Obama: I Am ‘Outraged’ and ‘Angered’ By Wright’s Comments

Barack Obama, declaring “that’s enough,” denounced Tuesday as “appalling” and “ridiculous"comments made in the last few days by his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.In a press conference in North Carolina, the Illinois senator used his strongest language to date to condemn Wright’s controversial sermons, which have remained a burden on his campaign since they became national news more than a month ago. Wright spoke Monday at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C.“I am outraged by the comments that were made, and saddened over the spectacle that we saw yesterday,” Obama said.“The person I saw yesterday was not the person that I met 20 years ago. His comments were not only divisive and destructive,but I believe they ended up giving comfort to those who prey on hate,”he said. Wright capped off a weekend-long set of public appearances at the Press Club, returning to the spotlight and casting an unwanted shadow over Obama’s campaign. Wright used his appearance to taunt reporters, criticize his country’s foreign policy and suggest that Obama only distanced himself from Wright out of political posturing.Obama said he was particularly “angered” by that suggestion.“If Reverend Wright thinks that that’s political posturing, as he put it, then he doesn’t know me very well-based on his remarks yesterday I may not know him as well as I thought either,” Obama said.Shortly after the Wright controversy broke, Obama condemned his pastor’s sermons but still kept him at an arm’s length, saying Wright was “like family” and he could no more “disown” him than his own grandmother.But Tuesday, as he was still struggling to shake Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary, Obama put as much distance as possible between him and his former pastor.He disputed characterizations of Wright as his mentor saying:[[[[[[[[[“He was never my spiritual adviser, he was never my spiritual mentor-he was my pastor.”]]]]]]]]]]]]....WOW!!!!!NOW HE HAS REALLY THROWN HIM UNDER THE BUSHe said he is still a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago but noted the controversy “obviously has put strains on that relationship.”Obama said Wright’s assertion that the U.S. government was somehow responsible for afflicting the black community with HIV was “ridiculous.”He said he was offended by Wright’s argument that the United States brought terrorism upon itself by committing similar acts overseas. Wright repeated that argument Monday.“All it was was a bunch of rants that aren’t grounded in truth,” Obama said of Wright’s Press Club performance . “And I can’t construct something positive out of that.”With two high-stakes primaries approaching May 6 in Indiana and North Carolina, Obama also stressed that Wright has no link whatsoever to his campaign.“Moving forward, Reverend Wright does not speak for me, he does not speak for my campaign,” he said, adding “I cannot prevent him from continuing to make these outrageous remarks.”“What Reverend Wright said yesterday directly contradicts everything that I have done during my life,” he said.
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PS:Well.....Mr Obama has just shown more of who he really is.....
He has just thrown his pastor of 20 years,UNDER THE BUS....
So now all of the sudden,he has NO LINK whatsoever with WRight....he has just kicked him out of the planet almost!!!!!!!!!!
ITS NOT GONNA HELP HIM AT ALL....cause Wright hasnt changed overnight into his rhetoric.....
Obama is just trying to put this controversy to rest BUT its not gonna work at all,but shows more of Obama's caracter....The guy has no problem to GET RID of whoever AS LONG AS HE GETS THE PRESIDENCY....
Obama,the "Messiah"the HOPE,the CHANGE,is just a fabrication and a sorry choice for a president.....
As in the days of Noah....