Manifesto by Hamas printed in Wrights Church Letter, July 22nd 2007

[boston bean]

[cali]

1. no doubt about it, that is damaging

and it will be used against Obama in the general.

[GoldieAZ49]

16. combined with previous articles of Obama

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/religion/chi-070121-relig_wright,1,271630.story?ctrack=1&cset=true&page=2&coll=chi-religion-topheadlines

January 21, 2007

In his 1993 memoir "Dreams from My Father," Obama recounts in vivid detail his first meeting with Wright in 1985. The pastor warned the community activist that getting involved with Trinity might turn off other black clergy because of the church's radical reputation.

When Obama sought his own church community, he felt increasingly at home at Trinity. Before leaving for Harvard Law School in 1988, he responded to one of Wright's altar calls and declared a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Later he would base his 2004 keynote speech to the Democratic National Convention on a Wright sermon called "Audacity to Hope," --also the inspiration for Obama's second memoir, "The Audacity of Hope."

Though Wright and Obama do not often talk one-on-one often, the senator does check with his pastor before making any bold political moves.


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connecting the dots, it is only going to get worse.

[boston bean]

26. I wonder if he consulted him prior to his 2002 war speech. nt

[GoldieAZ49]

31. yes, here is the info I have

I was thinking about that today, if they get the church video when Wright talked about not going to war and check the dates between that and Obama's speech...there goes that 'foundation' of his campaign


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/30/us/politics/30obama.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all&oref=login&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

April 30 2007

Services at Trinity were a weekly master class in how to move an audience. When Mr. Obama arrived at Harvard Law School later that year, where he fortified himself with recordings of Mr. Wright’s sermons, he was delivering stirring speeches as a student leader in the classic oratorical style of the black church.
But he developed a tone very different from his pastor’s. In contrast with Mr. Wright — the kind of speaker who could make a grocery list sound like a jeremiad — Mr. Obama speaks with cool intellect and on-the-one-hand reasoning. He tends to emphasize the reasonableness of all people; Mr. Wright rallies his parishioners against oppressors.
While Mr. Obama stated his opposition to the Iraq war in conventional terms, Mr. Wright issued a “War on Iraq I.Q. Test,” with questions like, “Which country do you think poses the greatest threat to global peace: Iraq or the U.S.?”

[Rick Myers]

2. It's credited to the LA Times and presented without comment

Like Dick Cheney says, SO?

[AZBlue]

3. It's a REPRINT from the LA TIMES.

So what's your point?

[Rick Myers]

13. What I'm saying is Rev Wright didn;t WRITE that, he printed it in a church publication

I'm ON OBAMA'S SIDE!!!

What I meant was, Rev. Wright is not the author of that text, he just printed it because he believed his congregation would like to know the Palestinian story directly from the source.

[AZBlue]

19. Oh no - I'm agreeing with you!

My comment was to the OP.

[KittyWampus]

4. Um, it was reprinted from the LA Times. Do we hate them too?

[boston bean]

8. it was printed for news value in the Times, why is it printed in the church letter?

[UALRBSofL]

27. MassDemm I'm not sure what to think about this

In addition to the Jewish community being upset, there are a lot of americans that disagree with Hamas and look at them as terrorists. So I mean, I'm sure it will hit the MSM eventually and I can't guess what the response will be.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. rut roh

[Nitrogenica]

6. They spy on Obama for National Security reasons, that's what's next?

[KittyWampus]

7. Do you feel this information shouldn't be discussed or made public? Does an informed citizenry

disturb you and other Hillary supporters?

[joshcryer]

11. Probably not as a position of support on a "pastor's page."

[BeatleBoot]

15. The public will have plenty of information

provided to them before election day.

For sure.

[durrrty libby]

21. There is a lot more already available here...

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/3/20/142052/602

[ElsewheresDaughter]

23. I 'm sure the Jewish citizens would want to know so that they can cast an informed vote

[LSparkle]

9. What is so wrong with seeing both sides of an issue?

This is Bushian thinking -- just ignore the other side's point of view and it will
go away. Hamas ended up winning the Palestinian elections, so maybe it would have
been good to know what they were thinking (since they ended up being one-half of the
Middle East peace process).

[BeatleBoot]

10. Like I said.

This thing was over before it even started.

Too bad.

We had a real chance this fall, too.

[blm]

12. Have you seenthe pic of Hillary holding the BUSH KNEW headline in May2002?

It was on the senate floor - and I know many of us applauded that action - too bad she dropped it like a hot potato after she got a little bit of backlash.

But, I am trying to locate that one moment where I agreed wholeheartedly with Senator Clinton. I am sure the GOP machine has it stored. I wonder why it is so hard for the rest of us to track down.

[boston bean]

14. no, I have never seen it. what is the context of the photo? nt

[Poll_Blind]

17. The very last card her surrogates will play is the anti-Semitism card. And then she gives up.

  So go ahead, fellas and ladies. Time is running out for dirt-diggers.

PB

[Hoof Hearted]

18. Oh shit. Wright is the gift that just keeps giving isn't he.

[VolcanoJen]

29. Boy, is he ever

[hollowdweller]

20. That was really a well written statement. Always wanted to hear their side

Seems like every Hamas person I always hear interviewed sounds like nut jobs. That answered a lot of questions I had wondered about. Thanks for posting it.

I don't support Hamas but I still want to hear their side of it explained intelligently.

[durrrty libby]

22. There is a lot more posted

at this link
http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/3/20/142052/602

[Swamp Rat]

24. Don't talk that way about Bill Clinton's friends!

[Recursion]

25. ROTFLMAO. It was also in the Washington Post

It was an Op-Ed that ran in many papers.

[Freida5]

28. wow

[DURHAM D]

30. Oh my. Oh my. Oh my. eom

[Recursion]

32. Is printing Op-Ed's "Oh My"-worthy?

I read this in the Washington Post.

[qnr]

33. Can you imagine what "sermon" was preached that day?

Is Wright a holocaust denier as well?

I might have stayed through one of these "sermons" in a state of semi-shock but nothing could have made me ever return for this kind of filth again.

[CatsDogsBabies]

34. Can you people come up with

anything NOT about Wright?

[milkyway]

35. Are you effing kidding? "Manifesto?" Because somebody from Hamas writes an op-ed in the LATimes

it's called a manifesto? How many manifestos has Hillary posted on her website?