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Clinton Crusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:36 PM
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Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's Pastor, Incites YouTube Video Frenzy
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Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's Pastor, Incites YouTube Video Frenzy

Reverend Wright's Statements Reference 9/11, Clinton Campaign

When ABC News purchased copies of sermons given at Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, they may not have known just what
they would find. Quickly gaining attention across the nation are Reverend Jeremiah Wright's comments, delivered from the pulpit of
Senator Barack Obama's long-time church.

In one 2003 sermon, commenting on the treatment of African-Americans in the United States, Wright says "the government gives them
the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three strikes law and then wants us to sing 'God bless America,' No, no, no, not 'God bless
America,' God damn America -- that's in the Bible, you're killing innocent people, God damn America for treating us citizens as less than
human."

According to ABC, of 9/11, Reverend Wright goes on: "We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the
thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye. We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and
black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front
yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost."

In the video, Jeremiah Wright goes on to comment on the Clinton campaign, seemingly compares Obama's story to that of Jesus Christ,
and suggests that the U.S. government intentionally provides drugs to African-Americans in an attempt to imprison them, among other
claims.

While the Obama campaign is likely unhappy with the attention this story has garnered, it appears as if the pastor's comments are gaining
steam. In the past 24 hours, 41 copies of the Good Morning America segment have been posted to YouTube by members such as
"CultureWar77" and "DemocratsHateUS." These 41 videos have received 205,486, an average of 5,011 per YouTube video.

To date, Senator Obama has distanced himself from Reverend Wright's incendiary comments. In response to Reverend Wright's comments
on the 9/11 attacks, the New York Times quotes Senator Obama as stating that "the violence of 9/11 was inexcusable and without
justification."
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-15-08 01:20 AM
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1. I guess those who agree with Wright disagree with BO now, non?
:shrug:
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-15-08 01:25 AM
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2. Shush, you'll confuse them.
Actually, I just realized that I hadn't filled my quarterly quota of 'shush'es, so I had to type something :)
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-15-08 03:16 AM
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5. Very interesting take.
I like the way you think. Either they agree with Wright or Obama, because Obama has now renounced his nasty sermons.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-15-08 01:55 AM
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3. How much you want to bet---someone outs BO---discovers he was indeed
sitting in on one of these type sermons?

I am callous -but all it takes is some $$--say from national inquierer mag. to get someone to talk.
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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-15-08 04:32 AM
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7. Excellent point. It is BS to believe in two decades he never heard Wright say anything bigoted
It is only a matter of time before he is outed. If he is the nominee October will be a nightmare for us.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-15-08 01:58 AM
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4. are you going to post this 'out there/???
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-15-08 03:17 AM
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6. We should really invest in fireproof suits.
Edited on Sat Mar-15-08 03:17 AM by Jamastiene
It's :scared: "out there."
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-15-08 05:35 AM
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8. i agree. was just wondering.
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