From Warship to War
March 21, 2008 – 10:01 am by AndrewSo apparently the Wright comment that’s got everyone up in arms, the chickens coming home to roost one, was actually a quote. That’s right, Reverand Wright was quoting ambassador Edward Peck. Or if I were to be more detailed in my description I’d say white ambassador Edward Peck. And if I were to be even more descriptive I’d say white ambassador Edward Peck on the Fox “News” Channel. Yes, that’s the same channel that’s been criticizing Wright for his comments. His comments that he quoted from their broadcast. From now on we should spell hypocrisy f-o-x.
I actually watched some more of that sermon, to get context, and I’ve got to say this Rev. Wright talks some serious sense. He talks about how we took this country from the native Americans, how we enslaved Africans, how we nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And the point of all this? The reason he feels the need to remind us of such unpleasantness? “Violence begets violence, hatred begets hatred, and terrorism begets terrorism.” True, true, and true. And those are still not his words, he’s still quoting. Not that that should matter because he’s making sense anyway.
Why is it that white people are so scared by angry black people? It must go back to slavery and segregation. It must be because we know we’re guilty. No, what am I saying? This guy is a hate-filled racist. Obviously.
—update—
So I’ve been trying to find the transcript of Peck’s remarks, but Fox News doesn’t seem to put it’s transcripts online. Apparently they’re available on Lexis-Nexis but I don’t have access. If anyone does I’d really appreciate it if you tried to find the transcript. Thanks, Andrew.
i looked at the transcripts on lexis-nexis and as far as i can tell, rev. wright only captured the sentiments of the former ambassador, and not an actual quote. Edward Peck speaking with who else but Sean Hannity explained that the U.S. position in Iraq in many ways precipitated disaffect against the United States.
Below is a portion of the transcript I found.
PECK: … But let me ask you a couple of questions first, Sean.
HANNITY: No, no, no. I’m the host. Answer my question.
PECK: Well, can I suggest –
HANNITY: If he would use chemical weapons against his own people, why wouldn’t he use –
PECK: When did he do that?
HANNITY: … nuclear weapons against the rest of the world?
PECK: When did he use the chemical weapons?
HANNITY: Against the Kurds in the North.
PECK: Nineteen — 1988. And that was before he became a bad guy. Our position was that that wasn’t a bad thing.
HANNITY: Has he changed?
PECK: Yes.
HANNITY: When we — when his own former weapons — nuclear weapons leader is here in this studio telling us…
PECK: I don’t…
(CROSSTALK)
HANNITY: … he’s trying to get nuclear capability?
PECK: I’m sure — let me put your finger on the key issue here. Our president said in his state of the union speech in talking about Iraq the keyword, the “hostility,” the hostility of Iraq. Now I’ve got to ask you this. Who’s being hostile to whom? We bomb the country whenever we feel like it. We’ve been doing that for 11 years. There are people who do not like you to do that.
Reply to obamaphileTurns out the dates don’t correspond for Edward Peck’s appearance on fox and the date given for the sermon, but here is more information on other Wright sermon’s from CNN.
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-wright%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cgod-damn-america%e2%80%9d-sermon/
Reply to obamaphileInteresting. Based on what Peck said above I definitely find it believable that he might have said the chickens coming home to roost line.
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