Bill Moyers Jumps the Shark about Obama and Jeremiah Wright (Updated)

by Jacob Freeze, Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:16:05 PM EST

Bill Moyers has written a touching lament for the tragedy of Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright.

"All the rest of us should hang our heads in shame for letting it come to this in America..."

All the rest of us, specifically everyone except Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright, should hang our heads in shame?

Shame on us... for anything and everything that happens anywhere ever in the history of the world? For every stupid, hateful thing that anyone may ever say or do?

This garbage sounds like a parody of "bleeding heart" liberals by Rush Limbaugh on one of his really bad days!

We should "hang our heads in shame for letting it come to this in America," when a black Senator can become the leading candidate for President of the United States?

We should "hang our heads in shame for letting it come to this in America," when the only thing that can keep Barack Obama out of the White House is his own cowardice for not confronting Jeremiah Wright?

I feel so ashamed that Barack Obama didn't have the balls to confront his hate-freak pastor for 20 years!

But look, says Bill Moyers! Jeremiah Wright doesn't scream hate-speech every second of every day!

Jeremiah Wright actually managed to talk to Moyers for a whole hour without screaming hate at whitey!

What a wonderful guy!

And when David Duke or some other KKK lunatic comes on Bill Moyers and manages to avoid the N-word for an hour...

Is Bill Moyers going to tell us how ashamed we should be for condemning the KKK?

This is a new low in low standards!

If you can act sane for 60 minutes, then anything else you may have ever said or done was probably just a freakish aberration!

Hurrah for Barack Obama and his hate-freak pastor!

But none of Moyers' excuses kept Obama from throwing Jeremiah Wright under the bus!

"He finally leaves Obama no choice but to end their friendship..."

Poor little Obama! No choice! Whitey made him renounce his dear friend! We should all be so ashamed!

Now let's all sing "God damn America!" along with Barack and Jeremiah and Bill Moyers, and spend the next 4 years wondering how the Democrats lost another election.

Update:

Let's make it a little less simple:

First Obama makes the most condescending defense of Jeremiah Wright that it is possible to imagine, even including racist language from the days of Jim Crow... He's my crazy old "uncle."

Then Obama gets exposed by his own advisor for bullshitting about NAFTA.

The Obama decides it's a wonderful idea to undermine every gun-control law ever written, and make it almost impossible to write new gun-control legislation.

Then Obama votes to fund the war in Iraq every chance he gets and then he throws Jeremiah Wright under the bus for saying exactly the same things he has been saying for 20 years.

Maybe some of us are just too simple-minded to understand how Barack Obama could be anything other than an absolutely unscrupulous politician and all-around bullshitter, and I'm sure Bill Moyers would want us to be very ashamed...

And meanwhile Moyers and all the other Obamabots and Obama himself can just go on shamelessly bullshitting forever!




Tags: Bill Moyers, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright (all tags)

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actually this diary is (2.00 / 10)

the one jumping the shark.


-- be excellent to each other
by kindthoughts on Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:18:19 PM EST

Re: Bill Moyers (none / 0)

I think you need to reread the article. I think he's on Obama's side on this.


by Little Otter on Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:23:29 PM EST

Re: Bill Moyers (none / 0)

Uh... he basically used an analogy to compare Jeremiah Wright with David Duke, so I doubt he is on Obama's side on this

Beyond that... bashing Bill Moyers..?  Really...?


McCain/Palin... even scarier than Bush/Cheney... and that's saying something!
by JenKinFLA on Sun May 04, 2008 at 04:57:09 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I gather Bill Moyers said something positive (2.00 / 2)

Obama.

Jeremiah Wright may be a lot of things.  He is not a black version of David Duke. Pushing that line is short sighted and foolish. What was the ersatz AA David Duke doing in those photos with Bill Clinton.


"Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
by molly bloom on Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:33:10 PM EST

Can you Crap rate a diary?? (2.00 / 8)


by highgrade on Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:35:21 PM EST

What about Wright do you find racist? (none / 0)

What specifically did Wright say that you found racist?


by shalca on Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:36:03 PM EST

Re: What about Wright do you find racist? (2.00 / 1)

That God must hate whites or be killed?

