BREAKING****** NEWS***CLINTON BACKING PA GOVENER ED RENDELL ON VIDEO PRAISING LOUIS FARAHKAN

[monicaaida]

AND THE NATION OF ISLAM

Here on video ed rendell is in front of louis farahkan and his racist group praising them hillary should fire ed rendell louis farahkan is a racist that called jews a gutter religion and whites devils

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DXum_-8I1TA

does hillary blast farakhan in public and praise him in private

[meow mix]

1. K&R

[Zachstar]

2. Can you fix the wording in you OP please?

Tho yes looks like Clinton has a problem now. Rendellgate is on.

[JVS]

3. Rendell was actually one of the first politicians that gave Farrakhan access to mainstream media...

when inviting him to speak in Philadelphia. This was around the time of the million man march when Farrakhan attempted to become a major black leader.

[Usrename]

80. Right on. That was back in the day.

Way back when Clinton could count on the African-American vote. ;)

[Tellurian]

107. Talking about it and belonging to the sect are two different things

[ScarletSniper]

110. He embraced and endorsed it with his talk and praise...sorry you fail

[Tellurian]

116. If you knew what you were talking about...

you wouldn't make such a BIG Fool of Yourself.

People realized early on of the danger of "The Racial Divide". Ed Rendell worked tirelessly to promote Unity between the races. Unlike the Bigoted Obamas and Rev Wright who encourage racism and bigotry. Here is the caption that goes with this video:

"This is the transcript of former Mayor, Ed Rendell, who is Governor of Pennsylvania and the states most influential supporter of Presidential hopeful, Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaking to a packed audience at Tindley Temple United Methodist Church on April 14, 1997 at rally: "A Solution Too Heal The Racial Divide." The then mayor was the principal organizer of the rally that brought together diverse religious, political, and civic Philadelphia leaders, with Nation of Islam leader, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan as the keynote speaker."

[ScarletSniper]

109. and Rendell wanted the black vote....I always thought he was slick and greasy

[Teaser]

4. aw shit

.

[newmajority]

5. I already knew Rendell was a scumbag

This just makes him a bigger scumbag.

[PoliticalAmazon]

84. What if Rendell's price for supporting Hillary is the end of his own political career? n/t

[eleny]

6. Let the denouncing begin

[monicaaida]

7. comeon

how can we get this to the msm

[eleny]

13. Send it to Keith Olbermann

[email protected]

[EFerrari]

16. That addy doesn't work any more. Sent it to Abrams.

[email protected]

[invictus]

19. Abrams is pro-Hillary. n/t

[EFerrari]

26. Abrams is pro his ratings!

:)

[eleny]

67. Jeez! I just used it recently and it was working

Thanks for the word, though.

[rodeodance]

123. silly, you think the media does not know?

[invictus]

17. K & R

[chill_wind]

20. Send it to the enterprising and oh so objective folks at ABC.

:sarcasm:

[chill_wind]

10. Yes indeed. The denouncing AND the rejecting. Tho Ed Rendell is not a Muslim (as far as I know...

[ErinBerin84]

8. How come everything comes back to bite her in the ass?

Hillary just couldn't resist dropping louis farahkan's name when talking about Obama's "relationships" in the last debate.

[PoliticalAmazon]

86. Litmus test for KO's strength: Will he question Hillary about RendellGate? n/t

[invictus]

9. That's pretty funny considering that Rendell is Jewish. It just shows he will do anything, say anyth

ing for a vote.

[MadBadger]

11. Cross Rendell off the list of Possible VPs.

[ErinBerin84]

12. lol

"He would NOT have been MY surrogate!"

[Kahuna]

91. You got that right.

:wow:

[Jensen]

14. If we send this one to ABC will they play it???? ..Nope!!

:rofl:

[Skidmore]

50. Might make Countdown though.

[Jensen]

79. Will KO asked her about it tonight? ...

[psychopomp]

81. Would that it were so!

Oh please Oh please Oh please!

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

15. I prefer when her hypocrisy is pointed out by posters who don't just swing by for cameos.

To be sure, when the farakhan shoe is on the other foot there's a double standard, but, really, this looks like a right-wing hit more than anything else.

