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Home Front: Politix
Do Democrats Really Believe Obama Is Inoculated On Wright?
2008-03-31
Jim Geraghty, "Campaign Spot" @ National Review

This MyDD thread, including a web video that puts together Jeremiah Wright's sermons and graphic images of the 9/11 attacks, is generating buzz.



Like the web video that mixed Wright with Malcolm X and the Black Panthers, I think it's gilding the lily. Wright, coupled with Michelle Obama's statement that she's only now proud of her country, and Obama's pledges to limit defense spending, are damaging enough. Footage of the 9/11 attacks is, in this context, a distraction at best and irredeemably exploitative and tasteless to most viewers.

But the MyDD poster is left with in a strange role, using the most shocking images of the decade to try to warn the Democratic party not to buy into the idea that the Jeremiah Wright matter has come and gone with minimal damage to Obama.

Instapundit has an e-mail from a person claiming to be the MyDD poster:

I just wanted to let you know that it was not I who made that video. I came across it on Hillaryis44.org, so that's where the proper 'credit' lies. They didn't make it either, I don't think (?), but they posted it and I saw it there.

However, I did help it get more notice. I did something similar with a now-famous anti-Obama 'campaign ad' video which Politico wrote up a week or so ago. It was made by "NHale" on YouTube, and I again have no connection with it whatsoever. But I came upon it when it was at around 410 views. It's now at around 500,000 or so views.

The video has the screen capture of Barack and Michelle on "60 Minutes", and Michelle is saying because Barack is black he can get shot going to the store. The video also has images of Malcolm X saying "chickens come home to roost" juxtaposed with Wright saying it. It is a well-done video, and as far as I know it is the most successful of the 'anti-Obama campaign ad-style' videos to date. There are more. If you look at my diary history at MyDD, you'll see what I mean.

I would never insert the images of people jumping to their deaths. That is too much, even for the 527's (I think). However, as I just wrote on the page which you linked with "Editorial Suggestions" for the video, the music (see the citation on that linked page) plus the images make that one of the most effective pieces of political ammunition I have ever watched. There is no way to watch that video without being moved, and angered.

I just wanted to let you know my thoughts from the horse's mouth itself. As far as your correct discernment that the video would impact Dems, just read the comments from the Obama supporters in the diary. Many things are said, but the inescapable conclusion is "Oh man, this kind of video could SERIOUSLY hurt us."

Thanks for the link, it is much appreciated. You have my consent to use any or all of this email, or none of it, as you see fit.

The bottom line is this: Wright is not 'over with,' and as a Dem I wanted to make sure that everyone understands that who is drinking the Obama Kool Aid, including any possible Dem party leaders who might drop in to check out the MyDD scene (it is far more popular these days, it seems, since the "strike" of Daily Kos, which I am part of).

Once I saw the video, I knew I had to post it on MyDD. It saved me thousands of keystrokes, and got the point across -- if we nominate BHO, this is where we're going.
Posted by:Mike

#6  "Do Democrats Really Believe Obama Is Inoculated On Wright?"

Well, they are serially seriously stupid....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-03-31 19:14  

#5  Do Democrats Really Believe Obama Is Inoculated On Wright?

Some of the True Believers might believe it, but I don't think anyone else does. Which surprises me not at all...
Posted by: tu3031   2008-03-31 16:21  

#4   .....if we nominate BHO, this is where we're going.

Seems we're already there.
Posted by: DoDo   2008-03-31 16:13  

#3  Its hard to believe that the new pastor (rev. Otis Moss III), who has the same belief system as Wright, will refrain from spewing (he's already done some). This new guy seems to be in his 30s (well past the era of segregation and well into the era of affirmative action). He received a scholarship to go to college.

This will give Obama another challenge (which might result in him finally ditching Trinity U C of C.)
Posted by: mhw   2008-03-31 13:32  

#2  I would never insert the images of people jumping to their deaths. That is too much, even for the 527's (I think).

Yup, that scares 'em. And that's why those images have been kept off the air. Because they are so powerful. They are about the decision one individual had to make. And you don't know if it's some janitor, clerk, or executive. But it could be someone just like you.

My money is to the 527 that puts those images on TV.

In defeat, defiance;
In war, resolution;
In victory, magnanimity;
and in peace, goodwill.

Never forget.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-03-31 13:32  

#1  They are betting that the lefty mainstream press will try to let all the air out of this issue, and keep it buried.
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-03-31 13:12  

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