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Originally Posted by URY914
This is from this moring at the Nat. Press Club Breakfest
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/28/rev-wright-takes-his-message-directly-to-the-media/
"The Rev. Jeremiah Wright taunted a gathering of journalists Monday in Washington, D.C., calling their coverage of his speeches an attack on the black church, while defending his claim that the U.S. was responsible for the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Wright, the controversial former pastor of Barack Obama’s church, took dead aim at the U.S. government Monday — saying American soldiers in Iraq have died “over a lie” and calling the war “unjust” — as he called for reconciliation and understanding between blacks and whites."
He also spoke at the NAACP fund raiser over the weekend. The guy is now a media star and will not go away. He is a sideshow to the race and B.O. is the guy that set him up. I think this only comes off as negative. He can explain all day long and he is only digging a deeper hole for himself and B.O. |
Paul,
Suggest you should remove the quotation mark beginning your version of what Wright said or did not say. I couldn't find it in the transcript, but maybe I missed it. Help me out here. Otherwise, maybe no one said it or said it like that.
Instead, maybe you should just repeat the words he did say if you want to enlighten us rather than slant his words or to put your own spin on the interview,
As for his comments on 9/11, I was curious about his response and looked. In the interview you "quoted", he didn't use the term "responsible". That's your word. He used the term "culpable" and the reason why. Your report, err your interpretation, err your choice of words doesn't have the same nuance, even without the context in which he said it. So why not just use the same word(s)? I find that a little disengenuous on your part. To be generous, perhaps you don't see any difference.
Next time, I'd rather you provide us the facts to base your dislike for the candidate rather than attributing your words and descriptions to a news organization in order to support your personal opinions or for whatever reason. And for the record, I use the word "news" broadly with the organization they call themselves, FoxNews.
Otherwise, people think the guy really said it and they become greatly disturbed in an OT forum like this.
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Sherwood