On Monday, Obama weirdly talked about honoring the nation’s “unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience today.” In a report on Tuesday night’s CNN’s Election Center, correspondent Joe Johns used that Obama soundbite in a piece on the candidate’s “polling problem on patriotism” — but snipped out the part where Obama seemed to be seeing ghosts:
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JOHN JOHNS: This is Barack Obama doing what you would expect a guy running for president to do on Memorial Day. He's honoring those who sacrificed everything.Watching the video, you’ll see a brief flash where CNN removed the part where Obama inexplicably says “and I see many of them in the audience today.” Either Johns really needed to cut an extra two seconds out of his story, or he wanted to aid the candidate by removing his most bizarre comment of the day.
BARACK OBAMA: On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes, our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.
According to Nexis, Johns’ story aired twice more the next day — during the 11am hour and again at 3pm. But CNN did at least once air the full clip of Obama’s quote, in an earlier segment on the 8pm ET Election Center program hosted by Campbell Brown, but she drew no attention to its silliness:
CAMPBELL BROWN: Over the holiday, both Obama and McCain surrounded themselves with flags and rubbed elbows with veterans. It was all about patriotism.Oddly, while CNN did cover Obama’s speech live during the 3pm hour on Memorial Day, they joined it in progress a few moments after Obama made his “I see dead people” gaffe.
BARACK OBAMA: On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.
JOHN MCCAIN: I have had the good fortune to know personally a great many brave and selfless patriots who sacrificed and shed blood to defend America. But I have known none braver and none better than those who do so today.
BROWN: Many of those sacrificing and shedding blood now are in Iraq. Today, an anti-war heckler provoked a dramatic response from McCain, the kind that will no doubt stick to him for a long time.
MCCAIN: I will never surrender in Iraq, my friends.
—Rich Noyes is Research Director at the Media Research Center.
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"I see dead
May 30, 2008 - 17:30 ET by BD"I see dead people....."
Oh yeah, that is what we need, a president from the Sixth Sense....Hahahahaha!
Of course he sees dead
May 30, 2008 - 18:18 ET by MidAmericaOf course he sees dead people. They vote for him. He's from Chicago.
And some want this empty suit as CIC
May 31, 2008 - 06:58 ET by ChiefE9The Dem party is in sad shape if Hussein is their candidate of choice. They are both inexperienced and Hussein O. is a empty suit. He is lost if he doesn't have a teleprompter in front of him. So many gaffes and the MSM won't touch his gaffes.
Hillary is the wife of a impeached Pres. who had sexual affairs in Arkansas to the White House while Hillary stood by her man and said "It was a vast right wing conspiracy!"
Hillary has as much experience as the White House pastry chef.
Context
May 30, 2008 - 18:02 ET by BarkerOh, so after all the complaining about words not being taken in context, CNN is literally taking words out of the context.
Ship. Of. Fools.
Until there is
May 30, 2008 - 18:29 ET by bigtimerUntil there is accountability of some sort other than the internet this will get worse in my opinion.
I am outraged, disgusted, mad as hell...what can one do about it.
Excellent work Rich Noyes...wished it didn't anger me so.
Guess as long as it is the dems and their leftist networks, it matters not, omission for protection of people is okay...can you imagine if this was the other way around and Fox did this, there would be a chorus of loud screams from other network talking heads and the leftist party to-boot, demanding to know who, what, where, when and why calling for heads to roll and people to be fired, let alone a blue ribbon panel with a demand for an immediate investigation....
I am furious.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
What is really scary
May 30, 2008 - 21:35 ET by Cape Conservativeis the number of people who will vote for BHO next week...even after hearing the ranting and raving of his latest religious advisor! Can you imagine if it were reversed and McCain's minister was carrying on about blacks! I have come to the belief that indeed America is racist...not by caucasians, however. It is black America that is being fed racism week after week after week! Before all this surfaced, I just couldn't understand why so many blacks were so angry when they had all the opportunity in the world to succeed - NOW I know! I truly believe these so-called black theology preachers do not want BHO to win...what would they complain about then? How could they rant and rave about being "victims" ????? The whole thing is totally DISGUSTING!!!
Cape, I agree that there are
May 30, 2008 - 21:54 ET by balboaCape, I agree that there are black people who hang onto the whole "the man's keepin' us down!" bit when it doesn't apply to them and use it as an excuse. But, I think unfortunately there are enough ACTUAL racist moments / incidents to keep that fire burning. I don't think white racists no longer exist.
