Sunday, May 13, 2012

Hush, Hush Reverend Wright


President Obama's former, 20 year Pastor granted the New York Post an eyeopening interview where he tells the Post that Team Obama had offered him a bribe to not publicly speak until after the election.

Its an astonishing interview that shows just how Chicago style politics works, in Obama's world.


‘Man, the media ate me alive,” Wright told me when we met in his office at Chicago’s Kwame Nkrumah Academy. “After the media went ballistic on me, I received an e-mail offering me money not to preach at all until the November presidential election.”
“It was from one of Barack’s closest friends.”
“He offered you money?”
“Not directly,” Wright said. “He sent the offer to one of the members of the church, who sent it to me.”
“How much money did he offer you?”
“One hundred and fifty thousand dollars,” Wright said.
“Did Obama himself ever make an effort to see you?”
“Yes,” Wright said. “Barack said he wanted to meet me in secret, in a secure place. And I said, ‘You’re used to coming to my home, you’ve been here countless times, so what’s wrong with coming to my home?’ So we met in the living room of the parsonage of Trinity United Church of Christ, at South Pleasant Avenue right off 95th Street, just Barack and me. I don’t know if he had a wire on him. His security was outside somewhere.
“And one of the first things Barack said was, ‘I really wish you wouldn’t do any more public speaking until after the November election.’ He knew I had some speaking engagements lined up, and he said, ‘I wish you wouldn’t speak. It’s gonna hurt the campaign if you do that.’
“And what did you say?” I asked.
“I said, ‘I don’t see it that way. And anyway, how am I supposed to support my family?’ And he said, ‘Well, I wish you wouldn’t speak in public. The press is gonna eat you alive.’
“Barack said, ‘I’m sorry you don’t see it the way I do. Do you know what your problem is?’ And I said, ‘No, what’s my problem?’ And he said, ‘You have to tell the truth.’ I said, ‘That’s a good problem to have. That’s a good problem for all preachers to have. That’s why I could never be a politician.’
“And he said, ‘It’s going to get worse if you go out there and speak. It’s really going to get worse.’

WHOA!!!

4 comments:

Silverfiddle said...

Reminds me of that old Rush Limbaugh parody, "Crouching Democrat, Hidden Agenda!"

Unknown said...

True, Kurt.

This is a sure fired agenda of the Chicago political machine, hard at work with the US money printing presses.

FIREBIRD said...

Apparently the rev. Wright didn't take kindly to being tossed under the bus by Barry! Love it!

Unknown said...

Ya think there might be a chance that the Rev might not vote for Obama this go around?

NAW, it would be wishful thinking, I guess.