Clay wrote:
> 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 re****ters 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 Wa****ngton
> 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 re****ters Tuesday that Wright's comments do not accurately
> ****tray 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?
Nope. All kooks are still in bootjacking lockstep behind George W. Bush.
>
> TFF
>
> -C-
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