Wright: Obama criticized me in order to get elected
posted at 1:26 pm on April 28, 2008 by Allahpundit
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I gave him the benefit of the doubt last week when he danced around this question with Moyers. No more. Here’s his clarification, making it very clear that he meant just what his critics thought he meant, that one shouldn’t take the Messiah’s not-so-high dudgeon over his sermons too seriously since he’ll say whatever he needs to say to get elected.
Geraghty, among others, thinks he’s sinking Obama’s campaign. My pessimism makes me skeptical, but Ambinder argues that Wright has Team Barry boxed in: The nuttier he sounds, the fewer options they have except to hope that he eventually comes off as so nutty that no one would seriously think Obama agrees with him. Is a Sistah Souljah moment in the offing? If it is, it means The Speech That Saved America didn’t really save America since he’ll have needed a second take to get it (w)right. Exit question: Is it time to suspend Operation Chaos?
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Definitely time to suspend operation chaos. Not many open primaries left anyway.
BuzzCrutcher on April 28, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Reverend Run is the gift that keeps on giving. If you guys wanna see some dem on dem violence, check out ZsaZsa Huffington’s post. I kept telling them that Dr. Evil(George Soros)plans for global domination are imploding. Then they scrubbed every one of my posts like I was an employee at Chernobyl….Censorship at it’s finest…The Dhimmis are too funny……
adamsmith on April 28, 2008 at 1:31 PM
I don’t understand this at all. Rev Wright almost seems bent on destroying Obama’s chances. The only explanation that seems plausible to me is outright stupidity. Could Wright really be this clueless? Or am I missing something?
thuja on April 28, 2008 at 1:32 PM
Assuming that Operation Chaos exists! Hmm.
geckomon on April 28, 2008 at 1:32 PM
The libs love this stuff…you can say whatever you want, words and promises doesn’t matter, whatever it takes to get elected.
Wright better hope that God isn’t white or Jewish when he gets to those pearly gates…
right2bright on April 28, 2008 at 1:32 PM
No. It’s mathematically impossible for Hillary to catch up, and the Dems are too invested in black identity politics to give it to anyone but Obama.
If we can somehow help stretch this insanity out all the way into August, there will only be a few months before the GE. This is good for McCain, because he’s a Bush-like verbal bumbler, and Obama is going to clean his clock in the debates. The best we can hope for from our side is that the ’soft bigotry of low expectations’ works in our favor — hopefully people will not take kindly to a full blown media assault on a vet and former POW.
My bottom line: the shorter the GE campaign is, the better off McCain is.
Blacksheep on April 28, 2008 at 1:33 PM
I believe Obama’s comments to Canada regarding NAFTA are already proof positive that he will say anything to get elected.
Blake on April 28, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Makes you wonder if Wright thinks he is the one who is running for Election.
upinak on April 28, 2008 at 1:34 PM
I think he got his message out there - that he’s a crazy old man who appears hurt that Obama deserted him, therefore he’s going to get even.
He sounded so unwrapped and so self lauding, I really think anyone with a brain could see that, which is probably a good thing for Obama.
It’s obvious Wright is now out for himself, becuase in his mind he feels he was wronged.
He’s also has a book to sell.
AprilOrit on April 28, 2008 at 1:36 PM
McCain may not be a silver tongued devil, but all he has to do is keep bringing up Saul Alinsky, Marxism, Chicago politics and there’s no way the “Empty Suit” can cruise through any debate. Marxist philosophy is Barry’s Achilles Heel……….
adamsmith on April 28, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Keep talking..please keep talking. LOL
RobCon on April 28, 2008 at 1:38 PM
But he never said those comments, that was lying Hillary who said them.
Absolutely, this guy wants so much to be the center of intention, you would have to be blind not to see that. He’s a publicity whore.
And - he’s got a book for sale.
AprilOrit on April 28, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Just to clarify, I respect Rush and listen to him often. I just think that there are so many factors involved (not withstanding the which minority card to play dilemma that have the democrats gnashing at their choppers) that to blame this mess or give credit to one radio talk show host would be naive. Or is it I who is naive?
geckomon on April 28, 2008 at 1:39 PM
If Senator Obama were running for anything other than the Democratic nomination I’d agree that he’s sunk. I’m sure somehow they’ll cast him as the victim of years of hate-speech and praise his ability to rise above it in order to save America.
In the Obama house “BLT” is not served on white bread. Ever.
blankminde on April 28, 2008 at 1:40 PM
and . . .
