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 10 Accidental 
 Celebrities 

None of them sought the spotlight—at first

Nov 11, 09 12:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Some people set out to be famous; other people are made famous accidentally—and then they either run with it (see Levi Johnston) or don’t (see the guy that Dick Cheney shot). Newsweek runs down the top 10 accidental celebrities:
  • Harry Whittington: He probably made Dick Cheney angry,
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Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • Jessica Lynch • Jeremiah Wright • Lynndie England • Levi Johnston • Samuel Wurzelbacher

Ayers, Rev. Wright Team Up for Middle East Peace

Obama's former liabilities joke about their roles

May 18, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two of the toughest thorns in Barack Obama's side during the presidential campaign joined together in Chicago yesterday for the first time, the Tribune reports. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers shared a stage at a kickoff rally for a march for Mideast peace. It was their work on... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Chicago • Palestine • Israel and Palestinians • rally • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • Jeremiah Wright • Election 2008 • Bill Ayers • Israelis • William Ayers • march

View Host Fires Back, Calls Rev. Wright 'Archaic, Sexist'  

Hasselbeck attacks him for calling her a 'dumb broad'

Dec 9, 08 12:49 PM CST
(Newser) - The View’s Elizabeth Hasselbeck fired back at Rev. Jeremiah Wright from her own pulpit yesterday, saying he’s “archaic” and “sexist” for calling her a “dumb broad” during a rant about the media in his Sunday sermon. Haselbeck's liberal co-hosts came to her defense, though... More »

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Barack Obama • The View • Elizabeth Hasselbeck • Jeremiah Wright • President Obama

Unaired McCain Spot Blasts
Rev. Wright

Attack ad surfaces,
but GOP candidate
refused to run it

Dec 9, 08 5:58 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain's campaign created a commercial slamming Barack Obama for his relationship with inflammatory pastor Jeremiah Wright. The 30-second spot, obtained by ABC News, contrasts McCain's years in a Vietnam POW camp with footage of Wright shouting "God damn America." The commercial was ready for release and... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • attack ad • Jeremiah Wright • campaign advertising • Election 2008 • Steve Schmidt

OPINION

 DC Churches Woo Obamas 

Picking the  inclusive National Cathedral would send a powerful message 

Nov 22, 08 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The new first family will be looking for a place of worship in Washington, DC, and area congregations are feverishly offering up their advantages: presidential tradition; diversity; proximity to the White House; community activism; connections to Trinity, the Obamas' former Chicago church; a pastor who hails from Hawaii. A historian... More »

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Barack Obama • Washington DC • church • Episcopalian • Jeremiah Wright • President Obama • Obama family

OPINION

 Is Obama a Radical 
 or Reconciler? 

Or Niebuhrian waffler?

Oct 22, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama may be on the brink of the presidency, but many still wonder whether he’s a closet radical, Michael Gerson writes in the Washington Post. He carries a liberal Illinois legislature record, associations with Ayers, Alinsky, Wright, and ACORN, and an “elitist disdain for bitter, God-clinging conservatives,... More »

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Barack Obama • radical • Obama 2008 • Jeremiah Wright • Election 2008 • moderate • Bill Ayers

OPINION

If Obama Were White,
He'd Be Hit Twice as Hard

Democrat is protected by his race, not vulnerable because of it

Oct 14, 08 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain isn’t stoking racism against Barack Obama. If anything, writes Jonah Goldberg in the LA Times, McCain is going easy on the Democrat for fear of appearing racist. When the GOP paints Obama as “different” or Sarah Palin says he doesn’t see America “the way... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • race • racism • Jeremiah Wright • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

OPINION

 Krauthammer: 
 Why Ayers, Rezko Matter 

Obama's links reveal his character, despite what media say

Oct 10, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Raising the specter of Barack Obama’s ties with the likes of Bill Ayers is perfectly legitimate, and John McCain's only fault is that he didn't start sooner, writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post. These associations “provide a significant insight into character” and “are particularly relevant” for... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Jeremiah Wright • Tony Rezko • Election 2008 • campaign tactics • Bill Ayers

OPINION

Hey, GOP:
Let's Emulate Obama's Cool

Attack ads worked in 2004. That's not where we're at: Frum

Oct 9, 08 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Frum plans to vote for John McCain, but with the economy in ruin, anyone who thinks the GOP can win “by banging on about William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright is...to put it mildly...severely under-estimating the electoral importance of pocketbook issues.” These desperate attacks “are... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • negative campaigning • attack ad • Jeremiah Wright • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • economy • Bill Ayers

 Fake Polls Smear 
 'Muslim' Obama 

Callers link candidate to Hamas, imply he is a Muslim in calls

Oct 3, 08 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The ugly tactic of “push polling” has resurfaced in key swing states, as fake pollsters seek to influence voters with scam questions that present an unfavorable view of Barack Obama, the Guardian reports. On one call, a Jewish voter in Pennsylvania says, she was asked if she would vote... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • Ohio • poll • Muslim • smear campaign • political activism • Jeremiah Wright • Election 2008

