Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time!

It is time for the Republican-controlled Media to give this Wright controversy some fairness and balance and to enquire of Hillary Clinton and her surrogates the following:

Is it true that, (1)  Hillary surrogate, Congresswoman Shiela Jackson Lee, is also a devotee of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright; that he's been preaching at her home church, where she is actively involved, annually for the past 15 years and has an open invitation to return, and, that she sat in the pews for his visits and did not bat an eye?  AND

Is it true that (2) Hillary surrogate, Rev. Marcia Dyson was not only a longtime member of Trinity United Church of Christ but also still considers Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright her pastor? That Rev. Marcia Dyson's seminary education, in part, was sponsored by Trinity UCC and encouraged by Rev. Wright? And was it  not at Trinity were she first met her husband, Rev. Dr. Michael Dyson, who's been very vocal in his defense of Rev. Wright.?

And, lastly to Hillary Clinton, that if Rev. Wright would not have been her Pastor, then why did she and Bill when going through Impeachment, turn to Rev. Wright for Prayer and Support and invite him to the White House?  These things should be asked and answered.

And, finally, why would a Republican-controlled Media give a "retired" Rev. Wright all this attention and air time, if not to try to destroy Barack Obama!? --  Their true Fear!  That is why "daily" 24/7, the Republican-controlled media and talking heads are building-up Hillary, tear/smear down Obama, while McCain courts African-Americans that Clintons have ailenated by their "kitchen sink strategy, hoping all the while that she will become the Democratic nominee, so they can unleash the  "arsenol" of weapons they have against her.  Something they have been planning for years!  

I submit, the Media is not our friend!

And, it is now time for an amicable Parting of the Ways. I now understand why Barack thinks some people are bitter -- he has been conditioned to that by his Pastor to think that some people are bitter, although Barack was not subject himself to this bitterness!



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Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (none / 0)

This is the same media that gave Anna Nicole Smith three months of air time.  Let's us not forget the whole Michael Jackson fiasco.  


by obamaforprez on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:47:32 PM EST

Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (2.00 / 2)

And, lastly to Hillary Clinton, that if Rev. Wright would not have been her Pastor, then why did she and Bill when going through Impeachment, turn to Rev. Wright for Prayer and Support and invite him to the White House

oh get real. they invited 100's of ministers to that prayer meeting.  They didn't sit in the pew of his church for 20 years.

as far as why is Rev Wright getting all that air time question?  The better question to ask is why is Rev Wright agreeing to on the air at all?

don't try and put the blame on the Clinton's here.  Rev Wright is his own person & his accountable for his own actions.


by colebiancardi on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:47:34 PM EST

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So!  There are hundred of thousands of minsters in our country....Why was he one of the hundreds invited to the WH in President Clinton's most dire time?


A useless "Community Organizer" from Pennsylvania as noted by Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin
by hootie4170 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:09:34 PM EST
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because Wright just knew a lotta people who knew a lotta people


"there is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right in America"-William Jefferson Clinton, forty-second President of the United States
by DiamondJay on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:15:39 PM EST
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So!  This was a very personal and tragic time for the Clinton family, don't tell me the POTUS and the former First Lady didn't have preferences as to who they wanted to pray with them during this very troubled time.


A useless "Community Organizer" from Pennsylvania as noted by Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin
by hootie4170 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:34:59 PM EST
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no they didn't. I'll admit, they did things for political purposes, like this, but they are politicians. Its not like Clinton had a relationship with this guy beyond knowing his name politically. Bill had his own pastor with whom he REALLY prayed


"there is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right in America"-William Jefferson Clinton, forty-second President of the United States
by DiamondJay on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:46:22 PM EST
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Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (none / 0)

So do you firmly believe that Obama shares the controversial views that Rev Wright's views on the those controversial snippets.


