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Thank you PBS for Humanizing Jeremiah Wright
Watching Jeremiah Wright on PBS, I'm struck by how intelligent, godly and patriotic this man is. This man was a marine, he was in the military medical corps where he helped his fellow Americans. He obviously cares deeply about others, black folks as well as white. I think his criticisms of the US government is perfectly valid, criticism can be a sign of patriotism. He's right when he talks about Dr. King was vilified for his criticisms of the policies of the government in Vietnam and the plight of poor people in the US. I'm really impressed with Jeremiah Wright and Bill Moyers, what a great interview.
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Comments (186)
You already saw it? I have to wait 5 minutes here.
April 25, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
YES HE WAS COMPLETELY HUMAN !
Hearing the lunacy repeated in decibles perceptible to my hearing confirmed the worst about this sad little man.
News Flash: Slavery ended before the invention of the light bulb. Go work on your $1.8 million dollar house, it will ease your pain.
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENC
NOT YOUR GUILTY CONSCIENCE
April 26, 2008 11:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
The small minded dribble of your comments in comparison to the clearly brilliant deep words of Reverend Wright is like a pile of vomit next to the Mona Lisa.
April 26, 2008 7:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
I liked that! lol. It really was an excellent interview. Rev Wright is a beautiful, kind, and spiritual man, only someone filled the the deepest hate could not see that.
April 27, 2008 1:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
Of course.
Anybody that wanted to know the truth already knew it though.
The media will keep spinning this, and take bits from the interview to keep it alive.
But Rev. Wright will keep speaking, and the truth will be harder and harder to ignore.
April 25, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was with you until the last sentence. But at the length truth will out is not itself true anymore.
Sizable proportions of the population still believe two of the pillars of the Iraq Fiasco: that Saddam Hussein was involved and that Al-Qaeda had a presence in Iraq.
The notion of a racist, crazy, anti-American Reverend Wright will never disappear from much of American culture.
April 26, 2008 2:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, and don't go to Bill Moyers' website and read the reactions. They will make you sad...
April 25, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, and CNN is spinning again.. Ugh...
April 25, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
wow. i have a totally different opinion of this man now. i may have to retract some mean things i said about him to other people. very intelligent guy.
April 25, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
thank you for being open minded.
please consider what else you might be mislead about.
the media coverage of Obama has been extremely unfair.
April 25, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
He's great, isn't he? The press leads us to the polls by our noses. That is, unless we question everything they tell us.
April 26, 2008 2:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
It was a great interview in which they expanded the soundbites into actual coherent segments of his sermons. If people do not want to vote for Barack because of Jeremiah Wright, they will eventually get the leadership they deserve.
April 25, 2008 10:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
I also have just watched the interview and completely agree. It like when you listen to Obama. You can tell that truth is being spoken. I couldn't stop watching. In fact, Wright comes across so well that it is obvious that the MSM intentially caricatured him.
April 25, 2008 10:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
One thing that immediately occurred to me when Wright was talking about Dr. King's legacy and about how the media tried to push away the parts they didn't like, is that Barack Obama MUST know that Reverend Wright is going to hold him to a higher standard. And if he doesn't make good on his campaign promises, the good Reverend will be right there in his face to remind him of what he said during the campaign. And I think perhaps that's good evidence that Obama's the real deal. You can't possibly bullshit a guy like Reverend Wright. Not when he brought you to religion and married you to your wife and baptized your babies. Barack Obama will not let America down because he will not let Reverend Wright down.
April 26, 2008 2:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Some of Wright's comments were very insightful.
April 25, 2008 10:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
INSIGHTFUL INDEED
Learning from the Rev that the US Govt (dominated by rich white people) introduced AIDS/HIV as a means of controlling the AA population was revolutionary thinking. But not particularly "insightful".
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE
NOT YOUR GUILTY CONSCIENCE
April 26, 2008 12:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Have you ever heard of the Tuskogee Experiments? The ones where they let men with syphilis go untreated so they could research the stages? Do you know what dying of syphilis is like? It eats the brain up.
Do you have any real knowledge of the history of this country or not?
