Update We've got video of pastor Wright condemning Hillary Clinton for a supposed lack of understanding for what it's like to be a black person in America.
The blogosphere is ablaze with discussion about a report by ABC News describing the inflammatory words and works of Barack Obama's hometown pastor, Jeremiah Wright.
Over at townhall.com, one blogger asks "Does Barack Agree?" with Wright's controversial statements such as these:
"The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people ... God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme."
Over at MyDD, a blogger says "I completely disagree with this racist person, Reverend Wright. Obama is not just his parishioner of 20 years. His kids were baptized by this man. The title of Obama's one book was chosen by this guy. It is the closest of affiliations. If I were someone who claims to be against racism and this kind of radicalsim, I think I would have found another pastor a couple of decades ago."
This latest episode of injecting race into politics comes on the heels of a flare up with Geraldine Ferraro, a former Hillary Clinton surrogate who suggested that Obama would not have come as far in the White House race if he wasn't black. Over at NRO, Jim Geraghty postulates that the Ferraro episode sets the stage for intense publicity of the Wright comments.
The New York Time's opinion blog has a roundup of what other bloggers are saying as well.
--Carrie Sheffield, Web editor, The Washington Times
Comments (2)
Obama has for years claimed that Wright was/is his spiritual mentor--not his associate or casual friend--HIS MENTOR! Now, of course, he claims Wright is like a crazy old uncle. That's quite a dubious fall for the reverend who facilitated Obama's awakening. I have little doubt that, during Wright's indoctrination of him, the reverend was speaking the same platitudes of America's path to hell. And I have no doubt Obama came to agree.
Posted by J. Hanley | March 13, 2008 3:50 PM
I saw this for the first time on Fox news yesterday and was completly outraged, he belongs to this church for 20 years ,I have been watching CNN and MSNBC all day and no mention of this ,why is this not being reported on those news stations
Posted by Christel | March 13, 2008 4:03 PM