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Another Jeremiah Wright Day

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Somewhere, Barack Obama's aides are having a nervous morning.

Speaking at the National Press Club (but in front of what sounded on the CNN feed very much like an audience of non-journalist supporters), Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, just offered his thoughts on the black church and his role in the Democratic nominating process.

At one point he took a question asking whether he stood by his comments comparing the United States to the Romans who oppressed Jesus Christ.

"Yes, I can compare them," he said. "We have troops stationed all over the world."

Asked why he had decided to respond to the video clips of him saying controversial things at his Chicago church, he said, "This is not an attack on Jeremiah Wright. This is an attack on the black church."

Earlier in the talk, he explained his "God damn America" sermon by saying that he was referring to the conduct of the American government.

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Anonymous (not verified) says:

I'm wondering when he is going to lose his church's tax exempt status. He is despicable and I'm glad we got to see Obama's mentor's true colors. Jeramiah Wright can go to hell. What a miserable excuse of an American, and if Obama believes as his "like an uncle, 20 year spiritual leader", he can go to hell too!

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

Paulie (not verified) says:

You're mindless comments don't help anyone. I bet you love Martin Luther King because that's what they tell you to do. If you like MLK, you like Wright. There's not much difference.
Can we just stop with the politics and religion already? It's really not workable, which is why we had people decide this issue over 200 YEARS AGO!

Scooter Thomas (not verified) says:

We can't stop with the religion and politics because it is instructive on who Obamer is listening to, and on whom he goes for guidance and solace.

Wright will be Obama's demise.

Three cheers for Wright!!

Anonymous (not verified) says:

Barack Hussein Obama is the candidate who best represents the views of the Black Panther Party, the Weathermen, and Hamas--all of whom endorse him. His cultural marxist ideology, where all of us morons are living under a 'false consciousness'--taken straight from Marcuse's playbook--makes him a favorite for undergraduates everywhere, of any age. His foreign policy advisors are among the most anti-American, anti-Israel, and internationalist you'll find today. He is a disgrace to the democratic party. And of course I feel sorry for the poor inner-city blacks he claims to represent. If they didn't cling to their guns and their religion and their bitterness, they would have a better candidate than this charlatan.

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