Apparently Obama can’t secure his attic access.
geckomon on April 28, 2008 at 1:41 PM
I suppose these are plausible explanations for Wright’s statement, but still I would think that Rev Wright would feel obliged to fall on his own sword to get Obama elected. It’s what I would do if I were Wright. Surely, Wright must have some nobility about him–which is why I suggest stupidity as the best explanation for his statements. Of course, I have never thought well about the mental processes of theologians or preachers with pretences to that description.
thuja on April 28, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Obama has Wright to bring him down, Hillary has Bill and McCain has McCain. I would have to agree with the comment above that the longer McCain can keep out of the spotlight the better it is for him as long as he puts his name out there every now and then.
SkyWatch on April 28, 2008 at 1:45 PM
Wow.
Anyone have the ETA on Barry O’s response? No reporter worth spit would resist saying “Wright, your former pastor and mentor, just stated that everything you say is said solely to get elected.”
TexasDan on April 28, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Wright will eventually learn that all he has to say is that he did it for the lulz. That’s the current get out of any reponsibilty for one’s words and actions card and shifting the blame to those who are offended.
aikidoka on April 28, 2008 at 1:47 PM
This guy is loving every minute of it…he is in his element with the NPC.
d1carter on April 28, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Operation or not, I’ve changed my mind in the last 10 days. I used to think Hillary, but now I wish for Obama to win the primaries.
Entelechy on April 28, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Obama is done as a national political leader…permanently.
moxie_neanderthal on April 28, 2008 at 1:48 PM
He’s basically saying what many on the Left believe, but are afraid to say in public. If they feel like he’s impacting the Messiah’s election chances, then they might get a little worried. But I think they cheer him everytime he speaks.
You won’t see anything reported about the ‘left-brain’ ‘right-brain’ stuff, though. That’s Jimmy the Greek territory and it might confuse the bitter clinger-ons out there.
Asher on April 28, 2008 at 1:48 PM
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright: the gift that keeps on giving….to Hilliary and McCain.
Zoltan on April 28, 2008 at 1:48 PM
The part of the Press Club appearance I thought was even more outrageous was when he was asked to explain the “chickens coming home to roost” comment. He once again called us a terrorist nation that deserved to have terror visited on us and then said those weren’t his words, they were Biblical words. So is he saying Osama Bin Laden was just doing God’s work?
RW_theoriginal on April 28, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Anyone else notice Obama, his operatives and his egg-sucking MSM pals are now calling Rev. Wright his former pastor?
Former pastor? When did that happen?
I thought Barry did not disown him, he only denounced his racist comments from the pulpit.
Who’s his pastor now?
fogw on April 28, 2008 at 1:49 PM
The Bigfoot of our time.
Limerick on April 28, 2008 at 1:50 PM
can anyone direct me to Wright’s comments re: attending Obama’s presidential bid announcement? I think I heard the Right Rev. say he was there, in the basement, contrary to Barack’s assertion that he had disinvited him. If I heard right, then Wright is calling Barry a liar.
DrW on April 28, 2008 at 1:51 PM
This dolt is either a totally unforgiving racist or the dumbest bastard in the world . . . or both.
rplat on April 28, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Keep it comin’ Reverend Wrong!
Those Obama campaign contributions are going to be used to send this guy into outer space!
WisCon on April 28, 2008 at 1:53 PM
I used to thing the same my friend. Not any more. By the time the GE rolls around, it’s a win-win any way you look at it.
Well, except for us, assuming McCain wins.
fogw on April 28, 2008 at 1:53 PM
AprilOrit on April 28, 2008 at 1:38 PM
I just wish the man would blow away. He is the epitomy of a wind bag.
upinak on April 28, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Guess this means that B.O. is off Wrong-Way Wright’s Christmas Card list this year, huh?
pilamaye on April 28, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Re: Rev. Wright’s comment about biological weapons
The allegation that we gave Saddam Hussein biological weapons is a lie. They got theirs from the Soviet Union, or they made them themselves. The only thing we gave Iraq, at their request, was some non-weaponized anthrax samples from the CDC, that they wanted for “veterinary research.” There’s a world of difference between naturally occurring anthrax and weaponized anthrax.
RBMN on April 28, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Maybe Mr. Wright can be BHO’s “Minister of Keepin’ it Real”.
Claypigeon on April 28, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Exit Answer: No it is not.
We want a Hillary to be barely losing going into the convention. She needs to have the momentum, but not the lead. Then the superdelegates will have to decide either for or against Obama. Either choice will destroy them.
