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2008-04-29 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Mike 2008-04-29 06:27|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "I can no more disown him [Wright] than I can disown the black community." - guess who?

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-04-29 09:26|| 2008-04-29 09:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Look for the Battered wife Syndrome meets The Student becomes the Teacher subterfuge. You know the drill. Wright cant possibly be as close to Obama, as some would suggest if he is willing to risk damage to Obamas presidential aspirations to further his own selfish aggrandizement. Next step is to weave the Obama the Harvard cum laude altruistically becomes community organizer turned public servant to lead the next generation of the disadvantaged masses out of the old divisive dogma and into a new era of healing.
Of course, the down-shot is that many will then correctly recognize that Obama attended a church more as a political calculation rather then any spiritual enlightenment. And the real risk is to expose his narrative of Hope and Change as being grounded in the amalgamation of New left/Neo-Marxism philosophy and Chicago-style grievance politics.

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-04-29 09:38|| 2008-04-29 09:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Didn't the title from Obama's book, 'The Audacity of Hope' from from the lips of his good friend, mentor, and pastor of 20 years - Jeremiah Wright?

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-04-29 10:43|| 2008-04-29 10:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Back around Super Tuesday, I noted that something politically fatal would befall Obama, and you would KNOW it came from the Clintons because it "couldn't have anything to do with the Clintons".
Now that potentially fatal blow has arrived, and it can't be traced back to the Clintons.
My question- did Hillery "get to" the good reverand, like the mob used to "get to" the judge?
Could it be possible? I wish Vince Foster were here to comment.

Posted by Capsu78 2008-04-29 13:05|| 2008-04-29 13:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Capsu: I attribute much of this to Wright's ego. Wright was retiring this year, remember? He was about to go from center of attention to something less than the center of attention--a transition which the large-egoed often have trouble making. (See also, e.g., Clinton, William J.) Just as he's about to enter that long twilight of relative obscurity, his more controversial sermons escaped into the wild (with a helpful nudge from the Clinton war room, I have no doubt), and now all of a sudden he's the center of attention again! And don't think he's not enjoying it!

Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by lesser vices.

Posted by Mike 2008-04-29 13:24|| 2008-04-29 13:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Mike,
My whole theory is that lack of evidence is what I have come to believe from the Clintons.
"They are not involved here" is strike one for me.
I share your point that those DVD's from TUCC were most likely in HRC's opposition research arsenal. A slight nudge to a friendly reporter to go and buy the "boxed set", and Hillary doesn't even need to pay the expense report.
The second evidence of "lack of evidence" is that HRC didn't have an effective bomb to toss, even though she faced "inevitable" political irrelevance from the formerly adoring MSM more than once since then.
lack of "1" + lack of "1" = 2 Clintons IMHO

Posted by Capsu78 2008-04-29 14:32|| 2008-04-29 14:32|| Front Page Top

#7 The ace, Obama can always drop out after a demand and failure of the Super-Delegates to push him over the top (ala Mitt Romney, or Rudy)! Being that Bill Clinton reportedly doesn't like Obama 'personally', and now the DNC wouldn't have a problem of either dropping out in June, I don't think Queen Hillary would even pick him for VP for his endorsement. The egg on the face of Iowa, New Hampshire and other 'white' states would be so embarrassing, another black wouldn't be promoted to run for another 1000 years!!

Posted by smn 2008-04-29 16:53|| 2008-04-29 16:53|| Front Page Top

#8 I have voted for lots of Republicans, but it is the Democrat party that has let down America this go around. The choices the democrats brought forth this Spring should make us all sick to our stomachs.

And who cares who Bill Clinton dislikes personally. If Bill does not like him, perhaps he will not be groped. And I do not want to see pictures of Bill groping Obama.

Posted by Whatadeal 2008-04-29 18:05|| 2008-04-29 18:05|| Front Page Top

#9 T-Shirts for sale:

"Bitter, Clinging Disowner"
"Disowning, Bitter Clinger"
"Clinging Disowning Bitterly"

3 for the price of 2!

Posted by Harcourt Jush7795 2008-04-29 21:34|| 2008-04-29 21:34|| Front Page Top

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