March 15, 2008
Just When You Think It Can’t Get Any Worse for Obama, Jeremiah Wright Cracks Un-Wise About “Semen Stains”
Read it and weep, Barack (or better, yet, save the party and drop out now) — it’s on the front page of the Politics section in today’s New York Times:
In the interview last spring, Mr. Wright expressed frustration at the breach in relationship with Mr. Obama, saying the candidate had already privately said that he might need to distance himself from his pastor. But perhaps the two could repair things, said Mr. Wright, pointing out that Mr. Obama’s opponent, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, had faced worse.“At least there are no semen stains on any dresses,” Mr. Wright said, one of several digs he has taken at the Clintons.
“That kind of frankness scares people in the campaign,” he added.
It shouldn’t scare anyone — it should simply disgust and anger the hell out of all Democrats, no matter who they support.
Sadly, however, it has become the norm for Obama supporters (among whom Mr. Wright remains, despite his previous “frustration” over being “disinvited” from The Big Obama Show) to fling every piece of poo recycled from the Newt Gingrich / Ken Starr era at Hillary. It’s déjà vu all over again — only this time the attacks are coming from within the Democratic Party. (Or are they? It’s often difficult to believe that even half the most vocal Obama supporters are anything but Hillary-hating GOP plants.)
Meanwhile, back in the “What did Obama hear, and when did he hear it?” department, the NYT piece delivers another body blow to the freely-hemorrhaging Obama campaign:
The minister’s defenders say the statements that have been playing this week on television are outliers, taken out of context, and that he is not antiwhite. The United Church of Christ, the denomination of the Chicago church, is overwhelmingly white. And Mr. Wright is an equal opportunity critic, often delivering scorching lectures about black society, telling audiences to improve their education and work ethic.“I can remember Jeremiah saying in probably half his sermons: Everyone who’s your color ain’t your kind,” Richard Sewell, a church member, said in an interview last year.
See also:
Memo to Barack: How Do You Think “God Damn America” Will Play in Peoria?
Barack Obama’s Pastor Problem: Damage Control Comes Up Short. Again.
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