Obama Says He's Outraged By Former Pastor's Comments
By MIKE GLOVER
The Associated Press
Tuesday, April 29, 2008; 2:26 PM
HICKORY, N.C. -- Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday he was outraged by
the latest assertion by his former pastor that criticism of his fiery
sermons is an attack on the black church.
The presidential candidate is seeking to tamp down the growing fury
over Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his incendiary remarks that threaten to
envelope his campaign.
"I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened by the
spectacle that we saw yesterday," Obama told reporters at a news
conference.
After weeks of staying out of the public eye while critics lambasted
his sermons, Wright made three public appearances in four days to
defend himself. The former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ
in Chicago has been combative, providing colorful commentary and
feeding the story Obama had hoped was dying down.
"This is not an attack on Jeremiah Wright," Wright told the Washington
media Monday. "It has nothing to do with Senator Obama. It is an
attack on the black church launched by people who know nothing about
the African-American religious tradition."
Obama told reporters Tuesday that Wright's comments do not accurately
portray the perspective of the black church.
"The person I saw yesterday was not the person that I met 20 years
ago," Obama said of the man who married him.
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I wonder if the kooks will fall behind their God... Sen. Obama?
TFF
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