A useless "Community Organizer" from Pennsylvania as noted by Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin
by hootie4170 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:56:28 PM EST
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well Wright is trying to say that, by saying that Obama is "just another politician" but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Because Wright is his pastor, that is why I am a little more skeptical of Obama and his views, but as a loyal Dem, i'll look the other way. But I firmly don't believe the Clintons really cared for Wright in anyway. Photo peddling is meaningless. hundreds of ministers were at the gathering. Wright just knew a lotta people who knew a lotta people


"there is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right in America"-William Jefferson Clinton, forty-second President of the United States
by DiamondJay on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 11:11:28 PM EST
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Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (none / 0)

Do you think the MSM is making to big of a deal about this?


A useless "Community Organizer" from Pennsylvania as noted by Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin
by hootie4170 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 11:18:42 PM EST
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Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (none / 0)

yes but Wright has brought it on himself, but Obama has brought that on by not throwing him where he should be:under the bus


"there is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right in America"-William Jefferson Clinton, forty-second President of the United States
by DiamondJay on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 11:32:06 PM EST
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Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (2.00 / 0)

Duh, he's a pastor of a church with 8000 congregants, the overwhelming majority of whom are Democrats.  An obvious political choice for a political breakfast designed to help Clinton get a political monkey off his back.


by Trickster on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:46:17 PM EST
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Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (none / 0)

So it was OK for the Clinton's to "use" him when they needed him?


A useless "Community Organizer" from Pennsylvania as noted by Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin
by hootie4170 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:57:09 PM EST
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Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (none / 0)

They invited him to breakfast at the White House.  Everybody knew what the breakfast was about.  It was heavily publicized.  

He wanted to go, so he accepted and went.  I'm afraid I don't see the problem there.


by Trickster on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 11:12:18 PM EST
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But why invite someone who had been spewing hate of the US for 25 years at the time the Clinton's invited him?  I mean the MSM is telling us that this pastor has been a hate speaker for the last 35 years.  Don't you have to have some positive qualities about you to get invited to the WH at Bill's most trying time?


A useless "Community Organizer" from Pennsylvania as noted by Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin
by hootie4170 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 11:17:36 PM EST
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Think about it.  Hundreds of pastors were there.  Do you think they exhaustively analyzed everybody's past sermons?  (Exactly how would they go about doing that, by the way, even  if they wanted to?)  No, they just invited big-church and other prominent pastors.  An absolute no-brainer.  Of course, if someone was nationally famous for controversial sermons, they might not go there, but even then, we're talking about a Democratic President here.  

Democrats are famous free-thinkers, and Clinton was as big an intellectual as any of them.  Even if it was just a one-on-one breakfast between Clinton and Wright--which it wasn't--and even if Clinton had known all about Wright's sermons--which hedidn't--there's  nothing particularly controversial about an intellectual Democratic President reaching out to a radical figure for a one-time conversation--any good intellectual knows that radicals often come bearing a brilliant idea or two.  It's just an entirely different character of association than having a guy be your pastor for 20 years, conduct your wedding, baptize your kids, inspire the title of your book, be called your spiritual mentor, etc. etc. etc.

Listen.  These arguments I am making are so obvious and apparent that I am just skeptical about this whole conversation.  I think if you spent two minutes thinking about it, instead of desperately trying to draw equivalences where none exist, you would never have made this comparison to start with.


by Trickster on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 12:01:30 AM EST
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yes it was. its called politics, and judging from the Clintons records, Bill: 1/1 attorney general Arkansas, 5/6 gubernatorial elections, Presidential elections 2/2 and Hillary: 2/2 landslide Senate elections, the Clintons are pretty good at it. Judging from Wright's behaviour, he deserved to be used by the Clintons, as he is nothing but a tool, not just for his remarks, but how he is trying to "take Obama to hell with him"


"there is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right in America"-William Jefferson Clinton, forty-second President of the United States
by DiamondJay on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 11:13:26 PM EST
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Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (2.00 / 1)

Now is the republican controlled media.

lol .


Educated in a small town Taught to fear Jesus in a small town Used to daydream in that small town Another born romantic that's me.
by lori on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:52:06 PM EST

Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (2.00 / 2)

They have been carrying Obama's water all this while , I didn't hear this whining then.

Infact there is a credible argument to be made that if they had focused on their jobs and had been fair we would have known about this wrigth guy well before now .

