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The Wright Interview: Not Winning Converts

posted by dgilgoff | 9:42am Friday April 25, 2008

You can see an advance clip from Jeremiah Wright’s interview tonight with Bill Moyers here:In sharp contrast to the explosive sermon clips that circulated a month and a half ago, Wright appears calm and collected as he gives his take on the controversy. He’s also completely unapologetic, coolly alleging that he’s the victim of a media hit job. The interview does have the potential to humanize Wright, but most voters won’t take the time to watch it. They’ll just take in the media’s shorthand coverage: “Wright stands by his words.” How many votes will that win Obama?7



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Steve Thorngate

posted April 25, 2008 at 11:21 am


Of course he’s much calmer. He’s being interviewed, a form that lacks both the explicit passion and the rhetorical hyperbole of the black church preaching tradition.
How many votes will his distinction between political and pastoral talk win Obama? None. But it’s the TRUTH–something that’s always been a secondary consideration in the coverage of this thing.
It’s almost as is Wright is going public to defend himself on the merits, not to shill for the campaign! I’d say that, after being subject to ad hominem attacks, physically threatened, and kept at arm’s length by his friends, he’s entitled.



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lisa

posted April 25, 2008 at 11:22 am


Houston……I think we have a (pastor) problem!… Again!
In effect, Wright just rolled over on Obama. NEWS FLASH!… Obama is just a polictician! He says what policticians have to…which effectively means that Obama says one thing, but does another.
Is that “change we can believe in?” Sounds like same old,same old to me.
Judging by this clip, it appears that the Pastor has very publicly noticed that Obama’s halo effect is wearing off….Mmmm, I wonder why?….Oh thats Wright….
“Vengence is mine!” said the Lord.
Hillary 08!



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Charles Cosimano

posted April 25, 2008 at 6:16 pm


I think Obama just got thrown under the bus.



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