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Hannity: Farrakhan Comments Link Obama To 2008 Meme Jeremiah Wright… Again

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by Frances Martel | 10:49 pm, March 21st, 2011

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Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan may be Muammar Gaddafi‘s only fan stateside, but he’s loud enough to make up for his small number. His comments shouting down at President Obama “Who the hell do you think you are?” on a radio show last week condemning the Libyan intervention made waves for their novelty, but to Sean Hannity, they resurrect the spectre of 2008′s most hated religious figure: Jeremiah Wright.

On tonight’s “Great American Panel” segment, Hannity allowed his guests to take the first swing at Farrakhan, who all agreed was going to bat for Gaddafi. But Hannity was less interested in the tie between Gaddafi and Farrakhan and that between Farrakhan and Wright: “This is the same Farrakhan,” he argued, who Obama “of course knew nothing about” being friends with Wright. To this Democratic strategist Steve McMahon heaves a heavy sigh of “here we go again,” emphasizing that “Obama doesn’t take advice from Farrakhan” and that, in fact “every time Farrakhan does something like this, it helps Obama because it makes him look reasonable.”

This conversation about Farrakhan was too unrelated to Wright for Hannity’s tastes, though, and he persisted. “20 years in his church, I’m not going to get into it,” Hannity said, before proceeding to “get into it:” “Why can’t I ask these questions?” Hannity continued, indulging his late aughts nostalgia by going through a litany of 2008 campaign questions about the relationship between Wright and Obama, and Wright’s controversial comments. Meanwhile, fellow panelist Cal Thomas, contrary to McMahon’s approach, decided to fan the flames a bit, asking “why [Farrakhan's] calling President Obama ‘brother’– is he a religious brother?”

The segment via Fox News below:

barack obama, Cal Thomas, fox news, Hannity, Islam, Jeremiah Wright, Libya, Louis Farrakhan, Muammar Gaddafi, Nation of Islam, Sean Hannity, Steve McMahon

Lover

Some loser aka as “sprocket” was trying to associate Palin with one of the soldiers caught in Obamas Ghraib today so what’s the difference? Actually, Hannity’s claim has 20 times the merit “sprockets” claim did. Could have been “proobamaagenda” they all say the same thing. Or he?
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

Of course. Only 18 months til the election. They’ll be going scorched Earth this time. Say what you want about McCain, but he did keep his campaign out of the very bottom of the gutter.
Newt Limbaugh

Publius219 said:
Of course. Only 18 months til the election. They’ll be going scorched Earth this time. Say what you want about McCain, but he did keep his campaign out of the very bottom of the gutter.

Too bad he’s gone
Newt Limbaugh

“Why can’t I ask these questions?”

Maybe if he asks them LOUDER this time, someone will pay attention.
Who is Salacious Crumb

Publius219 said:
Say what you want about McCain, but he did keep his campaign out of the very bottom of the gutter.

I disagree a lot with McCain’s political stances, but as a dude, the man’s a hero.
Jean-Luc

Publius219 said:
Of course. Only 18 months til the election. They’ll be going scorched Earth this time. Say what you want about McCain, but he did keep his campaign out of the very bottom of the gutter.

The moment where he corrected that deranged woman at the town hall was great. Really classy of him; I wish more politicians on the right would be as honest with their base.

“No, ma’am. He’s a decent family man [and] citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that’s what this campaign’s all about. He’s not [an Arab].”

What’s so hard about that? Why play the whole “I BELIEVE he’s an American/Christian…” game?
OxyCon

I think anyone who is honest with themselves realizes that Obama flat out lied when he said he had no idea that Rev Wright was an anti-semitic, anti-white bigot and America hater.

And as we all now know, Obama’s relationship to Wright was relevant information, contrary to all of Obama’s excuse makers in the mainstream media.
http://libertyinprogressnow.wordpress.com/ ProgLib

OxyCon said:
And as we all now know, Obama’s relationship to Wright was relevant information, contrary to all of Obama’s excuse makers in the mainstream media.

Even though his “excuse makers” in the “mainstream media” constantly talked about it and brought it up and every possible time.

The topic is irrelevant and was dredged up by the same desperate far-right wing nuts who are trying to pile up dirt on him right now. Whatever they can find and use, they don’t give a sh*t how credible it is. Just look at when they claimed tat his trip to India cost $200 million (or billion?) dollars a day or something.

The far-right media is a complete and utter joke, including Hannity the clown and his whiny voice.
http://libertyinprogressnow.wordpress.com/ ProgLib

at every possible time*
Paleoconservatarian

“. . . 2008’s most hated religious figure: Jeremiah Wright.”