Balboa, I don't believe
May 30, 2008 - 22:16 ET by futbolisgreat1Balboa,
I don't believe that you will ever be able to rid the world of racism...
However, racism doesn't exist anywhere near the level that Obama, Jesse Jackson, etc claim it exists.
Another thing balboa which NO ONE talks about is the reverse discrimination and racism that exists and it is felt amongst many blacks and latinos against whites and those blacks and latinos that do not agree with the left wing racist ideology.
I can tell you from personal experience that I have never in my life, EVER experienced racism from a white person towards me, but I have experienced discrimination and racism from Latinos and blacks that thought I was a sell out....or as they put it...an Uncle Tom.
This is what no one talks about. Instead Liberals excuse the latter type of racism and discrimination saying that we owe something to African-Americans. It is what is called the Liberal white guilt.
Racism in America, white against black is no where near the levels that the Democrat party claims that it is.
The Uncle Tom stuff is so
May 30, 2008 - 22:26 ET by balboaThe Uncle Tom stuff is so pathetic. You're right there.
I don't think racism by white people is a huge problem either. It exists, but it is in no way keeping the overwhelming majority of minorities from succeeding.
CC... You ought to hear
May 30, 2008 - 22:08 ET by bigtimerCC...
You ought to hear some of the black callers in the morning on C-SPAN....it is something else...I think you are right, how were we to know the propaganda they have been fed for political reasons in some of their churches..the hatred they have now for Hillary and even the dem party is something to behold....some of them are complaining that they have never got what is owed, owed, to them from the dem party all this time and Obama will do that!
As an aside, I know the dem party has created this intentionally for decades and decades..it is coming back to bite them now too...which I take pleasure in.
What the heck do they really think is going to happen if Obama did become Prez? What more do they want? I am beyond understanding or caring anymore, my patience has run out...the govt. from tax-payers owe you NOTHING...get a life, get a grip, quit whining, get a job, contribute, and be happy.
By the way, I do not care what race you are...this is a Constitutional Republic...not a cradle to grave socialist leftist communist whatever word you want to use Govt.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
evenin bt... Hope all is
May 30, 2008 - 22:22 ET by Clear thinkerevenin bt...
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods!
This reverse racism has been going on for decades so I think it's just become the norm.
Short story.... I was 25 years old. I got fired illegally from a job. I immediately went to the Labor Board. After telling my story to a case worker he quietly stood up, closed the door to his office then sat down in a chair right next to me. He then told me in a very low voice "look son, you have a very good case but we can't take it". I asked the obvious question "why"? He simply stated "if you were black we could help you".
I learned alot from that one experience.
"Abstain from McCain"
Yep Ct... I hear
May 30, 2008 - 22:29 ET by bigtimerYep Ct...
I hear ya'...
I could write a lot about my own experiences starting with the Watts riots in Ca. and how things started changing after that...I tell you, it makes me sick, now I am just sick and tired of the whining and reverse racism, and no back bone from our party.
Enough is enough...I am not, not have I ever been racist, but I swear to goodness the msm makes me furious...and listening to callers and guests on these talking head shows now close to twenty years plus I have had my fill.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
bt... I had to quit
May 30, 2008 - 22:37 ET by Clear thinkerbt...
I had to quit listening to those C-Span call in shows a long time ago. I always got depressed knowing that some of those callers might actually vote. There are some people that should be checked out by a shrink before they are allowed to vote.
"Abstain from McCain"
Hey Ct... Do not get me
May 30, 2008 - 22:50 ET by bigtimerHey Ct...
Do not get me wrong, this is a gal who who be depressed if she wasn't up having her coffee and missed C-SPAN which is on a five in the morning here, well no more, in fact I now remember to turn to it as an afterthought after almost sixteen years of a habit, I too could take the callers no more, it was intentionally done on c-span years ago, I don't want to go into all of that but I remember well the promises that were made about the phone line change during the Clinton administration and the promise to return to the original format, which never happened, nope, it has become unbearable now for me.
As you say, the people that call are down right spooky that have the ability to vote....I could go on and on about that...
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Reverse Racism
May 31, 2008 - 10:33 ET by CellaIt happened to me, too, Clear Thinker.
Early in my career, I was teaching in a rural school in my school district, 15 or 20 miles from where I lived. When a vacancy occured in a school just a few blocks from my home, I applied for that position.
I had a master's degree, a supervisor's certificate, and other credentials. I did not get the job. It went to a very young African American teacher who had just graduated from the local university a few months before.