But she needs to win the remaining primaries to do this.
AbaddonsReign on April 28, 2008 at 1:54 PM
Rev. Wright is defending his black racist church. He and the millions in his followers will throw Obama under the bus to save the black church’s right to continue their racist “sermons”.
faraway on April 28, 2008 at 1:54 PM
oops, of his followers
faraway on April 28, 2008 at 1:55 PM
From the Atlantic link:
um …. what intelligent,learned theologian soundbites?
Quisp on April 28, 2008 at 1:55 PM
Well said. This is the impression I’m getting as well.
mikeyboss on April 28, 2008 at 1:57 PM
That’s pretty cynical for the ‘agent’ of Change, Unity and Hope.
Entelechy on April 28, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Maybe Wright is running to be nominated in Denver…
Entelechy on April 28, 2008 at 1:59 PM
I am so damned tired of everyone dancing around this issue. It is NOT a crime to say that Obama’s association with Wright is problematic. Wright himself said this a year ago. And I quote:
“If Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me,” Mr. Wright said with a shrug. “I said it to Barack personally, and he said yeah, that might have to happen.” (source: New York Times - April 2007)
So tell me, WHY is it bad to claim guilt by association when Wright himself already beat us to it?
My head is about to explode…
cannonball on April 28, 2008 at 1:59 PM
He said this a year ago.
cannonball on April 28, 2008 at 2:00 PM
a friggin’ year ago.
cannonball on April 28, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Maybe, but I think it’s getting a little late for that. Nothing Wright is saying now is any crazier than what he said in front of his congregation for the past 20 years. Obama “disowning” him over these kinds of statements would be an extraordinarily transparent move that would most likely backfire on him.
No. We want the Democratic primary to be as close as possible, so it drags on as long as possible. Obama’s going to win the pledged delegate count, so as long as Hillary stays in, the primary will continue. I think the best strategy now is to begin the task of making Obama answer for Wright’s pronouncements. Maybe start with getting him on record as to whether or not he thinks the government created AIDS. It’s a theory worthy of ridicule, but he can’t really say “no” too forcefully, since so much of his base believes it. The best way to defeat a politician is to ridicule them, and there are many opportunities to do so with Obama.
Big S on April 28, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Is there a “White Church”, and if so would any of its members have any chance of ever winning a national position?
WisCon on April 28, 2008 at 2:01 PM
I’d say no. While Obama is a weak candidate who is getting weaker every time Wright opens his mouth, his supporters still cry “racist” every time anyone says anything negative about him, and I’m already sick of that.
I sincerely hope we don’t have to put up with that in the general election.
Esthier on April 28, 2008 at 2:02 PM
BAM! Hoops there it is!
CynicalOptimist on April 28, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Typical left-brained clap-deficient bitter white people in Indiana are left wondering who to vote for.
faraway on April 28, 2008 at 2:02 PM
ok, here is the passage regarding Obama dis-inviting Wright to his candidacy announcement:
Senator Obama has been in your congregation for 20 years, yet you were not invited to his announcement of his presidential candidacy in Illinois.
Oh, I was not invited because that was a political event. Let me say again: I’m his pastor. As a political event, who started it off? Senator Dick Durbin. I started it off downstairs with him, his wife, and children in prayer. That’s what pastors do.
So Wright contradicts Obama’s statement that Wright was dis-invited. He was there, downstairs, giving Obama last minute encouragement, advice and spiritual strength.
DrW on April 28, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Wright is not going away. he’s needs to sell that book, he obviously loves the celebrity status network news has given him, he’s like some kind of star struck weirdo.
Like a D-List celebrity, like the ones who came out during the whole Anna Nicole deal.
AprilOrit on April 28, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Oh to be a fly on the wall in Howard Dean or Terry MacAuliffe’s office.
swami on April 28, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Well, I am not so sure. Americans are a very forgiving lot, (remember Bill Clinton and how the public turned against Kennth Star), and after this deep look into what a self serving weirdo Wright has become it may turn in Obama’s favor.
I know you in particular Esthier - hate Obama, many here do, but I am not so sure this is a done deal.
AprilOrit on April 28, 2008 at 2:14 PM
I think if Rev. Wright discovered a super-8 movie of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr’s 1968 assassination, made standing behind James Earl Ray, looking over Ray’s shoulder and down the barrel of his rifle as he shot King, he’d burn that movie. It wouldn’t fit his view of what happened to Rev. King–no US Government conspiracy. It’s the same reason he doesn’t want Obama to be President. Wright is afraid whites will vote for Obama, and nobody will assassinate him, and then blacks will stop listening to black racists like Wright.
