Comments on: More wacko than wacky: The NY Times vs. The Washington Post on Rev. Wright http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/04/29/more-wacko-than-wacky-the-ny-times-vs-the-washington-post-on-rev-wright/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:20:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: asdasdasdasdadsas http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/04/29/more-wacko-than-wacky-the-ny-times-vs-the-washington-post-on-rev-wright/comment-page-1/#comment-13438 asdasdasdasdadsas Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:05:22 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/04/29/more-wacko-than-wacky-the-ny-times-vs-the-washington-post-on-rev-wright/#comment-13438 By: Futureman http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/04/29/more-wacko-than-wacky-the-ny-times-vs-the-washington-post-on-rev-wright/comment-page-1/#comment-1551 Futureman Thu, 01 May 2008 00:20:24 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/04/29/more-wacko-than-wacky-the-ny-times-vs-the-washington-post-on-rev-wright/#comment-1551 I find it amazing that no one (as far as I've seen) has pointed out that Obama was 'appalled' at the comments Rev. Wright made ONLY at the National Press Club. Those comments were pretty tame compared to the 'God Damn America' and/or 'Chickens coming home to roost' talk which Obama shrugged off a few weeks ago. The only difference is that Wright was supposed to be speaking (albeit indirectly) on Obama's behalf. Obama was 'appalled' that Wright took an opportunity he hoped would be full of contrition and apologetic speech as a showcase for his defiant bravado. It's clear that Obama is only repulsed by words or actions which are not politically expedient to him, and not of those which oppose his supposed affection for America. I find it amazing that no one (as far as I’ve seen) has pointed out that Obama was ‘appalled’ at the comments Rev. Wright made ONLY at the National Press Club. Those comments were pretty tame compared to the ‘God Damn America’ and/or ‘Chickens coming home to roost’ talk which Obama shrugged off a few weeks ago. The only difference is that Wright was supposed to be speaking (albeit indirectly) on Obama’s behalf. Obama was ‘appalled’ that Wright took an opportunity he hoped would be full of contrition and apologetic speech as a showcase for his defiant bravado. It’s clear that Obama is only repulsed by words or actions which are not politically expedient to him, and not of those which oppose his supposed affection for America.

]]> By: Paul http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/04/29/more-wacko-than-wacky-the-ny-times-vs-the-washington-post-on-rev-wright/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Paul Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:16:05 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/04/29/more-wacko-than-wacky-the-ny-times-vs-the-washington-post-on-rev-wright/#comment-1542 In the Times accounts, you are seeing what will henceforth be the canonical version (for most of the with-it left) of Wright / Obama. To wit: Wright is a jolly, feisty old curmudgeon who mixes crisp jabs and jokes with some home truths uncomfortable to the benighted white majority. Obama is a brilliant and heartbreakingly loyal young fellow who knows those home truths very well but must now -- sadly -- ask the old guy to cool it with the jabs and jokes. And, the old boy understands! He understands that the boy understands! The boy Obama, the apostle of Hope and change (ideas never heard before in American politics) is just doing politics, that's all. Never mind that the sweet old guy is a racist and a devoted follower of the leading black-American Fascist, and that he repeats for his massed audiences a set of libels just as vicious as the old Czarist blood libels that proved so popular with Nazis and, now, with Farrakhan and the media of most Islamic states. In the Times accounts, you are seeing what will henceforth be the canonical version (for most of the with-it left) of Wright / Obama.

To wit: Wright is a jolly, feisty old curmudgeon who mixes crisp jabs and jokes with some home truths uncomfortable to the benighted white majority. Obama is a brilliant and heartbreakingly loyal young fellow who knows those home truths very well but must now — sadly — ask the old guy to cool it with the jabs and jokes. And, the old boy understands! He understands that the boy understands! The boy Obama, the apostle of Hope and change (ideas never heard before in American politics) is just doing politics, that’s all.

Never mind that the sweet old guy is a racist and a devoted follower of the leading black-American Fascist, and that he repeats for his massed audiences a set of libels just as vicious as the old Czarist blood libels that proved so popular with Nazis and, now, with Farrakhan and the media of most Islamic states.

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