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Russert is Wrong About Wright |
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On tonight’s NBC nightly news, Tim Russert breathlessly concluded that no candidate has ever had a spiritual advisor who has done more damage to his campaign than Rev. Wright has done to Barack Obama.
The Obama-Wright distraction isn’t unprecedented in American political history. It’s not even unique to the 2008 election. Televangelist Rod Parsley, the man John McCain calls his “spiritual guide” has, like Wright, claimed the U.S. government was complicit in facilitating black genocide. Parsley also asserts that the United States was founded, in part, to destroy the “false religion” of Islam.Â
The only meaningful difference I see between Parsley and Wright is that Tim Russert doesn’t breathlessly exclaim over Parsley’s every utterance. If Russert is right about the uniqueness of Rev. Wright, it is only because he applies one standard when it comes to Obama and another for McCain. Can anyone shame him into doing real journalism?
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Wow, great catch/point.
thanks Nirmal
russert is totally probama
Tim Russert is a total beady eyed neo-con wind bag..what are you trying to say??..go back to val plame and wilson to see what a sleez bag that dude is.?..picking boogers out of your own nose is more of a scoop than any thing he spews.