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05-13-2012, 04:25 PM
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Metroplex Who Dat
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Lewisville, TX
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Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Obama team tried to buy my silence
According to Wright, then-Candidate Obama's campaign tried to bribe him to refrain from public speaking until after the 2008 election:
The 'bribe' to silence Wright
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‘Man, the media ate me alive,” Wright told me when we met in his office at Chicago’s Kwame Nkrumah Academy. “After the media went ballistic on me, I received an e-mail offering me money not to preach at all until the November presidential election.”
“Who sent the e-mail?” I asked Wright.
“It was from one of Barack’s closest friends.”
“He offered you money?”
“Not directly,” Wright said. “He sent the offer to one of the members of the church, who sent it to me.”
“How much money did he offer you?”
“One hundred and fifty thousand dollars,” Wright said.
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Wright also talks about a private one-on-one meeting he had with Obama soon after the bribe:
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“And one of the first things Barack said was, ‘I really wish you wouldn’t do any more public speaking until after the November election.’ He knew I had some speaking engagements lined up, and he said, ‘I wish you wouldn’t speak. It’s gonna hurt the campaign if you do that.’
“And what did you say?” I asked.
“I said, ‘I don’t see it that way. And anyway, how am I supposed to support my family?’ And he said, ‘Well, I wish you wouldn’t speak in public. The press is gonna eat you alive.’
“Barack said, ‘I’m sorry you don’t see it the way I do. Do you know what your problem is?’ And I said, ‘No, what’s my problem?’ And he said, ‘You have to tell the truth.’ I said, ‘That’s a good problem to have. That’s a good problem for all preachers to have. That’s why I could never be a politician.’
“And he said, ‘It’s going to get worse if you go out there and speak. It’s really going to get worse.’
“And he was so right.”
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05-13-2012, 05:12 PM
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ALL-MADDEN TEAM
Join Date: Aug 2008
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I'm not that surprised about this....
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05-13-2012, 05:22 PM
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Super Forum Fanatic
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Sources close to Obama later confirmed that at one point during a campaign meeting, he walked into the room and slammed a stack of $10,000 on the table for "whoever takes out Rev. Wright."
Gregg Williams was unavailable for comment
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 jk
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05-13-2012, 06:13 PM
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Definitely not surprised. It is expected from Barack.
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05-13-2012, 06:19 PM
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waste of paint
Join Date: May 2012
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Originally Posted by Team 444
Definitely not surprised. It is expected from Barack.
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How come?
What makes these allegations expected from Barack?
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05-13-2012, 06:22 PM
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I wonder if there was a Bill Ayers "shut up" fund too...
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05-13-2012, 06:32 PM
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Loggies Rule!!!!
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Originally Posted by FuzzyDunlop
How come?
What makes these allegations expected from Barack?
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easy, Chicago politics
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05-13-2012, 08:03 PM
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Okay,who brought the dog?
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Sad if true but is there any hard evidence?
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05-13-2012, 08:08 PM
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ALL-MADDEN TEAM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FuzzyDunlop
How come?
What makes these allegations expected from Barack?
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Lol
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05-13-2012, 08:27 PM
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Secular Humanist
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Originally Posted by daMixter
easy, Chicago politics
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Unlike New York Politics, Boston Politics, New Orleans Politics, Atlanta Politics, Pass Christian Politics, Slidell Politics, Kalispell Politics, Minneapolis Politics, etc?
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05-13-2012, 08:32 PM
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Very Banned
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Originally Posted by MLU
Unlike New York Politics, Boston Politics, New Orleans Politics, Atlanta Politics, Pass Christian Politics, Slidell Politics, Kalispell Politics, Minneapolis Politics, etc?
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I don't know if it's unlike them, but Chittycago is the gold standard.
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05-13-2012, 09:47 PM
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Two pages of Obama is racist followed by 1 page of random jokes followed by another page of Obama is racist followed by but Obama is half white and was raised by white people followed by...
No for real, Obama is racist. Trust me.
Can we skip all of that and end thread now?
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05-13-2012, 10:05 PM
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She's my Overlord
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Originally Posted by livefromDC
Two pages of Obama is racist followed by 1 page of random jokes followed by another page of Obama is racist followed by but Obama is half white and was raised by white people followed by...
No for real, Obama is racist. Trust me.
Can we skip all of that and end thread now?
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Thanks for the heads up. Saved me some time.... Sad thing is I fell into the trap and participated in one of these Obama "discussions" a couple days ago...
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05-13-2012, 10:20 PM
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All-Pro
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This isn't surprising at all. Is it credible?? It's just amazing how the media coddles Obama. insane the passes he got from the media, and still gets.
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05-13-2012, 10:21 PM
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Very Banned
Join Date: Nov 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by livefromDC
Two pages of Obama is racist followed by 1 page of random jokes followed by another page of Obama is racist followed by but Obama is half white and was raised by white people followed by...
No for real, Obama is racist. Trust me.
Can we skip all of that and end thread now?
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I don't care if he's white, half white, black, half black, green, half green or if he has zebra stripes, I don't like him for his policies. No matter how many times I say that someone will say I'm a racist because of it. I think it's great America has a black president, I just wish we had a better one.
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