MyDD :: Rev. Wright faces terrorist threats, Clinton weighs in

Rev. Wright faces terrorist threats, Clinton weighs in

by catchaz, Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:44:48 PM EST

Speeches and an award ceremony in Texas honoring Rev. Jeremiah Wright for his years of service to America, the church, and the Black community were cancelled due to threats of violence by virulent Hate-mongers. Wright was first scheduled to recieve the award from the acclaimed Brite Divinity School in Ft. Worth. While Brite issued a heroic staement standing by Wright and reiterating the reasons he deserved the award
http://www.brite.tcu.edu/wright_response .asp
they announced the meetings would be moved off campus because of security concerns. A huge Baptist church in Dallas was then scheduled to host the events. However, Wright himself decided to cancel his appearances after the threats kept coming in.

The people who's violent threats forced the cancelation of the events are nothing more than racist terrorists, using the threat of violence to squelch the voices of those who would help the African American Community. All Americans should stand up and speak out on this dark time in our political history.

And on the same day Wright was forced to cancel his talk, Hillary Clinton did weigh in. She chose that day to announce to the world that she would have never stayed in a church where Wright was preaching.

I loved Hillary Clinton. i stood by her, and contributed to her, when she was in swirls of controversy. i assumed i would be voting for her in this primary. but now, on the day that racist terrorists were essentially running Dr. Wright out of Texas under the threat of violemce, Hillary Clinton wieghed in, not to speak out on the violent threats, not to praise Black Liberation Theology as the hopeful and useful tool that it has always been in this country, but to blast Dr. Wright. she has taken the side of the hatemongers and racists in this argument. if she was a ReThug, her actions would be abissmal, but par for the course. but for a Democrat to attack Black Liberation Theology, and attack Dr. Wright while he was facing violent terrorist threats, is unforgivable.
and anyone supporting Clinton after this attack on top of her racist campaign is just as unforgivable. at some point, blind loyalty is a curse, not a blessing. that time is now. it is time to take the blinders off, and see that politicians like Clinton are exactly what the netroots were created to fight. please, join the fight to end racism and fearmongering from all politicians, not just ReThugs.

Tags: racism, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Hillary Clinton, domestic terrorism, theology, Texas (all tags)

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Calling Hillary's campaign (2.00 / 1)

racist doesn't assist in valid points you are trying to make.
BTW did you see Bill and Hillary's former pastor from when they lived in DC on MSNBC this moring defending Wright.
I suspect more clergy will start to speak out.

Because I wont trade humanity for patriotism!

by Drewid on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:50:45 PM EST

Re: Rev. Wright faces terrorist threats, Clinton w (2.00 / 3)

but She wasn't weighing in on this, and I bet she would speak out against it.

I don't think you should attack her for not speaking out for this, unless you attack everyone else.

I doubt Obama released a message about this yet has he?

Obama said, as Bill beamed. "Thank you, President Clinton."

by TruthMatters on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:51:31 PM EST

Rev. Wright back in the mainstream media again... (2.00 / 2)

This is a problem for Obama. It's not going away anytime soon.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2 008/03/27/825590.aspx

by soyousay on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:54:03 PM EST

Re: Rev. Wright back in the mainstream media again (2.00 / 3)

Yeah, Wright engages in the casual slur of Italians having "garlic noses".

Just the sheer, mean-sprited bigotry of the guy should absolutely repulse people.

Someone tell me please, how does saying Italians have "garlic noses" have anything to do with the oppression of blacks in America? This is just nasty, entirely gratuitous bigotry -- bigotry because he likes it, not because it has any kind of justification or extenuation.

by frankly0 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:05:32 PM EST
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Re: Rev. Wright (none / 0)

HRC is a RACIST. Well i have heard that before.

david

by giusd on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:54:09 PM EST

Re: Rev. Wright faces terrorist threats, Clinton w (2.00 / 4)