[alcibiades_mystery]

18. This whole "surrogate" watch thing is so fucking stupid I can't believe it

Whether it is aimed at Obama or at Clinton. It's juvenile and dumb. It's a play for small minds only, real high school cafeteria shit.

Only stupid people are affected in their vote by any of this (Wright, Ayres, Rendell, whatever). Unfortunately, there are a lot of stupid people.

[thewiseguy]

22. Rendell is not just a surrogate. He is the governor of Pennsylvania who happens to back Hillary

Who happens to question Obama's relationship with Farrakhan. Kinda reminds me of the Colombia and Mark Penn.

[alcibiades_mystery]

28. Oh whatever.

I know Ed Rendell is the governor of PA. I lived there for 8 years, and voted for the guy. He's a good governor, and I really don't give a fuck what he has to say about Louis Farakkhan, and neither should anyone else. And don't give me the "It's the hypocrisy" nonsense. Bullshit. That's high school gossip shit wrapped in a silvery package of faux ethical adulthood. None of this shit matters. What are the fucking policies, period.

[thewiseguy]

30. Now you care about the policies?

When the hypocrisy on Hillary's side is being pointed out? How comic and sad!

Rendell needs a taste of his own medicine.

[alcibiades_mystery]

76. You lose

I'm an Obama supporter and have been extremely vocal about that on these boards.

Feeling dumb yet?

[brindis_desala]

53. You're usually pretty bright. Farakhan has been used as a club

to convince Jewish voters he's anti-semitic. I don't buy it, but showing that in politics we can be civil towards are perceived enemies is a good thing, far from simply "gossip".

[ScarletSniper]

111. your hem is showing...lol

Rendell is a grease ball...sorry...

[alcibiades_mystery]

113. You got me!

Great work, Detective Dumbfuck.

[ScarletSniper]

114. Well thank you...now fix your eyebrows...lmao

[chill_wind]

31. Yep. You can't pick your family, but you can choose your loudest surrogates. n/t

[calmblueocean]

32. It's hard to resist the temptation to score political points, but you're totally right.

This sort of crap is why we end up voting for cartoon characters instead of real human beings capable of dealing with issues like adults. It's just mindless. Still, I can't deny there's some part of me that wants Hillary to take the heat for it. The challenge is to keep that dog on a short leash.

[chill_wind]

36. I want to agree. But I also know HRC plays deadly and for keeps.

This is some serious little kharma for someone who has gambled her soul for these stakes.

[Hippo_Tron]

85. "Unfortunately, there are a lot of stupid people"

I think that just about says it all. And yes this is stupid but Obama has had plenty of guilt by association shit thrown at him so I'm glad the playing field is being leveled a bit.

[keep_it_real]

21. Actually Farrakhan said dirty religion not gutter religion

There is a difference which is why the MSM continues to tell the lie that Farrakhan said gutter religion when he really said dirty religion. Dirty religion is in all the Nation of Islam lessons that you can find posted on the web and all the NOI followers have to learn by heart so Farrakhan would never say gutter religion he really said dirty religion. Which only means that anything of good, even a religion, can be dirtied in the hands of any dirty person. Even a Muslim can practice "dirty" religion and practice terrorism. And hide terrorism under the good name of the religion of Islam.

[cali]

65. let's keep it real. Farrakhan has made numerous anti-semitic and homophobic

comments, including as recently as 2006 when he accused "false" jews in hollywood of pushing filth.

[Fridays Child]

23. k/r

[Shine]

24. Hmmm.....interesting twist

the plot thickens.....
:popcorn:

[Hope And Change]

25. K & R!

:kick:

[hisownpetard]

27. I'm waiting for her to reject AND denounce him, at least 100 times.

[Vinca]

29. That was beyond praise. That was a love fest!

Guess there will be no more associating Obama negatively with Farakhan. Any chance Gov. Rendell praised Jeremiah Wright??:rofl:

[lyonn]

43. Why has this video and speech by Rendell not been out there

in the media? Rev. Wright was such a good bashing point for Hillary and now this is being posted. The truth is that the blacks have been ignored and belittled for so long no one notices, like, hey, they just need to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. Guess what, Obama did exactly that. Obama didn't trash Wright for some of the harsh statements he made. He didn't agree but understood his history. Understanding is a word lost on many people now days. It seems to be, my way or the highway. Bush speak of course....

