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34 Flag Officers and the Out Of Iraq Caucus Support Hillary Clinton

It is highly significant that both elected anti-war activists and 34 top flag officers support Hillary Clinton to be our next Commander in Chief:


[VIDEO: Some of the 34 flag officers who support Sen. Clinton. TRANSCRIPT below.]
From the Out of Iraq Caucus:
   ”As firm opponents of the Iraq war, we believe there is no higher priority for the next President of the United States than ending this war, and we believe there is no one better prepared and more committed to bringing this war to a responsible conclusion than Hillary Clinton. The best way to honor the sacrifices of our brave young men and women in uniform is to bring them home.

From the caucus: “We support Hillary Clinton because she is the candidate with the stature, strength, and experience needed to end this war as quickly and responsibly as possible.” … (Read all below.)

Who signed this letter today? These elected Iraq war opponents:

Del. Donna Christian-Christensen (D-VI)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY)
Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA)
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)

Hillary has put forward the most comprehensive plan for bringing our troops home, with troop withdrawals beginning within 60 days of taking office. She bravely pressed the Pentagon to begin planning for the withdrawal of our troops from Iraq. And she has introduced legislation to bar the Bush administration from unilaterally negotiating a long-term security agreement with the Iraqi government and thereby tying the hands of the next administration.

Hillary’s commitment to ending this war is matched by her experience. Her knowledge of the armed forces, her service on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and her extraordinary efforts on behalf of our veterans have earned her the respect of our men and women in uniform.

We are proud to support her because we know that she is the candidate ready to bring our troops home.

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TRANSCRIPT OF THE NEW CAMPAIGN VIDEO:

Hillary for President

Admirals and Generals

(Ret) Rear Admiral David Stone: There’s a large group of retired Admirals and Generals that believe that this is the most important election in their lifetime…

[Screen: 34 retired Generals and Admirals including two chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff endorse Hillary Clinton]

…We face growing threats around the globe. Sen. Clinton is the candidate that we believe is the strongest, most experienced leader.

(Ret.) Lt. General Joe Ballard:

She has spent time in discussions with foreign governments and has spent time on the ground with military in Iraq and Afghanistan .

(Ret.) Brigadier General Evelyn “Pat” Foote:

The woman has traveled to over eighty countries; she knows this world

D. Stone:

Sen. Clinton has served for over five years on the Senate Armed Services Committee. She’s intimately familiar with the challenges that we face in our military today.

J. Ballard:

Sen. Clinton is the only candidate that has articulated a clear plan for getting us out of Iraq .

(Ret.) General Wesley Clarke:

On Iraq , she has a plan to bring our troops home in a smart, safe way.

(Ret.) Brigadier General Michael Dunn:

I have seen her get legislation passed that provides resources for our combat veterans.

(Ret.) Brigadier General John Watkins:

She took it upon herself to make sure that the National Guard and Reserve members who didn’t have access to TriCare insurance would get access to TriCare.

(Ret.) Major General George Buskirk: Sen. Clinton came out early and often, to fight for upgraded body armor, and you can ask any soldier-you can ask my son-how appreciative they are.

M. Dunn:

I admire charisma, I admire intellect. In a Commander in Chief I want more than that. I want proof. I want a track record.

J. Ballard:

You cannot learn on the job, you have to have a base of experience-a framework of experience.

J. Watkins:

Who do we believe would be the best person to occupy the Oval Office and to answer the red phone, as we said, at 3 o’clock in the morning or three o’clock in the afternoon? We come down on the Sen Hillary’s side of the ledger

W. Clark:

I believe Hillary Clinton is the right choice for America .

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Comment by SusanUnPC | 2008-03-19 09:46:16

Hillary spoke about Iraq yesterday, and I’m working to get the video, including that of Joe and Valerie Wilson introducing her.

The timing of this caucus letter is also interesting, even provocative, because today Obama is going to deliver a speech on Iraq.

Comment by Patrick Henry | 2008-03-19 19:18:35

This is EXCELLENT..

Thanks Susan..Thanks everyone else here..I just read your follow up comments here..

This should be MSM Coverage..instead of what all those IDIOTS repeat all day long about how GREAT Obamas sppech is…comparing him to ABE..

Well…He was called HONEST ABE..Right..

Well.. What do we have.Now..BAMBOOOZLE BARACK…

You know what..The MSM and all thier Little Lemmings can get on the BARACK BUS..Drink that KICKAPOO JOY JUICE..and Play James Browns..
“I Feel GOOD..”

Those Idiots Have Made thier Choice to Dance to the Fiddler in the Black Robe..and Ride His Bus..

What they don’t realize is that the BUS..Was ONCE underwater in Louisana..Was bought by an Unethical CON MAN..Sold to the Unsuspecting PUBLIC
..Thats its full of Rust..The Wiring is getting Bad..aand its going to Catch on Fire and get Hit by a TRAIN..while Crossing the Tracks..

