I think that Wright's comments are not at all unusual in their own tradition, and that the white-bread stuffed suits who are trying to spin them to incite racial anxieties of the the white blue-collar class are operating in the best Rovian tradition but also by doing so demonstrating just how little they know about how the people of this country live, work and go to church. Last election the bogeyman was the gays threatening the sanctity of marriage. This year it is those racist black people ;)
I think that people who divide the country and feed minds like yours this sort of sewage in the interest of political gain deserve to burn in the inner cicles of hell. I also think that the American people are smart enough to see through them, finally. You know what they say, lie to the people once, shame on you, lie to them twice, shame on them. But I don't think the people will be lied to three times. I think that this particular line of attack will finish off what is left of the credibility of the current regime in the eyes of African-Americans and of the other groups they are trying to set at each others throats for their profit. Despite my issues with McCain I am glad to see that he is smart enough to see that and decent enough not to want to go there. I think that to pursue this line risks a cascade of unwelcome consequences, and though I think the people are beginning to awake up, helped in great part by the shamelessness of the wealth grabs in the last days of this administration, I have nothing but contempt for people who would risk so much harm in order to get their guys elected. Since you ask. On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whether anything in the interview is interesting, true, etc. is totally > irrelevant to the question at hand of Wright's attitude to the government, > which is why this is a puff piece. Moyer should have asked Wright some > tough > questions about those statements and gotten some answers from him. He > didn't > do that. He gave Wright friendly, open-ended questions and let him talk > about whatever he wanted. That's not journalism, it's a talk show. > > Once again, you seem to be doing everything possible not to talk about the > actual substance of Wright's statements and what it means for Obama's > campaign. > > > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Dana wrote: > > > Alright. I have been trying to resist, but... are you really saying that > > anyone who cannot praise the US government is a racist? > > > > I actually found the piece quite thought provoking. You don't think it > is > > true that slaves and slaveholders worship god in different ways? Or that > > blacks and Jews have similar themes in their history? It's pretty hard > to > > take you seriously when you call a show that talks about issues like > that > > a > > puff piece. And Bill Moyers is by no means an apologist. He has > > interviewed > > many people, usually sympathetically it's true, but always in a > thoughtful > > manner. > > > > Frankly, I think you've been too busy hating to take a look. And for you > > to > > then call someone else hateful -- well. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259182 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