The more we talk about this guy the less chance Obama will have of winning the General (if he's the nominee). PERIOD. Hillary was asked the question, she deserves the right to distance herself from this man. What do you want? Would you like her to take the flack that Obama took? She didn't make the decision to attach herself to this man, Obama did. While I think any threats against him are outrageous and horrific, to blame Hillary for answering a question and distancing herself from Rev Wright- is also outrageous. I would distance myself from him too! Like it or not, he said a lot of things that are offensive to the American public. When you're running for office, you gotta care about the voters opinions.

by easyE on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:54:24 PM EST

Re: Rev. Wright faces terrorist threats, Clinton w (2.00 / 1)

Actually Hillary Clinton will receive more backlash from this. In a attempt to smear Obama what many Clinton supporters seem to forget is some of Clintons surrogates go to that church who are black. Basically Clinton risk losing more of her own supporters the Obama does.

Should Hillary Clinton dump those Black Surrogates of hers who do go to that church that have supported her in the Past?

It's the Delegate count!

by ObamaRules on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:06:14 PM EST
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Re: Rev. Wright faces terrorist threats, Clinton w (2.00 / 1)

Here's the problem with the "Hillary deserves the right to distance herself" answer.

He stood by Bill when Bill was in trouble.

But what is the Clinton's first instinct? Throw him under the bus.

Wright could have said in '98 that he wasn't going to go to the White House and stand beside an adulterer. But he didn't.

by bawbie on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:36:37 PM EST
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Re: Rev. Wright faces terrorist threats, Clinton w (2.00 / 1)

That is proposterous. Wright was among a group of 130 INVITED clergy from around the country. Wright, chose to attend the prayer breakfast...not the confession breakfast. Wright was among 130 clergy that were there when President Clinton came clean with his whole relationship.

Wright didn't stand by anyone. And as for throwing under the bus...I don't recall Bill saying that Barack and Jeremiah were getting dirty on Americans. But I guess it's okay if Obama's pastor does it.

And if some of Hillary's supporters go to the TUCC of Wright's, then they should feel the abject scorn of the rest of America and Hillary's campaign for standing for those type of comments.

He that lives upon hope, will die fasting. -Ben Franklin

by TxDem08 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:55:56 PM EST
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Re: Rev. Wright faces terrorist threats, Clinton w (1.50 / 2)

This is the whole problem:

they should feel the abject scorn of the rest of America and Hillary's campaign for standing for those type of comments.

The idea that anyone should be scorned because of the actions or words of their pastor is completely absurd and ridiculous.

I never want to be held to the standard of having to walk out of the room any time someone I know or like or have a relationship with says something wrong.

That is a completely untenable standard.

You have basically just declared that everyone who attends Trinity, if not the whole UCC, is ineligible to run for president if they don't leave the church today.

Utterly ridiculous.

by bawbie on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:10:02 PM EST
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Ah, look at that! (2.00 / 1)

How cute!

I have a squib following me around troll rating me.

by bawbie on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:40:16 PM EST
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Funny.... (none / 0)

You have basically just declared that everyone who attends Trinity, if not the whole UCC, is ineligible to run for president if they don't leave the church today.

Utterly ridiculous.

That reminds me of watching Michelle Obama here in Chicago say that Hillary couldn't run the White House because Bill cheated on her to cheers from the people in attendance.

He stood by Bill when Bill was in trouble.

But what is the Clinton's first instinct? Throw him under the bus

That is pretty ironic. You claim he stood by Bill and then the Clintons threw him under the bus. Was he standing by the Clintons when he was trashing Hillary and humping the podium saying that Bill did the black community like he did Monica? Was he standing by Bill when he said he was "riding dirty?"

The facts are that, as you claim, "he stood by Bill" until Barack was running for President, then he through the Clintons under the bus, got into the drivers seat and ran them over. If he doesn't like the view from under the bus perhaps he should examine what role karma played in this.

by LatinoVoter on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 04:21:31 PM EST
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What is SO BAD about "not my pastor" (2.00 / 3)

The man did say Bill was doing to the black people what he did to Lewinsky, moving his hips back and forth in a repulsive (for a preacher in a pulpit) manner. The man DID say that Hillary fits the mold of a white male dominated society and has never been called a n**ger.

