also said he has heard his minister say things against US policy.
These are two different things. Why can''t you people get that through your heads? That is not lying.
Hillary Clinton said we can''t choose our family? Oh really, she chose to stay with Bill, her lying, cheating, disbarred husband - and lied to cover up his repeated trysts. These are not the actions of Christians.
Oh what a hypocrite she is. And Christ absolutely condemns hypocrisy.
He also said he has heard his minister say things against US policy.
These are two different things. Why can''t you people get that through your heads? That is not lying.
I attend a very conservative Baptist church and the pastors over the years have spoken against US policy many times. So what?
Hillary Clinton said we can''t choose our family. Oh really?
She chose to stay with Bill, her lying, cheating, disbarred husband - and lied to cover up his repeated sins. These are not the actions of Christians.
Oh what a hypocrite she is. And Christ absolutely condemns hypocrisy.
He also said he has heard his minister say things against US policy.
These are two different things; he did not lie.
I attend a very conservative Baptist church and the pastors over the years have spoken against US policy many times. So what?
Hillary Clinton said we can''t choose our family. Oh really?
She chose to stay with Bill, her lying, cheating, disbarred husband - and lied to cover up his repeated sins. These are not the actions of Christians.
Oh what a hypocrite she is. And Christ absolutely condemns hypocrisy.
Senator Obama said he was not in attendance during the sermons that have been aired in the news.
He also said he has heard his minister say things against US policy.
These are two completely different things; not a lie. Now Hillary, she blatantly lies.
I attend a very conservative Baptist church and the pastors over the years have spoken against US policy many times. So what?
Hillary Clinton said we can''t choose our family. Oh really?
She chose to stay with Bill, her lying, cheating, disbarred husband - and lied to cover up his repeated sins. These are not the actions of a Christian family.
Oh what a hypocrite she is. And Christ absolutely condemns hypocrisy.
Senator Obama said he was not in attendance during the sermons that have been aired in the news.
He also said he has heard his minister say things against US policy.
These are two completely different things; not a lie. Now Hillary, she blatantly lies.
I attend a very conservative Baptist church and the pastors over the years have spoken against US policy many times. So what?
Hillary Clinton said we can''t choose our family. Oh really?
She chose to stay with Bill, her lying, cheating, disbarred husband - and lied to cover up his repeated sins. These are not the actions of a Christian family.
Oh what a hypocrite she is. And Christ absolutely condemns hypocrisy.
It%u2019s amazing what happens when you hear the pastor%u2019s quotes in the context they were delivered. See the posters comments below CNN%u2019s Roland Martin articles:
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-rev-jeremiah-wrights-911-sermon/
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-wright%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cgod-***-america%e2%80%9d-sermon/?s-%20?god-***-america%20?-sermon/
I can%u2019t say I subscribe to everything the pastor has said but I can say that it makes a heck of a difference when you hear them within the sermon.
This is a largely smear campaign. If they can%u2019t nail the candidate, then they have to go after someone close to them to try to make the candidate look bad. Eventually, this story is going to come out %u2013 that Rev. Wright isn%u2019t as bad as a few out of context clips make him out to be and most rational people will calm down.
- Hillary lied about landing under sniper fire when she went to Bosnia. No "misspeak" until press broguht it out.
- Bill lied under oath during Monica case.
- Hillary Clinton is hiding hir tax return.
- Clinton and NATO were not interested in establishing peace in the balkans, resulting in Bosnian war.
- Bill and Hill invited Rev Wright to white house (if he is such a hate monger, then why invite him to white house?).
- Bill sent airforce and navy seals to Haiti and almost caused an all out civil war when Jimmy Carter was there getting a peace deal signed.
- Bill was more interested in attacking N. Korea instead of dialogue and peaceful resolution. He didn''t care to give Carter permission to travel to N Korea for talks.
21-point lead the largest so far
(Raleigh) News & Observer
Hillary Clinton in N.C. on Thursday
Barack Obama is way up in the latest Democratic tracking poll.
