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To: JohnM who wrote (56121)	3/25/2008 7:17:51 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 543707

Time out- saw this on another thread! Obama Girl returns! barelypolitical.com

To: JohnM who wrote (56121)	3/25/2008 8:36:06 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543707

If the Republicans wanted to break the story about Rev. Wright they would have done so as a October surprise against Barack. Judging from the timing, it is extremely likely that the Hillary campaign broke the story. Bad as it is for the breaking of the story. But for Hillary to bring it back is a very despicable act. If she has any aspirations to lead the nation, she has to first get her act straight in that she cannot delve on something that is harmful to the nation as a whole. It is not a question of getting the Democratic nomination. It is a question of upholding the welfare of this nation first and then the elections next. Hats off to Donna Brazile for standing up for America. ======================================================== Donna Brazile offers Hillary Clinton a reminder about Rev. Wright Donna Brazile -- an uncommitted superdelegate of the Democratic National Convention and one of television's few black, female political pundits -- interjected an intriguing observation this afternoon into a discussion on CNN about Hillary Clinton's stiff-arming of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. In short, Brazile provided a pointed reminder that some voters (African Americans, in particular, we would think) might recall that Wright did not turn on Clinton's husband during an hour of need for him. Clinton, for the first time since the fury over Barack Obama's tart-tongued former minister erupted more than a week ago, today rebuked her rival in the Democratic presidential race for his link to the pastor. Responding to question during a sit-down with a Pittsburgh newspaper -- and then later reiterating her position to other reporters in Pennsylvania -- Clinton said she would not have been a member of a church headed by someone, like Wright, who indulged in racially tinged invective. Her comments assured another burst of attention on the Obama-Wright connection -- something her campaign didn't have to do during the white-hot heat of the controversy. And it took part of the media spotlight away from her faulty memory (or, less kindly, utter fabrication) about her visit to Bosnia when she was first lady. Clinton could have contented herself with decrying Wright's messages without saying, in essence, that no way would she tolerate an association with the likes of him. That's what Brazile picked up on, making a reference to Wright's willingness to join dozens of other religious figures in attending an annual White House prayer breakfast just as the Starr report on Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky -- in all its lurid detail -- was about to come out. No doubt ... ... those at the event -- at least the vast majority of them -- highly disapproved of Clinton's behavior. But they were not willing to shun him. Brazile's none-too-subtle point: There's a potential downside to turning away, with nary a forgiving nod, from those who once stood by you. Wright, by the way, remains out of the public eye. He had been invited to preach tonight, Wednesday and Thursday at a church in Tampa, but his appearance was canceled because of security concerns. -- Don Frederick latimesblogs.latimes.com

To: JohnM who wrote (56121)	3/26/2008 6:52:44 AM
From: Travis_Bickle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543707

Even some Clinton loyalists are wondering aloud if the win-at-all-costs strategy of Hillary and Bill — which continued Tuesday when Hillary tried to drag Rev. Wright back into the spotlight — is designed to rough up Obama so badly and leave the party so riven that Obama will lose in November to John McCain. If McCain only served one term, Hillary would have one last shot. On Election Day in 2012, she’d be 65. Why else would Hillary suggest that McCain would be a better commander in chief than Obama, and why else would Bill imply that Obama was less patriotic — and attended by more static — than McCain? nytimes.com