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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:10 PM Original message |
Obama refuses to denounce minister who wrote sermon titled: "Why America May Go to Hell" |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nicely done, and well posted. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Joseph Lowery said today that many revisionists are trying to turn Dr. King into a |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. The Right turns him into a harmless plaster saint to be dusted off for their purposes. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
49. So young. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. 40 years ago we had a different America, and dont compare MLK to Wright. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I hit a nerve, eh? |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Apparently. Hillary supporters are still disappointed Wright HELPED Obama.. |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Uh huh....wait until the RW attack machine spins it... |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. that is def true. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Better not nominate the black guy with the scary friends or else the white folks will pick on him! |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. it's not about race. it is about worldview and the friends you keep. |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Or, in this case, the "mentors" you keep. |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Hillary was a fucking Goldwater Girl |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. And Hill's now friends with Scaife and Fox News. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. So it is about race for you. |
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ecdab (834 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. SO Hillary picks Mark Penn - i..e Mr. Blackwater, Mr. Freetrade |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Funny thing - on BIll Maher last night they started quoting King |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. No, pick the white lady because she is the better candidate. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. bingo |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
50. When did Barbara Boxer throw her hat in the ring? |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
51. If she was the better candidate she would currently be the frontrunner, not trying to catch up n/t |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. And there is nothing that they will go after on hillary...the RW hate |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. HAHAH, they have been going full bore on her for 20 years and she is still there! Obama hasnt even |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I think he well knows what he is in for ... and I think he is well prepared |
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Duder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. Let 'em spin. Who is the real patriot? |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. it is a blatant allusion to that situation, and Wright is in now way comparable to MLK. |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Don't lie. You alluded to Pastor Wright when you asked... |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Yeah. America was different. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. MLK is no Wright. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. So was King right or wrong then? |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. King was leftist, anti-capitalist, and true progressive. |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thank you for this post. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Your title is misleading n/t |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. I think intentionally so. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. How so? |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. I do believe that would be the point. |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. Warning America that it may go to Hell is not the same as telling it to go to Hell. Nice try. {EOM} |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Oh please... you're engaging in an Orwellian exercise. |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. One can condemn the crimes of a nation without wishing for that nation to go to Hell. {EOM} |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. I'll bet not one of you who is lecturing me about the difference |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Feel free to point out any writing or statement by MLK which damns America to Hell. {EOM} |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. Actually John McCain DID denounce this minister |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. Comparing Pastor Wright to Dr King on the anniversary of King's assasination... |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. It's a compliment to both men. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. His memory has been sanitized and romanticized which is a shame. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. K&R. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. Sanitizing |
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maximusveritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. If Wright wrote a speech with that title, that would be headline news |
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Mezzo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. stupid stupid bait and switch. nt |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. And yet he will still be the Democratic nominee. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
46. When Was Obama Asked to Denouce This Minister, and By Whom? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
52. DING DING DING |
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