A survey by Public Policy Polling showed the presidential candidate with 55 percent to rival Hillary Clinton''s 34 percent in North Carolina.
The results came after two high-profile speeches by Obama: One on Iraq in Fayetteville, and another in response to video of his minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, condemning America.
"This 21 point lead is the largest he has shown in any NC polling to date, and an indication that the Wright controversy isn''t causing him any long term harm at least in this state," wrote pollster Tom Jensen on his blog.
The automated poll of 673 likely Democratic primary voters was conducted on March 24. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.8 percent. The Democratic polling firm is based in Raleigh.
In the March 17 poll, Obama led 44 to 43.
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The fact that those things were in the speech makes completely guilty of hate against our country. He says they are committed to Africa and Obama has said he wants to send 7% of our treasure to Kenya which amounts to $635 Trillion. We have spent enough overseas! Our country needs help now. Iraq has taken us broke, will Obama borrow more from China to build up Kenya? He is a dyed in the wool lying hypocrite! Only non-thinking fools are voting for him. We haven''t time to tutor this greenhorn how to run the country.
We need a president that knows from day one what to do. Don''t make a tragic mistake and put the wrong person in our oval office,
please! If Obama is the nominee, I will vote for McCain.
McCain and Clinton...
Charlie Black and Mark Penn...
What a TEAM!
Where is it documented that the Scotch and Irish were enslaved before the Africans here in America? You can''t be serious, right? More importantly than that, Why would you waste your vote on a soccer mom when you can vote for a man?
Posted by BLKPRESIDENT at 09:38 AM : Mar 26, 2008"
Actually that is correct, white slaves from Scotland and Ireland were here in the states as early as the 1640''s. Scots and Irish were commonly sold into servitude from the Roman era up to the middle 1700''s. After the 1745 rebellion in Scotland many Jacobites were sold into slavery in the southern US states, sold in Nova Scotia and transported to Australia.
Obviously this was not as widespread and endemic as black slavery but it certainly did happen.
Posted by besscannon at 10:34 PM : Mar 25, 2008"
Rev. Wright, like many others including Rev''s Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, blamed America for bringing on 911 because of our abusive foreign policies.
There are a lot of articles floating around that claim that a bill H.R. 15090 dedicated money in 1969 for research and development of a retro-virus by the US military and that this virus was tested on black Africans in the early 70''s which led to the present HIV epidemic. Considering the history of experiments by the US government on blacks over the past century, it is understandable that the black community is skeptical with regards to any outbreak of disease that affects them.
Do a little research, it might do you some good.
Why not help Africa when we have helped Iraq, china , latin america. 2 million africans have been ravaged with murder, rape , disease , displacement . Or are you part of the problem Wright is speaking about.........seems like it pushed one of your buttons.
I tried to put this on HRC site & they never posted it - guess they don''t want her supporters to know the truth about her "Church".
ENJOY!
Based on the last two polls and referring to the last poll by gallup; 50% of Hillary supporters would vote for McCain if Obama is nominated, 40% of Obam followers would vote for McCain if Hillary is nominated. Based on these polls neither candidate wins. It is four more years by the Bush zerox.
Blkpresident
Would you dispute that Moses and the Jews were slaves under the Egyptians? Slavery knows no particular race. It seems endemic to the human animal along with genecide. When the word slavery comes to mind most people think of poor black people enslaved by some arrogant white master, which is true, but not stereotypical.
I noticed in many of your comments you make sexist statements. Is sexism an issue with you? And if you are a sexist does that not skew your ability to be reasonably rational?
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by berthaw51
March 28, 2008 1:41 PM PDT
- I feel sorry for you folks that just take the media to be the gospel. Research what you hear. Wright is not the monster they are making him out to be. A lot of what he said is true if you do the research. White America has been running this country so they are responsible for how the world views us. Don''t be so quick to condemn without having the facts. I repeat, not that I am for racism but a lot of what Wright said about white America is true. Those that are offended are the ones that can help us to move on as a country toward healing.
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