[newmajority]

55. Jeremiah Wright was one of the ministers who "advised" Bill Clinton in the aftermath of Lewinskygate

Hillary might claim Wright wouldn't have been her pastor, but he was Bill's, at least for a while.

[butterfly77]

33. These are some of the biggest liars.,.

First Bill needed rev wright to help him with his monica situation and now Rendell. What else do they have left in that kitchen sink?:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[lyonn]

I believe she has tossed everything she had in the sink by now

Pennsylvania is super important to keep her in the race so there is no reason to save Anything for later.

[mystieus]

34. Send it to Keith Olbermann for a question to Hillary tonight.

[PoliticalAmazon]

88. Will KO have the nerve to ask Hillary tonight? n/t

[TexanDem]

35. Very, very interesting -- has 2 parts! WATCH! Spread it around

Here's part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCGaIhlvyF4&feature=related

[Maribelle]

37. Remember that Obama merely denounced what Wright and Farrakhan said

He did not denounce the person.

[monicaaida]

39. hey

he never praised him either can rendell say the same hillary and rendell wrong and racist

[Maribelle]

42. Hillary did not praise Farrakhan either.

I think you're missing your own point, a tad.

[thewiseguy]

40. He did not say that his respect for Farrakhan has grown for the decency in his soul!

[Maribelle]

41. Neither did Hillary.

[thewiseguy]

44. Rendell is her biggest supporter in Pennsylvania and she keeps questioning Obama's ties to Farrakhan

[Maribelle]

47. I think you miss the fact that you've built in an extra connector.

[thewiseguy]

51. The Wright, Farrkhan, and Ayres smears were not extra connectors?

Let people judge for themselves. The Hillary camp needs a taste of their own medicine.

[Maribelle]

61. Connecting Farrakhan through Rendell is the extra connector. Farrakhan endorsed Obama directly.

[thewiseguy]

64. I was not trying to connect Farrakhan to Hillary

Just pointing out the Hypocristy on part of Hillary's campaign where their campaign chair in Pennsylvania threw a love fest for Farrakhan and the nation of Islam, while Hillary tries very hard to connect Obama and Farrakhan!

[PoliticalAmazon]

89. Candidates don't have control over who endorses them. They do have control over...

...who they pimp as surrogates.

[redstate_democrat]

90. Two things

1. Obama didn't ask for Farakhan's endorsement
2. Hillary bashed Obama because his PREACHER had ties to Farakhan, not because Obama himself has ties. The connector in this case is the preacher. So the connector to Hillary is RENDELL. Get it, got it, GOOD.

[FreeStateofWinston]

118. BULLSEYE !!!!!

:thumbsup: :headbang:

[JTFrog]

104. The amount of congnitive dissonance needed to maintain this level of

hypocrisy is mind boggling.

[Hippo_Tron]

87. Obama also never said "God Damn America" but people blame him fo Wright saying it

Why should Hillary not have to take responsibility for Rendell's statements when Obama has to take responsibility for Wright's statements?

[rodeodance]

124. it was the 20 yrLONG-term association that was the problem

[Rosa Luxemburg]

57. Isn't he backing Hillary in PA?

[stillcool]

54. Hillary Clinton attacks Senator Obama....

because of an endorsement, and Governor Rendell is buddy-buddy with the same dude. Obviously Governor Rendell needs to be renounced and rejected for cavorting with known terrorists. Maybe even sent to Gitmo!! This is Huge!! Do the people of Pennsylvania know that their Governor is intent on destroying America?

[stillcool]

38. Hello Keith?

[monicaaida]

45. oh

he praised the group, hillary said although the group or church did good things the leader is a reflection on the church, well louis farahkan is the leader of the nation of islam

[Maribelle]

48. And?

[futureliveshere]

46. This had to happen!!! Make MORE noise and lets get people to see this.

[Hope And Change]

49. You can digg the video...

here:


http://digg.com/politics/Pennsylvania_Governor_Rendell_Praises_Farrakhan_and_N_O_I

[stillcool]

58. thanks!