RBMN on April 28, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Forget about Operation Chaos, the liberals on the SCOTUS dissented in the Indiana Voter ID ruling on the basis that it deters voting. Why would ensuring that elections are fairly conducted by verifying identity be deemed a bad thing by anybody? Why are blacks, Hispanics, and the poor unwilling to show positive ID before voting? What exactly do they have to hide if they are legal registered voters???
highhopes on April 28, 2008 at 2:15 PM
I think it is a conspiracy. Wright is going to be so nutty that Obama is forced to finally disown him. Voila. Controversy over.
Sue on April 28, 2008 at 2:16 PM
With a little luck, McCain can beat either Barry or Hillary. I’m hoping Hils steals the nomination, so the black backlash can be directed at her (and the dem party) instead of McCain and the GOP.
In any event, the longer the Obama-Clinton fight persists, the better for McCain. Long live Operation Chaos.
BTW, Barry, when you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.
petefrt on April 28, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Positively you’re question is rhetorical. They take the dead, and occasional dogs, dead or alive, too.
Entelechy on April 28, 2008 at 2:17 PM
“your question” that is…also, note that the illegal immigrants can then also vote for them.
Entelechy on April 28, 2008 at 2:18 PM
I think everyone here is missing it. Pride. It’s Wright’s ego that’s driving him. He can’t shut up to save Obama or himself.
The Apologist on April 28, 2008 at 2:20 PM
A nod to “Opus” from yesterday’s comics.
“Is Obama a a white man with a black daddy, or a black man with a white mommy?”
cannonball on April 28, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Erm. Hillary’s lying undercover operative Austan Goolsbee?
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Too far, AP.
Hill cannot catch Bambi in pledged delegates. We should make it as close as possible, in order to make it as easy as possible for the superdels to screw Bambi out of the nomination.
Then, those dreams of riots in Denver (which would have absolutely no part in producing said riots), or at least total chaos, would be most likely. And the prospect of large numbers of blacks either staying home or voting McCain would be assured.
misterpeasea on April 28, 2008 at 2:22 PM
If it looks like he might do that, the best thing to do is to force his hand by bogging him down in the details. So far he’s been able to get away with a generalization about “some” of Wright’s “controversial statements” without identifying his positions on any specific one of them. As I said above, he needs to be asked if he thinks the government created AIDS, if he thinks the CIA is behind the proliferation of drugs among African-Americans, if the U.S.A. really “deserved” 9/11, etc. He’s sure to make himself look foolish answering most of those questions, and for good reason.
Big S on April 28, 2008 at 2:24 PM
I guess America has forgotten what pastors really do. This clown hides behind his pulpit to spout out racism and hatred to his zombie congregation.
What a hypocrite.
Hening on April 28, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Whether you love him or hate him, vote for Huckabee in the Republican primary. Send a wake up call to John McCain.
And I am not in favor of Huckabee being John McCain’s VP.
Red Pill on April 28, 2008 at 2:24 PM
I don’t see any downside to sustaining Hillary into the convention if Operation Chaos can really make the difference. While I now think Obama would be a highly damaged candidate in the general election, Hillary would also be highly damaged if she manages to snag the Dem nomination. I really think a large piece of the black vote would be in no mood for reconciliation of Hillary “stole” the nomination from Obama.
So who’s worse for McCain: Obama, with his racist/terrorist/fringe-kook coterie of friends, wife and mentors in the background, or Hillary without the black vote (and with Billy Jeff popping off intermittently)?
I say it’s a draw.
Cicero43 on April 28, 2008 at 2:28 PM
FF to November, Osama elected. We have to listen to Rev Right all the time?
custer on April 28, 2008 at 2:30 PM
I fear that what Sharpton is agitating in NY is mild, compared to what the year can yet bring. And the libs are bringing it on, only to then blame it on the right. It’s a strange feeling for now, and it better not come to fruition.
Entelechy on April 28, 2008 at 2:30 PM
custer, I think Osama might be dead, somewhere in a cave btw. Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Entelechy on April 28, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Hey, “Reverend” Wright has finally said something that’s true!
AZCoyote on April 28, 2008 at 2:32 PM
RJW (Rev. Jeremiah Wright) the white hater, who paradoxically is building a 10,000 square foot mansion in a classy white neighborhood, has a vested interest in BHO’s defeat. Wright’s church thrives on divisiveness and hatred.
