Well, this should be interesting…
Reader Alex sends word of a debate on race in Milford, Connecticut tomorrow night. Should be, well, interesting:
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose racially charged sermons engulfed Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in controversy last spring, will speak here Thursday night.
Wright, retired senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, in Chicago, and Obama’s former pastor, will discuss issues with the Rev. John C. Rankin, an evangelical scholar and founder of the Hartford-based Theological Education Institute, at a forum titled, “The Bible, Race and American History: What are the Issues?”
R. Chad Rankin, the institute’s business manager and John Rankin’s son, said the forum, which will start at 7 p.m. and last roughly two hours, will delve into questions like, “Can we overcome the racial divide in our country?” It will be held in the Kingdom Life Christian Church Cathedral, 1455 Naugatuck Ave., but is not sponsored by the church.
The two ministers have very different views, Rankin said, but, “It’s going to be interesting to see what they do see eye-to-eye on.” He said his father has been working on the Wright event for about four months, after the Chicago minister gained national media attention in March over excerpts from his sermons about race, government and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Critics said that Wright’s comments seemed to indicate he felt the United States may have deserved the attacks because of past injustice to blacks and other minorities. Although Obama at first distanced himself from Wright’s statements, but not the minister himself, as controversy mounted over their relationship and threatened to swamp Obama’s candidacy, he later left the church and severed ties.
Moderated by Eric Metaxas, a former Danbury resident whose biography of British abolitionist William Wilberforce made The New York Times best-seller list, the forum will include opening and closing statements from each man, dialogue when each will ask the other questions, and a question-and-answer session with the audience, Rankin said.
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GD America is now the offical poicy of the US so of course Wright will come out of the woodwork he is mainstream now.
It will be equally interesting what the media does the first time Louis Farrakhan is seen exiting the White House.
Color me bored……I’m the evil white guy, go figure.
They need to either beat this to death in the news every day, or leave it the hell alone. I don’t care anymore about their filth.
Liars, all.
Jindal ’12
Not to terribly much I would hope.Rev. John C. Rankin, an evangelical scholar, really should not be debating this Heretic at all-Jeremiah Wright, former Minister of the Nation Of Islam-Chicago, serves a different god.
Giving Jeremiah Wright credence does not serve GOD well. Holding hands and wondering “Is Same-Sex Marriage Good for the Nation?” is not the mission of the Church.
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That Every Man Be Armed–You Too ladies
Patrick Henry quote – The great object is, that every man be armed. Every one who is able may have a gun.
It is not possible to debate fanatics. They choose to ignore facts. They do not hear your arguments. It is a waste of effort and time.
Clergyman have forgotten their “mission” is to “make disciples of all nations.” They should not have time for politics. IMHO for them it’s non-productive time.
this might be interesting, might.
I’m mush right now.
Guess Obama, Unlocked the door and let him out of the place he had him hidden away.
Will somebody be videotaping this or has GD-KKK-USA Wright developed an aversion to putting his rants on the record?
purplepeep, you’ll find the video next to the one the LA Times has.
Please don’t make me read that!
Who knew this demon would reappear right after the election.
I anticipate Bill Ayers will be popular on college campuses shortly.
Question, will either Ayers or Wright be at the inauguration?
Wright surely, Ayers maybe not.
md1964, same with jesse and al the injustice brothers are out of the basement again…. lol, this was by no way an accident.
So…….
Who will play Wright and Ayers in the Oliver Stone movie that is sure to be in the works?
Ayers …. andy dick…. lol, a tool
Wright…. snoop dog…. another dick… lmao
I figured it wouldn’t be long, win or lose for Obama, before Jeremiah Wright found his way back into the spotlight of controversy with his antics.
Heh. No doubt they’ll both be found in the custody of Judge Crater.
In case you’re a young un, WT:
What Happened to Judge Crater?
Ummmm… no.
Thanks for making a 48 yr-old feel young, purple.
We find him, perhaps we’ll find Jimmy Hoffa.
I thought we were over the racial crap. Now they’re starting up again.
GGEEESSS!!!!!
Thanks, William. That’s depressing. As if I weren’t sick enough already… *sigh*
Alec Baldwin should make a splendid Bill Ayers…birds of a feather.
Harry Belafonte and Matt Damon
Excuse me, excuse me, but the resident black liberal that I work with? You know; the guy that always wants to engage me in “conversation”. He thinks Chevez and Castro are “swell” guys. Nothing from the left surprises me. Bring ‘em!
Tim Robbins can play Resko!
That hits the nail on the head. Make no mistake, I’ve been avidly involved in the election and politics, so I’m not saying to turn away from that. But it does seem to me that many on the conservative side may have lost sight of their primary responsibility – to make themselves disciples.
Keep your eyes on heaven, folks, and earthly matters will take care of themselves.
And Amelia Earhart can fly the whole lot of ‘em & the videotapes back home.
