BOOK REVEALS OBAMA HAD SECRET MEETING WITH REVEREND WRIGHT
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Posted By: Siebra Muhammad on June 04, 2009 A new book from Newsweek's White House correspondent Richard Wolffe reveals that Barack Obama held a secret meeting with his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, towards the end of the 2008 presidential primary season. The purpose, according to Wolffe's "Renegade," was to persuade the former minister of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ to end his public appearances, which were believed to be hurting Obama in the battleground states of North Carolina and Indiana. "It was time to talk directly to Wright," Wolffe writes. Over the next week, Obama's friends at Trinity tried to talk their pastor out of his comeback tour. But by now the church was deeply divided between Obama supporters and Wright supporters, and the conversation was going nowhere. "So the candidate decided to go see Wright himself in secret, in Chicago. First came the dance over where to meet: one intermediary suggested a neutral location, but Obama said he was happy to go wherever Wright wanted. They ended up talking at Wright's home, and Obama tried to adopt the tone of a concerned friend giving advice. "He did not want to tell his former pastor what to do, but he did want to nudge him in the right direction by making him aware of what was about to happen. Wright wasn't heading for vindication; he was heading for vilification." Obama was ultimately unable to keep Wright sidelined, but he did go on to win North Carolina by 15 points. He lost Indiana by just one point. If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Thank you Mama and I love you too!!!
Thursday, June 4th 2009 at 4:22PM |
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And Irma, what's funny to me is that you didn't address what I DID actually say. Why does that not surprise me? Blessings... Sunday, June 7th 2009 at 4:41AM |
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Irma, this is me unplugging now. Obviously agreeing to disagree is not something you can do. But I CAN. And now, I am. Blessings... Sunday, June 7th 2009 at 9:54PM |
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..and by the way Wolff is a regular MSNBC political analyst, and I saw him on this network promoting this same section of his new book yesterday.
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM |
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