WBEZ Audio Obama 9-6-01: "Constitution...fundamental problems... deep flaws...enormous blind spot"

WBEZ ^ | 10/27/08

[rom]

I think I found the source audio stream. Notice there are interviews from Rashid Kalidi that month as well. I don't have Real Audio on my machine. Can someone save these before they get "cleaned"?

http://www.wbez.org/audio_library/od_rasep01.asp

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Admin Mod update:

From the site: Summary of Discussion

Slavery and the Constitution

Richard John - Associate professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse

Barack Obama - Illinois State Senator from 13th district and a senior lecturer in the law school at the University of Chicago

Jan Lewis - Professor of history at Rutgers University, in Newark, New Jersey. She is the author of the forthcoming book Women, Slaves, and the Creation of a Liberal Republic

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Admin Mod Update:

Taped panel September 6, 2001:

The September 6, 2001 tape is of a radio interview/panel where Barack Obama - Illinois State Senator from 13th district and a senior lecturer in the law school at the University of Chicago is heard discussing the Constitution, USSC partially with regard to slavery.

At 44 minutes into the tape: phone caller asks about fairness of Constitution

Illinois State Senator Barack Obama responds at 46:24:

“The Constitution reflects deep flaws in American culture ... the Constitution reflected enormous blind spot of those days which continues to this day...”

“There are fundamental problems (in the Constitution which) ... we’re still grappling with today ...”

[rom]

Sorry to use a vanity on this. But it seems somewhat important. I haven't heard it yet, but the description is: Slavery and the Constitution Richard John - Associate professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse Barack Obama - Illinois State Senator from 13th district and a senior lecturer in the law school at the University of Chicago Jan Lewis - Professor of history at Rutgers University, in Newark, New Jersey. She is the author of the forthcoming book Women, Slaves, and the Creation of a Liberal Republic

[rom]

Trying to find an app to save Real Audio streams. Any suggestions?

[rom]

There may also be more nuggets.

I just got RealPlayer so I haven’t listened to much of the stream, but I may have been wrong as to which interview is used in the source audio. Obama was a frequent guest! See what we can find in the following juicy sounding topics :)

http://www.wbez.org/audio_library/od_rajan01.asp

January 18, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
The Court and Civil Rights
Barack Obama – Illinois State Senator from 13th district and a senior lecturer in the law school at the University of Chicago

http://www.wbez.org/audio_library/od_rafeb01.asp

February 27, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
The Right to Vote
Barack Obama – Illinois State Senator from 13th district and a senior lecturer in the law school at the University of Chicago

http://www.wbez.org/audio_library/od_raapr01.asp
April 23, 2001:
Redistricting
Barack Obama – Illinois state senator from 13th district and a senior lecturer in the law school at the University of Chicago

[basalt]

hmmm.....he claims the constitution has deep flaws in it that “continue” to this day. The September 6th 2001 interview.

[chief_believer]

...someone should do a screen shot in case these items are scrubbed from the website too.

I copied 3 BO audio’s on my desktop.

[personalaccts]

it’s on youtube. I bet the “google boy” are pissed that this got by someone. They’ll pull it later. The “chosen one” will come out in a little bit and say he didn’t have enough sleep that night and all will be forgiven.

[thecabal]

I think I got it, let me find a place to host the file.

[rom]

Found it:

January 18, 2001 - 40 minutes in. Check it out!

[rom]

Make sure to get the Jan. 18th one — that has the redistribution of wealth one. :)

[rom]

Can you edit my post please? The source audio is from the January interview located at:

http://www.wbez.org/audio_library/od_rajan01.asp

The clip we are interested in starts approximately 40 minutes in.

Not the September one. I jumped the gun!

[thecabal]

OK, I grabbed the wrong one, hold on...

[rom]

That was my mistake. I didn’t get a chance to listen to the clips before posting! The September one was the first one I saw and I posted it immediately.

Thanks!

[thecabal]

OK, try this:

http://drop.io/ObamaWBEZInterview

Get it now in case it is pulled. Spread it around. Tell those Diggbats complaining about context to shove it.

[Sparticus]

I'm ripping all those streams simultaneously as I type this. I'm off to bed, but they should be done in the morning. Let me know if any of you want the files.

[rom]

Fantastic. Downloading now. Everyone should save a copy of the complete mp3 provided by thecabal.

[calcowgirl]

WBEZ audio - as linked from Drudge:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck

68,346 views and counting

[rom]

Please post where we can retrieve them when they are done. They may provide for invaluable research.

Pleasant dreams, I’m off to bed shortly as well.

[rom]

Yeah after seeing that on FR earlier, I then traipsed through the WBEZ site and found the source interviews unedited so that we can hear the full clip for ourselves. And it’s just as damning as the edited version. And so no one can claim that wasn’t Barry like some have claimed on Digg and other sites.

Plus, we now have a few more interviews to rummage through from his past.

[calcowgirl]

Good job!

[Admin Moderator]

While listening to the September 6, 2001 tape, I transcribed then added into the second update above the part where BHO expresses his low opinion of our Constitution.