Article: Senator Obama and Reverend Wright

The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
05-02-2008
Senator Obama and Reverend Wright
Byline: The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: OPINION

It took more time than it should have, but on Tuesday Barack Obama firmly rejected the racism and paranoia of his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., and made it clear that the preacher does not represent him, his politics or his campaign.

Obama has had to struggle to explain this relationship ever since a video surfaced of Wright damning the United States from his pulpit. Last month, Obama delivered a speech in which he said he disapproved of Wright's racially charged comments but said that the pastor still ...

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