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March 26, 2008 - 3:21am.
![]() Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (AFP Photo) Hillary Clinton Tuesday revived the row over fiery racial rhetoric by Democratic foe Barack Obama's former pastor, as she tried to dodge a storm over her overblown account of a 1996 trip to Bosnia. With the White House race again consumed by bitterness, the New York Senator said she would have left the church had her pastor come out with remarks like those of Reverend Jeremiah Wright. The Obama campaign accused her of trying to deflect from her own embarrassment, after she admitted that her claims that she dodged sniper fire during the Bosnia trip as first lady were untrue. "I made a mistake, that happens. It proves I'm human, which, for some people, is a revelation," Clinton said, as the controversy raged, distracting from her claims of high-level foreign policy experience. She used that same news conference in Pennsylvania, to pointedly discuss Wright, after a week of choosing not to comment on the issue. "I think, given all we have heard and seen, he would not have been my pastor," Clinton said. "We don't have a choice when it comes to our relatives. We have a choice when it comes to our pastors and the church we attend." Videos emerged this month of Wright assailing US and Israeli "terrorism," calling on African-Americans to sing "God damn America" over racial prejudice, and alleging the US government spread AIDS among the community. The furor prompted Obama to give a landmark speech on racial reconciliation last week which appeared to quiet the storm. But Republican commentators denounced him for refusing to disown Wright, and the drama, which some analysts say could hurt Obama with working-class white voters, looks set to be a general election issue if he wins the nomination. Obama spokesman Bill Burton accused Clinton of bringing up the race row to cloud her own embarrassment. "After originally refusing to play politics with this issue, it's disappointing to see Hillary Clinton's campaign sink to this low in a transparent effort to distract attention away from the story she made up about dodging sniper fire in Bosnia," he said. "The truth is, Barack Obama has already spoken out against his pastor's offensive comments and addressed the issue of race in America with a deeply personal and uncommonly honest speech." The latest rows to rock the Democratic race came as Clinton campaigned hard in Pennsylvania, venue for the next nominating clash on April 22. Her attempts to chase down front-runner Obama were complicated by the Bosnia snafu, which her rival's aides have framed as an example of her dishonestly overstating her foreign policy experience. "This has been a very long campaign," a laughing Clinton said in an interview with Pittsburgh radio station KDKA. "I did misspeak the other day." Obama aides quickly pointed to at least four other occasions stretching back to December when she had recalled coming under fire when she landed at Tuzla airbase on March 25, 1996. Television footage from the trip showed Clinton being greeted by smiling officials on the tarmac as she got off a US military plane. Obama is due to bound back onto the campaign trail on Wednesday, after a short Easter break with his family in the US Virgin Islands. Senator John McCain, who has already clinched the Republican presidential nomination, attempted to bolster his economic credentials and debunk Democratic claims he knows little about finance, with a speech on the mortgage crisis. "Any assistance must be temporary and must not reward people who were irresponsible at the expense of those who weren't," McCain said, signaling reticence over large-scale government assistance to alleviate the crisis. "I will not play election year politics with the housing crisis," the Arizona senator told Hispanic business leaders in California. But he also appeared to attempt to distance himself from President George W. Bush, who has been accused by Democrats of obstinately refusing to intervene to rescue the stuttering economy. "In this crisis, as in all I may face in the future, I will not allow dogma to override common sense," he said. McCain late Tuesday got another boost as he strives to solidify shaky links with the right wing of his party, by securing the endorsement of Nancy Reagan, wife of late conservative hero and president Ronald Reagan. "I believe John's record and experience have prepared him well to be our next president," said Reagan in a statement. Copyright © 2008 Agence France Presse
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So Republicans denounced
Submitted by lindaj on March 26, 2008 - 10:01am.So Republicans denounced Obama for refusing to disown Wright? I guess that's fair enough, because there's no way I will vote for a Republican that is endorsed by the rabid-sounding evangelical preachers of the far right. I think a person is what he is, not what his preacher is, but when you have dozens of preachers endorsing a candidate with reactionary religious statements, that's a bit too much for me. Another column today says that Obama is "The Black Candidate." Well, okay then, expect to hear some Black rhetoric. What, only a couple of sentences from one guy? That's pretty mild, in my opinion. Look at Obama for what he is as a human and vote for the best available. For me that's Obama, you do what you think is best. But please ignore the garbage input. As they used to say about computers in the olden days when they were new, "garbage in, garbage out!" These people are spewing garbage to distract voters from picking the best available candidate. Think about it, make a choice, don't be sheep.
Regarding Hillary's
Submitted by Janet on March 26, 2008 - 1:33pm.Regarding Hillary's campaign...
There are 5 stages of grief.
1-Denial-"this can't be happening to me", No crying. Not accepting or even acknowledging the loss.
2-Anger-"why me?", feelings of wanting to fight back or get even anger at, blaming them...
3-Bargaining-bargaining often takes place before the loss. Attempting to make deals with...or attempting to make deals with God to stop or change the loss. Begging, wishing, praying...
