The so called "very extreme" Jeremiah Wright was a White House guest of the Clintons
The recent coverage of Rev. Jeremiah Wright has often cast him as a marginal, almost fringe figure, but Trinity Church is a major Chicago institution, and Wright has long been a prominent pastor on the American scene.

And an anonymous blog set up to defend his church offers some compelling photographic evidence of this: A photograph of Wright and President Clinton, which it says was taken on September 11, 1998 -- the date of a White House gathering for religious leaders.

[UPDATE: The blog seems to have taken that item down; here's the full image that was posted.]

Hillary Clinton, according to her recently-released schedule for the day, was present at the gathering. Al Gore also appears in the picture.

That's where Clinton reportedly told the assembled clerics, at the depth of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, that he had "repented." [MORE]

 
Uncle Tom Tells Lies about Obama on CNN
On the March 19 edition of CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck, Family Research Council senior fellow and former Ohio secretary of state Ken Blackwell stated of Sen. Barack Obama: "Here is a guy who basically said that, while he was in Reverend [Jeremiah] Wright's church, he embraces [Nation of Islam founder] Louis Farrakhan." In fact, in a February 25 speech, Obama stated that he has been "a consistent denunciator of Louis Farrakhan." Also, during the February 26 Democratic debate in Cleveland, Obama said "You know, I have been very clear in my denunciation of Minister Farrakhan's anti-Semitic comments." And in a January 15 statement issued about an award given to Farrakhan by a magazine associated with Wright, Obama said, "I decry racism and anti-Semitism in every form and strongly condemn the anti-Semitic statements made by Minister Farrakhan. I assume that Trumpet Magazine made its own decision to honor Farrakhan based on his efforts to rehabilitate ex-offenders, but it is not a decision with which I agree." Neither Blackwell nor host Glenn Beck mentioned any of Obama's statements denouncing Farrakhan or his related comments. [MORE]

 
Racist Rush Limbaugh Revives "Barack the 'Magic Negro'"
RUSH:  Thank you Reverend Sharpton.  Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the LA Times column, "Barack the 'Magic Negro.'"  We intended to play this tune in honor, but we forgot it, so here it is now.  Sharpton, sing it.  

(Playing of "Barack the 'Magic Negro'")  

I realize, ladies and gentlemen, that you might think that playing this song at this time will get me into some hot water.  Wrong, my friends.  I am always in hot water.  And do you know why I'm always in hot water?  The Rinnai Tankless Water Heater.  The thing is, I don't always have hot water. I only have hot water when I need it.  I am not wasting a lot of money heating hot water I will never use in one of those antique tanks.  Rinnai has all the hot water you want, when you want it.  It's an amazing technology, and you can see how it works at their website, called ForeverHotWater.com.  If you want to calculate how much money you're going to save, it's really easy to do.  Go to ForeverHotWater.com and for your specific home and space you'll find out how much you can save after installing a Rinnai Tankless Water Heater.  So if you need hot water, but only when you want it, for your dishwasher, four showers at the same time, Rinnai Tankless Water Heater at ForeverHotWater.com. [MORE]