I, and a lot of otherse here, said yesterday that once he gave this speech, that would be "the end of it" as far as the media were concerned. Time to "move on." And indeed, as Sen. Obama said, talking about race never fed a hungry child....oh, sorry, I'm getting him mixed up with someone else....

He did say, however, (from what I heard of Rush) that we could keep talking about this, or talk about the more important things: "Shut up!" he explained. (Ring Lardner).

Has anyone in the media mentioned that he admitted to lying before when he said he never heard those extreme remarks? (Been in the car all morning, getting our daughter from college....only heard a bit of Rush.

Oh, that's right, Eleanor....don't judge him by Wright's remarks. How about if we judge him by his 20 year relationship with a virulent anti-American preacher?  How about if we judge him by the fact that he knew more than a year ago, that he was going to have to distance himself from him? How about if we judge him by the fact that he lied and said he never heard him say those things?

The Question for Eleanor, Jeff, is: Which one will she defend.. Obama or Clinton (B&H)?

After all, Rev. Wright's other remarks were an attack on the Clinton's, and I'm sure that Eleanor would agree, a lie (according to the defendant).

We're not talking about the clip where the pastor is screaming in hatred, as he thrusts his hips forward, stating that Hillary would as Bill Clinton had, f---ed the blacks just as he did Monica. This man doesn't just hate America - he hates the Clinton's.

Rev. Wright:  Hillary is married to Bill and Bill have been good to us? No, he ain't! Bill did us just like he did Monica Lewinsky! 

Congregation:  (cheers)

Rev. Wright:  He was riding dirty!

Actually, it's not a rare statement from the black community. It was written and said a lot during and just after the Clinton era -- just was not a heck of a lot of interest from our news folks to get the information out to the voters. Shh... is the name of the game.
 
Officially, Bill Clinton never f---ed the 37 year younger intern, a volunteer worker, who was on his staff in the office of the people in the people's house; rather he just got 10 or so bj's from her, and did the cigar thing, etc. Usually when someone publicly accuses Bill Clinton of doing something that he didn't do, other than him having a pissy tantrum (well, he does that when accused of things that he did do also) he gets the word out (via his media friends). Clinton was all over the tube yesterday - not a word. He was not asked. Why the silence?

If Rev. Wright was a white pastor and was accusing President Clinton of having had sexual intercourse with Lewinski, would not we expect the MSM (and the big cheese himself) out attacking him, calling the Rev. a liar and doing all they could to destroy the associated Republican candidate.

This reverend should be held accountable for spreading lies about the great Bill Clinton. Where is Eleanor on that? Scene: Finger wagging in the air: "I did not have sexual intercourse with that woman. Reverend Wright is a liar."

From what I heard, Obama's speech was once again fairly inspirational, and very well thought-out, but taken in the context of what has happened to him in the media over Wright's snippets of anti-Americanism, I thought his message overall was clear:

You're a racist if you keep pestering me about this Wright stuff.

So once again, Obama's speech, as lofty as words a man could ever utter, is another example of how the left uses platitudes and buzz-words to get the media off their backs.

...I think Barack Obama is asking us to judge him on how he's lived his life and what he believes."

...that we are judged by the company we keep. Unless Obama comes out with a clear and unequivocal statement of his positions, we are left to judge him by his continued association with Rev. Wright.

Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift: Don’t Judge Obama on Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s Remarks 

Oh, okay.  Just for you, Eleanor!

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