Right near the Spot Obama threw His grandmother from the Same Train..

What go’s around..Comes Around..

Comment by Angelica | 2008-03-21 04:47:47

You sound a little off your rocker.

 
 
 

Comment by roseeriter | 2008-03-19 09:48:25

Thanks Susan for all this work you do for Hillary’s supporters! Keeping us on top of what’s happening is so appreciated!!

Comment by Eddie | 2008-04-19 17:46:42

More importantly… The non-endorsement of the current policies.

 
 

Comment by The Gringo's Wife | 2008-03-19 10:13:49

Unfortunately, Susan, they will probably show no coverage of the Clilton endorsements and policy moves. They will showcase obama’s speech on Iraq.

It’s getting infuriatingly predictable.

Had I not read it here, I would have missed Murtha’s endorsement.

Speaking of which, this may explain why Pelosi is backing Obama. I have not forgotten their battle for Speaker. Considering Pelosi’s lackluster leadership so far, mayhaps Murtha would have been a better Speaker. While I like Reed as well, I have come to think of him as innefectual.

For the American people this may be an election about the next POTUS. For many Senate members, this is about keeping their status if not their job.

Watching CNN again (bad girl, bad! bad!)

Why is Obama now getting free time on the networks to do speaches in front of flags? Isn’t there a law on equal time?

Will they show Murtha’s endorsement and Hillary’s speech next? Usually they just show a few minutes of her at a rally.

As my mother would warn me, if I keep rolling my eyes, they are going to stay that way.

Sure enough! They show Hillary doing a rally. Did I say predictable?

I’m out!

Comment by Eurogirl70 | 2008-03-19 10:50:25

Just one small correction. Murtha and Pelosi never battled to become Speaker of the House. That was Pelosi’s job if she wanted it. She put Murtha’s name forward to become House Majority Leader but Steni Hoyner got the job when it came to a vote on the floor of the House. Pelosi has had a very good relationship with Murtha but I do believe that her vocal assertion that the Superdelegates could “cause damage” and have no place in the selecion process has spured Murtha’s endorsement of Clinton along.

See, Murtha is a superdelegate and by him coming out and endorsing Hillary Clinton he is telling the Democratic Leadership, this ain’t over yet!

 
 

Comment by Mel | 2008-03-19 10:26:10

Will Obama use the words he has the “Better Judgement” in his speech today?…..lol

Comment by PMS | 2008-03-19 11:00:58

Will Obama use the words he has the “Better Judgement” in his speech today?…..lol

No, he’ll compare Hillary’s vote to his grandmother’s being afraid of black men passing her on the street.

Comment by Irish1139 | 2008-03-19 11:14:28

I’ve been reading Hillary-44 and Obama was at that moment in NC questioning Hillary’s judgment because of the vote on the war. He does have balls, especially when it comes to Hillary.

Comment by Fleaflicker | 2008-03-19 11:37:02

I would call what he has a one issue broken record. And say that he has balls for brains.

 

Comment by STEVE H. WILLIAMS | 2008-03-24 20:40:19

WE ALL MADE OUR DECISION TO GO TO WAR BASED ON FABRICATED INTELLIGENCE.WE NOW ALL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE AND SHOULD SUPPORT HILLARY CLINTON TO GET US OUT AND MAKE PEACE WITH THE WHOLE WORLD BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE TO SAVE US OR THE WORLD.THIS SO-CALLED WAR IS NOTHING BUT A WAY FOR THE RICH TO GET RICHER AND THE POOR TO GET POORER.THE REPUBLICANS HOLD HANDS WITH THE DEVIL.BUSH HOLDING HANDS WITH SAUDI IS ALL THE EVIDENCE WE NEED TO PROVE THAT THIS ADMINNISTRATION SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIGH TREASON FOR MANIPULATING THE WAR,TRADE TOWER ATTACK,THEFT OF 160 BILLION IN GOLD BULLION UNDER THE TOWERS BEFORE THE ATTACK,ETC.

 
 

Comment by Fleaflicker | 2008-03-19 11:38:58

Frickin hilarious! Or is that Hillaryous?

 
 
 

Comment by Fleaflicker | 2008-03-19 11:35:00

This video hits all the right notes. It’s expressive of why she is the best person for the job and the people making the case for her are some of the most credible people that could make the case. Totally excellent.

Comment by anna shane | 2008-03-19 14:10:50

fox called her ‘left of Obama.’ It’s amazing how her exit plan isn’t covered in the media, so many don’t know she’s cosponsored legislation to ban private armies ,which no other candidate has done, or come close do doing. Makes we wish she were running against Rudy, she’d be running against both him and his business interests, running to put him out of business. Proves our military is less militaristic than some civilian candidates.

 
 

Comment by Dora Ratquila | 2008-03-19 12:28:26

JUST IN FROM GALLUP!

