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Video: McCain lets Obama off the hook for Wright

posted at 4:10 pm on March 14, 2008 by Allahpundit
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He leaves a bit of daylight between them when asked if he’d go to a church like Trinity — “obviously, that would not be my choice” — but otherwise he’s taking the high road, partly to deflect criticism over Hagee (among other people) and partly because he knows Hannity’s going to beat this drum for him up to and including the morning of the election.

Will Obama at least be booting Wright from his African-American Religious Leadership Committee? Nope. What would it accomplish? The die is cast.

Link: sevenload.com

Update: The biggest partisan hack/modern-day Murrow on television muses, might not a battle o’ the pastors actually weigh in Obama’s favor?


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McCain’s remarks wouldn’t have made a difference either way; he’s still above the fray, and that’s good as this works itself out.

Vizzini on March 14, 2008 at 4:15 PM

Thanks for the linky Allah!

doubleplusundead on March 14, 2008 at 4:15 PM

McCain gets to take the high road - Hey I’m not divisive - which undercuts Obama’s message. Plus there are many others out there to beat this drum.

A classic political move.

rbj on March 14, 2008 at 4:16 PM

Hagee is NOT McCain’s pastor.

Chakra Hammer on March 14, 2008 at 4:17 PM

The problem is, politics is hardball. The GOP has had a lot of trouble understanding that, and in the current election cycle it is vital to make sure that people know just who BHO’s “spiritual advisor” is and what he stands for. Not to mention what he exposes his children to every Sunday morning. This “above the fray” stuff, pax, Vizzini, is going to lose us the White House.

Longhorn Six on March 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM

McCain lets Obama off the hook for Wright

And you ain’t seen nothing yet.

We’re only in March.

Expect more from the Liberal in Conservative’s Clothes.

McCain should have gone after Hussein, not just on this one but on anything and everything, if he wants to be President and prove that he’s not a phony “Conservative.”

It’s election year dammit!

I don’t care whose pastor is supporting McCain, we’re still in an early phase of the race and he is surrendering already!!

Yes, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

McCain’s voters, I blame you.

Indy Conservative on March 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM

Hagee is NOT McCain’s pastor.

Chakra Hammer on March 14, 2008 at 4:17 PM

Doesn’t matter, he’ll have the media spinning against him, once you add that handicap, it’s still pretty damaging, not to mention that the left will forgive the Obamassiah, as he has forgiven them.

doubleplusundead on March 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM

My God this election feels like its been going since I was listening to Wang Chung and wearing a piano-key necktie.

Chuck Schick on March 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM

I think the controversy is somewhat justified. However, there is nothing Obama can do at this point. By distancing himself from the pastor all the way, he’d admit some mistake while leaving a door open for the natural attack “How come it’s been 20 years before you realized that?”

McCain has two thing on his mind. Nutcases in his camp is one. And the fact portraying Obama as a symbol of racism just isn’t gonna fly. It’s like even if a Republican nominee was caught saying “you know, the military, they really ain’t shit,” the Democrats would never be able to use this. Because the idea that the Republicans hate the military is just not believable, period.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 4:22 PM

I don’t care whose pastor is supporting McCain, we’re still in an early phase of the race and he is surrendering already!!

You’re right, but I have a diction-bone to pick: it’s not surrender if you don’t fight for the other side.

emailnuevo on March 14, 2008 at 4:23 PM

We haven’t heard the last of Obama’s “moral compass.” Even if McCain is too squeamish to take it on, there are plenty of others out there who will be happy to do it.

AZCoyote on March 14, 2008 at 4:23 PM

McCain has two thing on his mind. Nutcases in his camp is one. And the fact portraying Obama as a symbol of racism just isn’t gonna fly. It’s like even if a Republican nominee was caught saying “you know, the military, they really ain’t shit,” the Democrats would never be able to use this. Because the idea that the Republicans hate the military is just not believable, period.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 4:22 PM

If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you’re not entirely opposed to Obama.

