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Uncle Jeremiah Still Working with Obama and His Campaign

By Larry Johnson on March 21, 2008 at 4:43 PM in Current Affairs

Despite claims to the contrary, the firebrand hate-monger, Jeremiah Wright, is still working with the Obama campaign. Last Friday the news media reported that Obama had thrown Wright off his campaign. Wrong!

Ben Smith at Politico, for example, wrote:

Spokesman Tommy Vietor e-mails:

“Rev. Wright is no longer serving on the African American Religious Leadership Committee.”

That cuts Wright’s only formal tie to Obama, and answers what was sure to be a question in Obama’s interviews tonight: If Geraldine Ferraro had to leave the Clinton campaign, why is Wright different?

Well apparently, Wright is no Ferraro and he gets to stay. Yesterday the Obama campaign, in panic mode, gave the New York Times a photo that Jeremiah Wright ponied up. It shows Wright with President Clinton.  The only person besides Wright with a copy of this photo is the Clinton Library and I am certain the Clinton Library did not send this picture to the press on short notice. Wright also gave the Obama campaign a copy of the thank you note he received from President Clinton, which they dutifully passed on to the Times.

Uncle Jeremiah

Wright was at the 1998 Prayer breakfast along with several hundred other religious leaders, including rabbis, pastors, priests, and imams. President Clinton posed with several hundred guests, who received similar photos. President Clinton has never considered Jeremiah Wright someone whom he should confide in, nor was he a sounding board. He also has never considered Jeremiah an uncle or any relative for that matter.

Which brings us back to the Obama lie. Why does he claim last week that they have cut all ties with Wright but this week are still getting and receiving Wright’s help?  It ain’t right, it is wrong.