 Obama Smears 
 Are Low-Profile 
 Precision Strikes 

Efforts to emphasize Democrat's "foreign-ness" dodge publicity

Sep 24, 08 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - This election’s smear campaigns are precision strikes flying under the radar, unlike the publicity assault from the Swift Boat attacks last time around, the New York Times reports. An independent group has run cable ads heavy on racial overtones in Detroit’s suburbs, linking Barack Obama to controversial black... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • advertising • advertisements • Jeremiah Wright • Kwame Kilpatrick • Election 2008

 Obama's Unique
 Road to Faith 

How the presumptive nominee found a religion, and now seeks a church

Jul 13, 08 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - As a young man, Barack Obama experienced a lonely, drawn-out crisis of faith—and now finds himself churchless as the whole world watches, Newsweek reports. His father was an atheist Muslim, his mother a Christian who turned secular, and Obama eventually embraced Chicago's Trinity United after years of church-based activism.... More »

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Barack Obama • Christianity • religion • spirituality • Obama 2008 • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ

ANALYSIS

How the Air Came Out of Clinton's Tires

Poor Ind., NC showings sucked late momentum from her campaign

Jun 5, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s campaign was happiest, and picked up the most steam, late in the game, as divisive staffers departed, the blue-collar vote moved into her column and the candidate found her comfort zone. The Washington Post examines the Democrat's final months, noting its rejuvenation after Texas and Ohio victories,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Jeremiah Wright • Texas primary • Ohio primary • Indiana primary • North Carolina primary • Bittergate

 Former Obama Pastor
 in Church Power Battle 

 Refusing to relinquish leadership

Jun 5, 08 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's former Chicago church is in turmoil over a battle to retain power by firebrand preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Time reports. A rift has opened between Wright, who was supposed to retire from the church he nurtured for 36 years, and his hand-picked successor, whose qualifications he's now questioning. More »

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Barack Obama • retirement • Baptists • United Church of Christ • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ • Otis Moss III

OPINION

 Clinton Insiders 
 Offer Post Mortem 

Strategist Penn, oblivious campaign, haughty candidate get (anonymous) blame

May 28, 08 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New Republic asked (anonymous) Hillary Clinton camp insiders why their candidate isn’t booking her ticket to Denver:
  • “I just don't think she was hungry enough for it …It wasn't really until the 10-in-a-row loss that she started doing stuff like Saturday Night Live and Jon
... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • The Daily Show • Jeremiah Wright • Iowa caucuses

Obama Wants Truce Even as McCain Spins Pastors' Ties

McCain says his link to Hagee neither long nor strong as Obama's to Wright

May 23, 08 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is tweaking John McCain for slinging muck on Rev. Jeremiah Wright on one hand while distancing himself from Rev. John Hagee on the other, the Chicago Tribune reports. “Nobody thinks that McCain believes that stuff," Obama said. "For McCain to then suggest that every single... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • John Hagee • Jeremiah Wright • Rod Parsley • Nazis

ANALYSIS

 Why Obama 
 Will Do Fine 
 With Jews 

Constituency needs soothing, but he's got time, and they're reliably Democrat

May 8, 08 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Much has been made of Barack Obama’s “Jewish problem,” but while it’s hurt him in the primaries—he’s done 10 points worse among Jewish voters—it will have little or no meaning in November, SV Date writes in the New Republic. The demographic is most... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • Jeremiah Wright • the Jewish vote

OPINION

About-Face on Wright
'No Way to Start a Dialogue'

Obama called for discussion on race, then ran from it, columnist argues

May 5, 08 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Coming together “isn’t all it’s cracked up to be,” Gregory Rodriguez writes in the LA Times, and Barack Obama's attempt to start a national dialogue on race was foiled by an unlikely actor: Barack Obama. Jeremiah Wright "didn't really say anything new last week,"... More »

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Barack Obama • Thanksgiving • reconciliation • Jeremiah Wright

Wright Is a Wife-Snatcher: Ex-Parishioner

Rev. got hitched
to woman after giving her marital counsel

May 4, 08 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright was making passes at a parishioner's wife when he was supposed to be giving the couple marriage counseling, the New York Post reports. "People were telling me that my extremely attractive wife was seen with the pastor," said Delmer Reed, who says... More »

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Barack Obama • adultery • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ • Rev. Jeremiah Wright

OPINION

Peggy Noonan, for One,
Is Not Offended

Rev. Wright merely latest, most-publicized participant in Whitman's 'barbaric yawp'

May 2, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Peggy Noonan wonders if there's something wrong with her for not being upset over Jeremiah Wright’s extremist sermons. No, she decides in the Wall Street Journal, she just doesn’t “think his views carry deep implications for our country”—and indeed understands the bitterness, drawing on the... More »

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anger • tolerance • Jeremiah Wright • Peggy Noonan • Irish

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