Curb the attitude Honkey Infidel. BroBama’s Security Services are watching. Private lives, as with private property, are not good for the Collective.
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Enjoy Sharia
Have a nice Jihad
Buy your burkas ladies
Herding goats while wearing
a burka is liberating
Uncle Rush just had a good line:
2/3 of God’s children voted BroBama!
Aprenda el espanol y arabe.
Can we get over this racial divide? lets see, 41% of whites voted for Obama, 95% of blacks did. Hmm, I’m not so sure the problem is on the white side of the aisle…
Jan 20, 2012.
Racial divide? It’s going to get worse.
Exactly my thoughts. Even having this so-called “debate” is a step backward in Obama’s so-called “promise” to restore unity to these United States.
And to ArizonaNeanderthal, I think it would be cool to have a jihab with the Arabic, “I will not submit” on it.
Sorry, but there is no race problem in the US. If we can elect a black president, then I say there is no problem with race, and I will tell everyone I meet the same thing.
The racial problem will only grow, at least while he is in power. we are to “come together” or we are bigots and dividers. This is already pretty thick out there. I’ve faced it. My aunt wrote this sickening letter to me telling me how happy she was that the libs won so DECISIVELY and that it’s time to come together for change. I told her that the email was gloating and condescending and, get this, I was hurtful for telling her that. See, it’s all emotional for them from start to finish. If Obama can keep them there, we are in trouble. we have to get that bloom off the rose and FAST. FAST. And we can’t “look” racist while we do it. I want the public opinion to turn quickly on him
Im so scared.
Oy. Will someone ask a Zionist question and then put the answer up on youtube? Thanks.
The media has betrayed this country,
and giving coverage to this racist pastor, and making him seem credible, is another example of the insanity of electing a man that hates his country.
Well thanks vickisoup. I can’t think of anything more boring than a movie titled “Shakin’ Ishmael, the Brave Goat Herder”.
[Bronco Bill, the Brave Cowboy (1911)]
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Bigots and Dividers Rock.
Oh man, this is right down the road from me. I’d love to go and report on this, but I have an exciting refresher course in Financial Accounting to take tomorrow night.
I volunteered and helped run a precinct in my CT town yesterday. All auditing procedures were followed and final numbers matched up flawlessly. There was a mad rush when the doors opened at 6 AM, but the last two hours before the 8 PM close were uncharacteristically slow. This typically Republican-edged town voted as such locally, but went Obama by a very, very slim margin.
A few towns south is the notorious city of Bridgeport. Seeing that more people voted in their Democrat Primary than there are registered voters…I anticipate hearing about more voting irregularities coming from Bridgeport last night.
Is a movie about Obama’s life in the works, yet? I don’t think that’s out of the realm of possibility, since he has already written two autobiographies.
May I be the first to suggest a modern remake of the classic film that would feature President Elect Obama’s pre-history….”Rosemary’s Baby?”
Before any trolls respond, let me remind them, that during Ronald Reagan’s first run for the California Governorship, the California liberals made bumperstickers that read, “Reagan IS Rosemary’s Baby.” Unless I have completely misread the “New Democrat Party,” turn-about is fair play…
if so, they’d have to dig up ol’ Sergi Eisenstein to film that one….
Amazing, isn’t it, how these things just “happen” to pop up on the day after the “election?”
What’s next? Billy Jeff conducting a seminar on marital fidelity?
I doubt it will amount to a hill of beans. Though, I wish it will.
It used to be that a black Reverend could say almost anything to his congregation and it would be ignored. Rev Wright’s oft repeated negative comments came the weekend immediately following Sept 11. Yet, it took us how long, and how many years, to hear them?
And, how long did it take us to hear the Revs Robertson’s and Falwell’s comments on the events of Sept 11? Almost immediately. What separates each Rev’s silly comments? What distinguishes them? Why did we value more, and respond justifiably so, to Revs Robertson and Falwell?
All silly comments should be knocked down, and not ignored, regardless of who says them.
Should Rev Wright step over the line, he should certainly be taken to task.
Obama says Wright misunderstood because he has a speech impediment. The One is up for sainthood by bringing former pastor back to life after being run over by large bus. (Developing, as Drudge says)
With all the foibles, baggage and world view Obama has, he still won the presidency. Leaving McCain the incompetant traitor out of it, what does that say about the values that the majority of voters have, both religeous and secular?
A sick world out there.
Wright..another gift that just keeps giving.
Excuse me, at this point, who really gives 1 flyin’ f _ _ _ what rev. evil has to say…other than the messiah and the 1st lady of HATE!
Rev Wright may as well get his licks in while he can, just as soon as his Jesus Christ of the latter day Presidency grants in his omnipotent wisdom known only to him an amnesty to each and every one of 20 some million illegal aliens and the next 20 million instantly show up to replace them, the first target of the new majority at every opportunity will be Black people.