Besides the point though. It’s not only racism, though that part is true. Wright says we deserved 9/11, America is the greatest killer in the world, and that we created AIDS.

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 4:24 PM

Chuck Schick on March 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM

Dance Hall Days?

doubleplusundead on March 14, 2008 at 4:25 PM

My God this election feels like its been going since I was listening to Wang Chung and wearing a piano-key necktie.

Dude.

el hombre on March 14, 2008 at 4:26 PM

Because the idea that the Republicans hate the military is just not believable, period.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 4:22 PM

The Demoratic party is the party of racism! Affirmative action, Grand Dragon Byrd, George Wallace, Jesse Jackson, and now this “Rev.” - all Democrats! On top of that, Obama’s campaign is inherently racist; he’s only getting votes because he’s black. Not based on his platform, not based on his experience, not based on his ideas, based on his race.

I think you’re right when you say it doesn’t matter (people who are going to vote Obama are going to vote Obama, period), but at least McCain would be telling the truth.

emailnuevo on March 14, 2008 at 4:26 PM

Is this the type of change we can expect in an Obama presidency - an administration that doesn’t really do anything and never actually meet ?

sleepy-beans on March 14, 2008 at 4:27 PM

If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you’re not entirely opposed to Obama.

I consider him an extremely smart and personally decent individual, whose politics I strongly disagree with and whose present qualifications to be President of the US I simply can’t trust.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 4:27 PM

And the fact portraying Obama as a symbol of racism just isn’t gonna fly.

you are missing the whole point as usual, Obama portrays himself as the great uniter

and yet he hangs with this d-bag

windansea on March 14, 2008 at 4:28 PM

emailnuevo on March 14, 2008 at 4:26 PM

Let’s also add in the fact that the Republican Party was the abolitionist party and that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican.

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 4:28 PM

I consider him an extremely smart and personally decent individual, whose politics I strongly disagree with and whose present qualifications to be President of the US I simply can’t trust.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 4:27 PM

Not smart enough to denounce this albatross and ask him to step down.

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 4:29 PM

Longhorn Six on March 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Indy Conservative on March 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM

Both you guys need to read this post.

rbj on March 14, 2008 at 4:16 PM

McCain is not abdicating, he is simply keeping his message and image above the fray. The RNC and various 527s are already gearing up on this topic so let not your hearts be troubled. Plus we have this little thingy called the interweb that moves stories like this around at light speed. By November every voter will have seen or heard about Obamas preacher and McCain can legitimately say that “I was above it all.”

knat on March 14, 2008 at 4:29 PM

you are missing the whole point as usual, Obama portrays himself as the great uniter

I will respectfully submit that you have yet convincingly demonstrated you have a right to be condescending to me.

I used to hang out with a guy (now we live in different cities) who thought that I was a good friend but I would burn in Hell regardless, and it’s only fair.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 4:31 PM

You’re right, but I have a diction-bone to pick: it’s not surrender if you don’t fight for the other side.

emailnuevo on March 14, 2008 at 4:23 PM

The worst thing is doing nothing.

It’s as good as surrendering.

It is a sign of surrender.

Being passive, and letting things go without using chances to attack your opponent on election year is stupid, unless of course, it’s intentional and with McCain, you never know, since he usually sides with his buddies the Liberals in Congress against his own party.

Indy Conservative on March 14, 2008 at 4:33 PM

And the fact portraying Obama as a symbol of racism just isn’t gonna fly. It’s like even if a Republican nominee was caught saying “you know, the military, they really ain’t shit,” the Democrats would never be able to use this. Because the idea that the Republicans hate the military is just not believable, period.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 4:22 PM

Who is portraying him as racist? McCain doesn’t have to do it. Obama did it to himself. He has to prove he isn’t one, because the church he supports spiritually and financially, sure sounds otherwise. Pretty hard for a guy with Aryan Brotherhood tattoos all over his body to say he really doesn’t believe all that white supremacy stuff, even if he wrote a book and used inspiratation from his leader for the title.

a capella on March 14, 2008 at 4:34 PM

The Obama campaign says they have no plans to ask the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to step down from a campaign spiritual advisory committee.

