My parents are very religious and live in North Carolina..  what disturbed them most about the Wright flap was that a pastor's 30 year career was being reduced to 10 second soundbytes...  other members of their congregation agreed..

The GOP want to run against Hillary.  

Hillary lost, and everyday she continues her futile campaign is a day we could spend going after McCain.

WANT to run against Obama!!!! Why would they try to hurt him now????!!!???!!

Good News! Every voter should be well informed.

Is Hillary complicit with these Republicans?

They are making the same point her team has tried to make for the last 3 weeks.

Its time for Hillary to prove she is a Democrat and shoot down these Republican attacks.

So someone ask her or Wolfson,  is she going to condemn attacks by the Republicans on a fellow Democrat?

Is she going to stand against the Right Wing Conspiracy she railed against so much?

Read this: http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/5/15/1427 30/254

"And, honestly, I thought I would not see this from the republican party."

Are you really that naive that you thought the republicans would not use this against Obama??? Seriously, you are surprised?

Don't you remember all the repug tactics used against all our candidates all the time?  They are silly, vile, and as you point out, disgusting.

This is what some of us have been telling you folks for a while, that the Wright controversy may have died down for democrats, but it is absolutely the gift that keeps on giving for the repugs.  Absolutely this is going to get worse--this is only the tip of the iceberg.

Now it's important to act, not just to decry this--you guys must be prepared to take this head on, again, crying foul is not going to make this go away.

In a time when the GOP is demoralized and on it's last gasp of breath, they've struck a political goldmine with Wright.... do you seriously think they're not going to use it. Really?

Talk about running on hope. Heh.

what Wright believes or how he preaches. What I do give a frak about is how much it affects our chances of winning in the fall.  And yes, I do believe Wright will be used to SLAUGHTER Obama. Clinton didn't run ads using Wright, but the republicans sure as hell will. And you know what, it will work because if they and turn actual patriots like Cleeland and Kerry into sissies and wimps, it won't take much for them to turn Obama in a a radical extremist with a muslim name to boot, into an unamerican, anti-american, liberal elite. And you know what, with Wright, they'll have the actual material to work with, unlike with Kerry and Cleeland, wherein they just MADE SHIT UP and it worked.

But you have to admit the women at the end is really funny.  I mean this really awful add, really harsh, and then the little old grey haired lady comes out and in the softest voice says we paid for this ad.  The contrast is really over the top.

david

Gotta say, this is the best thing we can hope for. The candidate that supposedly maligns people of faith stands up for his pastor. A pastor being viciously assaulted for political gain is defended by fellow pastors, who HATE that kind of thing. Serious church-going people everywhere are further reminded that the GOP is not their friend.

And remember this is NC.  Does anyone remember the White hand washing ad that was run by Jesse Helms.  After willey Horton it was maybe the worst ad ever.

david

It is a sad day for American Politics when a man's pastor is used against him. And, honestly, I thought I would not see this from the republican party.

Really? I figured we'd see it sooner or later. This is sooner than I expected, though. What's interesting is, the Republicans are using Obama and Wright to fight Perdue and Moore because they endorsed him. That's moronic. It won't work at all, and they're stupid if they think it will. But using Wright ads for any purpose disturbs me. I just don't approve of it. I'm not sure how to fight it, though.

Still, I don't think Wright will be as damaging as we've feared. He really didn't hurt Obama's numbers the way I would have expected. It could be a problem among those Reagan Democrats, but if Obama wins the nomination, I feel certain Hillary will do her best to encourage them to support him.

In the meantime, there are a lot of things we can do to damage McCain's chances. We'll have negative ads of our own (a couple are already running). And while it may be an upsetting idea to many of us, any Democrat who can stomach it should donate to Bob Barr and fight to get him on the ballot in every state -- especially swing states. I think he could be very, very useful to us.