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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the embattled pastor of presidential candidate Barack Obama, called his sermons ‘descriptiive’ rather than ‘divisive’ during his keynote address at the NAACP freedom fund dinner in Detroit.”I’m not here for political reasons,” Wright said.“I’m not a politician. I know that fact will surprise many of you because many in the corporate-owned media made it seem like I am running for the Oval Office. I am not running for the Oval Office. I’ve been running for Jesus a long, long time, and I’m not tired yet.”Wright received a standing ovation from the attendees at the $150-a-plate fundraiser billed as America’s largest sit-down dinner.He also defended Obama and lashed out at the newsmedia for running excerpts of his heated sermons, media pundits and those who have tried to connect him to Islam because of his full name-Barack Hussein Obama.“Please run and tell my stuck up stupid friends that Arabic is a language, not a religion,” said Wright. “Its not a religion stop trying to scare people like you are giving him a religious name.”[[[[[[[[[[Wright received a standing ovation from the 4,000 worshippers at Friendship-West Baptist Church, The Dallas Morning News reported on its Web site.]]]]]]]]](unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!....sigh.....)Wright also was the subject of political dispute on the campaign trail, as Republican John McCain criticized some of Wrights earlier remarks that have recently surfaced, and Obama taking a swipe at McCain.McCain has been fighting the North Carolina GOP over an ad set to air Monday that links Obama and Wright, saying the ad is unfair. But on Sunday, McCain made the most confident steps so far on the subject, criticizing Wright over comments he made comparing Marines to Roman soldiers who killed Jesus, and comparing Al Qaeda flags to the American flag.Of the Roman comparison, McCain said, “It’s beyond belief. And then of course saying that Al Qaeda and the American flag were the same flags. So I can understand, I can understand why people are upset about this. I can understand why Americans, when viewing these kinds of comments, are angry and upset.”Obama campaign spokesman Hari Sevugnan said McCain had “broken his word to the American people” in his criticism of Wright, according to a statement from the campaign.“By sinking to a level that he specifically said he’d avoid, John McCain has broken his word to the American people and rendered hollow his promise of a respectful campaign. With each passing day, John McCain acts more and more like someone who’s spent twenty-six years learning the divisive, distracting tactics of Washington. That’s not the change that the American people are looking for,” Sevugnan said.During the first of two Sunday sermons Wright delivered, he wove a gospel message with commentary about social justice. He told the congregation to lean on God and stand up for themselves.He gave a 45-minute sermon on Sunday that included a reference to his “public crucifixion” for past comments from the pulpit.Security was tight, and no media cameras were allowed inside the church, the Morning News.At a later sermon, Wright made brief mentions of FOX News hosts Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly, saying O’Reilly’s “marital record” would keep him from understanding a biblical lesson.Later, Wright was to follow in the footsteps of Obama, President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton with a scheduled address to the Detroit NAACP’s annual Freedom Fund dinner Sunday evening.Local leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said interest was strong in the event because of the address by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. They said 10,000 people were expected to attend the $150-a-plate event.Wright became an issue in the presidential race in March after the circulation of videos of old sermons in which he accused the U.S. government of racism and accused it of flooding black neighborhoods with drugs.In a sermon days after the Sept. 11 attacks, Wright said “America’s chickens are coming home to roost” after it dropped atomic bombs on Japan and “supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans.”The videos, circulated widely on television and the Internet, knocked Sen. Obama’s campaign off-stride. The Illinois Democrat distanced himself from the comments of Wright, whom he has known for 20 years.Wright, who is leaving Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, claimed that the videos were old snippets that were taken out of context.In an interview aired Friday on PBS, Wright said publicizing portions of old sermons was unfair and “made me the target of hatred.” He said he had received death threats.Wright preached earlier this month at a Virginia church and was scheduled to speak Monday at the National Press Club in Washington. He was invited to Friendship-West to honor the Rev. Freddie Haynes, the church’s senior pastor.“We’re going to hear the whole sermon,” Haynes had promised his congregation. “Not just the clips in order to feed a right-wing agenda.”http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/27/wright-discusses-public-crucifixion-at-sunday-services/
PS:The more I hear of Mr Wright the more my spirit grievs not so much because of how he believes.BUT the many that clap and cheer at his sermons....Truly this man is making a DIS-SERVICE to the black christian community he reaches out to,cause with his hate speech rethoric he seems to be STUCK in the past and spewing hatred against whites(so much for loving one another and forgiveness....) and keep his flock under the bondage of a slavery mentality....while he is building himself a mansion in a "predominantly white gated hood"....and having a line of credit of 10 million bucks....EVEN THOUGH,he claims to be a christian and born again and being running for Jesus all these years....
It's funny how when we(christians) are not filled with the Holy Ghost can be filled with anything else....
THe Bible says that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.....So you all listen to his entire sermons and decide....
He surely has a gift to turn the Word of God into political rethoric,that's for sure.
He would be "just another hateful pastor:EXCEOT for the fact that presidential hopeful BH Obama choose his church and sat in its pews for 20 years!!!!!!!!!!
GIVE ME A BREAK.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My family and I would never pick a church with a" pastor-like" that at all....
As in the days of Noah...
