SubscribeBill Clinton Used Wright For Lewinsky Cover
From a website calling itself The Truth About Trinity United Church Of Christ and the archives of the Washington Post:
Clinton Faces Test At Prayer Breakfast
By Hanna Rosin
Friday, September 11, 1998; Page A34When President Clinton steps before an audience of 125 religious leaders at his prayer breakfast this morning, he will be addressing a group of ministers conflicted about how to respond to a White House sex scandal and under intense pressure from their own peers to uphold strict moral standards.
Many of those invited to the annual event expect Clinton, who takes comfort in spiritual settings, to make his most humble apology yet. And they were anticipating brief remarks, followed by a discussion that would feel something like a Bible study, where the errant parishioner and his room full of pastors hash out the very human questions of fallen nature, confession, and forgiveness.
Among the invitees at the prayer breakfast are a core group of supporters who are prepared to accept the president’s apology and forgive him, and who believe it is not their place to judge him further. But the supporters are also feeling pressure from some fellow ministers and in some cases members of their own congregations, who believe it is the religious community’s responsibility to openly condemn the president for setting a bad example for the nation. By going to the breakfast and remaining silent, say the critics, the president’s religious allies are providing moral cover for his failings…
The White House characterized the invitee list as diverse, with representatives of many religions and races: Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Muslims, among them. The list included a variety of leaders from different traditions such as Imam W.D. Mohammed of the Muslim American Society, a splinter group of the Nation of Islam, T.D. Jakes, a popular black preacher in Dallas, Jesse L. Jackson, several reform rabbis, and Father Leo O’Donovan, president of Georgetown University…
Some religious leaders not invited to the breakfast have criticized the president and his supporters, even calling for his resignation. These critics were wary of the president’s contrition, arguing that he tricks the nation into believing he feels remorse by using the language of faith to his own advantage…
Many of those invited hoped the group would not get stuck on the scandal and move on to other topics. “I’m not going to provide moral cover for the president,” said Rachel Mikva, a reform rabbi in New York and daughter of former White House counsel Abner Mikva. “But I would love it if we could focus on the many other more important issues facing our nation.”
So the photo was taken on the very Mr. Clinton asked for forgiveness for “ridin’ dirty” with Monica Lewinsky. (And Mr. Clinton got the ministers forgiveness, too.)
By the way, Mrs. Clinton was there as well:
Indeed:
She may have been seated on the Reverend’s left.
The full text of Mr. Clinton’s groveling “apology” can be found here.
(Thanks to Petra for the heads up, who happened upon this at the odious Democrat Underground. Also thanks to Petra for the Hillary photo.)
Update!
It would appear that a site calling itself The Truth About Trinity United Church Of Christ was the first to post the above photo of Mr. Wright with President Clinton — and then a subsequent photo of Mr. Wright with LBJ.
It’s obviously a website setup to defend Mr. Wright and Trinity. And judging by the author’s access to photos from the great moments in Mr. Wright’s life, the owner is probably very tight with the reverend.
Who else would have that photo mounted in a frame but the Reverend Doctor Wright?
Note too that the anonymous gentleman has also posted my article from the lefty crackpot who supports Wright. So he is probably an S&L reader.
Which actually makes sense, given that we have been on Mr. Wright’s case longer than anyone.
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March 21st, 2008 at 3:37 am
JANUARY 27, 1998
“I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky”
Then the Starr Report came out…..
…..and Jeremiah et al were invited to the WH to hear his confession…..
With tears in his eyes, President Clinton told a roomful of clerics this morning that he had sinned, speaking just hours before the world was presented a painstaking account by prosecutors of when, where and how.
For the first time, Mr. Clinton also asked for forgiveness from Monica S. Lewinsky, on the day that the details of their intimate relationship — details that he had denied and struggled to suppress — poured out through the Internet, whose wonders as a tool of communication he has so often extolled.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/f.....amp;st=nyt
I love the DU site at the moment - better than any comedy. The genius of Rush/Rove.