LOL. Is that how ABC characterizes it, or does Obama call it that too? At this point I’m seeing Ouija boards and Tarot cards.

Buy Danish on March 14, 2008 at 4:34 PM

Er, I meant MSNBC^^^not ABC…

Buy Danish on March 14, 2008 at 4:35 PM

If McCain doesn’t think that Hagee and Parsley are not going to be used by groups like MoveOn.org and other Soros surrogates who will ignore racist Rev Wright then he is just asking to get raped. It will be used, bank on it. So please McCain, plead some ignorance, apologize to the offended, sister souljah them somewhat, and head towards the evangelical center. In fact, don’t seek endorsements, just go talk with them(maybe townhall style).

ninjapirate on March 14, 2008 at 4:35 PM

Obama did it to himself. He has to prove he isn’t one

That’s my point. He really doesn’t. He wouldn’t convince you of anything. The general public would never buy the idea that he’s a racist.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 4:36 PM

Buy Danish on March 14, 2008 at 4:34 PM

The exact name is the “African American Religious Leadership Committee”.

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 4:36 PM

Obama’s Pastor Teams with Veggie Tales

ninjapirate on March 14, 2008 at 4:37 PM

He’s smart to avoid this topic. By the time he will start his general election campaign against Obama, the pastor will of been retired for several months. It would be seen as petty and would fail miserably by the time this particular talking point would actually be useful to him. Hillary however is a different story.

Typhonsentra on March 14, 2008 at 4:37 PM

There really isn’t an equivalence here. Hagge is not McCain’s spiritual advisor, Wright is Obama’s spiritual advisor, pastor, pastor to his children, and the man who baptized his children.

bnelson44 on March 14, 2008 at 4:39 PM

McCain should go over the Bob Jones University and give a short speech. Then we can see what the party of the KKK has to say about that.

tarpon on March 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM

That McCain lets Obama off the hook does not signify. The media will drive this for McCain. (They already are.)

paul006 on March 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM

bnelson44 on March 14, 2008 at 4:39 PM

As well as being responsible for the title of Obama’s book.

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM

McCain’s voters, I blame you.

Indy Conservative on March 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM

What an imbecile. Pseudo-Republicans of your stripe won’t be satisfied until we’ve got a haranguing partisan bigot as candidate - a sure fire way to lose the race for POTUS. I for one am glad we don’t have as nominee a Hillary in GOP clothing.

McCain and the GOP have made a very clever move - they know that they can have their cake and eat it by letting others go after Jeremiad Wright for the time being:

1. It gives no ground for the Dems to go after bigoted clerics on the Republican side, and thus set up a picture of moral equivalance in the MSM.

2. McCain and the GOP then look like the sensible unifying choice for the nation, while Obama’s hope, change, and unity rhetoric looks real hollow.

3. There’s plenty of mileage left in the Wright debacle yet - and the time to play one’s best cards is in September/October, not 8 months beforehand. Public opinion is going to swing all over the place for a few months yet. Let Hillary do the dirty work for now, then remind everyone about it in the fall.

Pax americana on March 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM

Why in the hell would McCain benafit from hammering Obama about this Now? Other people are doing the hammering for him, and probaly a lot better then he can. McCain gets to sit back, take the high road and look like a gentleman politician, which will help him out in a few months when he runs a “clean” compaign for President.

Also ber in mind that their are a lot more middle of the road right leaning types then their are true conservatives. McCain should alienate them by bringing a rope for the lynching? And it will be spun to look like a lynching, just wait.
McCain is smart to let it play out and stay above it.
Course this is just my opinion. My other opinion is some people need to switch to decafe. The “frothing at the mouth crazy go for the jugular” approach some people seem to advocate just would not work. They tried that in the Clinton impeachment. Guesse what? thats WHY the man squeaked by. Billy looked like he was being dog piled on, and people took pity on him.

