Tuesday
Apr292008
Obama: Wright's comments contradict everything I've done in my life
Presidential candidate Barack Obama responded to the "objectionable and offensive" comments made by his pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright earlier this week at the National Press Club. Obama said he was "appalled" by the Reverend's statements and that he "had enough" of the minister who acted "disrespectfully" toward him by not only making incendiary, hateful comments, but by claiming that the Senator's opposition to them was just "political posturing," as well.
Obama fully rejected everything the Reverend said, and claimed Wright had become someone the Senator claimed he had not seen during his time at Wright's church. Obama said the relationship between himself and the Reverend was now "severely strained," and that he was "saddened and disappointed" by the pastor who married him and his wife and baptized his children. Obama delivered an emotional speech, doing everything in his power to condemn and distance himself from the "ridiculous" Reverend.
Obama said Wright's comments were an "insult" to his campaign. Also, Obama said that the people of Wright's church were "good people," and that the impact of the Reverend's comments will ultimately be decided by the results of the fast approaching Indiana and North Carolina primaries.
Obama's outright denouncement of the pastor was passionate, and occasionally anger filled. The Senator was noticeably hurt by Wright's comments, as he did everything in his power to explain that he now fully opposes the Reverend, a much more emphatic cry of disapproval than Obama gave in Philadelphia following Wright's initial incendiary remarks.
Obama fully rejected everything the Reverend said, and claimed Wright had become someone the Senator claimed he had not seen during his time at Wright's church. Obama said the relationship between himself and the Reverend was now "severely strained," and that he was "saddened and disappointed" by the pastor who married him and his wife and baptized his children. Obama delivered an emotional speech, doing everything in his power to condemn and distance himself from the "ridiculous" Reverend.
Obama said Wright's comments were an "insult" to his campaign. Also, Obama said that the people of Wright's church were "good people," and that the impact of the Reverend's comments will ultimately be decided by the results of the fast approaching Indiana and North Carolina primaries.
Obama's outright denouncement of the pastor was passionate, and occasionally anger filled. The Senator was noticeably hurt by Wright's comments, as he did everything in his power to explain that he now fully opposes the Reverend, a much more emphatic cry of disapproval than Obama gave in Philadelphia following Wright's initial incendiary remarks.
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Reader Comments (1)
But Wright's views are just the core teachings of his and Obama's religion.
Obama and Wright are devotees of Black Liberation Theology which is condemned by mainstream black Christian ministers as a racist anti-white religion.
They believe:
1. black people are oppressed by white people.
2. Whites are the sole cause of all problems in the black community.
3. White people are the enemy.
4. Jesus was a black man oppressed by white people.
5. Black people must take control of the racist white government.
The Black Liberation Theology is a marriage of Black Power (Nation of Islam) and Christianity, according to Rev James Cone, its main proponent in the USA. James Cone is also Rev Wright's mentor and says that Trinity Church, Obama's Church, is the center of Black Liberation Theology in America.