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NEWS ABOUT: Jeremiah Wright

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OPINION

A Double Standard
for White Preachers?

Why do we excoriate Wright but let his right-wing counterparts slide?

May 2, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Jeremiah Wright is hammered from all sides for his left-wing rhetoric, Washington Post writer EJ Dionne Jr. wonders why the same degree of backlash fails to surface over extreme statements from right-wing white preachers. Among many examples: Pat Robertson and the late Jerry Falwell famously linked feminists and gays... More »

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Pat Robertson • Jerry Falwell • extremism • separation of church and state • Jeremiah Wright • right-wing media

ANALYSIS

 Nasty Stuff Obama Won't Say 

The personal attacks against Hillary that you'll never here from Barack's mouth

May 1, 08 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton piously chimes in on the Jeremiah Wright controversy, Barack Obama still won't turn the tables and demand a look through Clinton's unsavory associations. And he's not likely to, so Politico digs into the litany of untouched Clinton material. From patronage-happy, prison jumpsuit-wearing Web Hubbell to misfit brothers... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Tony Rodham • Jeremiah Wright • Frank Giustra • Webster Hubbell • Hugh Rodham

Church Builds Wright $1M Home in Pricey Chicago 'Burb

Meanwhile, Northwestern yanks honorary degree offer

May 1, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jeremiah Wright is set to retire to a $1 million mansion paid for by Trinity United Church of Christ. The 10,400-square-footer is in a tony Chicago suburb, and comes with butler’s pantry, elevator, and whirlpool, the New York Post reports. The church is listed as owner; an unexplained... More »

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Barack Obama • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ • Northwestern University

ANALYSIS




The Long, Slow Breakup of
Wright-Obama

Why the coolly focused candidate fumbled his toughest test

May 1, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has a very long fuse, the New York Times notes, and so his break-up with his pastor and surrogate father has been playing out in slow motion, since even before the day he launched his presidential campaign. It took Jeremiah Wright's direct assault on Obama's credibility in his... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Democratic nomination • Jeremiah Wright • David Axelrod

Obama Still Leads in Poll,
But New Troubles Take Toll

He widens margin over Clinton, even as fewer expect him to be the nominee

Apr 30, 08 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama increased his lead over Hillary Clinton in a national poll, but the newest Rev. Wright flap and his loss in Pennsylvania appears to have raised doubts about him in voters' minds, the New York Times reports. Democrats favor him over Clinton 46% to 38% in a Times/CBS poll,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Jeremiah Wright • Election 2008

O'Reilly Interview: Clinton Glad Obama 'Finally' Spoke

She also gets in a subtle shot at Obama over his former pastor

Apr 30, 08 6:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - In her first interview with longtime critic Bill O’Reilly, Hillary Clinton called Jeremiah Wright's comments “offensive,” “outrageous,” “off base” and “far out," ABC News reports. She also got a dig in at Barack Obama by saying she's glad he "finally" clarified... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Jeremiah Wright

Offended, Black Ministers Decry Wright's Comments

And are concerned that he's hurt Barack Obama

Apr 30, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jeremiah Wright's ideas don't "represent mainstream black thought on Sunday morning," black ministers and parishioners tell the Los Angeles Times—and they're worried that his recent comments are offensive and damaging to Barack Obama’s candidacy. “This didn’t have anything to do with the black church—... More »

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Barack Obama • Los Angeles • black community • Jeremiah Wright

Opinion

 Wright Tests
 Obama's Anger 
 Management 

Getting mad not candidate's style, but Wright furor is key measure

Apr 30, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has spent his entire career trying not to be an Angry Black Man, but yesterday Jeremiah Wright forced him to tap his rage, Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times. Wright, seemingly among the angriest of black men, had created a full-blown crisis for Obama, forcing the... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Obama 2008 • Jeremiah Wright

 Pastor Strife
 Forces Obama
 to Get Tough 

Forceful break with Wright signals change in tone at crucial juncture

Apr 30, 08 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's angry break with his former pastor marks a dramatic change in tone for the Democratic hopeful—and the party's superdelegates are paying close attention, the New York Times reports. Obama's forceful handling of the furor has impressed many but the revival of thorny racial issues ahead of next... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Democrat • Democratic nomination • Jeremiah Wright

OPINION

 Snarl Suits 
 Obama; Will 
 Wright Bark Back? 