Wyrd on March 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM

Oh, yay - it does my heart good to see McCain (and the GOP in general) continue to play patty-cake while the Dems play hardball - to win.

Yeah, high-road, yeah Hannity, yeah, yeah, yeah. All can be said of the other side, too (letting surrogates ‘beat the drum’, blah blah blah).

The bottom line is, the Dems are playing to win, and once again, McCain’s showing that he’s not, imo.

Midas on March 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM

That’s my point. He really doesn’t. He wouldn’t convince you of anything. The general public would never buy the idea that he’s a racist.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 4:36 PM

Are you an American or a Russian?

All the associations that he has makes the case.

Chakra Hammer on March 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM

Typhonsentra on March 14, 2008 at 4:37 PM

Absolutely, plus her machine is better at it anyway. Needs a bit more finesse than Ferarro, though. I have every faith in Slick’s advice in the matter, this is where he can help her most.

a capella on March 14, 2008 at 4:43 PM

Indy Conservative on March 14, 2008 at 4:33 PM

Exactly. What I was trying to suggest was, he was actively working for the other side, under the guise of being a Republican.

If you don’t condemn the pastor point-blank, then you don’t love your country.

emailnuevo on March 14, 2008 at 4:44 PM

Pseudo-Republicans of your stripe won’t be satisfied until we’ve got a haranguing partisan bigot as candidate

Pax americana on March 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM

Which of the candidates before would’ve qualified as a bigot, in your view?

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 4:45 PM

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 4:28 PM

One more point: the NAACP was started by Republicans. Ironically.

emailnuevo on March 14, 2008 at 4:47 PM

Pax americana on March 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM

The public has no idea about Hussein’s pastor and his anti-America rhetoric.

Who’s the best person to have his sound byte listened to all over America on prime time TV, criticizing Hussein and his pastor and letting the voters know more about Hussein?

You tell me, McCain voter, instead of calling me names.

Indy Conservative on March 14, 2008 at 4:47 PM

The general public would never buy the idea that he’s a racist.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 4:36 PM

It’s not so much that he’s a racist but a race-baiter. He sent tapes of Wright to stir up the black vote in SC for gawds sake.

Empty suit claims to share the same values as Wright - even gets the title of his Autobiography from him - to the public he either looks damn stupid or dubious ideologically.

Pax americana on March 14, 2008 at 4:48 PM

Heh. It’s gotten so I can predict what people will say based on their history. All of the “we hate McCain and want him to lose” folks come out to scream that he is a wimp because he won’t fall into the mud with Jeremiah Wright and the Wright collaborators in the media. LOL

Yeah, McCain is just too squeamish and wimpy. Ya might wanna watch that McCain commercial again and reconsider that line of attack.

funky chicken on March 14, 2008 at 4:48 PM

Ron “Stormfront” Paul

funky chicken on March 14, 2008 at 4:48 PM

On My Faith and My Church

Connie on March 14, 2008 at 4:49 PM

Well, after his own “I hate the Gooks” faux pas, McCain really has no choice but to ignore this.

The Ugly American on March 14, 2008 at 4:49 PM

McCain can stay above the fray, the damage is done. All the would be Obama voters that did not vote in the primary will have Jeremiah Wright in the back of their head. Hopefully PA eill tell us the extent of the damage done by Wright.

Theworldisnotenough on March 14, 2008 at 4:50 PM

McCain needs to just sit back and watch the destruction from his seat. He doesn’t need to get involved yet as others are going to blow this up on Obama, as they should.
I’m not a McCain fan by any means but he’s better than the other two.

Geronimo on March 14, 2008 at 4:53 PM

Theworldisnotenough on March 14, 2008 at 4:50 PM

Maybe, maybe not, Hill I think will lock up our state. I think we’ll be relying on a state where Barack had a chance in order to gauge this.

doubleplusundead on March 14, 2008 at 4:53 PM

The exact name is the “African American Religious Leadership Committee”.

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 4:36 PM

I know, I was making fun of how it was reported by MSNBC.

