“Senator Obama, if you give this church $22,500, you are endorsing what goes on there, and you want it to continue.” –Rush Limbaugh, March 14, 2008
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ABC News: Obama’s Pastor Says “G– D– America,” U.S. To Blame For 9/11 Attacks.
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor for the last 20 years at the Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago’s south side, has a long history of what even Obama’s campaign aides concede is “inflammatory rhetoric,” including the assertion that the United States brought on the 9/11 attacks with its own “terrorism.”
In a campaign appearance earlier this month, Sen. Obama said, “I don’t think my church is actually particularly controversial.” He said Rev. Wright “is like an old uncle who says things I don’t always agree with,” telling a Jewish group that everyone has someone like that in their family.
Rev. Wright married Obama and his wife Michelle, baptized their two daughters and is credited by Obama for the title of his book, “The Audacity of Hope.”
An ABC News review of dozens of Rev. Wright’s sermons, offered for sale by the church, found repeated denunciations of the U.S. based on what he described as his reading of the Gospels and the treatment of black Americans…
In addition to damning America, he told his congregation on the Sunday after Sept. 11, 2001 that the United States had brought on al Qaeda’s attacks because of its own terrorism.
Video: a few samples of Barack Obama’s “spiritual mentor” in action (STRONG LANGUAGE WARNING).
Ronald Kessler: Obama and the Minister.
Kathryn Jean Lopez: Wright and Wrong.
Jawa Report: Another Uplifting Message from Imam Rev. Wright.
Say Anything: What Obama Said About Wright Before Wright Mattered.
Little Green Footballs: Obama Web Site ‘Disappears’ Radical Pastor.
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For those unfamiliar with the Westboro Baptist Church, here is their Wikipedia page.
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Update: Cartoon typo corrected. Thanks, Jamie, for the heads-up!