The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's former church criticized the news media Sunday for coverage of his sermons, saying in a statement that Wright's "character is being assassinated in the public sphere."
Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, defended Wright, saying he "has preached a social gospel on behalf of oppressed women, children and men in America and around the globe."
The statement came two days after Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, a longtime friend of Wright and attendee of the church, denounced sermons that have become the subject of recent controversy. Obama called them "inflammatory and appalling."
"It is an indictment on Dr. Wright's ministerial legacy to present his global ministry within a 15- or 30-second sound bite," the Rev. Otis Moss III, the current pastor of the church, said in the statement.
Sorry liar, but there were several clips across the news and they were several minutes long. "Rich white people" was said several times. So let's hear your next excuse.
"The African-American Church was born out of the crucible of slavery, and the legacy of prophetic African-American preachers since slavery has been and continues to heal broken, marginalized victims of social and economic injustices," Moss added.
"This is an attack on the legacy of the African-American Church, which led and continues to lead the fight for human rights in America and around the world."
Ah ha! Deflection! A classic maneuver!
In the same statement, the Rev. John H. Thomas, the general minister and president of the United Church of Christ -- the denomination to which Wright's church belongs -- said the news media were creating a "caricature" of his congregation.
Take a look at the videos that are circulating the Internet. In each one of them, you can plainly see just about everyone in the congregation cheering and agreeing with what Jeremiah Wright is saying.
Sounds to me like you're pissed that your "chickens are coming home to roost".
Travis
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I have never in my life voted republican but if Barack Obama does not get the democratic nomination, I will gladly vote for John McCain and here's why.
Hillary Clinton is a low-life. While Barack Obama is getting hammered in the media for his pastor's comments, many people from Republican to Democrat are coming out so defend Barack Obama. John McCain even came out and sincerely spoke in favor of Obama. Hillary Clinton is staying quiet because she knows in Pennsylvania it will hurt Obama. For this action only I see her as undignified and there is no way in good conscience I could vote for her. McCain has show himself to be a decent, honorable man and I would gladly push that republican switch for McCain over Clinton.
I have never in my life voted republican but if Barack Obama does not get the democratic nomination, I will gladly vote for John McCain and here's why.
Hillary Clinton is a low-life. While Barack Obama is getting hammered in the media for his pastor's comments, many people from Republican to Democrat are coming out so defend Barack Obama. John McCain even came out and sincerely spoke in favor of Obama. Hillary Clinton is staying quiet because she knows in Pennsylvania it will hurt Obama. For this action only I see her as undignified and there is no way in good conscience I could vote for her. McCain has show himself to be a decent, honorable man and I would gladly push that republican switch for McCain over Clinton.
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The church is complaining that a 15-30 second sound bite is not fair? Since when does a racist statement deserve more time than that? I guess he may have gone on to explain how some racist statements are justified? The church should be ashamed trying to justify this.
Martin Luther King, a man of peace, a man who can be credited with accomplishing tremendous social change, never resorted to language like this.
Aka Citi-
This man is not only Obama's pastor.. he is his mentor, his spiritual advisor and was even going to innaguarte his presidential bid...This is how yu judge the character of a person
Stopping blaming Hillary for other people's failings.. and go ahead and vote for Mccain
I am tired of Blacks blaiming Whites for all the problems of this world. Barack did not grow up in a single family home he had a stepfather! And he did not grow up in the US, have you heard of Jakarta? He probably was never called the "N" word eighter! I am tired of hearing how the blacks are going to vote for him "because" he is black. Is that the only reason they are going to vote? Do they know anything about what he stands for? What issues he supports? Or are they just voting for him because he is black? By the way he's half WHITE.
He seems to be a good man and it's too bad that his pastor had to say the things he did because that can only hurt Mr. Obama!
Because this pastor has put white against black and he is a man in the public eye the fight between blacks and white will never end with talk like that! It was Blacks that sold Blacks into slavery and they are still slaves in some countries. Why don't they use all this energy to end it in those other countries. We ended it here, but the ones that LIKE getting things HANDED to them don't want the memory to die so they can keep using it for more free things!
Prejudice is a word that can be used by all colors and it is used when it is "convenient"!
Obama denounced Rev. White's sermon comments -- but he sat there for TWENTY years and listened to these caustic, anti-American, bigoted sermons! Says it all -- we're not fools.
It's funny,,,this is the most important story on the newswire and the media has buried it. Two words "Don Imas." Here is a good one from the good paster. "We have sponsored terrorism against Palestine." The Jews only want peace there. Hamas and Fatah want pieces,,,of Jews. They have owned Palestine and operate the government like a puppet...if you don't know this, you've been asleep for 30 years. Apparently the "good" paster forgot history. These are the terrorists that have been bombing Jews everyday for 30 years,,,why because they lost a war in 1946,1947 and the late 60's. Jews have always been bombed to the point that they have to defend. How long would Americans put up with Mexico if they bombed us with suicide bombers and Kassam rockets everyday. Oh ya Paster, it wasn't the Jews that shot up schools and target women and children. Ask the paster why his precious "Palestinians" (Hamas, Fatah) kill women and children. Obama sat in that church pulpit for years and listened to this stuff. Remember what his wife said, "I've never been proud of my country until now." Why is that??? IS it because a person you look up to at church, a man of God, preached hate against Jews and loved Louis Farrakhan. He preaches so much hate for America that I cannot believe he is a pastor..(do you see the dry hump moves he made referring to President Clinton. Not my pastor. AMERICA, WAKE UP BEFORE YOU PUT SOME WEIRDO ANTI-AMERICAN IN OFFICE.
I was not surprised to learn of the appalling content of Rev. Wright's pulpit messages, as clues to Senator Obama's mystique have uncovered themselves throughout his campaign. The only shock here is that the mainstream press is finally covering it.
Where was the press when Michelle Obama pronounced herself proud to be an American for the first time in her adult life, only as her husband had a chance to get elected President? Where was the press when Obama himself proclaimed in a debate that children of illegal immigrants will have equal standing with children of American citizens when he is President?...the astonishing list goes on and on.
As for the church's condemnation of the press coverage Rev. Wright....PLEASE! It's important to examine America-hating diatribes preached by a Presidential candidate's spiritual leader!
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