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Muslim by birth, liar by choice

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:09:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I am sure it was probably the fault of some staffer and he never knew about it.

Clip Source: confederateyankee.mu.nu

According to an op-ed in the New York Time called "President Apostate," Barack Hussein Obama was indeed born a Muslim:

As the son of the Muslim father, Senator Obama was born a Muslim under Muslim law as it is universally understood.

Of course, as most Americans understand it, Senator Obama is not a Muslim. He chose to become a Christian

None of us chose the religion we are born into. If we want to discuss Obama's religion, then by all means ask why he chose a Marxism-tainted bastardization of Christianity when he was an adult

That simply shouldn't have mattered... until, as Charles Johnson notes, the Obama campaign was caught lying about his never having been a Muslim on his own Web site:

It shows an Obama campaign that has very little faith of the ability of the American people to think for themselves.

Barack Obama may have been born a Muslim, but he chose to become a liar. To most of us, that counts far more against him.

Tags: obama, muslim, christian, religion, politics, lies

Vote for best Wright cartoon of the week

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:58:43 GMT

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Clip Source: zardozz.com

Help us select the Best Rev. Wright Rant Cartoon of the week!

Tags: obama, wright, religion, politics, humor

NYT on Wright, one year ago today

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:07:47 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Members of Trinity United Church of Christ squeezed into a downtown hotel ballroom in early March to celebrate the long service of their pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. One congregant stood out amid the flowers and finery: Senator Barack Obama, there to honor the man who led him from skeptic to self-described Christian.

He had sampled various faiths but adopted none until he met Mr. Wright, a dynamic pastor who preached Afrocentric theology, dabbled in radical politics and delivered music-and-profanity-spiked sermons.

It is hard to imagine, though, how Mr. Obama can truly distance himself from Mr. Wright. The Christianity that Mr. Obama adopted at Trinity has infused not only his life, but also his campaign

Mr. Wright preached black liberation theology, which interprets the Bible as the story of the struggles of black people

If Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me

I said it to Barack personally, and he said yeah, that might have to happen

Tags: obama, wright, religion, politics, racism

Wright throws Obama under the bus

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:25:07 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nypost.com

"After 20 years of loving Barack like he was a member of his own family, for Jeremiah to see Barack saying over and over that he didn't know about Jeremiah's views during those years, that he wasn't familiar with what Jeremiah had said, that he may have missed church on this day or that and didn't hear what Jeremiah said, this is seen by Jeremiah as nonsense and betrayal," said the source, who has deep roots in Wright's Chicago community and is familiar with his thinking on the matter.

"Jeremiah is trying to defend his congregation and the work of his ministry by saying what he is saying now," the source added.

"Jeremiah doesn't care if he derails Obama's candidacy or not . . . He knows what he's doing. Obviously, he's not a dumb man. He knows he's not helping."

"Rev. Wright, as well as other senior members of his church, believe that Obama has betrayed over 20 years of their supposed friendship."

Tags: obama, wright, religion, politics, racism

Who's right, Obama or Wright?

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:16:03 GMT

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Clip Source: hotair.com

Two quick takes from the New York Observer, the first from a guy whose rallies inspire shouts of “kill the police” and the second from a guy who’s been known to shout that sort of thing himself. Barron, the more marginal and thus less cautious of the two, naturally agrees with Wright and tosses in an MLK comparison for good measure. Sharpton’s more equivocal but happily fulfills Limbaugh’s prediction yesterday that the spin from Obama shills will be to celebrate his “courage” in doing something that he was not only too gutless to do when he had the chance in Philadelphia but which he now absolutely, positively had to do to stay viable.

He’s curious as to why Giuliani and Romney were never asked about their issues with their respective churches. Here’s the video of Rudy being quizzed on it at last June’s CNN debate, but fair point vis-a-vis Mitt. Did he face any questions about his faith during the campaign? Why, offhand, I’m not even sure what his faith is.

Tags: obama, wright, religion, politics, racism

Obama disowns Wright; Grandma next?

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:07:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: So, is Obama now taking Wright out of context?