Why WOULD she want to be in his church?

As a matter of fact, I've walked out of churches that spewed hate-filled speech and it's just this way. There are many of us out here that think that he was spewing hatred. It MAY have been in the midst of 1000 hours of love and peace. But look at Imus and others who have spewed crap! People don't like it! Most white people are embarassed by the acts of cruelties against AAs and want it changed. Some are still racist.

These people who making threats against Wright should be found and punished accordingly. Period.

Personally, I'd like to hear MORE from him after all this flap.

by Southern Mouth on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:00:54 PM EST

Clinton's Pastor - Doug Coe (2.00 / 1)

Mrs. Clinton must have felt somewhat desperate to weigh in on the Rev. Wright controversy. When (if) the media looks into her religious affiliations, it's likely to raise a few eyebrows.

Check out this piece in The Nation by Barbara Enrenreich...

There's a reason Hillary Clinton has remained relatively silent during the flap over intemperate remarks by Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, she's a lot more vulnerable than Obama.

You can find all about it in a widely under-read article in the September 2007 issue of Mother Jones, in which Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet reported that "through all of her years in Washington, Clinton has been an active participant in conservative Bible study and prayer circles that are part of a secretive Capitol Hill group known as "The "Fellowship," also known as The Family. But it won't be a secret much longer. Jeff Sharlet's shocking exposé The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power will be published in May.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080331/eh renreich
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/ 2007/09/hillarys-prayer.html

by steviemo on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:25:22 PM EST
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Hillary prays - now THAT's comparable (2.00 / 1)

.... and she's in a Bible fellowship of fellow Congresspeople. Wow. Time for waterboarding to find out what she was REALLY doing in that "secret" meetings.

I've attended MANY so called "secret" meetings and studied the Bible, visited, prayed, etc.

I've also had people SPEAK at small group gatherings and say things that I didn't agree with and said so with my wallet.

by Southern Mouth on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:11:10 PM EST
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There's More... (2.00 / 1)

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080331/eh renreich

The Family's most visible activity is its blandly innocuous National Prayer Breakfast, held every February in Washington. But almost all its real work goes on behind the scenes--knitting together international networks of right-wing leaders, most of them ostensibly Christian. In the 1940s, The Family reached out to former and not-so-former Nazis, and its fascination with that exemplary leader, Adolf Hitler, has continued, along with ties to a whole bestiary of murderous thugs. As Sharlet reported in Harper's in 2003:

During the 1960s the Family forged relationships between the U.S. government and some of the most anti-Communist (and dictatorial) elements within Africa's postcolonial leadership. The Brazilian dictator General Costa e Silva, with Family support, was overseeing regular fellowship groups for Latin American leaders, while, in Indonesia, General Suharto (whose tally of several hundred thousand "Communists" killed marks him as one of the century's most murderous dictators) was presiding over a group of fifty Indonesian legislators. During the Reagan Administration the Family helped build friendships between the U.S. government and men such as Salvadoran general Carlos Eugenios Vides Casanova, convicted by a Florida jury of the torture of thousands, and Honduran general Gustavo Alvarez Martinez, himself an evangelical minister, who was linked to both the CIA and death squads before his own demise.

At the heart of The Family's American branch is a collection of powerful right-wing politicos, who include, or have included, Sam Brownback, Ed Meese, John Ashcroft, James Inhofe and Rick Santorum. They get to use The Family's spacious estate on the Potomac, The Cedars, which is maintained by young men in Family group homes and where meals are served by The Family's young women's group. And, at The Family's frequent prayer gatherings, they get powerful jolts of spiritual refreshment, tailored to the already powerful.

So, what is the point? The media, the Right Wing, and the Clintons have decided that religious affiliation is a legitimate topic of conversation.

by steviemo on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:56:52 PM EST
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HRC was at a press conference (2.00 / 5)

when she answered the question ASKED of her about how she would have been had she sat in a church where instead of uplifting people with God's spiritual words, he spewed ugliness. Did it ever occur to you that she answered that question LONG before Wright got the threats? But I'm sure you believe like every other HRC hater that this was all pre-planned with premeditated accuracy to promote more threats towards Wright. He brought this on himself with his own mouth w/o any help from HRC, BC, or anyone else. I suppose HRC was behind him helping him gyrate his hips as he spoke (in a church no less) of how Bill does blacks, right?

