Obama Was In Chicago The Morning Of Controversial Sermon

[boston bean]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/17/obama-was-in-chicago-the-_n_91876.html

A bit of campaign controversy broke out Monday morning, after Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign and members of the media pointed to a serious inaccuracy in an anti-Obama op-ed by New York Times columnist Bill Kristol.

At the heart of the debate is whether or not Obama attended a sermon by his now controversial former pastor Jeremiah Wright decrying America's complicity in the Iraq war and the "arrogance of the 'United States of White America.'"

Kristol, citing only an already-disputed article in Newsmax, says yes. Obama, supported by several news articles and video footage, says he was campaigning in Miami.

But according to the Washington Post's presidential tracker, Obama did, in fact, make an "appearance" in Chicago on the morning in question: July 22, 2002. He also, later in the day, flew to Miami for a fundraiser.

[Emit]

1. You left out this part

~snip~

Obama's spokesperson Tommy Vietor confirmed that the schedule was accurate but stressed that the senator did not make a stop at Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ.

"We have reviewed his schedule," he wrote. "He didn't go to church that day...

[boston bean]

4. I didn't leave out any part, I am only able to post four paragraphs and did just that.

His campaign says he wasn't in IL, now he was, but not at church. hmmmmmmm.

[maximusveritas]

10. No, his campaign never said he wasn't in IL

They said he wasn't at the church. This just confirms that.

[Emit]

17. Does he not LIVE there?

get a life, will ya?

[ProgressiveEconomist]

31. LOL!

[mrreowwr_kittty]

6. OP is deliberately skewing the facts to sow suspicion.

Time to put this scumbucket on ignore. Long overdue.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

2. Everyone knows he was in Chicago. He flew to Miami that day.

And it's impossible for him to have gotten back to Chicago on the same day in time to hear Wright's sermon.

[DevonRex]

22. And...

Impossible for him to have had an appearance in Chicago in the morning, go to church, and then fly to Miami in time to give a speech at 1:30 eastern time.

[Doctor_J]

3. Thank you, Sean Hannity

:puke:

And welcome to my ignore list!

[Teaser]

5. We know he was in Chicago

But the church appearance is impossible given the scheduling.

[Hissyspit]

7. delete n/t

[CatsDogsBabies]

8. Why do

you keep harping on this. Move on.

[Vinca]

9. This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read.

He was in the same city, therefore he must have heard a sermon?

[Hissyspit]

12. I don't give a shit whether he heard it or not.

This is such a non-issue.

[Vinca]

28. It really is. I can't believe over a dozen posts on the first page

of this forum are about this story. Economy tanking, war going on, the country going to hell in a hand basket, and this is what's important. To hell with it - I'm going to go bake some bread.

[ZinZen]

11. Nice attempt at a smear job

but citing Kristol and Newsmax as sources discredit you at the get go. Marc Ambinder from the Atlantic is all over this right now, and it does not appear that Obama was at the church. Nice try though.

[uponit7771]

13. He was also on Earth!! Dammit Obama!!! :rolleyes:

[malik flavors]

14. They never said he wasn't in CHicago, they said he didn't go to church that day.

And that's been confirmed.

[Mags]

15. Which one?

[Skidmore]

16. In the interest of truth, why don't you revise your thread title to accurately

reflect the fact that he did not attend church that day?

[boston bean]

18. that is huffpo's title. I just cut and pasted a title and 4 paragraphs of an article.

I did not skew anything.

[Skidmore]

27. So put the title in quotes and add a phrase like

"but he wasn't at church that day". How hard can that be?

[hedgehog]

19. You know, I sat through a sermon yesterday and I thought the priest was

full of shit. I sat there quietly reading my misselette because my parish is bigger than the priest.

[kwassa]

20. I Was In Maryland The Morning Of Controversial Sermon

Damn it all, I couldn't hear a thing.

[kentuck]

21. BFD !

I was in Chicage bus station the morning they were looking for Richard Speck.

[helderheid]

23. "The Times must be proud."

[C_U_L8R]

24. I certainly do NOT want 4-8 years of THIS !

Silly Hillary busybodies chasing people around
"oh so concerned" whether they went to church or not.
BLECCHH.... get lost you leeches. The Clinton police give me the creeps.

[democrank]

25. Got a lot of time on your hands?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5120944

[faithfulcitizen]

26. why don't you work this hard to "find" some dirt on McCain? hmmmmm.

[JTFrog]

29. Passion is a positive obsession. Obsession is a negative passion. n/t

[quantass]

30. Already Debunked! Yawn! (search DU before u post)