Rev. Wright Claims He was "Used"
By Zenitha Prince
Washington Bureau Chief
(November 8, 2008) --Two days after his former parishioner’s victory as president of the United States, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright denounced the media for using him as a weapon to destroy Barak Obama’s campaign.
“Their intention was to use me as a weapon of mass destruction to tear down that man's integrity,” the Associated Press quoted Wright as saying.
Wright is the former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where Obama worshipped for 20 years.
Speaking at a forum on race and religion Friday in Milford, Conn., Wright decried the media’s broadcasting of videos in which he accused the U.S. government of conspiring against Blacks, among other things, saying they were twisted.
The media tried to demonize him, he said, flooding the airwaves with clips showing him thundering “God damn America!” and suggesting that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 were America’s chickens coming home to roost. They never mentioned that he was a proud Christian born and bred in a Christian home, he continued; nor did they show the larger context of the sermon, in which he was trying to convey the rage and desire for vengeance that people felt after Sept. 11.
Worse yet, he said, they tried to suggest that somehow Obama shared the sentiments of his longtime spiritual advisor, despite his emphatic disavowals of those statements.
“Do you agree with everything your pastor says?” Wright said in Obama’s defense. “Ninety percent of the people sitting in church don't agree with everything their pastor says.”
That tone was a little different to the one Wright used in an impassioned appearance before the National Press Club in April, in which he insinuated Obama’s statements were motivated by political expediency.
Despite the potential hazard Wright's initial comments had presented, Obama in his renowned March 18 speech on faith and race, had tried to frame Wright’s statements in a historical context and had expressed support for Wright, saying, “I can no more disown him than I can my White grandmother.”
After Wright’s harangue at the National Press Club appearance, however, Obama immediately expressed his outrage and denounced Wright's remarks and eventually revoked his membership at Trinity.
Washington Bureau Chief
(November 8, 2008) --Two days after his former parishioner’s victory as president of the United States, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright denounced the media for using him as a weapon to destroy Barak Obama’s campaign.
“Their intention was to use me as a weapon of mass destruction to tear down that man's integrity,” the Associated Press quoted Wright as saying.
Wright is the former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where Obama worshipped for 20 years.
Speaking at a forum on race and religion Friday in Milford, Conn., Wright decried the media’s broadcasting of videos in which he accused the U.S. government of conspiring against Blacks, among other things, saying they were twisted.The media tried to demonize him, he said, flooding the airwaves with clips showing him thundering “God damn America!” and suggesting that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 were America’s chickens coming home to roost. They never mentioned that he was a proud Christian born and bred in a Christian home, he continued; nor did they show the larger context of the sermon, in which he was trying to convey the rage and desire for vengeance that people felt after Sept. 11.
Worse yet, he said, they tried to suggest that somehow Obama shared the sentiments of his longtime spiritual advisor, despite his emphatic disavowals of those statements.
“Do you agree with everything your pastor says?” Wright said in Obama’s defense. “Ninety percent of the people sitting in church don't agree with everything their pastor says.”
That tone was a little different to the one Wright used in an impassioned appearance before the National Press Club in April, in which he insinuated Obama’s statements were motivated by political expediency.
Despite the potential hazard Wright's initial comments had presented, Obama in his renowned March 18 speech on faith and race, had tried to frame Wright’s statements in a historical context and had expressed support for Wright, saying, “I can no more disown him than I can my White grandmother.”
After Wright’s harangue at the National Press Club appearance, however, Obama immediately expressed his outrage and denounced Wright's remarks and eventually revoked his membership at Trinity.
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