Bob McCarty Writes

Fifty-eight percent of Americans surveyed Wednesday and Thursday night say Barack Obama denounced Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. for political convenience, according to a Rasmussen Reports™ report released this morning. The results come only days after the junior senator-turned Democrat presidential candidate from Illinois made statements in another apparent attempt to distance himself from Reverend Wright, [...]

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The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright Jr., the man who served as Barack Obama’s pastor for more than 20 years, will deliver a breakfast speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., today at 9 a.m. Eastern/8 a.m. Central. Of particular note, the speech will be broadcast live on C-SPAN. The senior pastor of the [...]

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According to a news release this morning, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will host a panel discussion, entitled “Separating Religion From Terror: Implications for U.S. Policy,” at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 6. That ought to be interesting. This news — from CAIR — comes only two days after I [...]

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Mark your calendar! The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., senior pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, will discuss the role of faith in the public square in a presentation entitled, The African American Religious Experience; Theology & Practice, at a National Press Club breakfast Monday. According to an NPC news [...]

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At first, I was inclined to describe it as somewhat sensational. After some thought, I opted to label it “frightening.” “It” is an interesting new video mashup, Shocking Words From Obama’s Mouth: His Own Words, His Own Voice, that was added to YouTube yesterday. Incorporating a mix of Barack Obama audio clips as well as [...]

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A Reverend Philips put the problem to him squarely when he learned that Obama didn’t attend services. “It might help your mission if you had a church home,” he told Obama. “It doesn’t matter where, really. What you’re asking from pastors requires us to set aside some of our more priestly concerns in favor of [...]

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Unless you’ve been asleep for a long time, you’re aware of the controversy generated by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the recently-retired pastor at Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ and long-time spiritual guide of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama. If you want to read the full transcript of the Wright’s anti-American “chickens coming home to roost” [...]

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