NEW YORK, April 25, 2008
Obama's Pastor Protests "Unfair" Treatment
Rev. Jeremiah Wright Says Media Took Comments Out Of Context
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Play CBS Video Video Rev. Wright On-The-Record As the primary race intensifies, Barack Obama's pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright is set to speak with journalist Bill Moyers to confront accusations about his controversial ministry. Jim Axelrod reports.
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Video Rev. Wright Interview Preview Barack Obama's beleaguered pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright defends his controversial ministry, in a televised interview with journalist Bill Moyers, scheduled to air Friday, April 25, at 9 pm ET on PBS (check local listings).
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In this image released by PBS, Rev. Jeremiah Wright speaks with Bill Moyers, not in picture, during his first television interview with a journalist since he became embroiled in a controversy for his remarks and his relationship with Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama, Wednesday, April 23, 2008. (AP)
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Wright said that, as an activist, he is accustomed to being "at odds with the establishment," but the response to the sermons has been "very, very unsettling."
The interview, scheduled for broadcast Friday night, is the first the pastor has given since video of his preaching gained national attention in March, putting Democratic presidential hopeful Obama on the defensive.
Among the most remarked upon sound bites was Wright proclaiming from the pulpit "God damn America" for its racism. He accused the government of flooding black neighborhoods with drugs.
The controversy forced Obama to explain his 20-year association with the minister, who is stepping down from Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.
"The blowing up of sermons preached 15, seven, six years ago and now becoming a media event, not the full sermon, but the snippets from the sermon ... having made me the target of hatred, yes, that is something very new," Wright told "Bill Moyers' Journal" on PBS.
"I felt it was unfair. I felt it was unjust. I felt it was untrue. I felt - for those who were doing that - were doing it for some very devious reasons," he said.
In a March 18 speech in Philadelphia, Obama described the history of injustice that fueled Wright's comments, while also condemning his pastor's statements and acknowledging white resentment of African-Americans.
Asked his response to the senator's speech, Wright said, "He's a politician, I'm a pastor."
"I do what I do. He does what politicians do," Wright said. "What happened in Philadelphia, where he had to respond to the sound bites, he responded as a politician."
Wright said he has never heard Obama repeat any of the pastor's controversial statements as his own opinion. "No, no, no. Absolutely not," Wright said.
Wright gave the interview as presumptive Republican nominee John McCain and the North Carolina Republican Party argue over a TV ad with Obama and the pastor scheduled to run Monday, ahead of the state's crucial May 6 primary. A narrator in the spot says, "He's just too extreme for North Carolina."
McCain has asked local officials not to run the ad, but the state Republican Party said no.
"The Republican party of the state of North Carolina is dead wrong," McCain said on CBS News' The Early Show. "They are an independent organization. I'll do everything in my power to make sure not only they stop it but that kind of leadership is rejected. And the overwhelming majority of republicans in North Carolina share my view." (Read more about McCain's efforts to stop the ad and others like it.)
Wright is scheduled to speak Monday at the National Press Club in Washington.
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See all 612 CommentsIf anyone needed a reason to not vote for Obama, and also wonder why HAMAS is supporting Obama. Please be brave, patient, this is a long article but worth the read.
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Imagine a President who went to church for 20 years with this as there value system.
Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting White Institutions.
Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the White Value System.
Personal commitment to embracement of the White Value System.
Posted by BLKPRESIDENT at 11:41 PM : Apr 26, 2008
Yeah, but Pennsylvania sent him a message back with their own kinda finger! ROFL!
could not buy a lie now post all the bull you want
it won''t save the Puff canadate Ho he did find
that Lewisky kept her dirty landry in ziplock bags
The American Flag, pins, thoughts and motions of %u201Crespect%u201D are going to fade away and grow dust. Goodbye dear fond America, and welcome a %u201Cchange you can trust%u201D.
8 - Jerry Parks - Head of Clinton''s gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park''s son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house.
9 - James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a "Black Book" of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas.
10 - James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater.
11- Kathy Ferguson, ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.
now there 47 of these
Is this what happens when you have associations with the Clintons:
1 - James McDougal - Clinton''s convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr''s investigation.
2 - Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House.
3 - Vince Foster - Former white House councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock''s Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide.
4 - Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown''s skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors.
5 - C. Victor Raiser II and Montgomery Raiser, Major players in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992.
6 - Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992... Described by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted advisor."
Most Muslims are familiar with the principles of Islam that will justify lying in situations where they sense the need to do so. Among these are:
War is deception.
The necessities justify the forbidden.
If faced by two evils, choose the lesser of the two.
In times of war.
To the un-believer
To persuade a woman; or to their wives.
They can lie as long as they do not mean it in their hearts..