It was a life lesson. I did not become biased, just wiser.
what they want
May 31, 2008 - 01:39 ET by jaywlIf you listen very closely to a wide ranging group of blacks you will know what they want. I have heard interviews with black farmers in Virginia saying that when Obama becomes President he will approve a settlement in a long running case /allegation involving everything from the promise Gen. Sherman made about mules and 40 acres to MLK's statement in 1963. Listen in on any class that has "black" in its title and you will hear it. It whispers redress, restitution, reparations!
the number of people who
May 31, 2008 - 06:42 ET by motherbeltthe number of people who will vote for BHO next week...even after
hearing the ranting and raving of his latest religious advisor! -Cape Conservative
While I am in no way defending Obama, I do have to point out that every minister, priest or rabbi that speaks in Trinity Church is not his "religious advisor." Jeremiah Wright was. Even the new pastor isn't, unless you are calling him that because you assume he would ask his advice on personal matters, since he is his pastor. None of them are in any way affiliated with his campaign.
So let's not get carried away here and start applying that description indiscriminately.
While his continued association with that particular church can legitimately be questioned, it is unfair to hold him personally responsible for the words of everyone who is in the pulpit there.
MB?
May 31, 2008 - 09:58 ET by okiehawk44I'm a little shocked that you are implying that you would stay in a church whose new minister espouses all sorts of kooky things? I too don't know how close Otis Moss is to BO, but I do know that if he shares Wright's beliefs and oratory, I would not continue to worship there. You say you would. I wouldn't and I'd find a new church. You are judged by those you befriend and associate with MB whether you like it or not. P.S. Rev. Michael Pfleger is not just a guy guest speaking in a church that BO calls home. Pfleger is, or recently was, an advisor to BO, and has been an associate for many years MB.
There is a "pattern" developing for BO and it should concern you.
And I'm a little shocked
May 31, 2008 - 11:02 ET by motherbeltAnd I'm a little shocked that you seem to think I implied I would stay in that church. I implied nothing of the sort.
I said:
his continued association with that particular church can legitimately be questioned
Which part of that says that I would stay in a church that preached "all sorts of kooky things"?
As for Pfleger, to my knowledge he was just a guest speaker at the church. I am not aware of him being an advisor to Obama. If he is, that certainly changes things. Do you have any info on that?
Anyway, the main point of my comment was the custom of calling everyone who speaks in Trinity Church Obama's "spiritual advisor" or "mentor." I was not making excuses for any of them.
I don't know how you inferred that from my comment.
The transcript on his
May 30, 2008 - 18:34 ET by motherbeltThe transcript on his website doesn't contain the gaffe either, but I think that's because it wasn't in the written speech and he ad-libbed that line on site.
But there is no excuse for editing it out of the video or audio clip.
Remember after 9/11, when Her Royal Clintoness was booed at a fundraiser for firefighters and policemen who died that day? That booing was edited out and replaced with applause. The recorded version of the event has no booing in it; anyone who hears it would think she was greeted happily.
It's the re-writing of events, Soviet-style.
Gosh, hard to keep from
May 30, 2008 - 20:23 ET by gopsteveGosh, hard to keep from just giving up...the msm touts McClellan while the swiftboats were "swiftboating." Our own candidate seems to criticize and alienate his base more than he will the people who will never vote for him.
Now the msm are holding meetings thinking they were not too hard on Bush on the leadup to the war...they act as if NO dem thought there were WMD
I feel the lib media, along with the SPINELESS GOP have doomed us
I hope you are wrong, Steve
May 30, 2008 - 21:37 ET by Cape Conservativebut I'm afraid you are right! (there I go again, using the word "hope" ;-)
CC... Steve's
May 30, 2008 - 21:40 ET by bigtimerCC...
Steve's right.
Unfortunately.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
"Pray"
May 31, 2008 - 05:49 ET by NortoInsert "pray" for "hope."
Prayer does work and we sorely need a 2 Chronicles 7:14 revival, as we are about to see this greatest of all countries flushed down the toilet with the likes of Maine representative, Tom Allen in charge of the chicken coop. Here is a quote from his most recent letter to me after which he states "we must rely on our own resources to rid the US of dependence on foreign energy.
"For these reasons, I am a cosponsor of H.R. 39, the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act introduced by Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA). This legislation would permanently protect the 1.5 million acre coastal plain of ANWR as declared wilderness, the highest land protection status under U.S. law, and would prevent any future oil or gas exploration."
