http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jeremiahsmessiah/ en-us Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:07:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992375/posts March 25, 2008 -- Barack Obama's inflammatory pastor knows how to relax. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright - who urged his congregation to sing "God Damn America" and opined that the US brought on the 9/11 attacks with its own "terrorism" - decided not to spend Easter Sunday with his former followers at the Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago's South Side. Instead, the preacher, who retired from his post last month, abandoned his flock for the sunnier climes of Puerto Rico. Our spies caught him lounging in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton, where rooms rates start at $399 NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992375/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:07:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992288/posts GREENSBORO, N.C. - Before Sen. Barack Obama took the stage here Wednesday, the crowd was led in prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. And as the Illinois Democrat ended his speech, he offered a "God bless America." As Obama returned to the campaign trail after a brief respite, news and questions about his controversial former Chicago pastor continued to circulate, while the activities before his appearance seemed to try to reinforce that he is a Christian and a patriot. An audience in Indiana had also been led in prayer on the Saturday after the flap over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992288/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:24:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992281/posts Barack Obama is drawing fresh fire for pledging to hold direct talks with foreign adversaries, an approach both Hillary Clinton and John McCain say they will hit hard. Critics in the foreign-policy establishment and from rival presidential camps said his idea could undercut pro-Western forces and legitimize leaders whose power the U.S. wants to undermine, including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Increasingly, they are presenting his ideas as a radical departure from standard U.S. doctrine. Presidents for decades avoided meeting directly with the leaders of Iran, Cuba and North Korea. "If you look beyond Iraq, the entire diplomatic approach [of Senator... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992281/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:02:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992278/posts Barack Obama returned to the trail today after vacationing in the Virgin Islands with his family..., he went after both his Democratic and Republican rivals slamming Hillary Clinton for taking donations from lobbyists and John McCain on his economic policy. -snip- “She said awhile back that she didn’t think that lobbyists aren’t a problem–she said you know they represent real people. Well, they don’t represent you,” Obama said, “When she takes more money from lobbyists and special interests than any candidate including John McCain.... -snip- Obama then attacked McCain on his economic plan saying “he offered not one policy, not... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992278/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:42:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991794/posts In this story from USA Today: Wright's speech in Tampa, FL was just canceled. The church blamed the police for the cancellation. (Please.) Wright is about to receive a "black leadership" award from a church in Houston. FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991794/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:30:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991432/posts In the 1960's I had a lady friend who loved Robert Redford. So, naturally, I got dragged to all of Redford's movies. I saw "The Candidate" several times. In that film, Mr. McKay (Redford), a "community organizer" like Barack Obama, hatches a slogan, "McKay, The Better Way" to run for office. Ironically, Barack "Barry" Obama has now chosen "The Better Way" as his mantra through February 10th. Well. Obama's slogan has about as much substance as the celluloid version popularized by Robert Redford. Obama is entirely a creation of wealthy contributors and powerful, liberal media interests. So what he does... Political Gateway http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991432/posts#comment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991012/posts I count Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace among the fairest and most incisive interviewers in the business, and hope his tenure at Fox News is a long one. Anyone who can relentlessly cross-exam Mitt Romney on his changed position on abortion the way Wallace did a while back, then turn around and provoke Bill Clinton to near the point of taking a poke at him, is doing his job and playing no favorites. But should Wallace ever wish a change of venue, never fear: MSNBC apparently can find a place for him. Wallace made some news when, appearing on... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991012/posts#comment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:51:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990971/posts Maybe, just maybe, it’s now worth at least asking whether Hillary Clinton might wind up as the Democratic candidate for vice president. When the chatter about a Democratic “dream ticket” began last year, it was easy to dismiss. Either Clinton or Obama would win a clear victory in the primaries and, after what inevitably would be a contentious campaign, each would want as little to do with the other as possible. Clinton, if she emerged victorious, would instead choose some kind of national security graybeard to her political right, a retired general perhaps, or maybe even a Republican. Likewise, Obama... The New York Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990971/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:47:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990800/posts When Democrats contemplate the apocalypse these days, they have visions of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton slugging it out à la Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter at the 1980 convention. The campaign's current trajectory is, in fact, alarmingly similar to the one that produced that disastrous affair. Back then, Carter had built up a delegate lead with early wins in Iowa, New Hampshire, and several Southern states. But, as the primary season dragged on, Kennedy began pocketing big states and gaining momentum. Once all the voting ended and Kennedy came up short, he eyed the New York convention as a... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990800/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:03:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990521/posts WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Barack Obama's speech last week, hastily prepared to extinguish the firestorm over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, won critical praise for style and substance but failed politically. By elevating the question of race in America, the front-running Democratic presidential candidate has deepened the dilemma created by his campaign's success against the party establishment's anointed choice, Hillary Clinton. In rejecting the racist views of his longtime spiritual mentor but not disowning him, Obama has unwittingly enhanced his image as the African-American candidate -- not just a remarkable candidate who happens to be black. That poses a racial dilemma for... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990521/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:33:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990511/posts It is a tribute to Hillary Clinton that even though, rationally, political soothsayers think she can no longer win, irrationally, they wonder how she will pull it off. It's impossible to imagine The Terminator, as a former aide calls her, giving up. Unless every circuit is out, she'll regenerate enough to claw her way out of the grave, crawl through the Rezko Memorial Lawn and up Obama's wall, hurl her torso into the house and brutally haunt his dreams. "It's like one of those movies where you think you know the end, but then you watch with your fingers over... The International Herald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990511/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:58:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990361/posts Hello, Hillary? Hate to wake you, but it's 3 o'clock in the morning, and we have a real crisis. It's your campaign, senator. It's Hail Mary time. You've lost the bid for a revote in Florida and, it seems, in Michigan, which means your prospects for prevailing over Barack Obama in the primary popular vote by June are vanishing fast. The Illinois senator, meanwhile, has just delivered a JFK-like speech on race in America--a savvy move that may well have stanched the hemorrhaging of his campaign over the controversial remarks made by his pastor, Jeremiah Wright. The mood could be... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990361/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:57:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990174/posts Even though Barack Obama has "moved on" from the messy association that he has recently been forced to explain to man who had been his pastor for 20 years, it is clear - the voters haven't. There are legitimate questions being raised about a relationship that spans a generation and the beliefs of a man who has on multiple dozens of occasions issued some of the most vitriolic, bigoted, racism imaginable in America today. No doubt one of the most infamous video moments recently unearthed was Jeremiah Wright's use of what he cleverly believed to be a cute play on... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990174/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:18:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990143/posts WASHINGTON -It is already easy to imagine the Republican attack ads against Barack Obama. They open with video of his wife, Michelle, saying she was proud of America "for the first time in my adult lifetime" because of her husband's presidential candidacy. Cut to the Illinois Senator explaining that he doesn't wear an American flag lapel pin because it is a "substitute for true patriotism." Then flash a clip of Obama explaining that his Caucasian grandmother was a "typical white person" because she uttered racial epithets and was afraid of black people. Finally, the coup de grace, pictures of Obama's... The National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990143/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:14:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989792/posts "I'm sure," said Barack Obama in that sonorous baritone that makes his drive-thru order for a Big Mac, fries and strawberry shake sound profound, "many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed." Well, yes. But not many of us have heard remarks from our pastors, priests or rabbis that are stark, staring, out-of-his-tree, flown-the-coop nuts. ...snip... It is Barack Obama's choice to entrust his daughters to the spiritual care of such a man for their entire lives, but in Philadelphia the senator attempted to universalize his peculiar judgment – to claim... OC Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989792/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:22:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989759/posts Watching the “Reverend” Jeremiah Wright gesticulate like a horny peacock and spew out ignorance, hatred, and bitterness towards America truly inspired my religious faith. Once Wright pointed out that he was “still in Bible country,” I began to “love the hell out of” rich, white people just as much as Wright does. How could so many people not understand that white people have caused all the world’s problems? As Wright pointed out to his congregation, the Bible says it’s so. I’m not sure what verse actually says that, but I’m now betting that rich, white people are responsible for my... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989759/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:53:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989731/posts In Denver. Denver is not equipped to handle any convention scenario other than a coronation, and certainly not the most (potentially) contentious national convention in 40 years. It is important to point out that the state of Colorado, and the city of Denver, is currently nearly completely controlled by Democrats at every level of government. This puts these locals in a box, politically and from a law enforcement standpoint. This sets up a scenario similar to Seattle 1999 WTO debacle. I happened to be living in downtown Seattle during that awful experience, and what stands out is that the city... Transterrestrial Musings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989731/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:20:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989532/posts Some 50 delegates were reportedly poised to unite behind Barack Obama if he had won by even 1 point in Texas. He lost the popular vote by 100,000 ballots, and now we learn that 100,000 Republicans voted for Hillary Clinton, probably not because of some change in party allegiance but because they thought she would be the easier candidate to beat. This kind of strategic voting often backfires (think Ralph Nader). The Texas crossovers are winners. By helping to prolong the Democratic race, they can claim credit for weakening the eventual nominee, whoever it turns out to be. Obama has... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989532/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:20:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989323/posts Chicago's Trinity United tied to founder of black liberation theology WASHINGTON --Jesus is black. Merging Marxism with Christian Gospel may show the way to a better tomorrow. The white church in America is the Antichrist because it supported slavery and segregation. Those are some of the more provocative doctrines that animate the theology at the core of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Barack Obama's church. McClatchy Newspapers via Charlotte Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989323/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:58:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1989287/posts Mr. Obama’s Philadelphia speech, in spite of its eloquent passages expressing his hope for better racial relations in America, is a mastery example of literary subterfuge, the broadening of the scenery whereby an object of inquiry becomes blurred and lost in the background, or more bluntly, the escaping of a slippery fish from a pond into a lake to hide in a wider expanse of water. His speech is essentially a sophisticated lawyerly defense of Rev Wright’s sin on the basis of self-defense. While Mr. Obama’s understanding on the root causes of America’s racial problems is quite apt, he attempts... The Unreadiness of Barack Obama http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1989287/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:16:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989214/posts WASHINGTON - Even if Hillary Rodham Clinton and her aides do not mention Barack Obama's fiery-tongued spiritual mentor, don't expect the Illinois senator's well-publicized speech Tuesday to make the controversy disappear, political strategists said this week. Reporters, talk-show hosts and others will keep asking about Obama's close and long-standing relationship to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose most bombastic comments came to dominate the Democratic presidential contest recently, the strategists predicted in interviews. In video clips playing on Internet sites, Wright can be heard arguing that HIV-AIDS was a U.S. government plot to wipe out "people of color," and that God... Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989214/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:37:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1989205/posts An interesting photo has surfaced (h/t Drudge): That's the Rev. Jeremiah Wright grippin' and grinnin' with President Bill Clinton on September 11th, 1998, at a meeting of various clerics where Clinton gave his "I have sinned" speech following the Lewinsky affair. I guess Rev. Wright didn't consider an invitation to the White House as "being treated the same way Clinton treated Lewinsky", to quote the good Reverend. The same day this photo popped up, the story leaked out that the Clintons are shopping the Rev. Wright controversy around to superdelegates in the hopes of getting them to abandon Obama While... Holy Coast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1989205/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988958/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama suffered in the polls Thursday after a much-acclaimed speech on race that, pundits said, had failed to defuse voters' anger over rage-filled sermons by his former pastor. Waging an acrimonious battle against Hillary Clinton for the Democrats' White House nomination, Obama confessed to being bruised by the controversy surrounding his longtime Chicago preacher, Reverend Jeremiah Wright. "In some ways this controversy has actually shaken me up a little bit and gotten me back into remembering that, you know, the odds of me getting elected have always been lower than some of the other conventional... AFP/Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988958/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:36:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988951/posts For most white folks, indignation just doesn't wear well. Once affected or conjured up, it reminds one of a pudgy man, wearing a tie that may well have fit him when he was fifty pounds lighter, but which now cuts off somewhere above his navel and makes him look like an idiot. Indignation doesn't work for most whites, because having remained sanguine about, silent during, indeed often supportive of so much injustice over the years in this country--the theft of native land and genocide of indigenous persons, and the enslavement of Africans being only two of the best examples--we are... Lip http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988951/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:17:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988603/posts Barack Obama delivered a speech on March 18th, just days after the firestorm created by the release of tapes in which his Pastor Jeremiah Wright repeatedly made the most incendiary anti-American statements. So to diffuse the issue he endeavored to deliver a speech on race relations in America. The problem with this speech was that the anger that Jeremiah Wright provoked in patriotic Americans had nothing to do with race. He filled his speech with platitudes about race relations, which while they may be true, have nothing to do with why people are angry. People were not deeply offended by... STEVE LACKNER http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988603/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:39:04 GMT