It's not like these ideas originated in thin air, for god's sake.
There is a real basis for the paranoia cause like NWA says: "Surprise, n******s!" They have been out to get you.
Obese Jesus on a KrispKream Donut!!!!!! Like we just invited African Americans over here for tea and they liked it so much they stayed?
Goddamn the arrogance of white privilege never ceases to utterly amaze me.
April 26, 2008 12:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
The density level emanating from your post is frightening.
Wright was talking about AIDS, not the syphilis experiments. Do you think is ok to make something up out of hatred or revenge? Do you think it is OK for this man to constantly brainwash the children of that church and turn them against their country?
Oh yeah, you do.
What will this accomplish? Forty years from now you'll have another batch of Rev Wright's out there inventing new conspiracies and the people of the church will still be mired in resentment, hostility and grievance.
Maybe some white racists can be shamed into changing. But they're not going to be changed by lies and outrageous accusations.
April 26, 2008 1:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
You appear to be ignorant of the fact that the primary way HIV/AIDS is spread in the Black community is through heroin addicts sharing needles and Rev. Wright's thesis was the suspicion that the war on drugs seems to have missed the African American communities except busting young black men for dealing recreational drugs. Where does all that heroin come from dugan49? Ever seen an African American making drug deals in Afghanistan? I've only seen black servicemen there.
April 26, 2008 5:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
HISTORY AT YOUR CONVENIENCE
You rightly point out that I am ignorant of history and the story behind how the Tuskegee airmens malady mysteriously manifested itself as AIDS.
This would also explain why 70% of AA males walk out on their families. It is the geenyus of our Govt. and the fiction you apply to it.
laughing uncontrolably
RenStimpy
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NOT YOUR GUILTY CONSCIENCE
April 26, 2008 1:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
The paranoia and fear emanating from your posts, and from a couple of the other spammers who've suddenly shown up here and elsewhere, is thick enough to cut with a knife.
Relax. Black people are really not going to do anything bad to your woman. Someone's been lying to you. It's OK, though. You can recover, but you do have to stop drinking first.
April 26, 2008 3:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
THEY CAN HAVE THE WOMEN IT'S THE OTHER HORRORS !
Do you not realize what they will do to our White House! "Velvet Shaft" where Adams once hung!!
Stretch Air Force One. Pimp Da Ride Motorcade!
Nelly, Kanye and Busta in cabinet posts!
And you know they be pimpin bowling!
pity da foo
Dr. USofKKKA
April 26, 2008 5:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Careful. You're starting to sound really crazy, now.
Are the voices in your head getting louder? Do you answer them yet? Do you feel like you can't help but do what they say?
Get help before you do something really awful.
April 26, 2008 9:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
When people who actually saw that interview, read your posts It makes you look like a wild eyed raving maniac. Your small minded petty insults sound like the braying of and Ass in light of the wise, humble words of Rev. Wright. Whereas someone like Rev. Wright put himself on the line for his country and his community, you get online and spread ignorance and hate.
April 26, 2008 7:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes vote your conscience, not your fear that makes you hate people who don't look like you.
Enough bullshit out of the KKK.
April 26, 2008 1:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
KKK : THE BREAKFAST OF WHINERS
Tena:
You speak authoritatively on the ravages of syphilis and how it dines upon your brain. Judging from your howling my prognosis is you are in it's advance stages.
Please see the nurse before leaving
Dr. Stupid
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE
NOT YOUR GUILTY CONSCIENCE
April 26, 2008 1:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Does your doctor know you've gone off the meds? It's not a good idea. They're there to help you. Use them.
April 26, 2008 3:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
"MED'S" CLICHE MAKES STUNNING COME BACK!!
In a display of near posting interest a young "flamer" from Pa demonstrated insipid promise in his flatulent discharge of the "gone off med's" cliche. Both his friends yawned their approval.
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE
NOT YOUR GUILTY CONSCIENCE
April 26, 2008 5:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just watched the show and have even more respect for Obama for associating himself with such a thoughtful, interesting, and perceptive man like Rev Wright. Clinton should be ashamed of herself for suggesting that Obama walk out of Wright's church. It would help if next time--before she opens her mouth (or before she casts a vote for war)--she bothers to get the facts. Wright isn't someone to be rejected. Quite the contrary, he has much interesting to say and much most Americans should hear.
