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Title: Photograph of Bill Clinton and Rev. Wright Surfaces
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URL Source: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/ ... inton-and-rev-wright-surfaces/
Published: Apr 29, 2008
Author: Kate Phillips
Post Date: 2008-04-29 10:02:04 by Jethro Tull
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Poster Comment: During one of the most difficult periods in the presidency of Bill Clinton, he addressed a group of clerics at an annual prayer breakfast in September 1998 just as the Starr report outlining his dalliance with Monica Lewinsky was about to be published. Among those in attendance, was the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., who is seen shaking hands with Mr. Clinton in a photograph provided today by the Obama campaign. Mr. Wright’s relationship with Senator Barack Obama, as his longtime pastor, has been the subject of considerable controversy in recent days because of incendiary excerpts of sermons Mr. Wright gave at their church, Trinity United Church of Christ, in Chicago. In providing the photograph to The New York Times, the Obama campaign appeared to be trying to divert some attention to the Clintons after a week in which Mr. Obama’s relationship with Mr. Wright has left him facing one of the biggest challenges of his campaign. There is nothing in the picture or the note that addresses whether Mr. Clinton had met Mr. Wright prior to the White House meeting or whether he or Mrs. Clinton knew anything about Mr. Wright’s views.
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#13. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Shaking hands with a guy at a prayer breakfast is a lot different than going to his church for 20 years. Nice try Obama, but it won't work.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestThere is nothing in the picture or the note that addresses whether Mr. Clinton had met Mr. Wright prior to the White House meeting or whether he or Mrs. Clinton knew anything about Mr. Wright’s views.
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