I wrote a piece on this on Monday. You can find it here
This story notes of Obama’s church: “The church’s leader, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is retiring in a month, but his sermons and frequent denunciations of “white America” along with his support of black separatist Louis Farrakhan have forced Obama to answer for his pastor.”
Later: “Wright was quoted saying that, as president, Bill Clinton had done for black people what he had done to Monica Lewinsky. In a 2006 radio sermon attributed to him and now being circulated on the Internet, Wright lists what he says are America’s evils: its role as the No. 1 killer in the world, its imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, its support for Israel without regard for Palestinians, its radiation experiments on citizens, its creation of the AIDS crisis and its refusal to help blacks in this country. In the sermon, Wright says America is selfish, self-centered, arrogant and ignorant. “In light of all these facts,” he says, “God has got to be sick of this s***.”
While admitting he sometimes disagrees with his pastor, Obama insisted “People who are familiar with the black church tradition know that Reverend Wright’s considered one of the greatest preachers in the country.”
He also made this odd statement: “I’ve seen this country’s judgment clouded by fear — fear of terrorists, fear of immigrants, fear of folks who don’t look like us.” (FOX News)
The original story, with audio. (Beliefnet)
This is not just about politics. This is about core beliefs and values.
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At least part of your post is based on an error. The whole section that begins "Wright lists what he says are America's evils:" and ends with "God has got to be sick of this" was not said by Jeremiah Wright, Obama's pastor, but rather is from a sermon by Rev. Granderson Wright, who is not affiliated with Obama's church. Fox News goofed when it relied on the title of a youtube video. (That "video" was really just audio of a sermon so you can't see the speaker.) Below are the links you need to confirm this for yourself. Please correct your post.
On Jan. 23, FoxNews.com ran a story about Obama defending his preacher (Rev. Jeremiah Wright) and church, but acknowledging they have differences sometimes: http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/01/23/obama-defends-faith-against-ongoing-assaults/
This Fox story includes the following passage: "In a 2006 radio sermon attributed to him and now being circulated on the Internet, Wright lists what he says are America’s evils: its role as the No. 1 killer in the world, its imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, its support for Israel without regard for Palestinians, its radiation experiments on citizens, its creation of the AIDS crisis and its refusal to help blacks in this country."
1) The quote in the Fox story comes from this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfNEfEBYIZs. It's really just audio (apparently in a car and the sermon is coming in on the radio). Whoever is speaking on the radio does not identify himself. The youtube title attributes the sermon to Jeremiah Wright.
2) Here's a video of Rev. Granderson Wright: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoiok6qDyAA&feature=related
3) Here's a video of Jeremiah Wright: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rncgG5Bic-0
You can see clearly that the first clip containing the quote is Granderson, not Jeremiah.
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