March 21st, 2008 at 4:16 am
I don’t get it though. I was just reading elsewhere that the Obama campaign released this picture and a copy of the invitation to the NYT and I, for the life of me cannot figure out why. If they were trying to make Clinton look bad…to late. If they were trying to hurt Hillary somehow with this, then will somebody tell me how it does. If they were trying to say that “They associated with him too”, then that only means you acknowledge the pariaha that Wright is. Which you already have done. Plus, you’re keeping this guys face in the news and that can only hurt Obama at this point.
All this tells me is Obama and his campaign are probably still in close contact with Wright because that’s obviously where they got the invitation and the picture.
What a joke!
March 21st, 2008 at 10:24 am
Classic…
Hillary and Bill have so many ugly associations.
It seems most Democrats do these days…
Remember when Hillary kissed Mrs. Arafat on the cheek after the killers wife offered some expression about the destruction of Israel?
Maybe Chavez or Castro will speak at the DNC Convention this time.
What a comedy of errors it all is…
March 21st, 2008 at 10:25 am
Wright and BJ Billy…
Scum of a feather…
March 21st, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Yes, I suspected the same thing SG. The article posted on the bogus blog was about Tim Wise - his calling card?
March 21st, 2008 at 12:16 pm
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Prayer Breakfast Sways Ministers:
Dozens of those who spoke afterward said they were confident that the speech marked a turning point on Clinton’s road to personal salvation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....091298.htm
And it looks like Hillary was there…more fodder from the DU. heh
March 21st, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Good get, Petra!
March 21st, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Hagee, in ‘NYT’ This Sunday, Says McCain Sought His Endorsement
NEW YORK In an interview that will appear in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, controversial televangelist Rev. John Hagee declares, “It’s true that [John] McCain’s campaign sought my endorsement.”
http://www.editorandpublisher......1003728364
Thanks SG. The Duranty Times are trying to stop the bleeding…
March 21st, 2008 at 5:57 pm
The Reverend Wright’s Sabotage
March 21, 2008 01:09 PM ET | Michael Barone | Permanent Link
Has the Rev. Jeremiah Wright been trying to sabotage Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy? I’m inclined to think so. That’s not original thinking on my part: Steve Sailer advanced the idea in a posting way back on January 15 (definitely read the whole thing). Sailer notes that Wright’s foundation gave its award to Louis Farrakhan in November 2007, long after Obama began his presidential campaign. Unless Wright is a complete idiot (which he obviously isn’t), he had to realize that Farrakhan was political poison. It’s not like he couldn’t have thought of other people to honor.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/
Fascinating…heh
March 21st, 2008 at 6:05 pm
“Sailer notes that Wright’s foundation gave its award to Louis Farrakhan in November 2007, long after Obama began his presidential campaign. Unless Wright is a complete idiot (which he obviously isn’t), he had to realize that Farrakhan was political poison. It’s not like he couldn’t have thought of other people to honor.”
That’s a great point.
But you know, just like fish don’t realize they are wet Mr. Wright may not even realize that this would be taken so badly.
But that is hard to believe.
March 21st, 2008 at 6:57 pm
SG; …..”Mr. Wright may not even realize that this would be taken so badly….”
By Wrights own admission he knew he was the poison pill. He told Obama so when the latter approached him with the notion of running for the presidency. One thing of note is that Wright didn’t make even a token effort to soften his rhetoric to help one of his congregants. With so much on the line one would think that if Wright was truly interested in Obama’s chances, and if indeed they both share a common goal, Wright would modify his behavior toward those ends. What this really points out is that it has always been about Wright and his consolidation of power. He would be the king-maker when he felt the time was ripe. But right now, Wright needed another martyr. How better than to manufacture one of your own?
March 21st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I think that pretty much says it all. It would also account for Wright going on Hannity’s show and repeatedly mentioning Cone and Hopkins knowing people would look into Black Liberation Theology.
SG. As a new reader here, I have to give you great credit for keeping the iron hot on this whole issue. I went back and read many of the older posts and you were way out in front of this. The country owes you kudos, especially us “typical white people”.
March 21st, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Thanks very much, Noyz. It’s very appreciated.
March 22nd, 2008 at 5:43 pm
SG;…..”It’s obviously a website setup to defend Mr. Wright and Trinity…………Note too that the anonymous gentleman has also posted my article from the lefty crackpot who supports Wright. So he is probably an S&L reader……”
Maybe a disaffected member of the medical profession??