You are certainly entitled to your opinion but I want to state that I too saw the show but that didn't seem to me to be a big deal at the time and I put it out of my head. I was, as usual, annoyed at the reaction of the press, but not surprised. It seemed to me then, and it still seems to me, that they make much ado about nothing.
I really would love to know the whole truth and not the truth as it comes to me to fill time on the endless news broadcasts.
And I protest that I found much to be annoyed with and I feel that the press did just exactly what the press is supposed to do. Hillary's response, knowing full well that the Muslim question really hurts Obama (and he's *not* a Muslim), tried to say everything but: No, of course not . . . the *first* time she was asked the question. She didn't. She dodged, fudged and waffled until, after rephrasing the question several times, she admitted "No."
Dianne
You and I disagree yet again.
Apparently you have a much better memory than I do and/or we simply see things differently.
Here's an excerpt directly from the show itself and it seems pretty cut and dried to me, but I guess I don't remember quite as clearly as you do.
There's a difference between being African-centered and being anti-white. I've been looking more into Trinity (which is part of the larger United Church of Christ) and I really don't see how it can be characterized as anti-white. Anti-assimilationist, yes, but not anti-white:
Dianne
And how does the church explain away the tie with Farrakhan and anti-Semitism?
Lucille
Sorry, but I must add this---Lest this be misunderstood, I don't mean Obama, I mean the church.
The church doesn't have to. As far as I can tell, that's a tie between Wright and Farrakhan, not between the church and Farrakhan.
Elizabeth
The Church launched the Trumpet Magazine and the magazine gave Farrakhan an award. Doesn't that make it a direct tie ?
Yes, it does.
I will note, though, that the Anti-Defamation League has apparently seen no evidence of anti-Semitism on Wright's part.
And my original point still stands, I don't see how Afro-centrism automatically translates into "vehemently anti-white."
Elizabeth
Well, you could have said as much. I wasn't interested enough to read four pages of news. Okay. I read page 4. That's not the full context or text of the discussion the way I remember it. It's an excerpt, not a full transcript. Her mannerism, her flippancy, her brush off, her innuendo. It was uncalled for. And I'm *not* anti Hillary.
Dianne
Sorry about that. I guess I could have done that.
Okay. I read page 4. That's not the full context
I do believe I said it was an excerpt, but it was directly from CBS.
Her mannerism, her flippancy, her brush off, her
I'm glad you're *not* anti Hillary because I would hate to hear what you might say if you were. ;^))
Lucille
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