Posts tagged with 'Jeremiah_Wright'

Is Rev. Wright Obama's "personal cross"?

POSTED BY ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD, APRIL 28 2008 05:10 PM | PERMALINK

This morning's stirring speech by Rev. Wright, which was followed by an interesting Q&A, was not to be missed. Here's a full transcript of the event or watch it here. There's no question that Wright is an intelligent man, who is passionate and well respected by many in his community, but the man dug a canyon for Obama today. Not only did Wright speak of the differences between African-Americans and European-Americans, (that's what he calls whites), driving a bigger wedge in the electorate for...
Clinton camp criticizes Obama camp over photo

POSTED BY ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD, MARCH 21 2008 01:59 PM | PERMALINK

The AP reports that the Clinton campaign criticized the Obama camp for "peddling photos" of former President Clinton and Obama's longtime pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The photo shows Bill Clinton and Wright shaking hands at the White House during a prayer breakfast in Sept.1998. The New York Times posted the photo to its Web site on Thursday and said it was provided by the Obama campaign. Now if only they could get a picture of either Bill or Hillary attending Obama's church while Wright was...
Obama's pastor problem

POSTED BY ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD, MARCH 14 2008 03:01 PM | PERMALINK

Controversial comments from Barack Obama’s former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, are coming back to haunt the presidential hopeful today. In an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Obama said he “profoundly” disagreed with some of the pastor’s statements, and noted that media is “cherry picking” quotes from Wright’s 40-year career. Read full interview here.

Wright’s remarks, which blame America for the 9/11 attacks based on “racist and violent policies,” certainly raised eyebrows, but it...
Obama's Minister: "God Damn America"

POSTED BY CHRIS BROUSSARD, MARCH 13 2008 12:47 PM | PERMALINK

The "Obama's minister is crazy" story has been percolating around the internet for a while now. ABC News finally did the hard work of investigative reporting, purchasing dozens of Wright's sermons from the Trinity United Church of Christ, and published an article today on Rev. Jeremiah Wright's inflamatory oratory. Wright has been Obama's pastor for 20 years.

On the Sunday after Sept. 11, 2001:

"We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York...