Thank you Bill Moyer. I'm sending money tonight to Obama and to PBS. Two good things about America.
April 25, 2008 10:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Quoting to emphasize --
Please, folks, if this primary season is your first experiment in donating, give NPR and PBS your attention. They are both extremely worthy causes because both traffic in making knowledge accessible, and I think they're often forgotten about (in spite of seemingly incessant fund raising drives).
April 26, 2008 3:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
Both NPR and PBS used to receive much greater funding from taxpayers, but the funds were stripped out of the federal budget as money for the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities and other project were deemed "left-wing" and "too controversial" by the Christian conservative right and the Republicans. How sad that things that foster intelligent discussion and insight are too controversial for America.
A couple of other brief things: PBS didn't "humanize" Rev. Wright. He always was fully human. What Moyers did was what any real journalist would have -- should have -- done: bring the story and the man into focus and context.
When we settle for the crap that is put forth as not only "reporting" but "analysis" and "opinion" by the MSM, we get the coverage we deserve: Pat Buchanan's and Sean Hannity's spittle and the regurgitation of the same Pablum by the rest of the all-talking-but-no-thinking heads.
April 26, 2008 11:15 AM | Reply | Permalink
Um - PBS seems to be recovering somewhat from being under the iron thumb of Lynn Cheney, but you know that even PBS was exchanging personnel with Fox during the last 8 years.
I quit giving to them for that reason.
But if PBS is really going to be PBS, then I'll supporting them again.
April 26, 2008 11:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
WHAT, BIG BIRD DIDN'T PERSUADE YOU?
I thought you tuned out because Mr. Rogers dropped dead. But it was Darth Vadars chick that drove you away. Can you find it in your heart to forgive us?
Sincerely
PBS Mgmt.
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April 26, 2008 12:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
What do you have against Christians and Christianity? Are you a pagan? Are you an atheist?
You must be a Republican, then.
April 26, 2008 4:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
ACTULLY I'M AN ASPARAGUS WITH A UTERUS RISING
What sign are you big boy?
BTW: Did you donate your spare "Change We Can Believe In" so Michelle Obama can get those piano lessons for the kids?
April 26, 2008 5:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
I cannot tell you how furious I am right now. Every time I hear peaople in the media discussiong Jeremiah Wright they have nothing good to say about the man. His sermons were the truth.
Again, if these people undermine Barack, they will regret it under John McCain. This is a guarantee. The same way people are looking back and wishing that Gore or Kerry actually won, this will be bigger. The republicans are setting the stage for a bleak American future.
April 25, 2008 10:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
"American thought and American politics will be largely at the mercy of those who operate these stations, for publicity is the most powerful weapon that can be wielded in a republic. And when such a weapon is placed in the hands of one person, or a single selfish group is permitted to either tacitly or otherwise acquire ownership or dominate these broadcasting stations throughout the country, then woe be to those who dare to differ with them. It will be impossible to compete with them in reaching the ears of the American people."
— Rep. Luther Johnson (D.-Texas), in the debate that preceded the Radio Act of 1927
We need the Fairness Act back in place so that everyone has the opportunity to defend themselves or at least the other side of an issue is presented in an unbiased manner.
April 25, 2008 10:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great quote. But what we really need is Mao.
April 25, 2008 11:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Problem is that we'll never get anything back in place until we get rid of them first, a classic Catch 22. We are fortunate the have the Internet this year, the only thing keeping Barack in this race.
I think what we happen is that TV will remain unrepentant and hyper-partisan for corporate interests. Web access will explode as wireless broadband becomes ubiquitous. TV will continue to be assholes even as all their viewers move to new on-line media distribution outlets, entertainment and news.
TV & Radio will die well-deserved deaths as the Internet (or whatever it turns into) becomes the medium of choice, probably within the next 10 to 20 years.
That's when things will really start to get interesting.