So the republican control media crap won't work.

Hillary Clinton didn't force Obama to make him his spiritual adviser or to sit in the church for 20 years listening to the guy or for the guy to go on a touor for Obama not to disown him.

Infact today she even helped him out and said its time to move on.


Educated in a small town Taught to fear Jesus in a small town Used to daydream in that small town Another born romantic that's me.
by lori on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:56:15 PM EST
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This has to be a diary that embarrasses Obama supporters.


The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. -- Thomas Jefferson
by pollbuster on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:52:21 PM EST

Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (2.00 / 1)

Kinda.


If you're being chased by an angry bull and then you notice you're also being chased by a swarm of bees, it doesn't really change things. Just keep on running.
by vcalzone on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:27:16 PM EST
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The media is no one's friend.

Do you understand that Rev. Wright chose to make a media spectacle of himself today?  This issue was put to rest after all the faux outrage @ ABC.  No one was touching it.

But Rev. Wright decided he wanted to move his bones some more.  Do you expect the media to ignore him when he decided to give a speech at THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB?

Geez.


by bobbank on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:58:39 PM EST

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I don't expect the media to ignore it, what I think is unfair is implying (and the MSM does it so cleverly) that the words that come out of Rev Wright's mouth are Obama's.  Rational people know that Obama does not share the views of Wright's snippets...but unfortunately the MSM has a way of "brainwashing" people into perceiving things that aren't truly there.

Rev Hagee has said many things that are comparable to Rev Wright's outbursts (ie, Catholic church is the whore of all religions, it was the gays fault for Katrina) and what type of coverage has that got....NONE....thats the GOP MSM deciding what they want the American people to know and who it benefits.


A useless "Community Organizer" from Pennsylvania as noted by Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin
by hootie4170 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:29:20 PM EST
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Context (2.00 / 2)

All we'd heard for the last month and a half was that Wright was being taken out of context and was being caricatured unfairly.  The press gave him the opportunity to portray himself as he really is.  I'd say he succeeded.


99% perspiration
by DaveOinSF on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:04:02 PM EST

Re: Context (none / 0)

Yes and I think we should delve into the context with all our hearts...

Sifting...categorizing...

lmao


Until recently I was selling drugs, and now I'm selling Obama T-shirts.
by switching sides on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 02:59:49 AM EST
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They give him enough rope to hang himself (2.00 / 1)

and Senator Obama....and he did an amazing job at saving his ass and hanging Senator Obama.


by likelihood zero on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:07:11 PM EST

Look, i support Senator Obama and i want to see (2.00 / 2)

him president, but you cannot link crazy Wright to Senator Clinton. Period.

It just cannot be done. We would look desperate, which is worse than anything else.


by likelihood zero on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:12:15 PM EST

Re: Why (none / 0)

Seriously i still dont get it.  What is this man doing.  Does he so beleive his views that he doesnt see what harm he is doing to BO.

I can only assume that he gets so much attention and applase that it does not occur to him that others might see his words as something different.

david


by giusd on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:12:32 PM EST

Re: Why (none / 0)

I think that has something to do with it.  If you watch the films of him preaching, you can just see how much he basks in the love, expects it, demands it, plays to it.  He has bathed in a huge churchful of love for decades, and may not be entirely in touch with a non-adoring reality.


by Trickster on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:49:06 PM EST
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Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (none / 0)

Dan Abrams just had a panel on and one of them, Nancy Giles, gave up this interesting take - that Rev Wright is competing with Obama.  When Wright stated that he was before Obama with the hope message.

weird, but I can see that Wright is trying to steal the limelight from Obama, but I have to say, is not doing anything for Obama.

I am not an Obama supporter, but really, Obama should just throw Wright overboard.  He is hurting, not helping, him.  


by colebiancardi on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:18:11 PM EST

Because Barack said we had to have (none / 0)

an national dialog on race relations in America. So his friends are just giving his pastor of 20 years a microphone so he can reach a wide audience.