Buy Danish on March 14, 2008 at 4:53 PM

There’s a thread on DU now claiming that Obama is going on H&C.

rw on March 14, 2008 at 4:55 PM

Well, after his own “I hate the Gooks” faux pas, McCain really has no choice but to ignore this.

The Ugly American on March 14, 2008 at 4:49 PM

Yeah, I’d forgotten about that. Best to travel a bit and let others wallow in the mud. If he’s going to the far east, it might be good if he would hug a few people of Oriental persuasian for the camera. Never know when the picture might come in handy.

a capella on March 14, 2008 at 4:57 PM

McCain and Republicans are wise to sit this round out. Let the Dems tear each other apart; let them give us an endless supply of soundbites.

He always reserves the right to revisit this topic at a later date. Say October.

Cuffy Meigs on March 14, 2008 at 4:57 PM

Indy Conservative on March 14, 2008 at 4:47 PM

Your type - like gregor and valient and csdeven - are mercifully becoming more rare around here. I’ve noted your rantings against John McCain and GOP voters for some time, like the following:

Republicans are COWARDS.

Losers!

You deserve what you get. You deserve McCain.

You deserve to LOSE!

Indy Conservative on March 5, 2008 at 10:22 PM

and

All of them are fraud, from McCain to Hussein.

Wake up Morons!

Indy Conservative on February 28, 2008 at 10:12 AM

Your arguments strike me as those of a simpleton. Going super negative at this early stage plays straight into BHO’s hands, and makes his rhetoric about unity and change and fearmongering look persuasive to the public. The time to destroy a weak candidate is at the end of a campaign not the beginning.

Pax americana on March 14, 2008 at 4:59 PM

On My Faith and My Church

Connie on March 14, 2008 at 4:49 PM

What a farce. It’s hard to know where to begin.

He never noticed that his church was an “unapologetically” black church? What would Jesus do? Ha Ha.

Buy Danish on March 14, 2008 at 5:00 PM

What a farce. It’s hard to know where to begin.

He never noticed that his church was an “unapologetically” black church? What would Jesus do? Ha Ha.

Buy Danish on March 14, 2008 at 5:00 PM

Also, nothing about the “Who we are” descriptive, “ridin’ dirty”, using AIDs to infect the black population, etc. Or, why he’s keeping Wright on as an advisor. Pretty weak tea, imo.

a capella on March 14, 2008 at 5:07 PM

Connie on March 14, 2008 at 4:49 PM

About that, I have a few comments.

It’s a congregation that does not merely preach social justice but acts it out each day, through ministries ranging from housing the homeless to reaching out to those with HIV/AIDS.

Which, apparently, America created to inflict upon certain races.

Most importantly, Rev. Wright preached the gospel of Jesus, a gospel on which I base my life. In other words, he has never been my political advisor; he’s been my pastor. And the sermons I heard him preach always related to our obligation to love God and one another, to work on behalf of the poor, and to seek justice at every turn.

I wonder if by “justice” Wright meant we deserved 9/11.

And while Rev. Wright’s statements have pained and angered me, I believe that Americans will judge me not on the basis of what someone else said, but on the basis of who I am and what I believe in; on my values, judgment and experience to be President of the United States.

Except, by Obama’s own admission, Wright has played an important role in his life as a spiritual mentor. The man who helped form Obama’s morals says we deserved 9/11, America created AIDS, and we’re all racists. Pardon me if I see a problem there.

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 5:07 PM

Obama cannot claim that Wright did not impact his life. He needs to explain why he joined that church in the first place. Does Obama agree with the very tenets of that church? He needs to explain exactly where his views differ from those of Wright on a point-by-point basis.

And, as I have asked elsewhere, how many other churches espouse the same black liberation theology? How many have pastors who are this racist and who promote conspiracy theories and indoctrinate their congregations with racist hate?

Third: Where is the IRS????!

Connie on March 14, 2008 at 5:08 PM

ninjapirate on March 14, 2008 at 5:08 PM

Oh, that’s rich!

