Have you forgotten Hillary’s rush to power when she bigfooted Nita Lowey??

I love her and was sad to see her trying to defend Hillary on MTP.

She’s a much better woman and legislator than Hillary ever was or will be.

Hpefully Hillary gets in and kicks butt.

{{{HUGS}} to you and Bear. Hope he heals as quickly as you seem to do.

Reworked Rev. Wright’s Audacity TO Hope Speech for the 2004 Democratic Convention.

You missed that one.

This made me laugh:

Where is the Dali Lama when you need him?

I like that guy – so much plain old fashion common sense expressed in the most down to earth and positive way.

Susan, Please do let us know how you and Bear are doing. We all care!

I hope Bear is okay

What leads me to think: (a) either they wanted to be blind b/c of [..you fill the blanks..]
(b) some of these people are really naive
(c) they knew but are just embarrased it finally
caught up with the public at large.

This doesn’t mean that Obama agrees with Wright’s thoroughgoing and conspiracy-heavy anti-Americanism. Rather, Obama seems to have seen, early in his career, the utility of joining a prominent church that would help him establish political roots in the community in which he lives.

I think Kristol hit the nail on the head. We seem to forget that Obama is a culturally white man who is half black, not the other way around. Yet he will always be regarded as a black man, just as Tiger Woods is. If he wanted to make a career in politics he needed to find a way to fit into the AA community and joining a large, influential black church was a way to make himself fit in. Ditto for all his talk about being on the edge and using “blow”. (When the NYTimes checked with his friends from high school and college, no one remembered him being into drugs. He was always a serious, good student so this was clearly political posturing.)
I do not fault Obama for finding a way to be a part of this community in order to get elected, but there is no reason that he could not have found another church once Reverend Wright’s bigotry became clear. Obama has to know that Wright’s victim message is harmful to the very people that Obama was elected to represent. Yet he obviously believed that he was so special that he would not be held accountable for this – or for his association with Rezko. That behavior is strong evidence of the delusions of a person infected with hubris. It is a dangerous trait, as we have so painfully seen during the past eight years.

Right now, Hillary is giving a policy speech. It’s being carried by CNN. OOooo… ‘words are good only if you follow them with action.’ “It’s not the speeches a president delivers… it’s whether a president delivers on his speeches.” She blasted Obama on Samantha Power’s little talk with the BBC… go Hillary! Excellent speech!! How she will care for our soldiers that are wounded. She will reduce length of tours. She will kick out the armed private military contractors… with the ultimate goal of forbidding such troops in any military operation. No more no bid contracts. Oh, hell, they cut her off.

As for Wright, how anyone could characterize him as a moderate is really beyond me. Is there such a term as black supremacy? Why is it not racist to say the things he says? I guess I don’t understand.