Is that racist enough for you?

It's part of his base theology.

Have fun.


Until recently I was selling drugs, and now I'm selling Obama T-shirts.
by switching sides on Sun May 04, 2008 at 04:25:10 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Oprah Winfrey got the message. Did (2.00 / 1)

Obama have his fingers in his ears?

Newsweek reports:  [Oprah] Winfrey was a member of Trinity United from 1984 to 1986, and she continued to attend off and on into the early to the mid-1990s. But then she stopped. A major reason--but by no means the only reason--was the Rev. Jeremiah Wright  According to two sources, Winfrey was never comfortable with the tone of Wright's more incendiary sermons. . . .

Friends of Sen. Barack Obama, whose relationship with Wright has rocked his bid for the White House, insist that it would be unfair to compare Winfrey's decision to leave Trinity United with his own decision to stay. "[His] reasons for attending Trinity were totally different," said one campaign adviser . . . "Early on, he was in search of his identity as an African-American and, more importantly, as an African-American man. Reverend Wright and other male members of the church were instrumental in helping him understand the black experience in America. Winfrey wasn't going for that. She's secure in her blackness, so that didn't have a hold on her." . . .


by CoyoteCreek on Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:36:11 PM EST

Re: Oprah Winfrey got the message. Did (none / 0)

Why didn't Bill Clinton get the message about Wright? You mean Oprah knew and no-one else did?


"Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
by molly bloom on Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:51:37 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Hmmm. A single photo versus... (2.00 / 1)

attending the church for (even) a couple of years????

Hmmmmm.  Now I wonder what the difference is?


by CoyoteCreek on Sun May 04, 2008 at 03:01:19 PM EST
[ Parent ]

So Oprah was right about Wright and (none / 0)

wrong about Obama? Cherry picking eh?

Bill may have had only 1 photo taken with Wright, but that doesn't mean he didn't have more interaction with Wright.

Look I like Bill (and Hill). What I don't like is the way the supporters of both  Obama or Hillary act like complete jerks.


"Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
by molly bloom on Sun May 04, 2008 at 08:00:24 PM EST
[ Parent ]

But wait, there is only evidence of (2.00 / 1)

one photo of WJC in the presence of Wright and a lot of other people.  On what basis do you conclude that  this might mean he had more interaction with Wright?

Are you suggesting that he spent 20 years of Sunday's enthralled by Wright's dazzling words?


by CoyoteCreek on Mon May 05, 2008 at 12:16:42 AM EST
[ Parent ]

No I am suggesting you are (none / 0)

cherry picking some of Wrights comments both in and out of context and are being a jerk.

But that is just me. Look I can cherry pick Bill and Hill's friends and paint a picture making both look like radical corrupt sleazes. I don't do it because it would be wrong.


"Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
by molly bloom on Mon May 05, 2008 at 03:27:51 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bill Moyers Jumps the Shark about Obama and Je (2.00 / 6)

This rant of yours is a "new low in low standards"

You can say it louder. You can repeat it over and over. Obama is not Wright, and is not responsible for his actions. Get over it.

Remember how you admittedly informed us that you were Hillary's hit-man:


I slammed Obama here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and in other venues too numerous to mention.

Given your admission, I urge you to include a disclaimer in all of your diaries moving forward stating that what you write isn't merely opinion, but sharp, pointed and mostly unfair hit pieces on Senator Obama.


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changiness
by lizardbox on Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:36:38 PM EST

Re: Bill Moyers Jumps the Shark about Obama and Je (2.00 / 1)

And I urge you to include a disclaimer that you have a long history of anti-clinton rants.

david


by giusd on Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:53:39 PM EST
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Re: Bill Moyers Jumps the Shark about Obama and Je (none / 0)

Always on issue and substance. No "hit pieces".


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changiness
by lizardbox on Sun May 04, 2008 at 04:46:50 PM EST
[ Parent ]

only a rethug (1.83 / 6)

would go after bill moyers like this.

pathetic.


by citizendave on Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:41:34 PM EST

Re: only a rethug (none / 0)

what makes you the dictator of who is a democrat? jeesh.

now how much of a democrat am I, mr dem dictator?