[Bread and Circus]

52. o.O

[ProSense]

56. Hillary needs to denounce and reject Rendell

From the recent debate:

SENATOR CLINTON: Well, I think, in addition to the questions about Reverend Wright and what he said and when he said it, and for whatever reason he might have said these things, there were so many different variations on the explanations that we heard. And it is something that I think deserves further exploration, because clearly what we've got to figure out is how we're going to bring people together in a way that overcomes the anger, overcomes the divisiveness and whatever bitterness there may be out there.

It is clear that, as leaders, we have a choice who we associate with and who we apparently give some kind of seal of approval to. And I think that it wasn't only the specific remarks, but some of the relationships with Reverend Farrakhan, with giving the church bulletin over to the leader of Hamas to put a message in. You know, these are problems, and they raise questions in people's minds.

And so this is a legitimate area, as everything is when we run for office, for people to be exploring and trying to find answers.

link

[NC_Nurse]

68. Karmic return. How wonderful.

:o :D

[Rosa Luxemburg]

70. Hillary also has a lot of 'splaining to do with this one!

[Melinda]

71. And, as Billy Graham has pastored Hillary, she needs to denounce his anti-semite views too

Renounce, repudiate, reject!

Rev. Billy Graham openly voiced a belief that Jews control the American media, calling it a "stranglehold" during a 1972 conversation with President Richard Nixon, according to a tape of the Oval Office meeting released Thursday by the National Archives.

"This stranglehold has got to be broken or the country's going down the drain," the nation's best-known preacher declared as he agreed with a stream of bigoted Nixon comments about Jews and their perceived influence in American life.

"You believe that?" Nixon says after the "stranglehold" comment.

"Yes, sir," Graham says.

"Oh, boy," replies Nixon. "So do I. I can't ever say that but I believe it."

"No, but if you get elected a second time, then we might be able to do something," Graham replies.

http://www.rense.com/general20/billy.htm

Both Bill and Hillary Clinton were sitting with him on stage in Flushing Meadows when Graham greeted them as his "wonderful friends of many years." "I told him," Graham said of President Clinton, "when he left the presidency, he should become an evangelist, because he had all the gifts." Graham paused, and added with a smile, "And he could his wife run the country."

-snip-

But Graham had praised and defended both Clintons before. And in a new interview, Hillary Clinton reports that the evangelist fulfilled a pastoral role during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and helped the First Lady endure the ordeal. At that time, Clinton says, Graham was "incredibly supportive to me personally. And he was very strong in saying, 'I really understand what you're doing and I support you.' He was just very personally there for me."

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1650798,00.html

And now that it's become obvious that Rendell *hearts* Farrakhan, Hillary should immediately renounce, repudiate, and reject him as well.

/off snark.

This entire anti-semite/Farrakhan/who endorses whom/this candidate obviously holds the same views because of their (no matter how tenuous)association with (fill in the blank) has now entered the theatre of the absurd.

It *is* the politics of old, and the sheer hypocrisy boggles the mind.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

59. Darn I just spilt my coffee all over my desk!

[eleny]

69. We need DU bibs instead of bumperstickers!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

73. yep

[berni_mccoy]

60. Clinton has TRULY pulled some Rovian Tactics this campaign

Give Wink-Wink-Nod-Nod to Canada about NAFTA and then BLAME OBAMA for double-talking trade, all while her Chief Campaign Strategist and Husband are working with Colombia on the Bush Trade Deal.

Now, Her Campaign Chair for PA has been Pro-Farahkan the whole time she's been throwing Farahkan in Obama's face, WHILE HE DENOUNCED HIM OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

[izzybeans]

62. Come on don't play their game.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

63. 2 can play

[izzybeans]

75. I understand the desire,

I just think its beneath Obama's campaign.

[DLnyc]

95. Good point.

(No one will listen,though.)

[Why Syzygy]

66. This is the problem when the Media and Pre-packaged politicians

break everything into black/white, right/wrong, them/us fractions.
Life isn't that simple. The real world has been simplified and stupefied for the American public for too long.

