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Who’s Wrong about Wright?
Say it! Just Say it!
And frankly, I’m with him on this. These last few weeks have totally erroded any support I had in our hope for a female president.
Finally, I want to say a word about the basic decency I have seen in Mr. Obama. Mrs. Clinton continues to throw the Rev. Wright up in his face as part of her mission to keep stoking the fears of White America. Every time she does this I shout at the TV, “Say it, Obama! Say that when she and her husband were having marital difficulties regarding Monica Lewinsky, who did she and Bill bring to the White House for ’spiritual counseling?’
THE REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT!”
God Hates Obama
There is a website for everything
There is actually a website dedicated to this: http://godhatesobama.com/
Random News Round-up
Clinton, Obama… and Prisons
Republicans won Texas for Hillary
Rush Limbaugh [encouraged] his listeners in Texas to pass on the Republican primary (where a John McCain victory was all but certain) and instead vote in the Democratic primary for Clinton, whom he (rightfully) sees as a less potent challenger than Obama in the general election. Conservatives harbor such an inexplicably enormous hatred toward Hillary Clinton that it looks like Limbaugh might have been able to scare up enough voters to swing the Texas Democratic primary from Obama to Clinton.
Obama on Gay Marriage: New Testament vs Old
“I don’t think it [a same-sex union] should be called marriage, but I think that it is a legal right that they should have that is recognized by the state," said Obama. "If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount, which I think is, in my mind, for my faith, more central than an obscure passage in Romans.”
The US spends 6 Times as Much on Prisons than Higher Education
For the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison… The report, released Thursday by the Pew Center on the States, said the 50 states spent more than $49 billion on corrections last year, up from less than $11 billion 20 years earlier. The rate of increase for prison costs was six times greater than for higher education spending, the report said.
The Democratic Messiah
The Prophet
