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Chrishayden
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Wright: Obama made 'bad' choice to distance self, but it's ok
TRINITY | He also mocks 'dumb broad' from 'The View'
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December 8, 2008
BY MAUREEN O’DONNELL Staff Reporter
President-elect Barack Obama made a "bad decision" by distancing himself from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his church, Wright said Sunday -- but that's OK.
"He's still my child," Wright said in a sermon in which he expressed pride in Obama's longtime association with Trinity United Church of Christ.
» Click to enlarge image Rev. Jeremiah Wright (right) told parishioners that president-elect Barack Obama made a "bad decision" by distancing himself from Wright and the church.
(Trinity United Church of Christ/AP file)
His talk was spiced with his trademark blend of history lesson, mimicry, singing, and -- depending on your point of view -- insults, or telling it like it is. One object of contempt seemed to be Elisabeth Hasselbeck of ABC's "The View," whom -- while not saying her name -- Wright twice referred to as a "broad," including once as "that dumb broad." Hasselbeck has criticized Wright on "The View."
Wright, speaking at Trinity on its 47th anniversary, said he was proud of "the only church that produced the first and only African-American president in the 211-year history of the United States. No other church can say that."
"The hatred of the media and the haters in politics may have caused him to distance himself from us, but the love of Christ will never allow me to distance myself from him,'' Wright said of Obama. "I can no more disown him than I can disown any other child of mine who makes [a] bad decision. He made a bad decision, but he's still my child."
Wright also compared the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib Prison to the abuses of old colonial powers. "What we doing with a base in Cuba?" he asked. "We just take stuff."
He retired from Trinity this year but was invited back to speak Sunday. Wright and his sermons were a lightning rod in the presidential race, particularly one in which he said "God damn America." Obama subsequently cut ties with Wright and the church where he was married and where his children were baptized.
Also at Trinity on Sunday was the Rev. Michael Pfleger, whom Wright called "my main man." Pfleger drew heat with criticism of then-candidate Hillary Clinton last spring.
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Cynique
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 12:31 pm: |
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This preacher is so steeped in the sins of pride and ego! Like he's doing Obama a favor by not "disowning" him. Does it ever occur to Wright that HE was the one who made the wrong decision when he used his pulpit to spew his contempt for America? But since he chose to do this, obviously believing that America deserves his scorn, then he should at least have the guts to take responsibility for the consequences it wrought. Instead he chooses to try and save face by making Obama the culprit. He needs to just shut up. |
Ntfs_encryption
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 03:55 pm: |
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"President-elect Barack Obama made a "bad decision" by distancing himself from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his church, Wright said Sunday -- but that's OK."
Ya damn right it's OK! Had he not done it, he would be watching Hillary or McCain being inaugurated in January with the rest of us. End of subject........ |
Chrishayden
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 11:12 am: |
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Ya damn right it's OK! Had he not done it, he would be watching Hillary or McCain being inaugurated in January with the rest of us. End of subject........
(Obama will wish he had been watching them inaugurated in January many times in the next four years, and so shall we.
And that's my Word.) |
Cynique
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 11:30 am: |
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It's not like Obama will be blind-sided by what lies ahead. I predict he will remain unflappable. The think-tank he has assembled in his move to rule by committee will shoulder the burden and the blame for any set-backs.
Plus, the expectations of the America public are not that high. Even the-man-in-the-street realizes that salvaging the country is a monumental task. There seems to be common mentality that we are all in this thing together and we will rise and fall as one. |
Chrishayden
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 11:56 am: |
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I predict he will remain unflappable.
(He will remain unflappable right up to his first heart attack.
You been seeing how tired he is looking? Bags under his eyes?
He looks half dead and he ain't even been INAUGURATED yet!
Careful what you wish for, Negroes!) |
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