This nonsense has to STOP. It's pathetic, petty, and very distructive. This line of diary only continues to fuel the flame of divide. Way to go!

Take it to the Convention! Hillary '08"

by JHL on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:01:12 PM EST

Re: Rev. Wright faces terrorist threats, Clinton w (2.00 / 4)

Hillary is not a racist, nor has she run a racist campaign. I am not a racist and I am not a racist because I support her.

by grlpatriot on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:02:17 PM EST

Re: Rev. Wright faces terrorist threats, Clinton w (none / 0)

Agreed on all counts...

...from an Obama supporter.

by zonk on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:16:34 PM EST
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Re: Rev. Wright faces terrorist threats, Clinton w (none / 0)

second that. nor am i a racist because some of what wright said upsets me.

by proudliberaldem on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:26:07 PM EST
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Hillary (2.00 / 3)

could have doused the hysteria by not commenting or defending the ex-marine,Martin Luther King marcher,and counselor to her husband in his time of need in 98 but she chose to add fuel to the mob mentality out there and add to the risk that this old man is now being threatened with bodily harm.

Wright is not perfect but he does not deserve this type of treatment by Hillary or the mob.

The Op-Ed in yesterdays Chicago Trib written by a 25 year member of the church , a white man, whose impending nuptuials with a black member of the church back in 1983 were abrubtly cancelled by the young lady who feared the interracial blowback for the couple. Wright found out...called the young lady and spent 4 hours counseling her to look beyond race and know that Jesus would not embrace a race based decision. She saw the light and the happy couple have been proud members of TRinity ever since. He says he has sat in the church for 25 years and has heard Wright take on both races,challenging them to work together for jesus and themselves. He says the work of the church has helped tens of thousands of poor folks on the south side of chicago far more than any govt programs. It is a good read.

by hawkjt on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:02:36 PM EST

Sounds about right (2.00 / 1)

Horrible hate filled guy that Wright is.
Sheesh, I'm tired of this mischaracterization of him, got a link to that oped?

Because I wont trade humanity for patriotism!

by Drewid on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:08:34 PM EST
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Re: Sounds about right (2.00 / 1)

I just posted it down below.

by zonk on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:14:24 PM EST
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Re: Hillary (2.00 / 2)

This is the best you can come back with for a man who has just about insulted every other race, ethnicity, and the opposite gender? There is no defense of "this old man." The filth and racism and anti-Jewish spew is INDEFENSIBLE. No matter what good works this racist has done, he's undone it with his spewing hate. He will never be remembered for what good he did, only for the filth that came out of his mouth. He hs no one to blame but himself, so STOP putting his sins on HRC or anybody else. He owns it ALL.

Take it to the Convention! Hillary '08"

by JHL on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:11:32 PM EST
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Re: Hillary (2.00 / 2)

Do you really believe hillary could have said anything to stop this? Now no spinning you really think this. HRC has said next to nothing about this. But ok i ask you did BO or his crowd do anything to douse the hysteria about Ferraro. She has done a lot in her life for her party and america but i just dont remember anyone in BO campaign or his supporters say back off. I am just pointing out so hypocrisy here.

david

by giusd on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:12:16 PM EST
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Re: Hillary (2.00 / 1)

I think this is the editorial you refer to - and you're right - it's a good read:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opini on/chi-oped0326trinitymar26,0,2414760.st ory

Here's the passage you're paraphrasing

I do have a bit of personal context. About 26 years ago, I became engaged to my wife, an African-American. She was at that time and remains a member of Trinity. Somewhere between the ring and the altar, my wife had second thoughts and broke off the engagement. Her decision was grounded in race: So committed to black causes, the daughter of parents subjected to unthinkable prejudice over the years, an "up-and-coming" leader in the young black community, how could she marry a white man?