It’s even more correct to describe hims as 2008′s most conscientiously ignored religious figure: Jeremiah Wright.
http://twitter.com/clindhartsen clindhartsen

Oh brother. So, is the strategy now to bring back up the same tired “Obama friends with a terrorists” lines to try and scare people up towards the 2012 elections?
Yoda002

The election must be close!! They’re already pulling the Wright/Farrakhan card out of the deck. I would’ve thought they would’ve waited until July to start playing that card. Since the Republicans haven’t started campaigning yet Frank Luntz is getting the Fox commenters to start the ground attack.
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

Jean-Luc said:

What’s so hard about that? Why play the whole “I BELIEVE he’s an American/Christian…” game?

Because the base thinks/wants to think he’s a Kenyan/Muslim. And in the GOP, what the base wants, the base gets.
catfishjuggling

Let him go with it. It proved very successful in 2008. Give Hannity credit. He is no quitter.
CAINtheBULL

“Well, that’s just Obama-bashing, pure and simple” O’Reilly replied, arguing that there was an “industry of Obama-bashing” that was fed by stories such as the President’s interest in basketball sometimes. “We have rigid ideology,” Goldberg agreed, that was harming the national political dialogue.

Hannity you should have watched Bill O’Reilly. He was talking about you.
jjay7381

Wow, how many dog whistles and slabs of red meat can you throw out in one segment?
ProObamaAgenda

Lover said:
Some loser aka as “sprocket” was trying to associate Palin with one of the soldiers caught in Obamas Ghraib today so what’s the difference? Actually, Hannity’s claim has 20 times the merit “sprockets” claim did. Could have been “proobamaagenda” they all say the same thing. Or he?

“Thou shalt never use thy name in vain”
Barack Must Go

All the questions, as of yet still unanswered by Obama the first time around, regarding birth certificate, upbringing by communist grandparents, radical America hating mother, college records, Rev. Wright, A.C.O.R.N., Van Jones and about 300 other unresolved conflicts of ( being fit to serve as the president of the United States of America ) interest, must be answered by candidate Obama whether he, or the left wing media that protects him like it or not.

After four years in office, this man leaves the American people ( the real ones anyway ) with more questions about his checkered past and true intentions for future survival of our democracy. That simply can not stand.

He, like everyone else running for that office, must stand before the people and answer the questions this time, or he could simply go away and leave us alone.
Davo

You Liberals are the ones who “married” this guy, Hussein, so deal with his crazy “uncle.”

Actually, in consideration of the overwhelming power and money grab of CommieCare and the way Hussein forced it on us against our will, and in consideration of Hussein’s lowering of American stature abroad, and in consideration of the volume of strangulating laws decreed by unelected and unaccountable Hussein czars, and in consideration of 10% unemployment coupled with skyrocketing energy costs and food costs, if it takes bringing back Jeremiah Wright to get Hussein out of power, then so be it……………………America will be much better off.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Sean, Sean, Sean. I realize your field of candidates really stinks up the place, but this didn’t work for Palin/McCain three (3) years ago, despite their best efforts and the full support of FOX “News”. More importantly, it didn’t work for Hillary! who knew something about campaigning. Could I suggest you get Il Douchey on to talk about the madrasas our President attended? That was, as you know, h-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-ge.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Barack Must Go said:
All the questions, as of yet still unanswered by Obama

Actually, an overwhelming victory at the polls answered all of them.
catfishjuggling

Davo said:
if it takes bringing back Jeremiah Wright to get Hussein out of power, then so be it…………………….

Yeah. Rolling him out the first time really worked well. This plan is pure gold you guys. Gold.
Barack Must Go

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Actually, an overwhelming victory at the polls answered all of them.

I see you agree with Barack about just how devistating the overwhelming mid term victory by the Republicans ( I believe he even referred to it as him taking a shellacking ), effectively ended what many among us perceived as his reign of terror over the American people.

I’m paraphrasing here, but we all know what’s happening to dismantle his beloved unions across the country, not to mention the wonderful affect the Citizens United ruling has and will continue to have, when it comes to actually levelling the playing field, so all American’s voices will be heard, not just those of the left wing special interests, throughout the current campaign and election cycle.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Barack Must Go said:
I see you agree with Barack about just how devistating the overwhelming mid term victory by the Republicans ( I believe he even referred to it as him taking a shellacking ), effectively ended what many among us perceived as his reign of terror over the American people.

I’m paraphrasing here, but we all know what’s happening to dismantle his beloved unions across the country, not to mention the wonderful affect the Citizens United ruling has and will continue to have, when it comes to actually levelling the playing field, so all American’s voices will be heard, not just those of the left wing special interests, throughout the current campaign and election cycle.