Clip Source: confederateyankee.mu.nu

Hangman

"No one should start a ministry with lynching, no one should end their ministry with lynching."
Rev. Otis Moss, Trinity United Church of Christ, March 23, 2008

"His comments were not only divisive and destructive, but I believe that they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate, and I believe that they do not portray accurately the perspective of the black church."

Barack Obama, Winston-Salem, NC, April 29, 2008

Ace pretty much sums up my thoughts on the matter, if in language a bit more colorful than I typically use.

Too little, too dishonest, and too late. Obama cuts into Wright for being precisely the man he has been for the past 20 years.

Wright has been consistent, and Obama has proven to be precisely what everyone feared—just another cheap empty suit, willing to say or do anything according to the requirements of the polls.

Far from being the Messiah, he makes for even a shoddy secondhand Brian.

Tags: obama, wright, politics, religion, hypocrisy

Wright in context

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:17:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wright's full quotes at the link.

Clip Source: hotair.com

Barack Obama needs another eruption of the Wright Stuff like he needs another video of him making fun of embittered Bible-thumping bigots, but at least the former appears inevitable. ABC News responds to Jeremiah Wright’s allegation that his words were taken out of context … by providing the context. And guess what? The context makes it look just as bad:

Once again, we have the complaint that quoting someone accurately amounts to devious behavior. Selectively quoting someone to remove context can be devious, but the only one doing that is … Barack Obama, at least twice so far in the campaign. He flat-out misquoted John McCain in claiming that McCain said he would want 100 years of war, and he recently put out an ad that completely mischaracterized McCain’s view on the economy by cutting out a significant portion where he said that times had gotten tough recently. So far, Obama hasn’t apologized for either, although he has stopped using at least the first claim lately.

Tags: wright, obama, election, politics, racism, religion

Obama donor, "he is an elitist"

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:16:50 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Mayhill Fowler, a blogger for OffTheBus.net, a Web site published by Huffington Post and created by Arianna Huffington and Jay Rosen, was the first to report Mr. Obama’s comments — that small-town voters bitter over their economic circumstances, “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them” as a way to explain their frustrations.

Ms. Fowler told me in an interview Sunday night that she was initially reluctant to write about what Mr. Obama had said because she actually supports him

She has maxed out at $2,300 to Mr. Obama

also given money ($100) to Mrs. Clinton

$500 to Fred Thompson

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

she found his response "professorial" and judgmental toward blue-collar voters

she was "taken aback" by them

“I’m a religious person, and I grew up poor in a very wealthy family -- sometimes we didn’t have enough to eat, but my larger family was rich,” she said. Her father was a hunter. “Immediately, the remarks just really bothered me. For the first time, I realized he is an elitist.”

Tags: obama, politics, religion, guns, election

Wright was Muslim and why that matters

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:08:23 GMT

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Clip Source: minx.cc

Am I really going to link the unhinged Larry Johnson?

Yes I am.

He's not saying much more than I did before: Jeremiah Wright's "Christianity" isn't really Christianity, it's Farrakhan's Nation of Islam with the serial numbers filed off and "Mohammad" swapped out for "Jesus."

But he's a liberal, so he's allowed to say it. And there's actually a chance someone in the media might consider that obvious point worth pursuing.

And, Oh: Jim Geraghty on liberals, whom are irony-proofed right at the factory at no extra charge. Regarding Obama's denigration of small-town Americans as only "clinging" to religion due to frustration:

Boy, I'd hate for people to get bitter, and to cling to antipathy to people who aren't like them because of, say, a religious leader... You know, somebody preaching hate from the pulpit or something like that. Good thing Barack Obama is always on top of circumstances like that, and would never stand for that...

Tags: obama, wright, christianity, islam, muslim, religion, politics

Obama on small town Americans

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:24:56 GMT

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Clip Source: hotair.com

You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them…And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not.

And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

Asked to respond, McCain adviser Steve Schmidt called it a “remarkable statement and extremely revealing.”

“It shows an elitism and condescension towards hardworking Americans that is nothing short of breathtaking,” Schmidt said. “It is hard to imagine someone running for president who is more out of touch with average Americans.”