Rev. Wright, whom I had met only in passing at the time and who was equally if not more outspoken about "black" issues than he is today, somehow found out about my wife's decision. He called and asked her to "drop everything" and meet with him at Trinity. He spent four hours explaining his reaction to her decision. Racial divisions were unacceptable, he said, no matter how great or prolonged the pain that caused them. God would not want us to assess or make decisions about people based on race. The world could make progress on issues of race only if people were prepared to break down barriers that were much easier to let stand.

Rev. Wright was pretty persuasive; he presided over our wedding a few months later. In the years since, I have watched in utter awe as Wright has overseen and constructed a support system for thousands in need on the South Side that is far more impressive and effective than any governmental program possibly could approach. And never in my life have I been welcomed more warmly and sincerely than at Trinity. Never.

by zonk on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:13:44 PM EST
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P.S. (2.00 / 1)

Here's a piece for you to read:

An Internet search reveals church bulletins over the past year with controversial 'pastor pages' from Wright. Some reprint anti-Israel writings from a range of people -- from Archbishop Desmond Tutu to an advisor to Elijah Muhammed and Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam to Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook.

"One of Marzook's columns, reprinted by the church from the Los Angeles Times, says: "Why should any Palestinian recognize the monstrous crimes carried out by Israel's founders and continued by its deformed modern Apartheid state?"

"And Trumpet, a magazine run by Reverend Wright's daughters, quotes the pastor as saying: 'White supremacy is clearly in charge' in America. And slurring Italians' quote: 'garlic noses.' He also calls Jesus' crucifixion 'a public lynching Italian style.'"

LINK: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2 008/03/27/825590.aspx

Take it to the Convention! Hillary '08"

by JHL on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:16:15 PM EST
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu - Total Hater there! (2.00 / 1)

by Chimpeach on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:24:46 PM EST
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Re: Archbishop Desmond Tutu - Total Hater there! (1.00 / 1)

You are Banned from any further replies from me to my diaries. I'll just troll rate you or report you to the site administrator. Remember Chimp, they are pretty serious about bouncing bloggers that continue the drivel you type.

Take it to the Convention! Hillary '08"

by JHL on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 04:12:21 PM EST
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Re: Archbishop Desmond Tutu - Total Hater there! (2.00 / 1)

i had to defend Desmond Tutu from your vicious characterization of him.

by Chimpeach on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 04:35:26 PM EST
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Re: Archbishop Desmond Tutu - Total Hater there! (none / 0)

Spare me and the rest of us here with your shallow protestations and false chivalry... No one is buying it, or even renting it.

Take it to the Convention! Hillary '08"

by JHL on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 11:05:50 PM EST
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OMG (2.00 / 1)

Wright is not perfect but he does not deserve this type of treatment by Hillary or the mob.

Now you're lumping Hillary with a MOB!?

What happened to reality? to accountability?

People want to rant and rave about Hillary "LYING" about Bosnia - but Wright is right? Hillary should (1) keep her mouth shut about him or (2) praise him and praise the Obamas for their attendance?

That's Wright! Hillary should HELP Obama!

After all, the Obamas have certainly praised the Clintons.

by Southern Mouth on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:21:00 PM EST
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Re: OMG (none / 0)

Not to pick a fight

But conjunction 'OR' has the clear meaning of drawing distinction.

If the poster was "lumping Hillary in with the MOB" - I would have thought the poster would have used the inclusive conjunction 'AND'.

I think you're reading what you want to read rather than what was actually written.

by zonk on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:27:18 PM EST
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Re: OMG (2.00 / 1)

I understand what you are saying. However, the diarist was drawing a direct correlation between Hillary's words about "would not be my pastor" and mob threats happening the same day. IMHO, the two were linked in the diary.

by Southern Mouth on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:06:56 PM EST
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Re: OMG (2.00 / 1)

Fair enough.

Re-reading the diary on whole, I agree that the diarist goes too far in trying to sort of 'implicitly conflate' the two... which is, yes, completely dishonest and uncalled for.

by zonk on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 04:28:51 PM EST
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Re: Rev. Wright (2.00 / 2)

If HRC had defended Wright his supporters IMHO would have gone nuts and suggested she was doing this for political reasons. Then the press would have gone nuts and the Wright story would have been in the press for another week.