RJW is one rich dude. If BHO loses, he will be an even richer dude delivering hate-filled perorations explaining why BHO lost. A BHO victory, however, would marginalize RJW and his church.
MaiDee on April 28, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Was Wright speaking tongue-in-cheek about the vice presidency, at the end of the clip?
Obama/Wright ‘08
UhOh!
captivated_dem on April 28, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Oh, and:
Some Operation Chaos operatives have been chosen to go to Denver as delegates. They can vote for anybody they like, i.e., they can help steal the nomination from Bambi.
I dream of stealing the nomination from Bambi in Denver.
misterpeasea on April 28, 2008 at 2:36 PM
What the hell with this guy. I feel bad for Barry O. Or do I? I’m confuzzled now.
On the one hand: Duh. We know he saying what he has to to get elected. On the other, I always personally thought Obama going to church was primarily for show and politics in the first place.
I wonder if Wright is feeling hung out to dry? Little payback here?
Dash on April 28, 2008 at 2:38 PM
That about sums it up, though I still think Hill would be the weaker candidate no matter what. Remember, she started with 45-50% of the country saying they woulnd’t vote for her under any circumstances. Now add the lack of the black vote.
Bambi is a little more of an unknown. He’d still be the stronger candidate, though it’s looking more and more like not strong enough.
Close enough to a draw.
misterpeasea on April 28, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Wright seems to be engineering a massive backlash, should Obama be denied the nomination or lose the election. He’ll have plenty of complicity from ‘progressive’ whites, whose mission of course is revolution from within. Almost any way the chips fly, it looks like hard times ahead.
Possibly Wright looks forward to replacing Sharpton and Jackson as Race-Hustler-In-Chief.
petefrt on April 28, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Keep up the good work, Reverand Wright, and keep those numbskull torpedos comming toward the USS Obama.
You have set the Black Church back 50 years already, maybe more.
You just don’t understand that America pulls for the underdog, but America expects results. You can blame the lack of social and economic progress effecting too many blacks on whitie, but you need to look in the mirror for the real reason. The acknowledged “Black culture” in America is all about excuses and victimism. No call for people to “step up” and exercise the theory that you can’t keep a good man (or woman) down. You often make your own luck and usually get what you earn. Welfare checks are no substiture for effort and accomplishment.
Wize up.
saiga on April 28, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Shame on all of you. Don’t you know that the Right Rev. Wright said that to criticize him is to criticize all of the Black Churches?
TooTall on April 28, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Yep. He’s in the spotlight and loves it. He’ll throw Barry under the bus to retain his street creds with the BLT contingent. There isn’t any way Barry can protect him and the BLT without admitting his campaign rhetoric is just politics as usual. If he dumps BLT to salvage his image, he loses a main voting bloc.
a capella on April 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Rev. Jessie Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpeton and now Rev.Jeremiah Wright, the mainstream choir for racial harmony, the leaders of African Christian theology, the brokers of racial healing and hope. Give me a F’in break! This election is all about race because of bigots like these “preachers” who continue to dictate their definition of race relations. The sooner these Charlatans are exposed as the real Racists the better!
dmann on April 28, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Slightly OT, I will be very curious to see O’Reilly’s take on this, he has a big audience of typical folks. The Factor seems to like the Messiah KoolAid despite the bitter taste!
dmann on April 28, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Not after Denver Riots. Keep it up until they blow (not that blow, Bill).
Aristotle on April 28, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Randy
williars on April 28, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Doesn’t Jeremiah Wright remind you of Monica Lewinsky’s idiot attorney William Ginsberg, who had no idea what an idiot he was making of himself? Stupidity is color blind. These two are proof.
horatio on April 28, 2008 at 3:20 PM
Rev. Wright:
Someone needs to read Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell.
For Wright to say the attacks are not against him, but against the black church tells me all I need to know. A statement like that is designed to get and keep blacks stirred up, enraged, and hating whites. The attack is against Wright and the inflammatory things he has said. I’ve been to many black churches, including Trinity, and the vast majority of them focus on scripture (as they should) with a little politics thrown in every once in a while. Which is why I never went back to Trinity. There was way too much focus on politics and not enough on scripture.
I say “Rev. Wright, take your lumps like a man, and stop trying to drag black churches down with you.”
But, he won’t, for the very reason below
macblanegirl on April 28, 2008 at 3:39 PM
I think Faraway may be on to something. Wright is so heavily invested in the grievance industry that for him, getting a black man elected President is not only impossible but also undesirable. Probably the only good thing to come out of an Obama win would be that the Wrights of the world would have nothing left to whine about.