March 19, 2008

Gallup Daily: Clinton Moves Into Lead Over Obama
McCain has edge over Democrats in general election

USAElection 2008Gallup DailyAmericasNorthern America
PRINCETON, NJ — New Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds Hillary Clinton with a 49% to 42% lead over Barack Obama in national Democratic voters’ presidential nomination preference.

This is the first time Clinton has held a statistically significant lead in over a month. She last led Obama in Feb. 7-9 polling, just after the Super Tuesday primaries. Since then, the two candidates have usually been in a statistical tie, but Obama has held a lead in several of the polls, most recently in March 11-13 polling.

Obama’s campaign has been plagued by controversial remarks made by his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Obama delivered a major speech on race Tuesday to try to move beyond the controversy. The initial indications are that the speech has not halted Clinton’s gaining momentum, as she led by a similar margin in Tuesday night’s polling as compared to Monday night’s polling.

John McCain may be benefiting in the short-term from the highly charged Democratic race. He holds a statistically significant lead over Obama, 47% to 43%, in registered voters’ preferences for the general presidential election. That is the first time any of the candidates has held a statistically significant lead since Gallup Poll Daily tracking began reporting on the general election race last week. McCain’s 48% to 45% advantage over Clinton is not statistically significant, but it is the first time he has had an edge over her in Gallup Poll Daily tracking. — Jeff Jones

 

Comment by mikenmississippi | 2008-03-19 13:14:45

I am sick and tired of CNN always reporting bad things about Hillary and not about Obama. If something bad does get reported, it’s glossed over and treated as if nothing ever happened. CNN needs to wake up and smell the roses! Obama has some thorns also! Nobama 08. Go Hillary 08! She is the true change from the male dominated presidency!

 

Trackback by Buck Naked Politics | 2008-03-19 15:28:30

Officers …

by D. Cupples | According to The Swamp, Sen. Barack Obama mocked Hillary Clinton today while giving yet another campaign speech:Without naming Clinton, he suggested that her decision in 2002 to vote in favor of authorizing the war in Iraq was governed …

 

Comment by Raul | 2008-03-19 16:03:55

Did you see how biased CNN and MSNBC was in favor of Sen Obama?

First they let him make a speech for half hour. Is he already the president of the USA? I thought only the commander-in-chief is afforded such courtesy.

Then they analyzed the speech with majority of the commentators saying all positive things about Sen Obama and his speech.

In my almost ten years watching politics, this is unprecedented, indeed.

The media biased was affirmed by Tucker Carlson in Abrams’ Verdict. They were analyzing the statement of Sen Obama chastising the media. Tucker said “He has been getting a free ride from the media”.

 

Comment by Lucky | 2008-03-19 18:03:02

Obama and family go to church with ear plugs because “I”ve never heard him speak that way” but in the next sentence says “He’’s been part of my life…” News flash people - the hatred this minister holds did not happen overnight, it’’s deep seated just as Obama says - but I guess it was the ear plugs that prevented Obama from hearing it all these years?He’’s qualified to lead this country because he can”t afford a house so he has a rich friend (now on trial) buy the lot next to them a list price so they get the home at a discount. Most Americans would just keep looking but not Mr. Obama he takes the offer and is a proud owner of a luxurious house in Chicago - Oh until he is caught. When asked about this - “It’’s just old Washinton politics.”You”re right Mr. Obama, you are old Washington politics - another fraud - just shined up to appear new.
Senator Obama stated that Wright (I am not sure of his credentials to be a Reverend or Pastor; ie, what seminary he attended), harbored mis-trust and animosity built up from years of racial injustices that had been thrust upon Blacks in America. I am para-phrasing but this appeared to be the rationale Senator Obama was hiding Wright under. It seems to me that someone, anyone, in that church should have pointed that out to Wright and the fact that to continue to spew hatred in the direction of others (whites) would be an injustice to the children who attend the church and now have the opportunities of nearly 3 generations of assurances for racial equality - such as the fair housing act and affirmative action. Just the fact that Obama has come so far in his candidacy for his parties Presidential nomination attest to this.To continue to re-live the past, especially in front of the children of the church, on makes the past, the present. It never allows the past - to pass.
These many omissions by Obama spotlight why he is “not ready” to be President or to lead this nation. I have no doubt of his ambitions to do so; however, his mistakes and worse, his excuses show a lack of preparation and a lack of judgement that is necessary for a President.There is a strong will among many of the voters for him to be President, but it is better for him to run when he can succeed than to run now when he will undoubtedly continue to stumble and worse, fail.His experience has been on a local level where everyone he has worked with has had the interest of south Chicago or the interest of Illinois in common. He has never worked with leaders of foreign governments whose only interest is their own and could not care less about the agenda of the U.S. Obama has confused his abilities on local levels to achieve common goals with like minded people with an ability to bring together persons who have no concern in the best interest of Americans.