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 5:09 PM

ninjapirate on March 14, 2008 at 5:08 PM

Heh. Beautiful.

a capella on March 14, 2008 at 5:11 PM

At every opportunity, they’ve told evangelical Christians that Democrats disrespect their values and dislike their Church…

ninjapirate on March 14, 2008 at 5:08 PM

Is there something untrue there?

Connie on March 14, 2008 at 5:11 PM

I thought it last night and I’m convinced today that freevillage is a troll. The only way in which he’ll go back under the bridge is if we refuse to respond to his asinine comments. It’s obvious that freevillage is spending the entire time trying to bait people. I refuse to even acknowledge him.

flytier on March 14, 2008 at 5:13 PM

Except, by Obama’s own admission, Wright has played an important role in his life as a spiritual mentor.

Yeah, yeah… and if he didn’t say that, he’d be an atheist commie. Here’s my prediction. McCain will be defending Obama on this one. A reporter will ask him if he thinks Obama in anyw ay shape or form promotes racial division, and McCain will say that this is nuts.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 5:13 PM

The time to destroy a weak candidate is at the end of a campaign not the beginning.

Pax americana on March 14, 2008 at 4:59 PM

You have a short memory.

Yes, like Huckabee, let him off the hook until the end and look what happened, although he lost. But Hussein is no Huckabee, and unless we start now, it will be too late.

People need to be reminded over and over again, especially when the subject is hot.

Seriously, I think I’m going to start political science classes.

Indy Conservative on March 14, 2008 at 5:13 PM

Yeah, yeah… and if he didn’t say that, he’d be an atheist commie.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 5:13 PM

Uh, no one’s really accused Obama of being atheist. Some have said he’s Muslim, but I see few accusing him of being atheist.

Seriously, why are you so defensive of Obama on every topic I’ve debated you on?

(By the way, cool website. Is that Russian?)

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 5:14 PM

Bill Hemmer just did an interview with Rev. Dwight Hopkins who attends that church Marxist temple.

Let’s just say he didn’t do Obama any favors, but if you’re looking to get a lot of hugs and kisses it’s the place to be.

Buy Danish on March 14, 2008 at 5:15 PM

Connie on March 14, 2008 at 5:11 PM

Irrelevant. The Democratic Party discarded the idea of “truth” a long time ago; everything is relative, so why should anything have to be untrue to be offensive? So long as it makes the cheeks of the leadership turn a heated red, it’s “divisive.”

Why do you think they can run a campaign based on “Change! Hope! Nationalize Small Businesses!” (They had to cut that last one; slows down the chant.)

emailnuevo on March 14, 2008 at 5:16 PM

Pax americana on March 14, 2008 at 4:59 PM

Name ONE conservative position McLame has. I’m beggin’ ya.

The reason there are fewer posts from conservatives around here is that we have lost the battle to purge liberal Republicans like you from the party. Conservatives are the RINOs now. If you give me one conservative position McCain has, I’ll consider voting for him because it would be one more position than Hillary or Barry O has.

Valiant on March 14, 2008 at 5:18 PM

There’s a thread on DU now claiming that Obama is going on H&C.

Obama is going to be interviewed tonight by Major Garrett. Portions of the interview will be shown on H&C and On the Record w/Greta.

johnny dollar on March 14, 2008 at 5:20 PM

When did John McCain turn into female genitalia? Will no one be able to distinguish between his nonrelationship with Hagee et al. and Obama’s love affair with Wright?

The general public would never buy the idea that he’s a racist.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 4:36 PM

Why not? There are plenty of black racists. Black racism is way more acceptable than white racism. There are more examples of egregiously racist blacks than whites. Racists blacks are at least sometimes lauded for their racism (as when, say, the Rev. Wright gets amens and hosannas from the congregation), and always get excuses made for it. Racist whites are always maligned for their racism, and never get excuses made for it.