April 26, 2008 8:02 AM | Reply | Permalink
What good has Wright had to say about the United states of America? He wants the church school to focus on 'white supremacy' as the main topic to be taught to the children. What is this going to do for kids other than make them hostile, resentful people?
Race relations and civil rights have improved, and continue to improve all the time. This constant 24/7 race grievance approach is doomed and will destroy Barack Obama if he does not get out from underneath it.
April 26, 2008 1:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Barack made the mistake of hiding Wright away. The right plan of attack is to get him out in interviews front and center. He is a very bright man who can rationally debate anybody who is willing and not simply looking for a gotcha soundbyte.
It's almost too bad that Obama has distanced himself from Wright - but he had to do it and I'm sure Wright understands as much.
The only way to diminish the effect of the Wright youtube remarks is to expose him to the masses to the point where everybody will see he is so much more than what the MSM, GOP and Clinton Camp want you to believe he is.
April 25, 2008 10:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
I wouldn't want someone telling me to go to interviews because it's good for their PR. I wouldn't ask someone else to do it for my own gain.
Rev. Wright will do what he wants to do. As any man should.
April 25, 2008 10:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree, Jonze --
While I knew more about Wright than the average person -- having read Obama's "Dreams from My Father" (best memoir ever) -- this interview was astounding. Rev. Wright is truly a gifted, deeply gentle and nuanced individual who has positively effected this atheist in a way that spiritual people rarely do. I can see how Obama, a religious skeptic when he sought out Wright for secular nut-and-bolts advice about the people in the neighborhood, found God through Wright.
What has been done to that good man's sermons through cruel sound-bites is incredibly tragic. Too bad the interview was on PBS, on Bill Moyers, at 10:00 pm on a Friday night.
Too bad Obama himself didn't give Rev. Wright a proper re-introduction to America.
April 26, 2008 2:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
Look, Obama is not running for theologian-in-chief or racial-healer-in-chief.
He responded to the public persona that was created out of Rev. Wright's comments.
And I applaud him for thinking we can move beyond some of the divisions that Rev. Wright still sees as "part of America".
He IS the next generation. That's why he has such appeal even to those that would be skeptical of Wright.
It's important to keep these people separate.
Wright, for all his brilliance and kindness, would be too "controversial" or "polarizing" to run for president. As were Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.
But Obama's outlook is where we all ought to be heading. Actively look for what unites us instead of what divides us. Work hard to avoid any divisive attitudes.
This doesn't mean forget history or ignore current injustice. It means realizing and reminding everybody that we all have an interest in each other's well being.
Obama couldn't have explained Wright. Wright can explain himself. And Obama should continue to say what he's been saying: that there's opportunity to make even further progress.
This is playing out well, as well as I expected it to. It was smart to wait a bit for the edge to dull a little on that fabricated persona FOX made up. By November, anybody that wants to listen will have ample opportunity to listen and understand why Barack settled in that church. And that's the best we can hope for.
The truth is out there. That's the best thing about Barack. Whether it's lies about what his pastor is about, or what that energy bill was about, or about what Ayers repented or didn't repent about, the truth is out there and easily verifiable.
April 26, 2008 2:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
Rev Wright has a paper trail of comments that makes any 're-introduction' of him fruitless, and incredibly dangerous for Obama. Wright is beyond rehabilitation in the eyes of any but the most dedicated Obama kool aid drinkers.
April 26, 2008 1:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think you are SO wrong, truthful exposure to Rev. Wright like the Bill Moyer's interview will trump the lies of the twisted snippets that have been created to distort the truth about this devout and most intelligent man. Truth will always eventually prevail over lies while the blind by ignorance will sadly be blind and ignorant forever!
April 26, 2008 6:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wright was disastrous on Hannity.
April 26, 2008 11:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hannity did not "interview" the Reverend. Hannity conducted a shoutfest. There is a difference. To "interview" you need to have give and take, a "conversation." Hannity is incapable of that. There is no commparison between Bill Moyers and Sean Hannity. It is assinine to even attempt to compare the two.
April 26, 2008 12:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hannity is a walking talking disaster, for all love.