 

Comment by Jack | 2008-03-19 18:07:44

I found this speech devisive on so many leves. First, let us not compare Ferraro’’s statement with Wright’’s. Wright has made numerous anti-white and anti -country statements while Ferraro simply stated what everyone including Obama knows and that is his race has garnered him votes..it has..and it certainly isn”t racist to say it. Second, he says the past is not dead and buried…while we should never forget what happened to black in America it is time to move past it and create an atmosphere of acceptance for all. As outraged as blacks would be if this was said at a primarily white congregation is as outraged as everyone including black Americans should be over the rantings of Wright. I am sorry but he is not the unifier that everyone thought he was. Finally, now he admits..yeah I was there when he made some of those remarks..well then he lied two days ago when he said he was not. He knew that with 8000 members in the church someone was going to say he was there so he was forced into telling the truth…I am sorry but the speech leaves me to believe that he would have gone on with Wright as his mentor if the sermons had not hit the media.
Last week, Obama said he was not aware of Rev. Wright’’s comments until his presidential campaign. Then, today, he said he was aware of Rev. Wright’’s comments. So, he lied. And, since he was aware of Rev. Wright’’s comments, what does it say about his “judgement” that he allowed his children to be exposed to such hateful comments? I know Obama is a real smooth talker, but there are still some very serious questions about this guy. Preaching hate of America in the name of religion is wrong! To sit in a pew for 20 yrs and take your family to that church is wrong even if the hate language was only occasional. Religion should be about healing, love, peace and forgiveness, not hate. Look at what has happened in America, to America and by America as a result of hate in religion.
Obama Practices and preaches one thing until he is caught and then changes gears and redirects attention away from his involvment on the issue by broadening the issue so it appeals to the masses. This guy is a true politician, and has very good spin control analysts in his war room.This is the 3rd time those spin doctors have taken something Obama was caught red handed in and turned it around so the message appeals to the masses or he just down right dismisses it by saying that is nothing more than “old Washington politics.” I guess someone is qualified to speak about race in America if his mother who is white, marries a black man and brings his family to worship at a church led by a racist.

 

Comment by David | 2008-03-19 18:10:01

The principles of love and peace, Ahimsa (Non-Violence), forgiveness and sacrifice are needed among leaders of all countries especially from leaders of the most powerful nation on earth
Ahimsa (Non-violence) has not merely the negative and restrictive meaning of ‘Non killing’ or Non violence’, but the positive and comprehensive meaning of ‘Love embracing of all creation’ with purity of heart, mind and speech. Lord Buddha was one of the greatest teachers of non-violence.
Jesus Christ was the Prince of Peace. As a Jew, he crossed religious boundaries. He repeatedly reached out and embraced Roman conquerors, other Gentiles, and even the more despised Samaritans. When they crucified Him, He prayed for His tormentors, saying, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”
Gandhi sacrificed his own life so that Hindus & Muslims could live in harmony and peace. Speaking on Mahatma’s death Einstein had said, “Tomorrow, the world may not even believe that such a man ever existed.”
What greater sacrifice than those of Anwar Sadat and Yitzak Rabin who gave their lives for the cause of peace in the Middle East. What greater sacrifice than that of Dr. Martin Luther King who believed in making change, even radical change, without violence. On the steps of Lincoln Memorial, Dr. King said: “I have a dream that on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.”
In South Africa the story of Mandela & de Klerk- - one was the oppressed and the other was oppressor- is inspiring indeed. After having been imprisoned for 28 years, rather than choosing violence , he chose reconciliation and forgiveness ,,, in a spirit of give and take. Neddless to say , both sides had to sacrifice and a new more prosperous South Africa was born.
All great leaders sacrifice all their lives not by mere words but by their actions before they are coronated leaders. Clintons spent their whole life helping the blacks . In fact Bill Clinton is known as the first Black President. Some of our second generation has not seen the assassination of the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King . I came to this country in 1960 and I saw it all .I changed jobs a couple of times when I was discriminated against. What was Obama doing then? He was into drugs – heroin and Alcohol & Cocaine. He did not march in any of the freedom marches. Indo Americans and blacks were discriminated against. Not anymore. An Indian is Governor of Lousiana and we have black Governors in Mass and New York.

Comment by sjc | 2008-03-23 14:20:49

Well said. Thanks.

 
 

Comment by larry | 2008-03-19 18:12:22

For Obama “Spiritual advisor and mentor” has become “my former pastor”. It isn’t Rev. Wright who is the problem it is Senator Obama and that is a shame. What makes it worse is that once again the cable news shows , are calling those of us who question Obama as racists and “knuckleheads”. They are dead wrong. We are strong liberal Democrats - not Reagan Democrats - who are appalled that he would stay a close associate of Wright, who would not speak out until caught red-handed. We had hope for him and now we don’t. We dread McCain and will end up voting for him even though we swore we would never vote Republican. We are sickened by the morons in the Klan (all five hundred of them) and we are sickened by the morons who “lynched” the Duke Lacrosse Team. We are sickened by the neglect of Katrina victims, and we are sickened by the beating of a white kid in Jena who had nothing to do with the noose in the tree. We are sickened by Mark Furman and we are sickened by the OJ Simpson verdict and the reaction to it. If your spiritual mentor is a nut then find another who isn’t. If you can stand by someone who doesn’t understand that hundreds of thousands of white (and many black) soldiers were killed or wounded fighting slavery then you have problems. If you stand by someone who remembers Hiroshima and forgets Pearl Harbor then you have problems. If your spiritual advisor forgets that two of the three freedom riders killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi were white then you have a problem. If you won’t wear a flag pin because it is phony patriotism (it is), but give a speech on race in front of eight large American flags then you are phony.