Unfortunately, when dealing with Muslims, one must keep in mind that Muslims can communicate something with apparent sincerity, when in reality they may have just the opposite agenda in their hearts. Bluntly stated, Islam permits Muslims to lie anytime that they perceive that their own well-being, or that of Islam, is threatened.
In the sphere of international politics, the question is: Can Muslim countries be trusted to keep their end of the agreements that they sign with non-Muslim nations? It is a known Islamic practice, that when Muslims are weak they can agree with most anything. Once they become strong, then they negate what they formerly vowed. The principle of sanctioning lying for the cause of Islam bears grave implications to other nations.
ranger1948, Hillary is not a lady, as I have said before, many of their workers have died, some from hmmm heart attaches some from accidents, some from over doses, some from etc.. it appears that it is dangerous to work for the Clintons..
You may not realize but Islam in general, forbids lying however, unlike most religions, within Islam there are certain provisions under which lying is tolerated and even Mohammad said it was ok to lie..Bukhari:V7B67N427 "The Prophet said, %u2018If I take an oath and later find something else better than that, then I do what is better and expiate my oath.''"
Ishaq:519 "Hajjaj said to the Apostle, %u2018I have money scattered among the Meccan merchants, so give me permission to go and get it.'' Having got Muhammad''s permission, he said, %u2018I must tell lies.'' The Apostle said, %u2018Tell them.''"
This point is proven by many incidences in the life of Mohammed. He often lied and instructed his followers to do the same. He rationalized that the prospect of success in missions to extend Islam''s influence overrode Allah''s initial prohibitions against lying.
My daughter just returned from Iraq and she said they do not want us there. Part of her job was to train Itaqui for their police force. She said they would not listen or learn and were always making passes at her. I told her the next one that made a pass to hit him in the jaw with her rifle butt and i don''t think she would have any more problems with them. They believe women are property and refuse to listen to them in positions of authority. I am glad she is home safely and won''t have to go back.
I agree with what you are saying but wright has had plenty of time now to doctor those tapes to say something different. I would have liked to see Ron Paul get elected president. He believes in less govt control, getting out of Iraq, addressing the problems at home and having friendlier relationships abroad. How do we know if we can get along or not if we attack without first trying to talk with someone we disagree with.
Hillary understood obama''s message very well. She was just too much of a lady to reply to someone souncouth.
My husband has been at the receiving end of the media with their twisting and we have seen how they interview people and after the interview before it goes to air they rephrase the questions so that when it comes out live it looks totally different and horrific.. so we must be careful and it would be better to watch the church videos to see if what is being reported as having been said is in fact what was said. We all know that the media knows that people are too lazy to bother to listen to things so they can twist what ever they want just to cause trouble. There is two causes here, destroy the image of Christianity and a man wanting to be president all in one foul swoop..
Hitler said, What luck for rulers that men do not think."
Having said all that I dont trust Obama at all..nor clinton, or Bush..
Posted by BLKPRESIDENT at 11:41 PM : Apr 26, 2008
Crude, juvenile, and disgusting on Obama''s part. And all the more reason for Hillary to stay in the race and keep fighting. Obama''s true character is finally coming out and America is reconsidering and regretting those early primary votes for him.
Keep fighting the good fight, Hillary !
Posted by BLKPRESIDENT at 11:36 PM : Apr 26, 2008
You live in some fantasy world, BLKPREZ ! Dream on.
Posted by BLKPRESIDENT at 11:36 PM : Apr 26, 2008
Yep. I''m 100% certain - Jane Fonda endorsed Obama in early April. Perhaps it''s their similar anti-American attitudes.
Just put "Jane Fonda Obama" in Google and you will see for yourself.
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I would not like to see obama killed. It would cause more harm to this great nation, however if he is electd i think our coutry is doomed.
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I totally agree with you, I think that people need to read and listen more, being sure to read unbiased articles, which in this day and age is so hard.. No one knows what they are reading is the truth anymore.
I personally dont trust Bush, Hillary or Obama.. and I dont know a thing about the other guy, but living in Australia it doesnt matter yet, but it will later..
I think that America is in for one hell of a future sorry, people are to blind and are still asleep even though they had sep 11th, and Muslims have been doing things against America for over 20 years but no one seems to wake up.. now the enemy is within the borders mutiplying like flies..as they are in all western countries, causing massive problems and that is only the beginning.. Wait until after the elections.
I am afraid that as far as Iraq is concerned, even some of Saddams men said that they DID have WMD, (now this will cause a fury of comments and insults), and that they shipped them our under the noses of the Americans.. IF they did have them then it was prudent that we didnt let them develope them any more as they want the infidel all dead..
But now as far as I am concerned, we should get out of there and let them go back to slaughtering themselves.. they dont appreciate what we have done so get out..
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