Obama is raising money off the Wright controversy
By SusanUnPC on April 28, 2008 at 11:18 AM in Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Race, Race Card, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.
Via the Washington Times, “Obama fundraising off Wright-race speech” — YOU can donate anywhere from $30 to the maximum $2,300 to get this “piece of history”:
Sen. Barack Obama’s latest fundraising drive - own a “piece of history.”
And by history, the campaign means a DVD copy of his speech on race.
It’s an interesting tactic, since the speech was given to respond to the political fury that erupted over his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. …
The appeal letter says:
The April fundraising deadline is this Wednesday.
Many will judge us by the money we raise, but we know our strength comes from a different number.
To celebrate the 1,500,000 grassroots donors who are funding this movement, we’ve created a special gift.
Make a donation of $30 or more before midnight on Wednesday, April 30th, and receive a DVD and limited edition print of Barack’s “A More Perfect Union” speech on race in America.
Read all of “Obama fundraising off Wright-race speech,” which includes more on David Axelrod’s complaints — actually, his whining (like his candidate) — about the wall-to-wall media coverage of Rev. Wright’s big media tour.
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Special thanks to T. for sending me the link to this story, just published at 8:38 a.m. ET.
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Eee-ew.
Obama’s speech was incredibly embarrassing. He conflated Wright with Gerri Ferraro. This colossal ego masquerading as candidate must be defeated.
Oh brother. This guy really thinks he’s JFK doesn’t he? He’s left handed though, that’s about it. This guy really thinks he’s going to go down in history trumping JFK, RFK and MLK. Na, he’s not a Narcissist or anything, right?
Agreed….American Rhetoric.com has the top 100 speeches of all time….
BABY-O’s was mediochre ( I’m being kind here )….
LBJ’s address to the congress on passage of the Civil Rights Bill as kick ass..
It is easy ( sigh ) in this day and age to misunderstand what truly soaring rhetoric is….BTW both Clintons made the top 100 list and for this democrat the site has been an occasional refuge….I’m just sayin’
I wonder if Reverend Wright’s Kennedy impression from the other evening is included for an additional $9.95? Or if there is a circular included for new coins minted with his likeness on one side and Michelle’s on the other?
These people raise hucksterism to its zenith … and you thought that politics couldn’t get lower?
The guys not no shame…..none at all. Show me the money.
He’s a piece of work, not a piece of history.
Uppity, that’s perhaps the best Obama thumbnail I’ve ever seen. I tip my hat to your succinct eloquence!
Yeah, he’s a piece alright…
I don’t even know what to say about this creepy bunch (BO, Wright, MO, Axel) anymore.
Here’s something from the NYT that also speaks volumes about BO:
In interviews with several associates and aides, Mr. Obama was described as bored with the campaign against Mrs. Clinton and eager to move into the general election against Senator John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican nominee.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6kdl5f
Don’t count your chickens before they come home to roost, Obama. This over-confidence makes me think Hillary has a shot at winning.
Any time Obama feels bored with the primaries, he should feel free to drop out.
A M E N …..
Oh! give him a waffle. That should keep him occupied.
Does this “piece of history” come with a free “typcial white person” t-shirt?
Ha! I wonder if those are still for sale. (We posted those for sale here last month sometime.) I want one. Actually, I want the sweatshirt jacket with a hoody — it’d be so Klan-like, so I could show off the racist I really am, according to Arianna Huffington, et al.
I was not referring to any actual T-shirts but what you say makes what I said even better! I was unaware those were actually for sale.
When I went to the University of Pennsylvania I got plenty of Lectures from AA’s from the North who treated me as if I walked around in a white hood carrying a flamin cross….Why because I was a stupid CRACKER from the South…..I was tutored by a good friend on Philly speak and was able to get rid of my CRACKER ACCENT and survive…. (sad) huh?
To these people ( Wright ) it’s as if there has been no progress at all and the hoses of Montgomery are still blazing….
I have seen progress….I live it….I refuse to turn back….
No I’ve got them, but they say.
“There’s nothing typical about my grandma”.
I (heart) Jeremiah tee shirts, baseball caps and mugs selling on Amazon.com …
Does this “piece of history” come with a free “typical white person” t-shirt?
But Wait!! There’s more! Call now and you’ll receive a FREE bonus CD featuring such classics as Michelle Obama’s “For the First Time in My Adult Life I’m Proud of my Country”, Barry’s “Rednecks Who Don’t Vote for Me are Bitter, Gun-Clinging Bible-Toters” and “MI and FL Didn’t Vote for Me; Now They Gonna Pay”, even Axelrod’s latest smash-hit, “We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Reagon Democrats” is included in this coveted collection..
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OMG ROFL Ebony you are so funny! I may have to do a piece on this and quote you.
I second that!
This cracker 3rds that uppity….Ebony rules….
Ebony, this is so funny. Does he think this will be added to the MLK collection of speeches? I bet he does.
HOLY SHIT!
this was too funny…you nailed it!
have ANY past American Presidents acted like this? Yet?
It’s embarrassing. Really.
Right now we need a president. I just hope it’s going to be Hillary. Geez.
Did you notice the text above the ad in that link: “Pamela Anderson supports Obama” ROFLMAO Well, surely she will win voters–all those undecided porn junkies.
I just got an email from HRC, calling for donations. LET’S HELP OUR GIRL WIN!
https://contribute.hillaryclinton.com/form.html?sc=ac0&rc=NPYP
I just got an email from Donna Brazile and the DNC. I wonder, what part of “Unsubscribe me, I won’t support a party that will disenfranchise two states and I won’t respond favorably to emails from Obamabots who pretend to be neutral on CNN” do they not understand?