Representative indeed! Rome is burning, they fiddle.
Almost all Democrats thought Saddam had WMD
May 31, 2008 - 07:07 ET by ChiefE9Also, world leaders, and the Clintons thought the same thing. In fact Clinton himself wanted regime change in Iraq but was too CS to follow through with his plan.
And remember they all had access to the same intel provided by Tenet, a Clinton hire who was CIA chief.
In 2007 Tenet said "they were sure Saddam had WMD!"
NO dem thought there were WMD. . .
May 31, 2008 - 16:07 ET by TheTruthNow the msm are holding meetings thinking they were not too hard on Bush on the leadup to the war...they act as if NO dem thought there were WMD
"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..."
- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003 | Source
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002 | Source
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
- President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998 | Source
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
- President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998 | Source
"We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction."
- Madeline Albright, Feb 1, 1998 | Source
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
- Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998 | Source
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton.
- (D) Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, others, Oct. 9, 1998 | Source
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998 | Source
"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999 | Source
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and th! e means of delivering them."
- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002 | Source
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002 | Source
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002 | Source
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002 | Source
"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002 | Source
"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."
- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002 | Source
"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002 | Source
"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002 | Source
TT... Incredible
May 31, 2008 - 16:18 ET by bigtimerTT...
Incredible work...thank you.
How soon the msm forgets, let alone the people that spoke these words themselves when it served their purpose.
Of course if ever confronted they have some lying spinning they love to do which of course the msm nods their empty-leftist-heads and agree.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Hi BigTimer, Wish I could
May 31, 2008 - 17:31 ET by TheTruthHi BigTimer,
Wish I could take credit for compiling the list but it is not my work. Amazing how we never hear any of these quotes from the liberal MSM.
Steve
The drive-by-media is
May 30, 2008 - 20:26 ET by RMRThe drive-by-media is determined to sneak Obama along with Rev. Wright, Pfleger, and those Chicago terrorists into that White House, by-hook-or-by-crook.
If being a journalist
May 30, 2008 - 20:27 ET by celatorIf being a journalist became a criminal offense, do you think anyone at CNN would be arrested?
cel... LMAO! At
May 30, 2008 - 21:48 ET by bigtimercel...
LMAO!
At least Citizens Arrest...and msnbc....behind bars immediately, they'd have to get bail.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
"CNN Removed Obama's 'Fallen
May 30, 2008 - 21:45 ET by Evoke"CNN Removed Obama's 'Fallen Heroes' Gaffe from Soundbite"
Shocking, just shocking! >>sarc off >>
Don't worry, there are
May 31, 2008 - 12:44 ET by mattmDon't worry, there are plenty more gaffes coming. They can't spike all of them....or can they?
Obama resigns from church
May 31, 2008 - 17:22 ET by bigtimerObama has resigned from the Trinity Church according to Lynn Sweet.
Isn't that special...what timing he is using eh, with the rules committee making decisions today about Michigan and Florida..priceless, just priceless.
Thought I would put this here since there isn't a new OT today and the subject here is Obama.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Obama Resigns
May 31, 2008 - 17:45 ET by bigtimerHere is the link for this news...been waiting patiently for one to come out...
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
candance... In reply to
May 31, 2008 - 18:20 ET by bigtimercandance...
In reply to your post elsewhere, I have posted this news now for quite awhile, nobody seems to care...lol.
See my two above.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Slow walking, slow talking, as he leaves the Church
May 31, 2008 - 19:27 ET by JayTeeSomehow, I'm not hearing the word "GOD" in his speech...I hear Church, Pastor, Faith.....etc....but words like "God" or "Christian" are missing....How does he do that ?
I guess he doesn't want to offend the Muslims ?
Ooops...he did finally say 'As a Christian"....It just took him awhile.
»→ Obama resigns TUCC
May 31, 2008 - 18:38 ET by Cool ArrowI'm Cracking up. Will he desert his Black Race next?
He did say he couldn't reject Jeremiah Wright, now his Black Church.
What's next? his Black Race or His wife, Michelle?
Too funny he can be led around like this ready to cave for the next political tidbit.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
CA... He and McCain are
May 31, 2008 - 18:44 ET by bigtimerCA...
He and McCain are in a race with each other to out do the other.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
»→ Obama on FOX
May 31, 2008 - 19:10 ET by Cool ArrowIn other words (for the parsing impaired) Since he's now a Presidential candidate he can't act like he doesn't know about the racism at TUCC.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!