--++++Stay Gold, Ponyboy!++++--
by amde on Sun May 04, 2008 at 03:16:55 PM EST
[ Parent ]

And the circle of friends grows smaller. (2.00 / 1)


My candidate lost fair and square. So did yours. Get over it and let's kick McSame's ass!
by RLMcCauley on Sun May 04, 2008 at 03:12:08 PM EST

Re: Bill Moyers Jumps the Shark about Obama and Je (none / 0)

Moyers heavily edited the interview to make Wright seem sane, the Rev insinuated as much at the Press Club.  Besides his interview was more tee-ball than hardball, he should be ashamed to call himself a journalist.


by BlueDoggyDogg on Sun May 04, 2008 at 03:14:12 PM EST

Re: Bill Moyers (1.33 / 3)

Thanks to you and the diarist for showing us your asses.  Shows you know shit about about journalism.


by haystax calhoun on Sun May 04, 2008 at 03:23:09 PM EST
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Re: Bill Moyers Jumps the Shark about Obama and Je (2.00 / 2)

Once again, a Hillary supporter is yelling Wright = KKK.  At least republicans only insinuate this kind of rhetoric in their ads.  Truly pathetic.  


by reggie23 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 03:23:10 PM EST

Re: Bill Moyers Jumps the Shark about Obama and Je (none / 0)

I consider Wrights rantings as seriously racist.  I most definitely put him up there with David Duke.

You don't?


Until recently I was selling drugs, and now I'm selling Obama T-shirts.
by switching sides on Sun May 04, 2008 at 04:27:11 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bill Moyers Jumps the Shark about Obama and Je (2.00 / 2)

"Our clear goal must be the advancement of the white race and separation of the white and black races. This goal must include freeing of the American media and government from subservient Jewish interests."
-David Duke

No, for some inexplicable reason, I wouldn't put Wright up their with David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.


by reggie23 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 04:46:20 PM EST
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Re: Bill Moyers Jumps the Shark about Obama and Je (none / 0)

apologies for the shitty grammar


by reggie23 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 04:49:09 PM EST
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Re: Bill Moyers Jumps the Shark about Obama and Je (none / 0)

What is it exactly that makes you believe that he is racist?


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changiness
by lizardbox on Sun May 04, 2008 at 04:48:10 PM EST
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Re: Bill Moyers Jumps the Shark about Obama and Je (none / 0)

Anyone who perpetuates a racist philosophy is a racist, end of discussion.

Black Liberation Theology is a racist doctrine.


Until recently I was selling drugs, and now I'm selling Obama T-shirts.
by switching sides on Mon May 05, 2008 at 03:16:48 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Closet racists on this site (2.00 / 2)

I read a diary here a couple of weeks ago about racists on this site. Well, here is one of them. Yeah, I guess this post is your cue to start with your 'reverse racism' crap, so there you have it.  


by ETHIOLIB on Sun May 04, 2008 at 03:31:58 PM EST

Ironic that you use the term 'hate-freak' (2.00 / 2)

I was just thinking of that exact term while reading this diary.


In this avalanche, the pebbles get to vote.
by Dracomicron on Sun May 04, 2008 at 03:36:29 PM EST

Ewwww (2.00 / 1)

I think I got some of this diary on my shoe!

Ewwww


accepting McLettuce is like being 9 years old and forced to eat your own cooking
by Sychotic1 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 04:04:04 PM EST

I'm a Hillary supporter; this is out of bounds... (2.00 / 2)

Yes.

Comparisons between Wright and the KKK put this over the top.

This diary is extreme, and it has no place in moderated discourse on this campaign.

Jacob, I never had a problem with what I've read from you up until now.

But, now I do.

Like I tell everyone (about just about everything), I have a problem with all fanaticism. And, this is quite over the top. Pro-Clinton or Pro-Obama (and I've seen PLENTY of pro-Obama rants that are just as bad, if not far worse), it doesn't matter.

Unacceptable is unacceptable, IMHO.


by bobswern on Sun May 04, 2008 at 04:16:57 PM EST


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