4-Depression-overwhelming feelings of hopelessness, frustration, bitterness, self pity, mourning loss of person as well as the hopes, dreams and plans for the future. Feeling lack of control, feeling numb. perhaps feeling (politically) suicidal.
5-Acceptance-there is a difference between resignation and acceptance. You have to accept the loss, not just try to bear it quietly. Realization that it takes two to make or break... Realization that the opportunity is gone. Finding the good that can come out of the pain of loss, finding comfort and healing. Our goals turn toward personal growth.
Hillary and her people are in denial, moving quickly into anger, but are already bargaining. I wish they would just get to the acceptance part already.
I guess I will believe that
Submitted by Ardie on March 26, 2008 - 4:00pm.I guess I will believe that Hillary is really desperate when she and Bill decide to hire Karl Rove.
Hillary has been accused of
Submitted by Alexandria Lupu on March 26, 2008 - 4:04pm.Hillary has been accused of bringing the matter of Rev. Wright back to the spotlight. But others have done the same in various columns and in various media. So why blame Hillary? Apparently, Obama and his clones can't take the heat.
Hillary belongs to a
Submitted by Ardie on March 26, 2008 - 5:12pm.Hillary belongs to a fundamentalist Bible study and prayer group called "The Family". According to AlterNet in May, Jeff Sharlet will come out with a "shocking exposé, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power. For more on Hillary's connection with The Family Click here
No More Clintons -period,
Submitted by Klaus Hergeschimmer on March 26, 2008 - 6:06pm.No More Clintons -period, and Obama is not a Knight of the Round Table from Camelot, he can not be trusted either.
We are screwed, the Democrat Lexus Liberal Party fuels the seeds of its own mediocrity.
It doesn't matter if Democrappers get more of a majority in both houses, they didn't do anything when they got a majority in congress in 2006, and they've been enabling the Neo-Cons all along. I've had it with the Democrappers Stool Samples and I'm not going eat them anymore.
No More Clintons!
wait 'till the new book
Submitted by humanrights on March 26, 2008 - 9:43pm.wait 'till the new book comes out about Hillary's religions associations and the neo-fascists she "prays" with comes out in April or May, already Barbara Ehrenrich wrote about soe Harper's pieces by the author... whooa!
No more Clintons whether
Submitted by Klaus Hergeschimmer on March 27, 2008 - 1:54am.No more Clintons whether they are wearing dresses or pants!!!
No More Pillary or her foul
Submitted by Klaus Hergeschimmer on March 27, 2008 - 1:59am.No More Pillary or her foul tasting stool samples of lies & deceit!
Here's an interesting Op-Ed
Submitted by knockknock on March 27, 2008 - 2:56am.Here's an interesting Op-Ed piece from today's Chicago Tribune about Rev. Wright, written by a white member of Trinity Church:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oped0326tri...
It's an anecdotal piece about the Reverend's good side.
Misspoke! What a
Submitted by Bix12 on March 27, 2008 - 3:19am.Misspoke! What a world...
LMAO!!! I love it.
Where I grew up, it's called telling a whopper, or better still: Flat out lying your ass off!
What is wrong with this
Submitted by surgethis on March 27, 2008 - 2:31am.What is wrong with this woman ... I was for her until she began to act like a crazed maniac. I began to see she was someone other than who I thought she was. Looking at her lies and distortions I see that she is more like a Leiberman Democrat or a Republican light maybe even a full on Republican.
She has been for this invasion and occupation from the beginning ... only now because she knows the people want it ended does she talk about getting out of Iraq. I have no delusions ... she is lying to us just like Bush does. The really bad part about all of this is that she can not win .... she has already lost and her behavior has led her followers to the abyss.
In fact Hillary supporters now remind me of Bush supporters. They are shrill, won't listen to reason and can not see how their candidate is lying and misleading them. Hillary is the new Bush. Low and behold she is another Washington insider who distorts truth for the elite and lies to the people so she can hold onto power.
Hillary is the same thing we have now. She will push the same agenda down the road until we are broken and they can form a new country and combine us with Mexico and Canada. The North American Union is already in progress and the United States has probably already fallen to these elite power brokers and their cronies like the Bushes and the Clintons.
Hillary's Husband, Mr. Bill
Submitted by Klaus Hergeschimmer on March 27, 2008 - 6:18am.Hillary's Husband, Mr. Bill has had some cooperative meetings with Richard Mellon Scaife, the arch Neo-Con who went after him during Monica Gate...which begs the question, why the Flock is Mr. Bill Hanging out with that Scum-Bag, a guy who tryed to impeach Mr. Bill...I-yi-yi...The Clinton's are S-T-R-A-N-G-E P-E-O-P-L-E..............................
Hillary is taking money from Rupert Murdoch...
As Will Riker on Star Trek
The Next Generation Would Say: "What the Hell?"
Or As Captain Kirk Would Say:"That's Damn Irregular"
And Another Quote from an Intellectual Giant:
"Humans are the Quaziest People" -Elmer Fudd