Jeremiah Wright digs in his heels at the National Press Club (Video added)
- Posted by Beth on April 28th, 2008 filed in 2008 election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Moonbats, Politics, Stupid, WTF Jeremiah Wright
Just watched Jeremiah Wright speak at the National Press Club. What can I say? This is like watching a train wreck.
In short, what he said:
1) nobody complaining knows anything,
2) nobody listened to his sermons,
3) if you knew ANYTHING, you’d know he’s absolutely right about everything he’s said,
4) it’s all in the Bible, and
5) if you disapprove of him, you’re dissing his mama and you’re attacking the black church.
You really have to see it for yourself–the obnoxious arrogance, the broad brush with which he paints ALL black churchgoers and ALL people who disagree with his point of view, and especially the way he weaseled around the questions he was asked about Obama. Oh, and he got in his chickenhawk slam as well, when a question was asked about his patriotism. “I was in the Marine Corps, unlike Cheney” (paraphrased). Yeah, and Timothy McVeigh, John Allen Muhammad, and Lee Harvey Oswald were in the military, too. I’m sick of hearing about Wright’s Marine Corps service; it doesn’t absolve him of all sins or even prove that he loves this country. Clearly he does not love this country.
I’ve got news: this isn’t about attacking the black church. This isn’t about attacking blacks. Not all blacks agree with you, Jeremiah Wright, and not all defend your political statements or your theology. He’s got a lot of nerve–or maybe it’s just delusion. I suspect he’s more accustomed to interaction in an echo chamber.
I didn’t bother writing about the ridiculous appearance at the NAACP, but Ed Morrisey did. I was appalled at what he was saying then, but at least he wasn’t as combative - presumably because he was in an echo chamber. But this appearance at the National Press Club was just crazed. I can’t decide if I’m pissed or if I want to just laugh because he’s just provided a ton of fodder for the 527s supporting Hillary and McCain. I guess I feel both. Obama’s in deep doo-doo if Wright keeps this up - Juan Williams has said it’s almost as if Wright doesn’t want Obama to be President. I think he’s wrong; I think Wright actually believes people will identify with what he says. Either way, this is like watching a train wreck.
You just know Hillary Clinton is ecstatic right now. At the very least, Wright just handed her Indiana on a silver platter.
More later, maybe; I’m just reacting right now. I just can’t believe how offensive this guy is. I think I need to distract myself from this before I end up wanting to schedule a botox injection to erase the angry frown on my face.
UPDATE: Added link to ABC’s Political Punch above. I’ll add video when I find it.
UPDATE 2: Via the HuffPo (I won’t even look at the comments - I’m annoyed enough already). This is only ten minutes of it, though, and it doesn’t have the worst of it, but it’s a decent clip of his extended rant.
Another update: C-SPAN has the full video (.rm format, bleccch).
TC says:
I want Wright to these interviews twice a week, every week until Election Day.
Reverend Wright can then go away because he’ll have served his purpose by sparing our republic from Obama.
Preach on, Brother Wright! Preach on!
Jo says:
Typical Liberal trying to justify his hatred by the actions, or non-actions, of others. Problem is .. this brush he was using covers a lot of people who won’t stand up and say they believe him, but will behind closed doors.
sierrahome says:
Rev Wright has “beclowned” himself once again and may he continue to throw Obama under (the back or front) of the bus. I do not think this jackass cares a bit about Obama or anyone but himself. Look to hear more from this ass clown as he mentioned he has a book coming out “later this year”…and therein lies the reason we are hearing from the Rt. Reverend Pastor of Disaster.
The Amboy Times says:
Rev Wright at the National Press Club…
Hat tip, My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. Rev Wright isn’t going away. He makes that very clear in this video. That’s good news for McCain and possibly Hillary. His hatred is so complete that he can’t acknowledge that spewing forth…
Lord Bitememan says:
What kills me is the constant charge that his remarks were taken out of context. They were not, simply put. His remarks stand in that isolated snippit faithfully as they appear in the sermon. Wright went on a lengthy diatribe about everything he sees America as doing wrong and then says “God damn America!” There is nothing out of context in that presentation of the remarks.
Beth says:
That’s just it–what the hell sort of “context” are the apologists talking about? I heard the whole thing, and there’s nothing that makes “God damn America” sound like anything BUT “God damn America!”
I think the Obama/Wright apologists don’t even know what the hell “context” means. Seriously. I actually think they heard this used as an excuse for some other faux pas somewhere, and thought it’d work in this case. I do not doubt at all any more that Wright is THAT stupid, that he’s not capable of seeing how stupid the “context” argument is in this case. Same goes for the idiots parroting the “context” argument–they must just be plain stupid. I can’t believe there’d be such a well-coordinated, synchronized blatant, nonsensical lie being pushed; it seems like it can only be stupidity. It’s like proclaiming to the world that in fact, two plus two IS five, you dumbass right-wingers!
Stix says:
Ah Rev Wright the gift that keeps on giving. Hopefully we will hear morefrom hear until November.
On Wright’s “missing context” argument and “attacking the black church” | MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy says:
[...] by Jim Geraghty), I watched the “right-brained” speech at the NAACP and the “attack on the black church” speech and Q&A (accurately called a “horror show” by Baldilocks) and there’s [...]
TC says:
You all watch what you say about Rev. Wright’s grandmother. You say something about him, his faith or his church and you’re speaking ill of his grandmother.
He said so.
And don’t you dare take that out of context, you bigots.
raz0r says:
Yet he quotes scripture out of context. Irony impaired much?
That scripture he used about sheep and iSlam have nothing to do with each other. It’s “apples and rocks”, to quote the Rev.