Posted on 10/03/2012 8:53:57 AM PDT by Qbert
In the wake of the Daily Caller’s release of President Obama cheering Rev. Wright and invoking the race card in various ways, our friend Morgen Richmond decided the time was right to release some little-known Obama video of his own. He authorized me to release the video here first.
The following clips are from 2002. Obama is speaking in a church at a 2002 Martin Luther King Jr. Day memorial service.
The full speech is here, and by and large it is a nice speech by a rising politician. Obama speaks about the need for empathy in society, about taking responsibility for our actions, and the audacity of hope. He levels barbs at the wealthy and unempathetic, but also criticizes those who blame the system for the arrest of O.J. Simpson and the crack epidemic. Although the audio quality is poor because of the echo in the church, one can tell that Obama is well spoken and articulate. Joe Biden would have been proud.
But there are a few times when the mask slips, just a little.
My favorite clip is this one, where he speaks of Dr. King’s philosophy of non-violence, and explains that it works only when there is empathy:
Transcript:
The philosophy of nonviolence only makes sense if the powerful can be made to recognize themselves in the powerless. It only makes sense if the powerless can be made to recognize themselves in the powerful. You know, the principle of empathy gives broader meaning, by the way, to Dr. King’s philosophy of nonviolence. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but rich people are all for nonviolence. Why wouldn’t they be? They’ve got what they want. They want to make sure people don’t take their stuff. But the principle of empathy recognizes that there are more subtle forms of violence to which we are answerable. The spirit of empathy condemns not only the use of firehoses and attack dogs to keep people down but also accountants and tax loopholes to keep people down. I’m not saying that what Enron executives did to their employees is the moral equivalent of what Bull Connor did to black folks, but I’ll tell you what, the employees at Enron feel violated. When a company town sees its plant closing because some distant executives made some decision despite the wage concessions, despite the tax breaks, and they see their entire economy collapsing, they feel violence . . .
And the class warfare talk never ends.
What Obama really thought about the Clinton years. Quote: “Among African American males, one third to one fourth caught up in the criminal justice system, so that the number of young men incarcerated exceeded the number enrolled in colleges and universities. Throughout the nation inequality up, trust in mutuality down . . . the evidence was there if we cared to look.”
Obama on empathy, the powerful, and the prison industrial complex. Quote: “It’s hard to imagine that the powerful in our society would tolerate the burgeoning prison industrial complex if they imagined that the black men and Latino men that are being imprisoned were something like their sons.”
Local funding of schools is “fundamentally unjust.” Quote: “And Illinois, like many states in the country, has an education system that is funded by property taxes. It is fundamentally unjust. So you have folks up in Winnetka, pupils who are getting five times as much money per student as students in the South Side of Chicago.”
The full clip on YouTube.
If you use any of these clips or transcripts, please credit Morgen, and mention that you saw them here first.
This is really a slap in the face to MLK, too.
I remember thinking, when he first ran ... we heard stories about how much he read about and admired Lincoln. Lincoln being Republican, it didn’t make a lot of sense except when you consider that Lincoln presided over a civil war.
When I first heard Rev. Wright, I was sure that would be the end of Obama. When it wasn’t, I knew nothing would stop him. Americans just didn’t care. I still think the vast majority of those who voted for him in 2008 will vote for him again. It is hard to believe Americans are really that stupid, but they obviously are.
BUMP!!
Alright. First we are haters because we are white. Now we are ALL RICH white racist that hate black people. Now I see why Obama let the Black Racist Panthers off the hook when they were yelling to kill the crackers and their kids... BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY BARACK OBAMA IS A MEMBER!!!!
sounds like he endorsed violence
The only people that want Barack Obama reelected are those that get Obama phones and Obama money while the rest of us have to pay for it!!! I want this man out! Obama has destroyed the middle class with all those broken promises about hope and change! I will not stoop to his racist level. I don’t need to.. I seem to recall an old video I have of Obama. Let me see what I can dig up.
Some videos haven’t disappeared since 2009. http://ohiobelle.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/obama-and-his-lies/
Some videos haven’t disappeared since 2009. http://ohiobelle.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/obama-and-his-lies/
Just in case we nee d a history refresher. http://ohiobelle.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/return-of-the-dixiecrats/
These are the people voting for Obama. It’s us against them. http://ohiobelle.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/liberals-are-un-american/
Romney should use this in the debate. I guess Obama thinks it's ok for people just to take things that don't belong to them.
That’s one of many reasons why the libs hate the ten commandments. That “Thou shalt not steal” thing really puts the kabosh on all their ideas.
Thou Shalt not Covet...
Since he’s preaching from the pulpit.
You can see and hear how those in that church think. They want their share of other peoples stuff.
That is exactly how they think
9/11 was outright murderous terrorism.
Those in the twin towers had no warning, unlike Katrina.
Those in the twin Towers had no time to escape, unlike Katrina.
I'm outraged.
I was thinking Kung Fu Panda.
And of course somethings will never change! http://ohiobelle.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/cnn-the-communist-news-network/
The liberals are helping the rich people. They're helping to lighten their loads by emptying thier wallets.
/s
You’ve got one really strong arm.
The man is a leftist creep. Who knew? The unfortunate thing is that Democrats will still cover for him. It’s all about power with these people.
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