Posted on 05/05/2008 2:53:53 PM PDT by blam
Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's pastor, 'stole my wife'
By Tom Leonard in New York
Last Updated: 10:23PM BST 05/05/2008
Barack Obama’s controversial spiritual mentor, the Rev Jeremiah Wright, has been accused of stealing the wife of a parishioner who went to him for marriage counselling.
Jeremiah Wright and Ramah, who had been married before
Delmer Reed has told friends he believed it was no coincidence that his former wife, Ramah, divorced him and married Mr Wright shortly after the Chicago pastor gave him advice on their troubled marriage in the early 1980s.
Roosevelt Thomas, a lawyer who handled the Reeds’ divorce in 1983, confirmed to the New York Post that Mr Reed long believed Rev Wright moved in on his wife after counselling them.
The allegation, which is flatly denied by the Wright family, compounds the embarrassment that Mr Obama has already suffered from his links with Rev Wright.
Senator Obama has known the Rev Wright for more than 20 years but he was forced to end their friendship last week over repeated claims by the pastor that America was to blame for the 9/11 attacks and for spreading the Aids virus.
Mr Reed, 59, a former investigator for the Illinois secretary of state, told the Post that he and his wife went to Rev Wright’s Trinity United Church of Christ for help when his long working hours started to damage their marriage.
He said he spoke with Rev Wright four times over a few months. Ramah remarried six years after she divorced Mr Reed but she and the pastor, who have a teenage daughter, were reportedly a couple for years before they wed.
Mr Reed said he had promised his children he would not say anything negative about their stepfather, whom he said he had forgiven.
However, he admitted he initially hadn’t believed rumours linking his wife with the pastor, but belatedly conceded he was wrong.
“People were telling me my extremely attractive wife was seen with the pastor. I thought, ’So what?’” Harold Davis, a Chicago youth leader, told the Post it had been “common knowledge” . He added: “Jeremiah knew all the weaknesses of the couple, and he started focusing on the wife, her vulnerabilities, and started doing things she wanted Delmer to do - spending time with her, taking her to the movies, that sort of thing.”
A spokesman for the Wright family denied the allegation, saying: “They had problems throughout the course of their turbulent marriage and the couple never received marriage counselling from Rev Wright or anyone else.”
Yeah, but O’bama wasn’t there that day, so it doesn’t count.
She went from “Ramah Reed” to Ramah Wright.”
If she played guitar with a nervous disorder, she could be Ramah Rhythm Tic.
Marxists do not steal. They nationalize. He took her for the greater good of the church.
This is better than Rev. Jesse ‘counseling’ Bubba after the stained dress incident! Rev. Wright - the gift that keeps on giving.
If she was an Otis Redding fan, she could change her name to Ramah Lama Ding Dong.
Ever wonder what happened to the bastard kid of Jacksons?
And how about Obamma Lamma Ding Dong, are there any Monicas in his background?
Okay, am I wrong in saying that the “very attractive” woman Wright “stole” is in the picture included? Eye of the beholder, I guess.
Guilty.
You have to get the truth in a British newspaper. Telling truths the MSM do not have the cajones to tell. It looks to me like Barry could have lost a wife if Michelle had a little more meat on her bones, as Rev Wright seems to favor plus size women.
"Let's face it. The problems of two little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world."
And HE is the church!
Was Jerimiah ridin’ dirty?
Well, maybe 25 years ago....
Geez, I guess Star Jone’s stomach stapling operation didn’t workout after all.
Let’s not forget, “Jeremiah Wright is Having My Baby!”
NO, NO, NO marriage counselling, G— Damn Your Husband, G— Damn You Look Fine, Come Give Your Pastor a Big Hug...
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