Obama's Church: Cauldron of Division
Jim Davis
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007
[snip] Wright's strong sentiments were echoed in the Sunday morning service attended by NewsMax.
Wright laced into America's establishment, blaming the "white arrogance" of America's Caucasian majority for the woes of the world, especially the oppression suffered by blacks. To underscore the point he refers to the country as the "United States of White America." Many in the congregation, including Obama, nodded in apparent agreement as these statements were made.
The sermon also addressed the Iraq war, a frequent area of Wright's fulminations.
"Young African-American men," Wright thundered, were "dying for nothing." The "illegal war," he shouted, was "based on Bush's lies" and is being "fought for oil money."
In a sermon filled with profanity, Wright also blamed the war on "Bush administration bulls--t." Is this what is called a Gary Hart Moment?
Also buried in that article:
Obama and Wright appear, at first blush, an unlikely pair. Wright is Chicago's version of the Rev. Al Sharpton.
It was no surprise that Sharpton recently announced that with Wright's backing, he was setting up a chapter of his New York-based National Action Network in Chicagoland. The chapter will be headed by Wright's daughter, Jeri Wright.
The guy who interviewed BO last night on Hannity’s show asked BO if he had been in attendance when any of the hate filled sermons were given. BO said NO emphatically. After the interview the guy said something along the lines of....If it can be proven that BO was in attendance then he is lying and that would be tragic for his campaign.