Just what Barack Obama needed as he’s coming under fire for calling small towners bigoted, Bible-thumping, gun grabbers: His insane pastor running his mouth again.
[W]hile Wright made no mention of terrorism, he did revisit the topic of America’s mistreatment of blacks, saying America’s founding fathers “planted slavery and white supremacy in the DNA of this republic,” and adding that Thomas Jefferson wrote, “‘God would punish America for the sin of slavery.’ I guess that makes Thomas Jefferson unpatriotic,” he said to the cheers of the congregation.
Reflecting on the late Pincham, Wright said his faith “was not the jingoistic, chauvinistic ‘you’re either with us or against us’ demonizing kind of faith.” Wright said Pincham was friends with “Jews, Muslims, rabbis, imams, fathers in the Catholic church and [Louis] Farrakhan in the Islamic faith.”
Escalating into full-preaching mode, Wright thundered, “Fox News can’t understand that. [Bill] O’Reilly will never get that. Sean Hannity’s stupid fantasy will keep him forever stuck on stupid when it comes to comprehending how you can love a brother who does not believe what you believe. [Pincham’s] faith was a faith in a God who loved the whole world not just one country or one creed.”
At that point, congregants nearly drowned Wright out with a booming standing ovation.
Wright also referred to Fox News as “Fix News.”
Allah points something out regarding the Fox News reference: It wasn’t Fox that brought the Wright news forward — it was ABC News. However, since nothing can be gained by slamming ABC, Wright turns to the left’s favorite punching bag. Shocker.
Update: I originally missed this part. Apparently Thomas Jefferson was a pedophile; Must’ve missed that in history class.
First reported by The Chicago Sun Times, Wright said that Thomas Jefferson, who partook in “pedophilia,” would also be considered unpatriotic these days because he wrote, “God would punish America for the sin of slavery.”
So Wright believes America created AIDS, we deserved 9/11, we’re a nation of white supremacists, our nation’s Founding Father was a pedophile, and God should “damn America”. Yet this is the same pastor Obama listened to for 20 years, had baptize his kids, marry him and his wife, took a phrase from for title of his book, and had advise his campaign on spirituality. Lovely.


by Stephan Tawney on April 13, 2008