Jeeeeeeeeeezuz.
April 26, 2008 1:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hannity has deep, deep ties to several major White Supremacist. He really needs to shut up. It is time for him to be exposed, and for to denounce and repudiate.
April 26, 2008 7:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Barack made the mistake of hiding Wright away. The right plan of attack is to get him out in interviews front and center. He is a very bright man who can rationally debate anybody who is willing and not simply looking for a gotcha soundbyte."
You have got to be kidding. Barack Obama won't even answer the question as to whether or not he believes in Black Liberation Theology. If they open up the whole can of worms that is Rev Wright , Obama couldn' get elected dogcatcher.
One can easily see from blogs like this that there are a lot of people on the left who are insulated and isolatedfrom reality.
In an AOL poll with over 100,000 responders last I saw it, 93% say the issue has hurt Obama, and 60% say it has hurt him badly.
April 26, 2008 1:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
An AOL poll? Obama's doomed!
I'm sending Hillary Clinton $200 and buying a plane ticket so I can canvas for her in Indiana. Thank you, AOL, for showing me the error of my ways!
April 26, 2008 2:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
If enough people flooded CNN with phonecalls and emails asking that they stop slandering a person's character, they'll stop.
They might even start reporting the news.
April 25, 2008 10:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you Bill Moyers and Rev. Wright for an interesting hour. Wright is very engaging and has some excellent insights to share. Further, his words in context make great sense. Clearly, Clinton is happy with the uninformed race-baiting from her campaign. Win at any cost, bitch!
I was appalled at the treatment led off by John King on CNN at 10 pm. He obviously intended to slam the Moyers' presentation from the start. It was almost as if he hadn't heard it in its entirety. He may not have as he was preparing his talking points for the show.
I believe that anyone who can attach any substantive criticism to Obama after hearing the whole Moyers Journal is intellectually dishonest. I suspect, also, that racism is a large part of their view.
I'm not sure at all that responsible news-reporting has a chance any more. It will take more than a flood of e-mails to change the attitude at CNN who seems to want to out-Fox FoxNews.
April 25, 2008 11:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was unsure of what to expect from this interview. The people who continue to spin the words of Rev. Wright refuse to listen. It was very informative. I am glad he broke his silence and I hope he continues to speak. I hope people can start focusing on dealing with the issues we face in 2008 and beyond.
April 25, 2008 11:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
I am sure he is a very intelligent person. And even though many extremists are also very intelligent, I am sure he is not an extremist either. Character assassinations are so easy these days.
April 25, 2008 11:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
I never was offended by Rev. Wright. I don't think America is so weak that we need to feel threatened by criticism. The Republicans are running the same GOP strategy: wrap yourself in the flag and yell "unpatriotic, radical, elitist"--and connect your opponent somehow to the 60s. Sadly, Clinton has learned the GOP tactics well. But I really think voters are more informed now, through the internet and education, and these tactics are becoming archaic, pre-information age.
April 26, 2008 12:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
Rev. Wright was charming, erudite and explained himself beautifully. I'm glad he's coming out and speaking out in self-defense. I'm glad he's doing it now, as the NC Repuke's get ready to air that hate loaded ad.
April 26, 2008 12:20 AM | Reply | Permalink
I hope superdelegates were watching. This may alleviate some of the fears about those Rev. Wright attack ads the GOP plans to roll out.
April 26, 2008 12:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
Do you believe you are being objective? This isn't a sarcastic question-- I am genuinely interested because I didn't see the interview.
It seems like it is enough to blaspheme the national religion, and nothing can atone for this.
April 26, 2008 12:31 AM | Reply | Permalink
Take the time to track down the full transcript or if you really are curious buy the DVD from the Moyers website.
Seeing is believing. Part of your duty in a democracy is to make sure that you are informed. Don't take CNN's, MSNBC's or my word. Track down the transcript or DVD yourself.
April 26, 2008 12:44 AM | Reply | Permalink
no need, watch it here.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04252008/watch.html
and
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04252008/watch2.html
gotta love PBS.