John you can complain to the service provider that was sent through. If you have tried to unsubscribe and they keep sending emails it is spam.
I guess he’s really triyn to appeal to the crackers with Pamela….What would Britney the patron saint of White Trash say ?….Hmmmmm……
I am so pissed at the media money race. We know that HRC supporters are middle class working people and BO has a wealthier demographics so there should be a big money gap. I heard from my friends here that his campaign started raising money from the bottom up and she did it from the top down. BS, they both spent more time in NY, Chicago, Los Angeles etc at private fundraisers. He choose to have several at office of people that lobby.
Her’s is now a grassroot’s campaign and I think they finally realize it.
The middle east is an endless money pit.
Will this awaken people to the fact that Obama is being marketed by Axelrod like a cheap Ab Flex info-mercial, one that you cannot return after you bought into it?
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Looks like the junk televangelists hustle to their tv congregants! Ebonyscrews got it right! If we order do we get a ticket to unity heaven???
Ed Schultz, a few minutes ago:
“Later on the program we are going to have the brother of Michelle Obama on to talk to us…Barack Obama’s brother in law. We’ll ask him, ‘what was it like when you first met Barack Obama?”
Seriously. In those exact words. What does a blow job sound like on the radio? Tune in and find out!
Obviously it is not about basketball since he did a lousey job showing off over the weekend in Indiana. It didn’t get any play since the REAL basketball players were still fighting it out …. something baby boy knows zero about.
I am truly so sick of Barry the Bird Flipper. I don’t believe, for one minute, that he has 1.5 million donors…at least that are all on the up and up. I scanned an article this morning that stated he wants to talk to John McCain about accepting gov’t money to finance the general..to preserve that process because “not everyone can raise as much money as he has”. He is a major narcissistic snob. I hope someone is looking into his fundraising practices.
A few minutes later, again on the Ed Schultz show, Tim Roemer tells us that “Barack puts Indiana into play for the fall campaign.”
Good lord, how delusional are these people? McCain won’t have to set food in Indiana if Barack is the nominee. 2-1 GOP win there at least.
He probably has, tho not in any way that will benefit the Dems if Obama is anointed.
Late to the party, but…
It’s obvious that the rift between Obama and Wright, (Wright “harming” Obama with his media blitz) is manufactured and bogus.
The aim of the Obama campaign is to inoculate Obama through familiarity and distance, and secondarily, label those who would attack Wright “racist”. Dangerous, but it’s the only strategy they’ve got, long run.
It’s a version of the game zionists play, ie. criticize Israel, and be labelled an anti-semite.
Yeah, go on suckers. pay 2,300 for this piece of crap.
“Obama said what he has to say as a politician.”
There is nothing heroic or historic about that speech.
That speech was nauseating considering why it was written and given. I guess us typical white people are not hip enough to get it.
anyone who wants it can pretty much down load it for free from the internet …. this is just another way to manufcature money. No one actually believes that people are stupid, right? What’s up next? Red, white and blue versions of the books?
This is directly from the ABC blog …
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But Wait!! There’s more! Call now and you’ll receive a FREE bonus CD featuring such classics as Michelle Obama’s “For the First Time in My Adult Life I’m Proud of my Country”, Barry’s “Rednecks Who Don’t Vote for Me are Bitter, Gun-Clinging Bible-Toters” and “MI and FL Didn’t Vote for Me; Now They Gonna Pay”, even Axelrod’s latest smash-hit, “We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Reagon Democrats” is included in this coveted collection..
Order now and get your hands on this once-in-a-lifetime collection before the Unity Pony Express leaves town for good.
First 200 callers will receive a free special-edition Weather Underground lapel pin! Call Now!
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I’d say it fits in well with products for sell at truth about trinity blog….
I want one of those CRACKER CIA IS TRYIN TO KIL OFF AA’S WITH US OFFICIAL GOVT. ISSUE CRACK videos…..Incredible….
I can’t get past Wright’s mansion. Was the $1.6m mortgage raised through the collection plate? Did people know what the money was going for? How much of it came from taxpayers. I’ve been trying to find out how much money Wright, et. al., got from the Office of Faith Based Community Initiatives. All I can find is a release for 2003 showing Trinity Resources Unlimited getting $1,228,971 and Trinity United Church of Christ Care Centers Chicago getting $253,000. I can’t get complete numbers, but what I want to know is whether or not Wright’s mansion is our faith-based taxes at work. Anyone know?
I saw a new Obama campaign ad today. He starts off claiming that he never had much money when he was growing up. Has he made any ads that didn’t have at least one lie in it?
BABY-O s the product of privilege…His mother received FOOD STAMPS in Indonesia…..
It’s the ego isn’t it?
And the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ money machine. Sinister. I have links to the LAT story on the “Killerspin” deal, and an editorial piece by Meghan Daum about that obey giant link I left you the other day.
Going to do a series on “das propaganda” as it has looked historically…
If you really want a read o’ the day…those two pieces from the LAT are it. Larry? SusanUnPC? who is this guy? Who is he and what does he really represent at this time in America?
I’ll wait for the collector’s edition: it comes with syrup.
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Lord, the arrogance is astounding! So Obambi, our very own SIrBlathersaLot, has decided all by his little lonesome that his race speech was “historic”, huh? This from the man who was cocksure that his 36 years of life were worthy of an autobiography, since he was SO inspired by his own damn strutting self.
Talk about blowing your own horn. Or in his case, tooting your own little tin kazoo.