“Uncle” Jeremiah “God Damn America” Wright, the former pastor of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)’s former church, Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago (both tossed under the Obama bus), made an appearance today at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in downtown Houston, Athena Jones at MSNBC’s First Read reported.
Mike Snyder of the Houston Chronicle wrote that Wright has been “a regular guest minister at Wheeler Avenue for more than 15 years” although a “scheduled appearance in March was canceled because of security concerns.”
Wright “spoke glowingly of Obama while preaching at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, as part of a message that God takes ‘the ordinary and turns it into the extraordinary’,” Jones wrote.
True to form, Wright was immediately quotable, as reported by Jones:
“The Lord turned the ordinary into the extraordinary. Y’all just saw it this past week. It was on national television,” Wright said to applause. “This ordinary boy just might be, come November, the 4th, this ordinary boy from a single parent home with a daddy from Kenya and a mama from Kansas. This ordinary boy just might be the first president in the history of the United States to have a black woman sleeping at 1600 Pennsylvania, legally.”
Blogger Steve Lackner commented: “I am glad to see that Obama once again has the all-important Trinity United anti-America, Israel-hating, Wright endorsement.”
Here’s a little reminder:
Or two:
Or three:
Plus a “best of”:
Update: Geoff Earle at the New York Post, who apparently thinks that Wright’s reference to a black woman sleeping in the White House legally is directed at Michelle Obama, wrote today:
It was unclear whether Wright was making a reference to prostitution, to old miscegenation laws, or to the history of illicit interracial sex under slavery.
Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may trust to them for light.--Thomas Jefferson.
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Obama plays the race card via his political advising mentor preacher man hiding in the basement..
another ‘under the bus’ hoax exposed..
snakes cannot hold their tongues..
the racist venom consumed cannot help but seep out..
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another ‘under the bus’ hoax exposed..
Obama plays the race card via his political advising mentor preacher man Uncle hiding in the basement..
snakes cannot control their tongues..
the venom consumed cannot help but seep out..
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minor correction re: bg @ 5:37 pm
the RACIST venom consumed cannot help but seep out..
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Jerry Wright needs some new material… we’ve already heard the “black woman sleeping in the White House, legally” line.
Tell us, Jerry, what is legal about a first lady whose husband’s campaign gamed the caucus system, intimidated would be voters, and accepted donations from a convicted felon and illegal overseas donors?
Obama now and will always have the support of Jeremiah Wright. He really never left. Obama is the phony who says he will bring change. Is there any change in the Black Philosophy? NO. Blacks still think the same and if Obama wins it will justify thier own demented view of the world. I am sorry I dont buy into Black Liberation Philosophy or Hip Hop Nation. I dont feel guilty for their lot in life. Obama and Wright want me to feel guilty. Hell no. Listen to another idiot. Mr VOTE OR DIE, P.DIDDY. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid285859616/bclid294430730/bctid1764145077
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“This ordinary boy just might be the first president…” Jeremiah Wright
I am sure that we can all imagine the uproar that would occur if Hillary or John McCain had referred to BHO as a “boy”.
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Another inspirational speech!
“New” Hurricanes Affect Presidential Politics: Gustav and Jeremiah Wright
While all eyes are focused on hurricane Gustav, slated to touch down in New Orleans and dramatically impact the Republican National Convention by raining on Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin’s coming out party… another hurricane, by the name of Jeremiah Wright, re-emerged the same day and could drown out the presidency of Senator Barack Obama.
Just when the Republicans had thought the horrible Katrina debacle was finally behind them, Hurricane Gustav, deemed the mother of all storms, charged toward the nation’s coast… intent on reminding Americans of how badly President Bush and the GOP legislators dropped the ball. Talk about awful timing.
Off in another part of the country and with far less media attention, Hurricane Jeremiah Wright––the fiery former pastor of Trinity United Christian Church where Obama spent the past 20 years as a member––swept through Houston, Texas, and mentioned Obama in his sermon, causing tongues to wag and re-opening Pandora’s box. Talk about awful timing!
Hoping to damp down any potential negative commentary that the catagory 3 Gustav could bring to McCain/Palin’s trek to the White House, the GOP hierarchy wisely scaled back opening day activities of the much ‘ballyhooed’ convention. Not wanting to appear aloof or indifferent to the suffering of the people of Louisiana, McCain and his new V.P., quickly journeyed to Mississippi to demonstrate their commitment and avoid a similar disaster such as occurred three years ago.
Meanwhile, team Obama, still feeling the effects of Rev. Wright’s Greatest Hits tapes that were played incessantly on the internet and main line news outlets… and have caused his poll numbers to steady decline since March, did not need Wright to pop back up in the news, or associate himself with Obama at this juncture of the campaign. Even though Obama has distanced himself from his former pastor, Hurricane Wright’s glowing comments during a sermon at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Houston, seems to give a ‘quasi-endorsement’ of Obama’s candidacy and opens the flood gates for a repeat of the incendiary tapes that turned off many white voters. Said Wright of Obama:
“The Lord turned the ordinary into the extraordinary. Y’all just saw it this past week. It was on national television,” Wright said to applause. “This ordinary boy just might be, come November, the 4th, this ordinary boy from a single parent home with a daddy from Kenya and a mama from Kansas. This ordinary boy just might be the first president in the history of the United States to have a black woman sleeping at 1600 Pennsylvania, legally.”
How Obama’s campaign reassures a ’skeptical’ populace that he is really through with Wright, while thwarting the avalanche of negative publicity sure to follow these comments… remain to be seen.
In the meantime… two hurricanes, two campaigns… if not handled right, could disastrously affect the Presidential campaign of one of these camps, and determine who sits behind the presidential desk January ‘09. [Vivian Berryhill]
I remember being so grief-stricken and terrified in those weeks after 9/11 that anything could happen at any time, I just can’t imagine anyone, with an ounce of compassion in their body, an ounce of CHRISTIAN feeling, daring to essentially say that we DESERVED 9/11.
The sad thing about Mccain is that, by choosing to hold the convention in New Orleans during hurricane season, he shows what a terrible planner he is. If his war-time plans are like this, we are certainly doomed to be wiped out of the map! Reminds me of JFK and the Bay of Pigs.
Um. LC. The Republican convention is in Minneapolis, not New Orleans.
I’m thinkin’ “LC” is another 14 year old non-voter (thankfully) who is regurgitating the stupidity he or she hears on DailyKOS and HuffinPuff. If he/she had really READ anything, or even watched the MOST BASIC LOCAL NEWSCAST, he/she would not have tried to make a snarky comment that only made him/her look like a complete idiot.
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