Comment by Mikey | 2008-03-19 22:48:37

Larry, concur that Rev. Wright is ass-backwards in his damnation of the US and all of the good it has accomplished compared to all of the bad it has caused. However, if the ‘people’ select Obama over Clinton, and Clinton swings a majority of super delegates toward her, then what is the difference between her actions and when Bush received fewer popular votes (but more electoral votes) in 2000 and Gore and Dems complained?? You talk about disarray within the Democrat party now, just wait!! Will Clinton be smart enough to back down for the party (which I doubt) or bare her claws and create The Dilemma in Denver?!?!

Listening to the fine leftist reporter, Coop Anderson. He just stated that CNN has been receiving emails why Clinton isn’t receiving equal time (today); Coop says they offered time to Clinton but no response came forth. The way I see it, the more attention Obama receives, the higher the ratings for Clinton. You can’t mis-speak if you keep your mouth shut.

See ya soon!

FROM LARRY JOHNSON:

GOOD QUESTION. REALITY IS THAT HILLARY HAS RECEIVED MORE VOTES IN ELECTIONS THAN BARACK. WHEN THE PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTH CAROLINA PRIMARIES ARE DONE HILLARY WILL HAVE 500,000 MORE VOTES THAN OBAMA. GO TO THE CNN WEBSITE AND COUNT FOR YOURSELF. CAUCUSES DON’T COUNT. BECAUSE A CAUCUS RESTRICT PARTICIPATION. IT DOES NOT REFLECT THE WILL OF THE VOTERS OF A STATE. IT REFLECTS THE WILL OF THOSE WHO CAN GET OFF OF WORK AND GO TO A CAUCUS.

 

Comment by sjc | 2008-03-23 14:26:11

I agree with what you said… except one note… The little American flag pin worn on the lapel is not ‘just’ a symbol of patriotism, but a icon in memorial to those lost on 9/11.

 
 

Comment by larry | 2008-03-19 18:13:50

Senator you are making Republicans of your friends. We are the ones who praise Dr. King, Andrew Young, Nelson Mandela….We are the ones who want to move forward.
Mr. Obama is arrogant and lacks the judgment and character to be POTUS.
Obama’s many speeches, books, and online posts reference and in many ocassions duplicate sermons, words, or books by the Rev. Wright.
Rev. Wright specifically endorses black theology and regularly quotes and/or references persons who are historical figures in black theology (this includes, James Cone).
As Rev. Wright has said on many ocassions, you should read James Cone. That is what Obama believes in (black theology). In Cone’s words, he believes that the only God that should be worshiped is the one who will empower the AA community and *destroy* the white community. If you think I am making this up, go read for yourself.
As a Democrat I”m totally dismayed that such a weak and flawed candidate like Obama is leading for the Democrat nomination; if he gets it we”ve got another Kerry on our hands who will lose. Obama has never really accomplished anything that would justify moving him up to the WH; every large city in the US has people who have done more. And now here he is, after listening to this racist preacher for 20 years, saying he didn”t know his real political view. That’’s just plain unbelievable. Obama chose this church, he chose this “minister.” Think what the Republicans can do with this in the fall; he wants to be president but for 20 years he did not figure out that his “minister” was a racist who hated America; put that with Obama’’s refusal to wear a flag lapel pin and his wife’’s apparently hating American until Obama appeared to be getting the nomination…the Republican ad makers will have a field day as they put McCain in the White House

 