Yes, I would say that the Koch Brothers’ voices are being heard very well, indeed.

But, I have a question for you: When are Boehner and Company going to stop passing social conservative bills and start creating jobs like they promised? They better get started soon because Herr Walker in Wisconsin and Toll Booth Perry in Texas are driving up the jobless rates in their respective states at an alarming rate.
justanotherconservative

OxyCon said:
Obama’s relationship to Wright was relevant information, contrary to all of Obama’s excuse makers in the mainstream media.

Of course it was. As is his connection to Ayers and Farrakhan. Very anti-American, frightening people.
mibwilso

Jeremiah Wright is a pastor in the United Church of Christ….not a muslim.
writer

Wright is now so pissed at Obama, he’s calling him by his middle name.
mibwilso

I’ve been to enough white Christian churches in my life to know that Rev. Wright is not the only preacher in the US to use rhetoric that is just as vitriolic as Rev. Wright’s.
writer

I just hope Obama doesn’t blow up the place where Farrakhan and Wright stay when they vacation together in Libya.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

justanotherconservative said:
#

OxyCon said:
Obama’s relationship to Wright was relevant information, contrary to all of Obama’s excuse makers in the mainstream media.

Of course it was. As is his connection to Ayers and Farrakhan. Very anti-American, frightening people.

And, all duly processed, digested ….
Barack Must Go

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Yes, I would say that the Koch Brothers’ voices are being heard very well, indeed. But, I have a question for you: When are Boehner and Company going to stop passing social conservative bills and start creating jobs like they promised? They better get started soon because Herr Walker in Wisconsin and Toll Booth Perry in Texas are driving up the jobless rates in their respective states at an alarming rate.

You know as well as I do your question is nothing more than you parroting the latest left wing, strawman, talking points memo.

Nothing, and I mean nothing in this country will significantly change, except for the worse, until the 2012 presidential election and the end of the ‘ Age of Obama.

At that time, we conservatives will fundamentally change the part of this country that has somehow lost it’s way under Barack’s stewardship, back to being part of the United States of America, not some back up singers on Barack’s ‘ we are the world ‘, pipe dream, magical mystery tour.
Jean-Luc

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Yes, I would say that the Koch Brothers’ voices are being heard very well, indeed.

So when the Dems win, it’s an overwhelming victory that answers all questions, and when the Repubs win, it’s LOL KOCK BROS?

Step aside folks, nothing to see here, just another partisan wallowing in his own hypocrisy.
mibwilso

Evangelical churches are to the Republican Party what unions are to the Democrats.
Newt Limbaugh

catfishjuggling said:
Yeah. Rolling him out the first time really worked well. This plan is pure gold you guys. Gold.

I had a good giggle
Yukon Jack

mibwilso said:
Evangelical churches are to the Republican Party what unions are to the Democrats.

Well, NO!

No Evangelical church donate a single penny to Republicans, while Unions donate millions of extorted dollars to Democrats.
mibwilso

Yukon Jack said:
Well, NO!

No Evangelical church donate a single penny to Republicans, while Unions donate millions of extorted dollars to Democrats.

Haha… You’ve got to be kidding me. Even if they can’t donate hard cash, they deliver millions worth of in-kind support.

Churches/pastors are basically community organizers.

I’ve been to church a lot during my life….and I’ve personally heard MANY pastors openly endorsing candidates from the pulpit, reminding their members to go vote and even operating vans to take people to the polls (all of which Unions do too).

And the pastors who aren’t making explicit endorsements by name are *describing* who they would support in way that makes it unmistakeable who their candidate of choice is. Some churches even provide voting “guides”.

In other cases, the pastor doesn’t make an endorsement, but lets a lay person get up and make a speech for/against a particular candidate.
eyemjustsayin

Well if this missleading, illiterate little frog with a giant ego says its true, then it must be. Hannity is now quoting Louis Farrakhan, who he has insulted, belittled, blasted. But when it serves his purpose to go after Obama, then he becomes quite industrious. Hannity is such a little tiny frog, who wants to be a big ponder, and just can’t.
TfT

I wonder what Wright and Farakhan think about the pictures of the troops posing with dead civilians in Afghanistan – Obama Ghraib as Drudge is calling it. i wonder, since mediaite, the WH, and all media is SILENT on the story – spiking it, burrying it. Funny that. Just think if Bush had been President when these photos were released they would have been plastered in every newspaper and on all media outlets day in and day out. B ut since hehimselfthe one, the only Obamasiah is in charge, the media is hiding the story. how sweet, how typical, how biased.

