Clinton Speaks Out on Wright

Sen. Hillary Clinton finally responded to Jeremiah Wright and she was exactly right, You do chose your pastor, but not your family.  Though, mostly the media is beaming with joy about Barack Obama and how he handled the absolutely insane remarks that his pastor had made, by not really handling it at all.  Here is what MSNBC had to say on First Read:

Clinton decided to weigh in on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy, telling the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “He would not have been my pastor,” Clinton said. “You don’t choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend.”

She continued later, “You know, I spoke out against Don Imus (who was fired from his radio and television shows after making racially insensitive remarks), saying that hate speech was unacceptable in any setting, and I believe that. I just think you have to speak out against that. You certainly have to do that, if not explicitly, then implicitly by getting up and moving.”

On her sniper gaffe, “I was sleep-deprived, and I misspoke.”

On earmarks: “I am proud of my earmarks. Part of the reason that I won New York by 67 percent are my earmarks.”

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One Response to “Clinton Speaks Out on Wright”

  1. Albert Johnson Jr on March 25th, 2008 6:40 pm

    Hillary Clinton is truly a nasty piece of work. Even if one does not consider the supposedly inflammatory nature of the Wright sermons, she took an opportunity to promote healing or at least thought provoking discussion, and instead parroted a line that even the conservative nominee and the man he defeated has abandoned.

    I have no doubt Hillary would have left her church and the place that introduced her to Jesus because it is abundantly clear that there is no belief, no ethic, no moral, or important relationship she would not gladly sacrifice in order to further her own naked ambition. However, she should get that choice. These are the words of her pastor in the white house for 8 years Dean J Snyder the Senior Minister of the Foundry United Methodist church. The Clintons church while they were in the white house.

    A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE REV. JEREMIAH WRIGHT

    The Reverend Jeremiah Wright is an outstanding church leader
    whom I have heard speak a number of times. He has served for
    decades as a profound voice for justice and inclusion in our society.
    He has been a vocal critic of the racism, sexism and homophobia
    which still tarnish the American dream. To evaluate his dynamic
    ministry on the basis of two or three sound bites does a grave
    injustice to Dr. Wright, the members of his congregation, and the
    African-American church which has been the spiritual refuge of a
    people that has suffered from discrimination, disadvantage, and
    violence. Dr. Wright, a member of an integrated denomination, has
    been an agent of racial reconciliation while proclaiming perceptions
    and truths uncomfortable for some white people to hear. Those of us
    who are white Americans would do well to listen carefully to Dr.
    Wright rather than to use a few of his quotes to polarize. This is a
    critical time in America’s history as we seek to repent of our racism.
    No matter which candidates prevail, let us use this time to listen again
    to one another and not to distort one another’s truth.

    Over 2 million Americans have seen the full context of the Rev. Wright’s sermon on YouTube. So, when Hillary says it’s out there for people to make up their minds I hope they truly do.

    Hillary is a political succubus. She will suck the energy and will from this party until we are broken and defeated.

    We have to defeat this person.

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