Comment by Mark | 2008-03-19 18:15:01

Obama has STILL not explained why he was a member of such a hate-filled church and WHY he had this loony pastor on his advisory board?? He has NOT explained how he tolerated such horrible, hateful rhetoric for so long (unless he secretly agrees withit) and how he called this man a close, personal friend. A man who preached that the U.S. invented the AIDS virus to infect and murder black people!! Who calls the USA the USKKKA to imply we are no better than the KKK. A man who encourages his flock to say God #$%@ America instead of God Bless America. He still has not explained why he stayed in such a hateful church for 20 years!! Instead he gives a lame speech about race relations and side-tracks the whole issue. I think he’’s a con man and a hypocrite and know enough to know I will never vote for him now.
I found this speech devisive on so many leves. First, let us not compare Ferraro’’s statement with Wright’’s. Wright has made numerous anti-white and anti -country statements while Ferraro simply stated what everyone including Obama knows and that is his race has garnered him votes..it has..and it certainly isn”t racist to say it. Second, he says the past is not dead and buried…while we should never forget what happened to black in America it is time to move past it and create an atmosphere of acceptance for all. As outraged as blacks would be if this was said at a primarily white congregation is as outraged as everyone including black Americans should be over the rantings of Wright. I am sorry but he is not the unifier that everyone thought he was. Finally, now he admits..yeah I was there when he made some of those remarks..well then he lied two days ago when he said he was not. He knew that with 8000 members in the church someone was going to say he was there so he was forced into telling the truth…I am sorry but the speech leaves me to believe that he would have gone on with Wright as his mentor if the sermons had not hit the media.
Last week, Obama said he was not aware of Rev. Wright’’s comments until his presidential campaign. Then, today, he said he was aware of Rev. Wright’’s comments. So, he lied. And, since he was aware of Rev. Wright’’s comments, what does it say about his “judgement” that he allowed his children to be exposed to such hateful comments? I know Obama is a real smooth talker, but there are still some very serious questions about this guy. Preaching hate of America in the name of religion is wrong! To sit in a pew for 20 yrs and take your family to that church is wrong even if the hate language was only occasional. Religion should be about healing, love, peace and forgiveness, not hate. Look at what has happened in America, to America and by America as a result of hate in religion.

 

Comment by Kendall A. Johnson | 2008-03-19 18:50:57

Hay,

I just saw a national poll putting 49 to Obama’s 42. This a gallup poll that ended yesterday. CNN and MSNBC are trying to bury this issue, but FOX continues to play it. I hope we get to see more of Pestor Wright’s sermons. I think Obama is a traitor to this country and that lame speach he gave on Tuesday missed the whole point!!!! I can’t beleive that this media love affaire with him is anything more than trying to sabotage Clinton!!!! They are out of control. They know very well that America will never make this man president!!!! What is more desturbing is members of the democratic party are working against Clinton and they too know very well that Obama is not electable in a general election. Nancy Polosi, Howard Dean, John Kerry and Ted Kennedy are fighting agaist revotes in Forida and Michigan and are playing the media for Obama.

They are srewing the people out of any chance of having a democratic president!!!!! I am so angry!!! Howartd Dean has to go!!!!!

 

Comment by Kendall A. Johnson | 2008-03-19 18:53:03

Hay,

I just saw a national poll putting Cinton at 49 to Obama’s 42. This was a gallup poll that ended yesterday. CNN and MSNBC are trying to bury this issue about paster Wright, but FOX continues to play it. I hope we get to see more of Pestor Wright’s sermons. I think Obama is a traitor to this country and that lame speach he gave on Tuesday missed the whole point!!!! I can’t beleive that this media love affaire with him is anything more than trying to sabotage Clinton!!!! They are out of control. They know very well that America will never make this man president!!!! What is more desturbing is members of the democratic party are working against Clinton and they too know very well that Obama is not electable in a general election. Nancy Polosi, Howard Dean, John Kerry and Ted Kennedy are fighting agaist revotes in Forida and Michigan and are playing the media for Obama.

They are srewing the people out of any chance of having a democratic president!!!!! I am so angry!!! Howartd Dean has to go!!!!!

 

Comment by Kendall A. Johnson | 2008-03-19 19:07:14

I just heard that Michigan WON’T HAVE A REVOTE!!!!
I am really worried now!!!!! Hillary is really being cheated out of fair opportunity to compete!!!!

 

Comment by Kendall A. Johnson | 2008-03-19 20:08:44

The reason MSNBC is against Clinton and is for Obama, is because they know that Obama could never win the general election. MSNBC is owned by General Electric, who makes Billions of dollars off the military industrial complex!! Therefore, they are using their media outlet to shove Obama down our throats so McCain will win in the Fall. CNN is owned by Time Warner who is heavily invested in nuclear power. Clinton’s Green policy would cut into their profits, and therefore they too are shoving Obama at us, so we end up with McCain. Don’t forget guys, these are the same people who worked the public up into a frenzy to attack Iraq!!! Bush didn’t do it alone!!!

What I find troubling is how many in our own party there people working agaist securing a democratic presidency!!! Polosi, Dean and others are going out of their way to sabotage Clinton!!! Their not stupid, they know Obama can’t win!!! Even before the Pastor Wright Bomb, they knew just from looking at the races that have thus far occurred!! It’s a no brainer!!! The thing is, why are they delibarately throwing the election this cycle!!!! DEAN could easily seat the Florida delegates and get Michigan to revote. But he won’t because they know that if he does, Clinton will win the nomination!!! Furthermore, she’s moderate enough to win the general election.

It’s no wonder they have done nothing to end the Iraq war since the house and senate shifted to the democrats!!! They are in as thick as the republicans!!!

I’m sick to my stomach! I have to end this post so I can go vomit!!!!