Former pastor wants Barack to lose, Guardian columnist writes

Apr 29, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - In throwing Jeremiah Wright “to the dogs,” Barack Obama today finally showed the anger he’s too long denied his public, Michael Tomasky sighs with relief in the Guardian—but only time can tell how hard Wright will work to sink the Democratic candidate. The even-tempered Obama—“... More »

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Barack Obama • racism • Jeremiah Wright

 'Outraged' Obama Blasts
 Away Ties to Wright 

Pastor's appearances 'show of disrespect to me,' says 'saddened' Democrat

Apr 29, 08 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama fired back at Jeremiah Wright today, calling his former pastor’s media tour a “spectacle,” and saying his “rants” give “comfort to those who prey on hate.” In all but severing ties with Wright, the Boston Globe reports, Obama said the reverend had... More »

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Barack Obama • Jeremiah Wright

OPINION

 10 Takes on What Obama
 Should Do 

Pastor's return makes it impossible for candidate to embrace him

Apr 29, 08 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six of 10 pundits Salon asked what Barack Obama should do about the Jeremiah Wright problem say the candidate must get rid of the reverend. Andrew Sullivan calls Wright’s latest remarks “bitter and racist” and “a provocation"; he must be "clearly and irrevocably disowned." Martin... More »

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Barack Obama • racism • Jeremiah Wright • pandering

Clinton Backer Behind
Wright Speech 

Journalist wanted to protect pastor's reputation from Obama

Apr 29, 08 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton can't be sorry to have Jeremiah Wright back in the news. So it’s interesting that the pastor’s defiant speech and press conference yesterday was scheduled and organized by Barbara Reynolds, an ordained minister, ex-USA Today editor, and ardent Clinton supporter. Reynolds wrote on her blog that... More »

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Barack Obama • race • religion • Jeremiah Wright • Hillary Clinton supporters

OPINION

Wright's Reappearance Is Good News for Obama

Controversial pastor distancing himself from beleaguered candidate

Apr 28, 08 7:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jeremiah Wright’s return to the limelight looks bad for Barack Obama at first blush, but in fact it may be helping the hopeful:
  • Wright is distancing himself from Obama (and mocking his role as a “spiritual advisor”) as he redirects attention to the black church, Christopher
... More »

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Barack Obama • racism • negative campaigning • Jeremiah Wright

Wright Blasts 'Attacks on
Black Church'

Obama' s ex-pastor explains theology, stands by comments

Apr 28, 08 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jeremiah Wright gave an impassioned speech this morning, calling the controversy around his theology and statements "an attack on the black church, not an attack on Jeremiah Wright." He said the press "made a fool out of itself" over black church traditions, which he called "different,... More »

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race • religion • Jeremiah Wright

Wright Received Death Threats

Controversial pastor returns to public eye
as critical primary looms for Obama

Apr 27, 08 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose controversial rants scuttled Barack Obama's "post-racial" campaign, reemerged in the headlines yesterday just ahead of the Dems' primary showdown on May 6. Asked by PBS' Bill Moyers if he’d received death threats, Wright says: “Yes, and bomb threats at the church. People (are)... More »

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Barack Obama • church • president • death threats • bomb threat • campaign • presidential race • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ

Rev. Wright Slams 'Devious' Media Coverage 

Obama pastor defends sermons, says he was portrayed as 'a fanatic'

Apr 24, 08 7:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright says the media made him out as "some sort of fanatic" by repeating snippets from sermons out of context—part of a "devious" agenda to denigrate the campaign of Barack Obama, the Chicago Tribune reports. In an interview with Bill Moyers to air on... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Moyers • Maureen Dowd • Jeremiah Wright • racial tension • Trinity United Church of Christ

McCain Wants GOP to Pull Wright-Referencing Ad in NC

State party trying to tarnish down-ticket Democratic candidates

Apr 23, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has demanded North Carolina Republicans drop an ad attacking two Democratic candidates for governor—by tarnishing them with connections to Barack Obama and his controversial pastor. Wrote McCain, “In the strongest terms, I implore you to not run this advertisement.” The spot airs Wright’s “... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • North Carolina • negative campaigning • Jeremiah Wright

Obama Doesn't Shy From Hard Truths: Sister

'Typical white' grandma OK with depiction in his speech on race

Apr 7, 08 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's diverse family has remained silent since the flare-up over his former pastor's sermons. But in her first public comments since Obama's speech on race in America, half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng told the Telegraph their "typical white" grandmother, whose opinions on blacks sometimes made the candidate "cringe,"... More »

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Barack Obama • Jeremiah Wright • Maya Soetoro-Ng • Election 2008

Wright Takes Cross Over Racial Divide

Rebel preacher aims
to free gospel from 'whiteness'

Apr 6, 08 8:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama pastor Jeremiah Wright built his Chicago church on black liberation theology, which directs Christianity at African Americans, Kelefa Sanneh writes in the New Yorker. The movement’s founder aimed to “emancipate the gospel from its ‘whiteness,’” but also from Frederick Douglass’ belief that antebellum... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • Black Power • Frederick Douglass • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ • black liberation theology

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