I guess we’ll never know what Wright and Farakhan think of the spiked, hidden photos.
bigbrainbrad

writer said:
Wright is now so pissed at Obama, he’s calling him by his middle name.

well said!
ejoycej

I love it when middle-aged white men think they know anything about black culture. They don’t know shit. They were just grade schoolers during the civil rights movement, a time when white people had an opportunity few of them took, to learn something. Most of them listened without hearing. They probably don’t know who Simon and Garfinkle are, either. Once again, Hannity and Company are talking out of the part of their anatomy they ought to be sitting on. Makes me wanna holler.
Pablo

ejoycej said:
I love it when middle-aged white men think they know anything about black culture.

I love it when black people think they know anything about middle-aged white men. They don’t know shit.

Right?
Pablo

Newt Limbaugh said:
I wonder what Wright and Farakhan think about the pictures of the troops posing with dead civilians in Afghanistan – Obama Ghraib as Drudge is calling it. i wonder, since mediaite, the WH, and all media is SILENT on the story – spiking it, burrying it.

I ♥ Reverend Wright! He’s so awesome! Silly right wingers. And those damned Jooooos, too!
Yukon Jack

mibwilso said:
Haha… You’ve got to be kidding me. Even if they can’t donate hard cash, they deliver millions worth of in-kind support.

Churches/pastors are basically community organizers.

I’ve been to church a lot during my life….and I’ve personally heard MANY pastors openly endorsing candidates from the pulpit, reminding their members to go vote and even operating vans to take people to the polls (all of which Unions do too).

And the pastors who aren’t making explicit endorsements by name are *describing* who they would support in way that makes it unmistakeable who their candidate of choice is. Some churches even provide voting “guides”.

In other cases, the pastor doesn’t make an endorsement, but lets a lay person get up and make a speech for/against a particular candidate.

Of course, the people in the church can accept or reject the advise of their pastors. Union members, whose hard-earned money is confiscated by union thugs and then given to crooked Democrats (pardon the redundancy) are victimized because they have no choice in either to pay their dues or not or giving it to those they oppose.

No wonder thugs like Richard Tramke or Leo Girard love their “jobs”.
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Barack Must Go said:
You know as well as I do your question is nothing more than you parroting the latest left wing, strawman, talking points memo. Nothing, and I mean nothing in this country will significantly change, except for the worse, until the 2012 presidential election and the end of the ‘ Age of Obama. At that time, we conservatives will fundamentally change the part of this country that has somehow lost it’s way under Barack’s stewardship, back to being part of the United States of America, not some back up singers on Barack’s ‘ we are the world ‘, pipe dream, magical mystery tour.

Ye and on that day Ronald Reagan shall descend from the clouds on a golden chariot and the free market shall reign supreme.
ejoycej

Pablo said:
I love it when black people think they know anything about middle-aged white men. They don’t know shit.

Right?

You’ll have to ask one. I’m a middle-aged white woman who obviously knows more than you.
azgrandma

Hannity thinks he knows everything. He gets hung up on a subject and just hammers and hammers on it. hey seanie we arlready know about wright, farrakhan and obama so find something new to blabber on about. Oh we know as you have reminded us that you were the first to expose jeremiah wright – okay so hoopie doo!
X-3

azgrandma said:
we arlready know about wright, farrakhan and obama

and you’re still drinking the -0bama koolaid.
X-3

mibwilso said:
Jeremiah Wright is a pastor in the United Church of Christ….not a muslim.

prove it.
Truth

Hannity continued, indulging his late aughts nostalgia by going through a litany of 2008 campaign questions about the relationship between Wright and Obama, and Wright’s controversial comments

Hannity is nothing but a Fox hired gun with one goal, he is assigned to perform character attacks on Obama. He calls himself a conservative and a patriot, but he nothing more than a Fox whore.
Truth

TfT said:
Just think if Bush had been President when these photos were released they would have been plastered in every newspaper and on all media outlets day in and day out. B ut since hehimselfthe one, the only Obamasiah is in charge, the media is hiding the story. how sweet, how typical, how biased

It was one rogue soldier and he is being dealt with. It was cast of many on Bush’s watch. That is why you saw is plaster accross many of the media outlets. In addition there was water boarding and who knows what other tortures being commited. So Bush deserved the bad press.
joe7

Like Hannity said, Obama’s not a radical Muslim he’s a radical Christian…
Anonymous

Haven’t we been thru this 3yrs. ago. I think Hannity is bringing this up so he has a shout back when is buddy Perry gets hammered from all angles. No pun intended.
Anonymous

Haven’t we been thru this 3yrs. ago. I think Hannity is bringing this up so he has a shout back when is buddy Perry gets hammered from all angles. No pun intended.