Posted on 04/28/2008 10:17:06 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
Barack Obama on Monday once again distanced himself from his retired pastor, Jeremiah Wright, as the reverend grabbed the spotlight for the fourth day in a row by suggesting the furor around his controversial remarks is an attack on black churches in America.
Plagued by the ongoing uproar regarding Wright, Obama said Wright does not represent his views or vice versa.
I have said before and I will repeat again that what some of the comments that Reverend Wright have made offend me and I understand why theyve offended the American people, Obama told reporters while traveling in Wilmington, N.C. He does not speak for me. He does not speak for the campaign and so he may make statements in the future that dont reflect my values or concerns.
Obama has been trying to get out from under the weight of Wright, an increasingly heavy burden for the Democratic presidential candidate since snippets of his sermons were released all over the Internet last month. Many of the sound bites by the former pastor at the Chicago church where Obama is a member have him cursing the United States as racist and terrorist, and suggesting that the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks were retribution for immoral policies.
(Excerpt) Read more at elections.foxnews.com ...
I’m amused by how CNN is reacting to all this. On Sunday night, they were making him out to be a great guy. On Monday night, they were making him out to be a disaster. They had the rug pulled out from under them.
The liberal establishment is unravelling.
Based on todays reports I may have called it WRIGHT!
can you PLEASE tell me what page this is on:
From Audacity of Hope: I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.
“I'm shocked, shocked to find hate mongering going on in my church”
“I'm disavowing the usual suspects”
UPDATE AND CORRECTION: From reader Dan, with thanks:
The actual quote from the book is from page 261 and is as follows: “Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/2008/02/i-will-stand-wi.html
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.