In response to Allah’s question, it is emphatically not time to call off Operation Chaos. At this stage, the only way Hillary can possibly secure the nomination is to lose a close race among pledge delegates while persuading the superdelegates to “steal” the election for her. It will be Sore/Loserman all over again, only this time it will pit half of the Democratic Party against the other half, with party bosses facing the impossible task of convincing the two warring camps to quickly unite against a common enemy who most Democrats never perceived as much of an enemy in the first place. Hillary can’t possibly beat McCain under those circumstances, which today’s polls do not take into account.
Further, when picking one’s poison (as if it were ours to pick anyway), it’s a mistake to consider only the relative probabilities of two undesirable outcomes without also considering how much worse one scenario would be than the other if either were to materialize. An Obama nomination may be less likely to result in the Dems taking the White House, but an Obama loss in the general is by no means a sure thing. I’d almost prefer to take my chances with four more years of President Billary than give President Obama have any chance whatsoever.
Xrlq on April 28, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Has anyone ever enjoyed the “spotlight” more than Reverend Wright? All of this only serves him and his ministry. Think of how many more angry, militant, establishment-hating, anti-government individuals will flock to him and feed off the negative fairytales while his coffers grow. Say hello to the newer, bigger church, the newer, bigger car and the bigger than life presence of the “made it to the big time” Rev. Wright.
ej_pez on April 28, 2008 at 4:15 PM
Well, having Obama lose would validate his idea that this is a racist, horrible country. He`d get more milage out of a lose than a win.
ThePrez on April 28, 2008 at 4:19 PM
It’s not Rev. Wright…
It’s REVEREND DOCTOR WRIGHT.
And don’t you forget it, he’s a DOCTOR of stuff!!! He’s extra special and better than us Garlic Nosed Italians…even though he could pass for some of my relatives.
Goddammm, I do not like this prick.
benrand on April 28, 2008 at 4:32 PM
It is pride allright. Pride that he can preach to a whitey audience about how bad they are and have them give him standing-O’s. This is his ultimate validation as a grievance-monger and he cannot turn away from it… it’s like hitting 80 home runs in a season to him!
Well, that and the fact that he is batshit crazy and nobody has ever dared tell him so for some reason.
Oh, Karma honey, I am so glad you are the Dems ex-girlfriend that just won’t go away!
drunyan8315 on April 28, 2008 at 4:45 PM
If I could by call options on black rage I most certainly would. No way Obama is not going to win the party nomination. That would split the party big time. Clinton knows she can’t win and won’t win, but she is trying to bloody Obama for the general election so she can run as the presumptive 2012 nominee against an incumbent McCain.
Either way, Obama is not going to win the general and may be finished as a presidential contender. I suspect the rage merchants will be selling a lot of stuff in the aftermath but will be test marketing between now and then.
moxie_neanderthal on April 28, 2008 at 4:45 PM
That clip should be the only thing needed to run for a Mav win.
LtE126 on April 28, 2008 at 5:35 PM
DING DING DING…We have a winner!!
My thoughts exactly, if Obama is elected then Wright and his fellow race baiters will be out of business.
ArmyAunt on April 28, 2008 at 5:52 PM
What amazes me is how this sleazy b**** can talk about being held accountable to God, and then turning around and supporting a candidate that supports abortion 110%. Unfathomable.
As another Hotair reader pointed out, black abortions have killed more african-americans since Roe v. Wade than AIDS, cancer, and car accidents combined. And this punk “preacher” supports the vessel that ensures that this trend continues.
Jungliszt on April 28, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Wright is bigger news than Obama. Can’t be apprciated by the Obama camp.
Entelechy on April 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM
I talked to a cousin the other day who mentioned she’s really political. I asked who she’s voting for (assuming the worst) and she said she and her brother were voting Obama. When I asked her why, she said they both want a change and that he’s fresh. (Yes she actually said that) I asked her about Wright and she said Obama wasn’t there when the controversial comments were made and she believed him. I asked her where she got her news and guess what?! She said CNN! I told her she needed to get another news source.
PS She also said she HATES Hillary because she’s mean to Obama.
Domino on April 28, 2008 at 7:07 PM
Thanks to Operation Chaos, or we would not be enjoying all these drama. We should keep going until the end. I would love to see both Dems tearing each other and even the media cannot seem to do anything.
mariloubaker on April 28, 2008 at 7:17 PM
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