Y'all should be careful what you ask for.


by LatinoVoter on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:36:39 PM EST

i have no problems (2.00 / 0)

with hillary saying she would not have him as her pastor.

After saying things like Bill screwed his supporters over like he did lewinsky and lumping Hillary in "the mold" of privileged rich white male society, even though she wasnt born rich or male and had to work just as hard to get through law school as Obama did.

If someone said that about me, i wouldnt have them as my pastor either.


vote blue in 2008
by sepulvedaj3 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:47:27 PM EST

Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (2.00 / 0)

The more he is on the better. He served his country, and now the right wing is smearing him.

I hope he goes on every talk show for the next 3 weeks. It will give low-information voters a chance to learn what a smart, accomplished guy he is.

The right wing is on thin ice if they think they can trash a minister for 6 months.

The more Wright shows what a regular guy he is, the less the right will be able to use him as a weapon.


by PatrickBradish on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:03:29 PM EST

Re: Why Did Media Give Wright All That Air Time! (none / 0)

Here's what it amounts to....People who are objective and realize that different races/ethnic groups have different ways to praise their God will see Rev Wright as separation of church and state and will not hold this against Obama knowing he does not share the same views on the controversial statements.  

People who are racist and prejudiced will see Rev Wright as justification for their beliefs and will not look for further information.  

People who are "on the fence" and under-educated on different types of religion will get the "dog whistle" affect from the GOP MSM media.  All they see is a "crazy" AA pastor who yells and screams and plays music that is not "suitable" for a traditional church.

Unfortunately, the MSM can claim they are showing Rev Wright to "educate" people on Rev Wright and his views, all-in-the-know they know the average American will only see it as "controversial" and by association will ask why Obama went to this type of church.


A useless "Community Organizer" from Pennsylvania as noted by Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin
by hootie4170 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:21:15 PM EST

Reign it in, please (none / 0)

People who are racist and prejudiced will see Rev Wright as justification for their beliefs and will not look for further information.

That's incredibly offensive, and arrogant to boot.  You aren't allowing people to be offended by someone saying God damn America unless they're racist.  And don't tell me that's out of context, because it isn't, the entire passage containing that quote was printed by ABC this weekend.

Get down off your high horse.  Some people have different opinions from yours, and that's their right.


by Trickster on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:57:02 PM EST
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And who exactly are you... (none / 0)

to tell me what opinions I can or can not have?  


A useless "Community Organizer" from Pennsylvania as noted by Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin
by hootie4170 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:59:51 PM EST
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Re: And who exactly are you... (none / 0)

I'm an American citizen exercising my right of free speech, and I'm using it to request that you not accuse people of racism so lightly. It is a heinous and highly offensive charge.

You are free to reject my suggestion, but I will make it in the light of day whenever I feel it appropriate.


by Trickster on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 11:10:27 PM EST
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Re: And who exactly are you... (none / 0)

So your stating there are not racist people who would see what the MSM shows of Rev Wright and not use that as justification as to why the don't like AA's?


A useless "Community Organizer" from Pennsylvania as noted by Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin
by hootie4170 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 11:12:54 PM EST
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Re: And who exactly are you... (none / 0)

No, I'm not, and if that had been what you had said I wouldn't have lifted a finger to reply.

Reading back over your original statement, I can see that there is some ambiguity in it.  I believe it is susceptible of the interpretation you give here, that racists will use it, but I interpreted it as those who use it are racists.

So let me back down half-way.  I stated my point too forcefully because there was ambiguity in what you said; however, you said something that could be read as accusing those who disagree with you of being racist, so I don't think either of us is entirely innocent here.

Perhaps we should both remember that there are touchy feelings on both sides of this issue.


by Trickster on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 11:52:17 PM EST
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Re: And who exactly are you... (none / 0)

Fair enough :)


A useless "Community Organizer" from Pennsylvania as noted by Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin
by hootie4170 on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 12:12:37 AM EST
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So Hillary knows somebody (none / 0)

who knows somebody who knows Rev. Wright. And this is supposed to be the same thing as sitting in a pew in his church for 20 years?


by georgiapeach on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:54:37 AM EST


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