April 26, 2008 1:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
Or download the podcast:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/podcast.xml
Go to the bottom of the page, right-click, Save link as, and left click on Save to download it.
For an added treat, the second item on the page is the podcast of the interviews Moyers did with Jon Stewart and Josh Marshall in April 2007. Or see it here:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04272007/profile2.html
April 26, 2008 8:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
I'm not sure where you are coming from so I'll say this: I am totally serious. I am being objective. Dismiss me if you wish. Rev. Wright said things about America that are true. Patriotism is not to be equated with willful blindness to acts that are committed by one's country. America has a long list of sins--this should not come as news to anyone--it is just that a black man shouldn't be caught talking about them to what is perceived to be a room full of black people. Also, don't raise your voice at the same time! Taking the title "black liberation theology" and using it to frighten white america--to taint people against someone who is running for the highest office in the land while unjustly smearing an innocent for political points--is just another sin to be added to the list.
April 26, 2008 12:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
"Taking the title "black liberation theology" and using it to frighten white america--to taint people against someone who is running for the highest office in the land while unjustly smearing an innocent for political points--is just another sin to be added to the list."
Rev Wright is not innocent, he is a racist. I will give him credit for trying to help his people, but he has done far more harm than good, unless the only 'good' you're after is the creation of perpetual grievance and unceasing resentment.
April 26, 2008 1:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don’t know how "objective" you wish for us to be LBP, but I’ll try.
Wright took some of his more egregious statements – eg – chickens coming home to roost, GD America, etc -- which were loooped and replayed by MSM (to the orgasmic pleasure of the likes of Weaver and Fux Noise) and placed them within a larger historical-religious narrative. The larger narratives he addressed -- historical as in American, and religious as in Biblical, Old and New. He talked about the religion of the dominant group and the religion of the dispossessed and how the two, by necessity have different views and values.
As for atonement, well, you might be right. O’really was having none of it and neither was that scumbag on CNN. I hope people watched it for themselves instead of depending on Fox or CNN to slice and dice it.
April 26, 2008 1:36 AM | Reply | Permalink
Um, "blaspheme the national religion"? To what national religion are you referring?
I started to respond to "littleblackpeople's" comment, then I noticed the idiocy posted down below by Mr. Weaver.
Why bother. These are people who feel it more productive to curse the darkness rather than light a candle.
Let us leave them to it.
April 26, 2008 11:26 AM | Reply | Permalink
Sorry... the individual in question is actually "littleblackpropaganda".
My mistake.
April 26, 2008 11:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
No offense intended-- I noticed that you couched your assessment in conditional phrases like "I hope superdelegates," and "may alleviate some of the fears." So, I wanted to see which way you were breaking-- for the hopes and mays to go for Obama or against him.
April 26, 2008 2:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
How about another take on this?
Plain and simple, Reverend Wright is bad news for Obama. Bad news, too, for the Democratic party if they don't use this as an opportunity to dump Obama.
Matthew
TheProblemWithObama.com
April 26, 2008 12:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
If I were Wright, I would speak up too. He doesn't have to carry water for anyone. It wouldbe nice if he would, but he doesn't have to. He is a reverand, and he did his Job delivering Barack to God. He has his own name and reputation to protect. He built it up over 40 years. Why should he hide and be thought of as a lesser person in the eyes of the nation? Barack didn't throw him under the bus for reasons that are his own. Perhaps that Rev. Wright stands up for himself eloquently and bravely is one of them.
April 26, 2008 1:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
Susan Hu? You're kidding, right?
April 26, 2008 1:01 AM | Reply | Permalink
Charles Krauthammer,
You're kidding right?
April 26, 2008 2:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Really, Matt? You quote some idiot psycho-analyzing on some blog as reason that Obama must have it bad?
I don't want to know what you're on these days.
But if you want to push nonsense, at least push nonsense like this.
http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn04192008.html
It'll serve whoever the Dem nominee is better. Anybody would be better than McCain, right?
April 26, 2008 1:07 AM | Reply | Permalink
um, not for Grandpapy Weaver. He's lookin' to vote for someone white.
April 26, 2008 1:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
Weaver, screw you! Get some help for your twisted sick soul! Hate=ignorance.