Isn’t one judged by the company one keeps?

misterpeasea on March 14, 2008 at 5:21 PM

Pax americana on March 14, 2008 at 4:59 PM

I stand by all the quotes you posted from my previous comments.

There are a lot of Liberals in Conservative’s clothes like McCain.

RINOs took over the Republican Party.

Yes, you deserve McCain.

McCain is a loser, so far, unless he proves otherwise, and you deserve to lose.

Maybe at this election we will get rid of all RINOs, hopefully.

Indy Conservative on March 14, 2008 at 5:24 PM

Obama replies at huffpo.

WisCon on March 14, 2008 at 5:24 PM

McCain and Republicans are wise to sit this round out. Let the Dems tear each other apart; let them give us an endless supply of soundbites.

He always reserves the right to revisit this topic at a later date. Say October.

Cuffy Meigs on March 14, 2008 at 4:57 PM

Man oh man, I sure hope that’s the strategery. I have doubts.

misterpeasea on March 14, 2008 at 5:24 PM

Yeah, yeah… and if he didn’t say that, he’d be an atheist commie. Here’s my prediction. McCain will be defending Obama on this one. A reporter will ask him if he thinks Obama in anyw ay shape or form promotes racial division, and McCain will say that this is nuts.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 5:13 PM

McCain will say, “Not to my knowledge”. This will then give someone the opportunity to play one of Wright’s tapes again in an attempt to trap McCain, McCain can then frown and give out some standard boilerplate which will then cause someone to play another one of Wright’s tapes. Just need to keep it out in front of the public and he can do that by acting pure of heart, since the media is dying for a gotcha moment.

a capella on March 14, 2008 at 5:25 PM

johnny dollar on March 14, 2008 at 5:20 PM

So Obama is going to be appeased by Fox’s leftists?

Connie on March 14, 2008 at 5:26 PM

Seriously, why are you so defensive of Obama on every topic I’ve debated you on?

Because you guys pick stupid topics. If you talked about his lack of experience or opposition to free trade or socialized health care or whatever, I’d be on board. But you insist on discussing how UofC has paid Obama $5 to receive $3 in return, you will lose me.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 5:27 PM

It’s going to be interesting to see how Obama justifies his support for things like more affirmative action and racial preference programs in light of his pastor, spiritual advisor, and “moral compass” Wright’s racist diatribes.

I’m guessing that the majority of American voters, who already oppose such programs, can’t help but be reminded of “Reverend” Wright’s obnoxious words when Obama tells them that these programs are needed to redress the wrongs of the past.

AZCoyote on March 14, 2008 at 5:27 PM

McCain will say, “Not to my knowledge”.

OK, well, we’ll wait and see, won’t we? I think he knows that there’re issues on which he can’t touch Obama. Even a hint of approval will backfire big time.

I’m glad he’s not listening to the very enlightened Republicans whose candidates he beat in the primaries.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 5:30 PM

Because you guys pick stupid topics. If you talked about his lack of experience or opposition to free trade or socialized health care or whatever, I’d be on board. But you insist on discussing how UofC has paid Obama $5 to receive $3 in return, you will lose me.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 5:27 PM

Yes, stupid topics like whether or not the school bribed him for earmarks, and about the man who helped form his morals saying we deserved 9/11.

As for the school thing, your comparison isn’t even accurate. Paid Obama $5 to receive $3? They gave his wife a $200,000 raise and he put in one earmark alone for $1,000,000. It’s safe to assume the school wasn’t looking for 1 earmark in his 6 year+ career.

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 5:32 PM

I consider him an extremely smart and personally decent individual, whose politics I strongly disagree with and whose present qualifications to be President of the US I simply can’t trust.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 4:27 PM

“…which is why I to devote every single post here defending him to show how gosh darn fair I am!”

Chuck Schick on March 14, 2008 at 5:32 PM

Indy Conservative on March 14, 2008 at 5:24 PM

Bravo! Conservative first, Republican second!