IMHO she did what was right. I dont support this. I would have left. Story over.

Get over this. FOX and right wing radio pushed this story not HRC. Words can not say how angry threads like this make HRC supporters. Not only that but threads like this are hurting BO and i think if you really want him to win you might consider this.

david

by giusd on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:09:31 PM EST

Re: Rev. Wright (2.00 / 3)

You're so full of it, I'm shocked your offensive reek hasn't managed to seep through the monitor.

Oh yes, the Clintons are, like, totally racist, dude! That's the popular thing to say these days, isn't it? Yup, she hates them black folk. The only reason Hillary's running for president is she's upset because she ran for Imperial Wizard last year and lost because she didn't have enough "black person hating" experience. So that's why she's run this super-duper scary racist campaign. Yes, she's such a racist. I hear after the South Carolina debate, she and Bill and Chelsea got together and burned a big ol' cross on Obama's lawn. Naughty racist Clintons.

anyone supporting Clinton after this attack on top of her racist campaign is just as unforgivable.

This is the most disgusting, deceptive guilt-trip I've seen on this site, and that's REALLY saying something. Congrats. You've accomplished a great deal, I'm sure. That bullsh*t accusation of yours just condemned millions and millions of people, simply because they have the AUDACITY to believe Hillary Clinton is qualified to be president. Damn racists! All of us! Yes, we're all SO unforgivable. That statement is disgraceful. Really. If you have one fair or decent bone in your body, you'll admit it was an unwarranted, stupid, malicious remark. But you don't, so you won't. Figures.

Speaking of "unforgivable", I wonder how difficult it will be for HRC supporters to forgive crap like this in the fall. Hmm. Most people don't appreciate being called unforgivable racists. And we feel pretty sure yours is a top-down mentality. Most unsettling. What hath Barry wrought?

Even John McCain lusts after teh engels.

by sricki on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:26:25 PM EST

While I have never been a fan of Hillary, (none / 0)

what you have done here makes even this hardnosed Texas politico shake his head in disgust.

Way to run the first postracial campaign by calling everyone a racist.

Way to go.

Clap. Clap. Clap.

Next thing I am gonna hear is that Hillary wrote the Ron Paul newsletters.

"I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together." - William Jennings Bryan

by pinche tejano on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:36:22 PM EST

her racist campaign? (1.50 / 2)

Obama has made this all about race to cover his ass.

Fight for Democrats in Congress.

by owl06 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:01:33 PM EST

Where was your concern when (none / 0)

Tavis Smiley was getting death threats and having his parents harrassed a month ago?

Hasn't Tavis done a lot for black empowerment and tried to help the community? Why does Wright deserve better treatment than Tavis Smiley?

by LatinoVoter on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:26:13 PM EST

Let me be clear (2.00 / 1)

I have never called Hillary Clinton a racist and do not believe she or Bill are racists.

I just objected to her decision to join forces with the Hannitys of the world and start in on Reverend Wright.

The media has chopped off the quotes from Wright on two occasions..the gd america and the hiroshima comment...when full context is given,ie. not cutting off the gd america ''if america govt continues imperialism around the world ''part of the quote it takes on a liberal,progressive position.

And the hiroshima quote was actually wright quoting former reagan official who said all those things related to foreign policy of the american govt and the blowback being 9/11.

Now, we all know the press does this all the time but it seems to me that democrats should not encourage it by using it politically.

Does anyone really think Wright deserves to be endangered?

by hawkjt on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:43:21 PM EST

'White supremacy is clearly in charge' in America. (1.00 / 1)

we need all Dems to fight it.

or at the VERY least, not fan it and whip it up. Hillary Clinton fanned it, when she could have helped extinguish it. her campaign has used openly racist tactics. that alone is enough to disqualify her as Dem nominee.

the time to rise has been engaged.

by catchaz on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 01:29:27 PM EST

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