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Title: Hannity & Colmes: Bringing On The Right Wingers To Lose It Over Obama & Rev. Wright
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Crooks and Liars
URL Source: http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/ ... lose-it-over-obama-rev-wright/
Published: Mar 15, 2008
Author: Nicole Belle
Post Date: 2008-03-15 13:33:06 by robin
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Views: 343
Comments: 24
Despite the fact that Billo says he’s the only guy out there courageous enough (*cough, cough*) to talk about Barack Obama’s relationship with Trinity UCC’s Rev. Jeremiah Wright, there wasn’t much else of discussion on Hannity & Colmes on Friday night. In fact, I’d say that the outrage was proportionate to the number of wingnuts brought on to discuss it. Nevertheless, co-host Alan Colmes and Democratic strategist Bob Beckell manage to inject some semblance of sanity to the predictions of the end of Obama’s chance for the White House. C&L contributer Heather made this mash up of Friday’s show. It’s amazing to me that people responsible for injecting so much hate into the national dialogue have their knickers in a twist over some isolated statements by Rev. Wright, who while admittedly inflammatory in his framing, is not factually wrong in what he said, and certainly not more hate-filled than Jesus Camp. Does Hannity, Fleischer, Morgan & Co. think that they have market cornered on hate and just fear the competition? Note that not one of those right wingers outraged–outraged, I tell you!–addresses that Obama has disavowed what Rev. Wright has said nor that just as inflammatory and intolerant rhetoric has come out of the mouths of Revs. Rod Parsley and John Hagee, whose endorsements John McCain has actively sought without feeling it necessary to distance himself from their more extreme statements. Actually, very little by way of sanity is even part of the discussion, this is, after all, FOX News.
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#1. To: robin (#0)
Rev. Wright's not saying anything Noam Chomsky hasn't been saying for years. He just says it scarier.
Louis Farrakhan and the Rev. Wright encourage the Black community to be self-reliant. This seems to upset some white folks.
If that was all that they did, nobody would care. Unfortunately, both of these so-called "holy men" blame whitey for everything, including the fact that their kids don't want to go to school - something that is entirely their own fault.
When I was growing up there was one family on my block who considered the late Martin Luther King "a troublemaker". They also were the only family who used the word nigger. This happens to a lot of "uppity Blacks".
mmhmm. I stand by my statement.
This family also did not have one book in their home. Not a dictionary, nothing. Ever since, I've associated racism with ignorance.
There are plenty of educated racists out there. My contention is this - if all of these so-called leaders are out there talking to tens of thousands, then why are there little to no results? There is more here than meets the eye. It doesn't add up.
The successes are not news worthy.
Really? Compare illegitimacy rate from the 1960s to today. 70% today? That is a complete and total failure. Dropout rates are through the roof and INCREASING each and every year. Incarceration rates are blowing through the roof. Black on Black violence is escalating all over the country. If there is a success in there anywhere, it is buried as the statistics show utter failure all around.
www.nytimes.com/2007/10/0...w&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Even Dr. Paul has commented on this sort of injustice.
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#4. To: robin (#2)
Louis Farrakhan and the Rev. Wright encourage the Black community to be self-reliant.
#7. To: mirage (#4)
#8. To: robin (#7)
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#19. To: robin (#9)
I've associated racism with ignorance.
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#22. To: robin (#20)
The successes are not news worthy.
#24. To: mirage (#22)
But recent research has kept the argument alive. A 2005 study by the Justice Department found that while Hispanic, black and white drivers were stopped by the police about as often, Hispanic drivers or their vehicles were searched 11.4 percent of the time and blacks 10.2 percent of the time, compared with 3.5 percent for white drivers. Data collected from state courts by the Justice Department also shows that a higher percentage of black felons than white felons receive prison sentences for nearly all offenses, and also that blacks receive longer maximum sentences for most offenses.
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