 

Comment by uma | 2008-03-20 03:11:02

Susan, your article was succinct & well-researched.
Hillary is simply the best!

 

Comment by Kendall Johnson | 2008-03-20 03:12:21

Obama is nothing but spin!!His speach title “a more perfect union”, he stole it from Bill Clinton. I heard a speach a few years back that Bill gave in England and he used the theme and words of a more perfect union. It was a beautiful speach Bill gave, now this asshole Obama has the nerve to steal Bill Clinton’s words for this awful speach of his!!!

Obama’s whole message was in the context of race. He told white people that they have to accept the anti-white rage and not question it because the are white and could never understand. More bull shit!!! No useful discussion about race, just shut whites down from questioning some of these anti-white and anti-american rants. Take advantage of the good will of progressive whites like Ferraro, and make them feel to guilty for questioning the anti-white and anti-american rants if this wack job, Wright!!!!! Obama’s speach never addressed all the anti-american insults to our country that Wright was saying!!!

Does he think we are brain dead!!!!What about blaming America for AIDS, 9/11 etc… Even if you let the racial crap slide, what about the rest? I think Obama really hates America and should never be president. I’m not convinced that he has any loyalty to this country!!! This is a mess and the DNC is making it worse by not taking a leadership role in fairly solving the Florida and Michigan mess!!!!

The real democrat who loves this country and has served it for 35 years is being sqweezed out from having the opportunity to fairly compete!!! The are deliberately stripping her of the two big states that she one!!! They won’t redue them and they won’t count them!!!! What a bunch of crap. They are stealing the electiion for Obama!!! They are as bad as the republicans!!!They have no respect for the franchise!!

They are willing to throw the general election!!! Obama will never be elected in the general, Clinton at least has a fair chance. If the DNC would be fair, Clinton would win!!!!!

 

Comment by Kendall Johnson | 2008-03-20 03:22:00

Obama is nothing but spin!!His speach title “a more perfect union”, he stole it from Bill Clinton. I heard a speech a few years back that Bill gave in England and he used the theme and words of a more perfect union. It was a beautiful speach Bill gave, now this asshole Obama has the nerve to steal Bill Clinton’s words for this awful speech of his!!!

Obama’s whole message was in the context of race. He told white people that they have to accept the anti-white rage and not question it because they are white and could never understand. More bull shit!!! No useful discussion about race, just shut whites down from questioning some of these anti-white and anti-american rants. Take advantage of the good will of progressive whites like Ferraro, and make them feel to guilty to question this crap!!!

Obama’s speech never addressed all the anti-american insults to our country that Wright was saying!!!
Does he think we are brain dead!!!!What about blaming America for AIDS, 9/11 etc… Even if you let the racial crap slide, what about the rest? I think Obama really hates America and should never be president. I’m not convinced that he has any loyalty to this country!!!

This is a mess and the DNC is making it worse by not taking a leadership role in fairly solving the Florida and Michigan situation!!!! The real democrat who loves this country and has served it for 35 years is being sqweezed out from having the opportunity to fairly compete!!! They are deliberately stripping her of the two big states that she one!!! They won’t redue them and they won’t count them!!!! What a bunch of crap. They are stealing the electiion for Obama!!! They are as bad as the republicans!!!They have no respect for the franchise!!

They are willing to throw the general election!!! Obama will never be elected in the general, Clinton at least has a fair chance. If the DNC would be fair, Clinton could win!!!!!

 

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Comment by Sujesh | 2008-03-20 17:18:24

Go Hillary Go…..I am with you.

Sen Obama who at every step says, has the judgement to lead, has shown poor judgement. Why didnt he exercise his judgement when his pastor made such remarks. He has been with the church for 20 years. Doesnt it speak for itself? I am sure the republicans are going to have a great time, feeding on this. And should, Sen Obama be the nominee, McCain is going to be the luckiest man on earth.

 

Comment by Kandall A. Johnson | 2008-03-20 19:30:33

Yah, Obama has balls alright, but Hillary has brains!!! She is much smarter than him and will defeat him. Sit back and watch, pretty soon she will have him in check mate!!! The superdelegates will have no choice to take notice. I think that many of them are beginning to. The only reason Obama has gotten this far is because the media has pumped him up into a superstar, and have been viscious to Clinton, all three of them!!!! MSNBC have said they are racist, that Hillary pimps out her daughter and that Hillary is trying to steal the election. Their love affaire with Obama is sickening!!!

Thank you FOX news for vetting this guy!!! I no longer watch MSNBC because of the way they have lied about the Clintons and have been extremely sexist toward Senator Clinton. They have savagely tried to destroy Bill Clinton’s good name!! I don’t care about Lewinsky. I have watched over the years how the media has chased Prisident Clinton during both his terms in Office, doing everything they can to take him down. Now they are trying to do it to Hillary. The Clintons are not a dynesty like Keith Obermann would tell you. The Bushes are a dynesty. They have been wealthy polititions for generations.

