Jeremiah Wright Jr

Jeremiah Wright Jr

Jeremiah Wright Jr is a reverend at Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. The church has been mentioned in the press because it is the church of presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Follow debates about Obama's religious pursuits or... [more]

Jeremiah Wright Jr is a reverend at Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. The church has been mentioned in the press because it is the church of presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Follow debates about Obama's religious pursuits or learn more about this historically black church in Chicago.

 
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By John Keitel ( Several video clips below) The old media biased coverage for their candidate, Barack Obama for president, concerning his Spiritual Adviser Rev. Jeremiah Wright of the Trinity United Church of Christ . Which advocates the “Black value system” as their mission. Also Obama’s campaign has named Wright a member to his Presidential African American Religious Leadership Council. And Obama says, “He’s a friend and mentor.” The old media is saying biased things like; “You can’t hold Obama responsible for Rev. Wrights statements,” “fiery speeches,” “fiery friend,” “fiery fallout.” CNN’s Anderson Cooper, “Harsh as it sounds, like it or not, it’s the ... Read Full Story
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Rev. Jeremiah Wright attend an Annual Ministers Conference this week and well lets say he had some things to get off his chest. Asked if he had spoken to the president since his former parishioner severed ties with him during the campaign, Wright told the Daily Press: “Them Jews aren’t going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter, that he’ll talk to me in five years when he’s a lame duck, or in eight years when he’s out of office. … “They will not let him talk to somebody who calls a spade what it is…. I said from the ... Read Full Story
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In a racially charged interview, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright said that President Obama hasn’t spoken to him since they parted ways last year, because “them Jews aren’t going to let him talk to me.” He suggested White House advisers were keeping the two separate. “Them Jews aren’t going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter, that he’ll talk to me in five years when he’s a lame duck, or in eight years when he’s out of office,” Wright said, according to Virginia’s Daily Press. “They will not let him … talk to somebody who calls a spade what it is.” ... Read Full Story
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President Barack Obama's longtime minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, gave an assessment Thursday of his former parishioner's short time in the White House: Obama is just like any other president. Speaking in a brief interview with The Associated Press before giving a speech at a civil rights landmark, Wright smiled at the mention of the name of the nation's first black president. "He's like any other president," Wright said. "He's a politician and he's got to do what politicians do." Wright's remarks were similar to those he made after his fiery preaching became a campaign issue last year, forcing Obama to distance himself from ... Read Full Story
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This video is from CNN's American Morning , broadcast Dec. 30, 2008. Download video via RawReplay.com An Israeli patrol boat intercepted a yacht carrying three tons of medical supplies to Gaza in international waters early on Tuesday as it attempted to run an Israeli blockade. According to those on board, the patrol boat accused the relief vessel of being involved in terrorist activity and then deliberately rammed it, forcing it to return to port in Lebanon. Among the yacht's 16 passengers were doctors, journalists, and human rights activists, including former Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA). McKinney spoke to CNN from Lebanon, telling John Roberts, "Our ... Read Full Story
The news is on fire with talk about Barack Obama’s church in Chicago, Trinity United Church of Christ . In particular the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s so-called “God Damn America” speech. Rev. Wright recently retired, but ABC news looked into some ...  
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Reverend Jeremiah Wright in LynchburgWSETOn Friday evening, the Reverend Doctor Jeremiah Wright, Jr. of Chicago came to Lynchburg. He was the keynote speaker for an event at the James River ...  
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"I am reposting below the complete video of Obama's longtime pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, making a speech in celebration of the 60th anniversary celebration of the independent socialist magazine Monthly Review. The event was held on September 17th, 2009, at the New York Society for Ethical Culture in New York City."  
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Early this evening, the White House voluntarily released nearly 500 visitor records of “individuals visiting the executive mansion between Inauguration Day and the end of July.” The easily-searchable list includes some famous names like Michael Jordan, Michael Moore, William Ayers, and Jeremiah Wright. Of course, the mere suggestion of Ayers and Wright has sent the [...]  
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By William A. Cook'There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices, more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States, at this very hour.' (Frederick Douglass, 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July,' 1852) One hundred and forty seven years ago that charge was leveled at the United States by a former slave who judged America’s actions since its founding against the principles that this nation presented to the world...  
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William Ayers, the former member of the Weather Underground, and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Pres. Obama’s former pastor, did not visit the White House at any time during the nine months Obama has been in office. But you wouldn’t know that if you had read a bunch of right-wing commentary about the release of the White House [...]  
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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright - the Chicago pastor whose ties to Barack Obama became a matter of controversy in last year's presidential campaign - will preach at the 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. services at St. Luke "Community" United...  
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Michelle Obama's former Pastor Jeremiah Wright got the shaft, everyone knows that. This article takes a look at some of the history behind Wright and why the medias assault on him was one big fiasco. Now this in no way minimizes or reduces the effect of some of his more...read more  
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"Joe Wilson should have said 'God Damn America!' because then Obama wouldn't have heard it."--Annika's Journal, Sept. 13, 2009.For those readers with poor memories, here's a YouTube reminder of a speech by Reverend Jeremiah Wright, President Obama's former pastor, exemplifying what then Senator Obama claimed never to have heard during his years of attendance at Reverend Wright's church.  
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Columnist Rod Dreher warned his fellow conservatives to back away from Fox News host Glenn Beck. “Beck is a white Jeremiah Wright, a crazy-pants conspiracy theorist whose worldview is rooted in the paranoid teachings of a far-right Mormon political guru named W. Cleon Skousen,” Dreher wrote. “Before signing up as a recruit in Beck’s army, [...]  
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