April 26, 2008 1:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
Just plain wrong, Weaver. Your racism is out of control. And you are utterly tone deaf. Reading Wright's comments, you could anticipate there might be some innuendo in his references to Obama as a politician, but hearing Wright, there is not even a hint of negativity or insinuation in his voice. But you're too filled with hate to recognize that. The guy could've raised Lazarus from the dead in front of the camera and you'd say he probably murdered him first so he could pull off a cheap stunt.
April 26, 2008 3:18 AM | Reply | Permalink
You should really spend more times with your babies, maybe they'll teach you a thing or two...
April 26, 2008 5:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
Matt, quick word of advice:
Please let your friends know that using caps is very revealing. It shows that you are trying to sensationalize. Now, not all people know this, but people who scream for attention in that way are largely tuned out of the collective mind. They become self-inflicdedly irrelevant - just another fanatic.
I have nothing against a serious discussion with conservatives, but stick with reasoned logic, not OMG WRIGHT IS A BAD PERSON!!!! Try to build an argument that is founded on something, and do it without the screams.
April 26, 2008 6:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ah, yes, I too wish that the neoconservative Krauthammer would weigh in. And possibly the noted Karl Rove and the noted Sean Hannity. Their insights into the human mind have always been striking and so very bias-free.
April 26, 2008 7:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
Why is it you Hillary supporters all have such weird haircuts? You have that poodley-lookin' thing on the front of your head, and Larry Johnson looks like Moe Howard. Nothing against it, but it's just something I've noticed. Must be a generational thing...
April 26, 2008 2:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Are you anti-Christian, too? How sad.
You're politicizing the word of the Lord.
You're going to hell.
April 26, 2008 4:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
DO YOU SUPPOSE SATAN HAS AN EXTRA OPENING?
I mean if that is where I can get some time off from you it might be btter than Cabo!
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April 26, 2008 5:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was spellbound watching the interview. The way this man has been portrayed is sick and shameful.
All the weeks of hysteria ABOUT THIS?!
A couple of things Reverend Wright said keep whirling around in my head;
"different=deficient" and in referring to how many in the public digest the media spin;
"I don't want to think, tell me what to think."
There was nothing hateful or untruthful in anything he said. Incredible unjust portrayal of this man. Horrible.
April 26, 2008 1:24 AM | Reply | Permalink
excellent interview.
open minded individuals who see it will think highly of wright.
April 26, 2008 1:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
I guess one has to live in a neighborhood such as the South side of Chicago to understand from whence Rev. Wright preaches. I did. Where were these men in my neighborhood. Many of the young black men I grew up with may have lived had they had a church like Trinity.
April 26, 2008 1:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
Do tell!
April 26, 2008 2:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
Don't know if "Do Tell!" is being snarky or not.
But I will say that one of the interesting moments was when you saw some of the young men in the church -- footage from an earlier special on the church -- being paired with men in the congregation who were in the professions these teens were interested in pursuing. We do emulate what we see.
April 26, 2008 11:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
You can always count on Bill Moyers! I am agnostic, and it was easy to see why Obama felt the need to be baptized, almost felt the spirit m'self.
April 26, 2008 1:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
I knew about the full context of the "chickens have come home to roost" sound-bite loop (he was quoting an American ambassador and the overall message was -- this was on Sept. 16, 2001 -- People, do not fall to the temptation of revenge).
But what I hadn't yet heard before was the full sermon with the "God damn America" line. That was beautiful. Truly. He was talking about all the governments through history that failed because they thought they were greater than God. And the phrase "God damn America" was conditional: "God damn America IF it thinks it is greater than God."
I'm an atheist, and I want to know: Who doesn't believe that? Does that statement actually offend anybody? Does Hillary and all the right-wingers actually believe that America is greater than God, and screw anyone who says it isn't?
Sickening what people have done to this man, just so that they can bring down Barack Obama. Obama is running for president; he should expect smears. But Rev. Wright is an innocent in this fight.
April 26, 2008 2:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
April 26, 2008 2:41 AM | Reply | Permalink