Tags: obama, politics, election, elitism

Wright wrong for Oprah

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:20:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Seems her popularity has also dropped since campaigning for Obama.

Clip Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com

Winfrey campaigned for Obama in Iowa, which he won, in South Carolina, where he won, and in New Hampshire, where he lost. We haven't heard much about Winfrey since the voting started. Did she realize something we're just getting? We heard only that she left the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ several years ago, reportedly over some of his more militant sermons that Obama says he never heard.

Tags: oprah, obama, wright, religion, politics, tv

School children called dogs

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:00:51 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nisnews.nl

With a view to developing understanding and respect for other cultures among children, primary school De Horizon regularly organises outings to various religious organisations. The chairman of the El Mouchidine mosque told the children from group 7 (aged 10) and their chaperones however that non-Muslims are dogs.

In a letter to the children's parents, the school expresses its regret at the incident: "We are shocked that during the guided tour, the mosque's chairman told the children and chaperoning parents that non believers were dogs. We consider this statement as unacceptable since we allow our children to partake in this project to develop respect for freedom of religious choice".

Angry parents had sent the letter on to De Telegraaf but were reportedly rapped on the knuckles by the school's management. "The school wishes to play this down. That is precisely the problem", as one mother commented.

Tags: school, amsterdam, islam, religion

Obama's Links to Radical Islamic-Marxist Group

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:01:05 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Canada Free Press reported on Obama's links to the radical Islamic group International Solidarity Movement today:

"How Obama’s church and associates link him to the ISM"

Israel Matzov has a report.

Barack and Michelle Obama sit with plagiarist, fabricator, and prominent PLO/Arafat advisor Professor Edward Said at a May 1998 Arab community event in Chicago at which Edward Said gave the keynote speech. (Bill Baar's West Side)

Canada Free Press reported:

An article has appeared on the ISM affiliated website Electronic Intifada (EI) by one of its co-founders, Ali Abunimah, in which Abumimah recounts his close past working relationship with Obama prior to the presidential campaign

Abunimah believes Obama is merely giving lip service to the Jewish community to get elected, and that once in office he will work for the Palestinian cause.

Abunimah is a high level international leader of the ISM

There is much more- HERE.

Tags: obama, islam, palestine, israel, politics, religion, terrorism

UN human rights council restricts human rights

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:54:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: When are we going to dump that money pit that is the UN and reclaim that valuable US property they are wasting?

Clip Source: littlegreenfootballs.com

Islamic countries have succeeded in hijacking the United Nations Human Rights Council and perverting its intent (even more than it was already perverted)

Arabs, Muslims battle US, Europeans over free speech at UN.

GENEVA: Arab and Muslim countries defended Tuesday a resolution they pushed through at the United Nations to have the body’s expert on free speech police individuals and news media for negative comments on Islam.

The United States, Canada and some European countries criticized the role reversal for Kenyan legal expert Ambeyi Ligabo, who has reported to the global body on measures by dictatorships and repressive governments to restrict free speech.

The U.S. and other Western nations warned that the Muslim-backed resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Council could curtail freedom of expression and help dictatorial regimes block dissenting views.

The UN Human Rights Council has no legal powers to “police” negative comments on Islam, thankfully. But you can bet they’re working on that.

Tags: un, united nations, politics, religion, islam, free speech

Offensive words justify violence?

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:02:42 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

55% of Arabs surveyed believe offensive words or actions (cartoons?) justify violence.

The Gulf Times and Religion of Peace reported:

A YOUGOV poll commissioned by the Doha Debates has concluded that nearly one-third of all Arabs believe that Saudi Arabia is at greater risk from religious extremism than any other country in the world.

The poll adds weight to the vote at a session of the Doha Debates held on March 3 in Doha, where the motion “This house believes that Muslims are failing to combat extremism”, was carried by more than 70% of the audience.

In the YouGov survey, nearly half of all Arabs in the Gulf, Levant and North Africa said they have met someone who holds extreme religious views.

Asked under what conditions violence is permissible, more than 60% cited Western interference in a Muslim country, while 55% said offensive words or behaviour was a trigger.

Tags: violence, offensive words, arab, religion