[kid a]

72. kick!!

[psychopomp]

74. This video will surprise a lot of people

including people who support either candidate on DU. After all of the fervor over Minister Farakhan of late, to hear a politician of any stripe speak so unabashedly glowingly of the NOI will be quite an eye-opener.

[monicaaida]

77. msm

my politico contact says it's old not news it was reported years ago

[psychopomp]

78. It is news to me

and I suppose it will be to many others, as well. :toast:

[FrenchieCat]

92. And so?

No one needs to know then?

How convenient.

Cause you know what they say about memories! Which is why Hillary supporters keeps saying......Wait till the GE, when they bring it up again.

This is just bullshit. It just means that what is good for the gander, is only good for the gander.
In otherwords, White people are untouchables.

Reminds me of the treatment of Hillary's "Screw 'em" comments about rural Whites; not really reported on.

Wonder why?

[Joe the Revelator]

82. Well...thats no good.

[MagickMuffin]

83. Back to the TOP

:kick: & RRRRRR

[monicaaida]

93. wow

how can hillary supporters defend this

[WinkyDink]

94. You seriously don't know how to spell "Governor"?

[cui bono]

96. You seriously don't know what a "typo" is?

[Bluebear]

97. "Govener" is not a typo.

It's just too far off, just saying.

[cui bono]

98. Could be, but I seriously hate when the spelling police come out all high and mighty like that

especially on a board that should look beyond that and get the meaning of what was said. Maybe the person doesn't know how to spell it? What does that prove? Could prove that despite a lack of education they are still paying attention and participating. I think that's a good thing.

It also usually shows that the person pointing out the mistake has nothing better to say and is grasping.

[Bluebear]

99. Hear ya.

[Willo]

100. Aww, Suki Suki now

excerpts for the tape:

And next I'd like to thank the Nation Of Islam here in Philadelphia.
To thank you for what you stand for and for what you stand for, for all the good it does to so many people in Philadelphia. And if there is anyone out here in PA or Pennslyvania or the USA who doesn't know, this is the faith that has as its principle, the family. This is the faith that doesn't just talk about family values, it lives family values. This is the faith where men respect their women and children and they manifest that faith by staying in the home with them. This is a faith that doesn't just talk about being against drugs but is out there every single day and night, fighting against drugs. This is a faith that just doesn't talk about the value of education it impues in their children and their schools that education is the road to opportunity. A lesson that all americans can learn. And above and beyond all of those thank yous, I want to thank each and every one of you for being here. Not just the people up here and the people down there who had a chance to speak, but each and every one of you for being here.

And there are some extraordinary people here, who weren't invited, aren't members of the NOI and just came. Came because they wanted to be here, and they wanted to make a statement. And, I don't want to take the risk of singling out people because we can be here forever. But two are exceptional enough and I didn't expect to see them here and I want to mention them.one is Bob Butera the director of our convention center. Bob is in the fourth row didn't have to be here, not his fight, many people he knows wouldn't be here for $1k and yet Bob came. The other is Dr. Fred Capshaw, who stands before me the leader of our community college. Who understands by the diversity of community college that that diversity can be a great strength to all of us.

And I appreciate Fred and Bob and every one of you for being here because your presence, your presence speaks louder than all the words we can say. Your presence shows that you care about talking about our differences, trying to do something about our differences, about talking the next step on the long road to ending racism and bigotry not just in PA throughout america.

:wow: Umm, :popcorn: your response Senator?

[maximusveritas]

101. Farahkan is not a "racist"

and he didn't say those things. Those are misquotes. Rendell didn't say anything wrong either. Maybe Hillary deserves some blowback for her attacks on Obama, but not this way.

[PanchoBass]

102. Rendell isn't running for president

Is he?

[rhett o rick]

103. If you have to ask that you are on the wrong blog. nm

[Politicalboi]

106. Neither is

Rev Wright.

[barack the house]

105. Well funny. This will be good burn and post to all your neighbourhood in PA on DVD.

Just go door todoor quick no time like the present.

