Rev. Wright to Barack Obama: Coming after you

[witchcurlgirl]

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright said Monday that he will try to change national policy by “coming after” Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) if he is elected president.

The pastor also insisted Obama “didn’t denounce” him and “didn’t distance himself” from Wright’s controversial remarks, but “did what politicians do.”

Wright implied Obama still agrees with him by saying: “He had to distance himself, because he's a politician, from what the media was saying I had said, which was [portrayed as] anti-American.”

Wright, who was Obama’s pastor for 20 years and performed his wedding, made the explosive comment during a chaotic question-and-answer session at the National Press Club in Washington, following the pastor’s remarks about the black church in America.

“I said to Barack Obama last year, ‘If you get elected, November the 5th I'm coming after you, because you'll be representing a government whose policies grind under people,’ Wright said.

The minister was speaking as part of a tour that is drawing heavy news coverage and causing a huge headache for Obama’s presidential campaign.

Obama, seeking to distance himself from remarks by Wright that some have taken as anti-American, has emphasized that Wright has retired.

But Wright talks of their relationship in the present tense. “I'm a pastor; he's a member,” he said. “I'm not a ‘spiritual mentor.’ “

In the Democratic debate on April 16, Obama referred to Wright as “somebody who is associated with me that I have disowned,” then clarified that to say he had disowned the comments.

But Wright objected to a question saying Obama had denounced him.

“Whoever wrote that question doesn't read or watch the news,” Wright said. “He did not denounce me. He distanced himself from some of my remarks, like most of you, never having heard the sermon, all right? …

“He didn't distance himself. He had to distance himself, because he's a politician, from what the media was saying I had said, which was [portrayed as] anti-American. … He did, as I said, what politicians do.”

Wright to Obama: 'Coming after you' - Mike Allen - Politico.com

[*DIVA!]

I watch that interview at the gym..he said none of that crap!!

[tkdgirl]

Originally Posted by SSDiva

I watch that interview at the gym..he said none of that crap!!

Well a lot of media are reporting he did. Regardless, he's a nutjob. I listened to enough of his hatred last night. He and Robertson are two peas in a pod, just different colors preaching different colors of hate.

I'm beginning to believe what some already are saying: Wright WANTS Obama to lose and just might be in the tank with Hillary.

Why would he want Obama to lose? Because it puts his brand of racial divide to rest. If a black man can get elected in the US, then all of Wright's ranting about blacks not getting a fair shake, this is a country of rich, white racists, etc. has been proven wrong.

[witchcurlgirl]

Originally Posted by SSDiva

I watch that interview at the gym..he said none of that crap!!

Originally Posted by tkdgirl

Well a lot of media are reporting he did.

If you click on "I'm coming after you" link there is video of Wright at the National Press Club speaking these words.

[tkdgirl]

Originally Posted by witchcurlgirl

If you click on "I'm coming after you" link there is video of Wright at the National Press Club speaking these words.

Confirmation of what most already realized: Wright has several screws loose.

[Sweetie]

Originally Posted by witchcurlgirl

If you click on "I'm coming after you" link there is video of Wright at the National Press Club speaking these words.

Ouch, that's gotta burn. Great find, Witch.

[Grimmlok]

so he'll "go after" obama? what does that mean?

[witchcurlgirl]

This man will end up bringing Obama nothing but grief

[tkdgirl]

Originally Posted by Grimmlok

so he'll "go after" obama? what does that mean?

Oh some crap about he doesn't hate America, but hates the policies and will hold Obama to his word (IOW, what Wright believes Obama should do).

Honestly, Obama becoming President will put race baiter's like Wright out of business.

[Grimmlok]

Ohh.

Well that'd be a refreshing change wouldnt it? A president held accountable for his words and actions? lol

if only that'd happen to the one you have NOW, dems i'm looking in your direction...

[ingi]

NY POST SAYS IT’S A “PASTOR DISASTOR”

April 29th, 2008


In case you missed it, here are some of the quotes from Rev. Wrights appearance yesterday:

• Wright called Farrakhan “one of the most important voices of the 20th and 21st century.”
• “You cannot do terrorism on other people and expect it to never come back to you,” Wright said, mentioning the US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
• “We both know that if Sen. Obama did not say what he said, he would never get elected,” Wright said. “He had to distance himself, because he’s a politician, from what the media was saying I had said, which was anti-American,” the pastor said. “Politicians say what they say and do what they do based on electability, based on sound bites, based on polls,” Wright said. FIERY REV. O'S CROSS TO BEAR - New York Post