The Clinton’s came from the people. They are like us! They were not born wealthy. They were very hard working brillient Americans who used their god given talents and helped each other to succeed!!! There is nothing wrong with that and I applaud them both!!!!

Maybe the real wealthy don’t like them because they pose a threat!! Real people coming from the middle and working classes succeeding to power threatens the elite!! The fact that Hillary want’s to give the people healthcare and opportunity makes them very nervious. No more big tax give aways, no wonder the big news outlets hate her and are doing everything they can to destroy her. They pretend to be progressive, but they are not!!! The sexism and race bating that MSNBC has engaged in during this campaign has shown their true colors!!!When Fox is the channel to turn to for fair coverage in this campaign, we all stand up and take notice.

CNN has been almost as bad!!! Although they have not been as overtly sexist towards Senator Clinton, they too have engaged in it and in a special they had about race and gender, they actually said that it is not very offensive to be sexist!!!!I nwonder who they asked. That is just rediculious and insulting. Sexism is very offensive and oppressive just as racism!!!What an unscrupalous bunch of asses!!!!

 

Comment by Patrick Henry | 2008-03-20 19:39:25

KENDALL..

You are Pretty Much Right on..and Thanks for Posting here..Just want you to know that NO QUARTER…Larry and Susan and alot of SMART Posters here..Started the VETTING PROCESS..I see every Video or Background exposure HERE First..Before it ever gets on the MSM..Included..The FAUX Fir Guys..

I’m goona go BBQ a Buffalo Burger..and cook some Steak Fries..Now..

I’d have you all over..But..

You Guys Keep Cookin Up Yur Own stuff here in The NQ Kitchen…

 

Comment by gary | 2008-03-21 01:27:13

THIS IS A MUST SEE VIDEO IF YOU LOVE YOUR COUNTRY & you want to Know WHO should BE NOMINATED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72B3tUAqpo4

You can go to http://www.YouTube.com and type Obama Wright

into Search area and you will get this video.
VVV Beautifully done

 

Comment by Folkwolf101 | 2008-03-21 14:56:39

I just have to say, I saw Obama on Larry King Live last night. He really can’t speak very well whenever he is not reading someone’s custom-designed speech on a teleprompter. He just stammers and awkwardly segways in out his stump speeches. What bothers me the most is when he always keeps saying that Hillary “made” a wrong judgement to go to War, while he himself “made” the correct judgement. How phony is that! He never had to vote for or against the war, he merely gave a speech that was in effect preaching to the choir amassed before him. He never repeated it, especially after getting elected to the Senate, and he has shown a strong inclination to either vote right alongside the democratic party, to not step on toes or confront others, and to vote “present” during anything remotely controversial. Moreover, he has never explained himself for his statements that were in agreement over Bush’s war policies. I say, enough of the misleading. Let’s get someone we can truly depend on. Go Hillary!

 

Comment by Mark | 2008-03-21 15:40:07

Once everyone’s counted, including mi and fl, HILLARY WILL BE WINNING THE POPULAR VOTE.

I don’t give a d*mn about delegates. The system for allocating them is arbitrary, just look at TX for proof.

And for you “rules” people out there, the “rules” also say the supers don’t have to go with the pledged delegates.

IF HILLARY HAS THE POPULAR VOTE AFTER EVERYONE’S VOTED, INCLUDED MI AND FL, THE SUPERS BETTER GIVE IT TO HILLARY.

IF OBAMA STEALS THIS ELECTION, HILLARY SUPPORTERS WILL MAKE SURE HE LOSES IN NOV.

WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ELECTION STEALING IN THIS PARTY

 

Comment by Kendall A. Johnson | 2008-03-21 20:38:24

Here, Here!!!!! And if they don’t, it’s time to fire them!!!!! Obama apparently is afraid of a revote because knows that Hillary will whip his ass in both Florida and Michigan!!!!! Obama is not electable!!!! The Republicans have a whole arsinal of Pastor Wrights just waiting for him!!! I am sick of Nancy Polosi who is willing to forfit the presidency this cycle because she doesn’t like Hillary Clinton. Some of these guys will and must be fired in the general election if they shove Obama down our throats in the general by not letting Fl. and Michigan either count or revote!!!! We should get a list of them and target those who are elected officials and vote against Hillary!!! Particulary, if they are officials from those states who clearly voted for Hillary. Does anyone know if the super delegates from Fl. and Michigan are disqualified from voting?

 

Comment by sjc | 2008-03-23 14:47:30

Thanks Susan for this video. It needs to be on TV as often, MORE often than the ‘3am’ video. I would love to see it instead of all the obama images. Then after all this is over, we should all boycott MSNBC, CNN, etc!!!

 

Comment by Jake | 2008-03-23 14:51:16

More of this kind of blog post please. This blog post and its supporting video are the kind of constructive, positive pro-Hillary support she needs more of if she’s going to have any chance of winning the nomination.

Now if only the commenters can follow suit and take a similarly high road.

 

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