(isn’t it astonishing that Buckley fought for fifty years and still couldn’t scrub out the “moderates”?)

emailnuevo on March 14, 2008 at 5:33 PM

Indy Conservative on March 14, 2008 at 5:24 PM

Bravo! Conservative first, Republican second!

(isn’t it astonishing that Buckley fought for fifty years and still couldn’t scrub out the “moderates”?)

emailnuevo on March 14, 2008 at 5:33 PM

What is the point of having a Party without an ideology?

What is the point of having an ideology without standing up and defending it no matter what the cost?

A Party without an ideology is like a balloon, hollow, shallow and easy to explode.

A Party without substance, without principles, without core beliefs that is ready to fight for, doesn’t deserve not only to win, but to exist.

Indy Conservative on March 14, 2008 at 5:41 PM

As for the school thing, your comparison isn’t even accurate.

I’m not going to debate this any further. You either don’t understand anything or simply argue to have the last word. Have it. I don’t care.

I can make just this prediction. Nobody including Fox News will pursue this story in any detail because there is no story here.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 5:41 PM

I’m not going to debate this any further. You either don’t understand anything or simply argue to have the last word. Have it. I don’t care.

I can make just this prediction. Nobody including Fox News will pursue this story in any detail because there is no story here.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 5:41 PM

No one will pursue this story into detail? The NY Times even called for quotes. The Baltimore Sun did an entire posting on it, as did the Huffington Post.

If you insist that Obama & the University situation is just coincidence, go right ahead. The Messiah, after all, can do no wrong.

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 5:46 PM

Well that’s nice of the maverick…you certainly wouldn’t want Hussein Obama to lose the election or anything.

SaintOlaf on March 14, 2008 at 5:49 PM

If you insist that Obama & the University situation is just coincidence, go right ahead.

I did go right ahead and said as much.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 5:50 PM

I did go right ahead and said as much.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 5:50 PM

And then I’m fine with that. Again, the Messiah can do no wrong.

(On a personal note, I’m seriously asking: Is your website in Russian? Do you speak it fluently?)

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 5:53 PM

Of course McCain is not going to say anything bad about his fraternity buddy’s personal choices. The fellowship of the Senate trumps all. ESPECIALLY with the head ‘reacher across the aisle’.

LegendHasIt on March 14, 2008 at 5:53 PM

…the African American Religious Leadership Committee — was a laundry list of people associated with the campaign and didn’t really do anything. The group never actually met…

Sounds like congress.

Zorro on March 14, 2008 at 5:57 PM

I can make just this prediction. Nobody including Fox News will pursue this story in any detail because there is no story here.

freevillage on March 14, 2008 at 5:41 PM

Looks like Obama has felt the heat. No way the media will ignore his own “repudiation” of Wright.

RushBaby on March 14, 2008 at 5:57 PM

(On a personal note, I’m seriously asking: Is your website in Russian? Do you speak it fluently?)

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 5:53 PM

What do you suppose “IP address” is in Russian?

RushBaby on March 14, 2008 at 5:59 PM

I will respectfully submit that you have yet convincingly demonstrated you have a right to be condescending to me.

huh? got sophism? don’t look now but you’ve made many condescending remarks here, I don’t need to demonstrate anything, your condescension towards any opinions not your own is obvious

I used to hang out with a guy (now we live in different cities) who thought that I was a good friend but I would burn in Hell regardless, and it’s only fair.

whatever…I have no stake in Heaven or Hell, I believe in God the same way Einstein did.

http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/einsteinsgod/einstein-religionandscience.shtml

windansea on March 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM

What do you suppose “IP address” is in Russian?

RushBaby on March 14, 2008 at 5:59 PM

I only ask because the WhoIs shows the hosting company being Russian as well, but I don’t see an indication of whether freevillage is located in the U.S. and speaks Russian fluently.

I ask honestly, as I tried to learn a few years back. Didn’t work out.

amerpundit on March 14, 2008 at 6:01 PM

McCain just has to project that war hero, man of integrity and I think that he’ll win.

spacekicker on March 14, 2008 at 6:05 PM

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