[iconicgnom]

108. ah, the glory of a circular firing squad is

how it keeps on keeping on 'till last man or woman standing, or rather, leaning against the wall twitching spasmodically while the lifeblood drains.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this fiasco of a Democratic primary. I can tell you how it looks to me up in Canada, tho'. It looks like McCain's path to the white house is being cleared of every tiny obstacle by all sides, including his supposed opponents.

I speak to Obama supporters. I don't see how anyone politically active on this kind of blog could be undecided, at this point, or how any newfound argument (except sheer numbers as the primary votes come in) can change anyone's mind. So I argue what I consider to be a sound pro-Obama POV.

When I saw the clips of Hillary on Olbermann I shuddered and, quite frankly, I see little difference between her and any standard Republican. Her campaign is tightly linked with Charlie Black, and by that directly to John McCain, and it's impossible to get around that. At this point I find it very difficult to listen to her and I have to turn the sound way down so it's somewhat bearable. I no more expect her to get the US out of Iraq than I expect McCain to deliver on a great new healthcare plan -- 6 of one, 1/2 doz of the other, political talk is cheap when political memory is absent. But still, she IS a Democrat in name. I was under the impression that the progressive left was coalescing out of the Democratic party, and that progressives, tending to be thinkers rather than reactors, knew in their bones just how hard a job it'd be to turn that antique machine around -- to oust the Lieberman clones and rally the country around a new narrative, a new or renewed set of ideas, a new or renewed vision. How can that be done by destroying the party entirely? How can that be done if everyone on every side turns into a mini-Rove looking for dirt that'll stick? The kind of dirt the MSM likes so much when it can be used against Dems? You don't beat the enemy within by wandering onto the enemies preferred ground zero and taking poison as some kind of prophylactic to ward off the enemy's coming nukes. You beat the enemy within, the Liebermanns et al, by systematically moving the battle to the new progressive ground where progressive ideas can be nurtured and given a fair shake. And where the nukes, when they come (they'll be sure to come), might possibly be dealt with.


Isn't that what Obama is trying to do? Isn't that why he explicitly distinguishes this internal primary campaign vs Clinton from the coming GE vs McCain? Isn't that what he's telling his supporters?

oh well, 'nuff said.

[invictus]

112. K & R

[Penndems]

115. A video from 1997 showing then-Philly Mayor Ed Rendell in an African-American church,

where he was warmly welcomed, and praising Minister Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam's community outreach during Unity Day in Philadelphia.

Where's the fire? :shrug:

[graycem]

117. The fire is in the hypocrisy..

She couldn't refrain from saying his church praised Farrakhan at the debate last week... had to get that jab in there. I guess she forgot one of her most vocal surrogates did too. I think it's rather funny myself. See where all this guilt-by-association garbage gets you? I guess we'll never have a candidate that is good enough for everyone, because people who make it to the presidential level, have probably come into contact with at least a few shady characters along the way. It's how it's done.

[chitty]

119. WOW

This is kind of hypocritical isn't it?

Isn't he Hillary's biggest supporter and closest friend in Pa.?

What a shocker!

[monicaaida]

120. NUCLEAR OPTION

let's destroy hillary's campaign with rendell/farakhan


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/21/ed-rendell-clinton-surrog_n_97784.html



http://www.politico.com/blogs/ bensmith/0408/Rendell_and_Farr akhan.html#comments


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXum_-8I1TA&eurl=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0408/Rendell_and_Farrakhan.html


http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/200 8/04/21/why-is-gov-rendell-so- silent-today-about-louis-farra khan/#comments

[Jamastiene]

121. If you'd use some damn punctuation,

somebody might be able to understand what the hell your illiterate ass is trying to say. Otherwise, your post looks like gibberish and spam.

[monicaaida]

122. ok

how can we get this to the media

[rodeodance]

125. OP was so excited, he thinks he has a story--but story is OLD.

[Jamastiene]

126. OP STILL doesn't know what punctuation is, either.

:eyes:

[rodeodance]

127. thats an old story

[libbygurl]

128. Is this supposed to be free verse poetry???

It isn't good poetry, whatever it is. It's unintentionally funny, though.