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Hillary plays pastor card in paper owned by anti-Clinton conspiracy nut
Filed under: Hillary Clinton
Although Hillary Clinton once said she wouldn't sling mud over Rev. Wright's incendiary remarks from the pulpit, today she dumped a heaping handful of it. And in the most unlikely of outlets: the paper owned by the man who helped get her husband impeached.
In an interview today with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Hillary said she would have left her church if her pastor made remarks like Rev. Wright's.
"He would not have been my pastor," Clinton said. "You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend." ..."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," Clinton said. "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."
What's surprising is that Hillary decided to launch this attack in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The paper is owned by Richard Mellon Scaife, a conservative idealogue who bankrolled the Arkansas Project, the dirt-digging campaign that led to Bill Clinton's impeachment.
From the Wikipedia entry on Scaife:
So involved was Scaife in efforts against Clinton that many Democrats believed Hillary Clinton's statement condemning a "vast right-wing conspiracy" against her husband was a direct reference to Scaife himself. President Clinton later admitted to sexual indiscretions, but the other allegations that came out of the Arkansas Project were never proven.
Has Hillary sold her soul?
Posted by Kevin Hoffman at March 25, 2008 3:00 PM
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You can also choose what you want the public to hear.
You can also choose what you want the public to hear.
It’s amazing what happens when you hear the pastor’s quotes in the context they were delivered. See the posters comments below CNN’s Roland Martin articles:
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-rev-jeremiah-wrights-911-sermon/
I can’t say I subscribe to everything the pastor has said but I can say that it makes a heck of a difference when you hear them within the sermon.
This is a largely smear campaign. If they can’t nail the candidate, then they have to go after someone close to them to try to make the candidate look bad. Eventually, this story is going to come out – that Rev. Wright isn’t as bad as a few out of context clips make him out to be and most rational people will calm down.
Posted by: C Watson at March 25, 2008 3:21 PM
Carville Defends Imus on CNN
According to a post by Matt Stoller, Mon Apr 09, 2007 at 04:43:04 PM EST
Here's how James Carville defended Imus on CNN just now, saying that they've been friends since 1992. After spouting off for about thirty seconds of saying how he really thinks that Imus is genuinely sorry, he gave his real reason for defending Imus.
"I'm a believer that when a friend is in trouble, that's when you run to their aid."
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When will she denounce Carville and ask him to step down from her campaign???
Posted by: Voice of Reason at March 25, 2008 3:27 PM
