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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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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Yawn.
yawn? i find it of interest that Rev Wright apparently has had political connections, at least to the extent that he attended the elitist prayer breakfast.
With every new sound bite, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright bails another bucketful of water from Hillary Clinton's campaign dinghy. Meanwhile, Barack Obama is being pegged as a liability for Democrats in congressional races. Clinton's chances float up 0.5 points to 12.4 percent. By the time Wright took to the stage this morning at the National Press Club, he had already made two high-profile appearances, on PBS and at an NAACP dinner in Detroit. Even though his rhetoric was calmer today than in Detroit, he managed to keep his name in the news, and, combined with his earlier remarks, he's sure to dominate the cable-news cycle. The conventional wisdom says that every time Wright shows up on a television screen, it hurts Obama, which we're inclined to believe for now. There's an outside chance that by going public with new comments, Wright can drown out the older, more inflammatory ones. But that's a nuanced view, and if this primary season has taught us anything, it's that nuance doesn't win elections.
you see that the Rev Wright may have been a player for some time. let's consider the possibility that he's in the clinton camp? btw, it is the obama camp who dug up this photo.
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
America's 1st Black Preznit (followed by America's 1st Messican Preznit)...bush-clinton-clinton-bush-bush-
Book deal?
He does have a book deal in progress.
This is some great advance marketing. He's a serious Black Nationalist RACE Pimp if ever there was one...q
In the employ of Camp Clinton.
Which means in the employ of the Bush Family Crime Syndicate and their CFR/Trilat/Bilderberg/Global Bankster-masters...
"yawn" being that so what? it's all a show, they're all complicit, so what does it matter if there's a photo of clinton?
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.
God is always good!
#2. To: angle (#1)
#3. To: The Rev. Wright, Hillary's campaign saviour (#1)
http://www.slate.com/id/2190118/
#4. To: ghostdogtxn, Arete (#0)
#5. To: christine (#4)
#6. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#7. To: christine, Jethro Tull (#4)
#8. To: FOH (#7)
#9. To: Jethro Tull (#8)
He does have a book deal in progress.
#10. To: FOH (#9)
He's a serious Black Nationalist RACE Pimp if ever there was one...q
#11. To: Jethro Tull (#10)
In the employ of Camp Clinton.
#12. To: christine (#2)
#13. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
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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