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The Politician and the Pastor
Searches Rise for Barack Obama's Ex-Pastor
Over the past several days, Jeremiah Wright has been talking a lot. He's chatted with Bill Moyers on PBS, lectured reporters at the National Press Club, and addressed thousands of listeners at the NAACP.
On Tuesday, Barack Obama responded by denouncing his ex-pastor's words. But the next day, Search revealed that the religious leader's language continues to echo with the American public.
Over the past week, lookups for "rev. jeremiah wright" surged 782%. On Tuesday, queries like "trinity united church of chicago," "wright obama," and "rev. wright interview" spiked into our top 500 movers. Even "black liberation theology" jumped more than 600%. Rounding out the mix, curiosity about the pastor's speeches, sermons, and recent appearances picked up.
The Illinois senator and his former religious leader have also been the subject of two of Buzz's most popular politics articles over the past 24 hours. One report, from Yahoo! News, examines how Obama is "seeking to divorce himself" from Wright. Another, compiled by The Huffington Post, offers a "different" view of the reverend from a member of Trinity Church.
As far as Obama's political future is concerned, the most important listeners right now might be the Democratic voters of Indiana and North Carolina. They go to the polls next Tuesday. It remains to be seen whether the Chicago pastor's words will influence their decisions once they get there.
Filed under: News, Elections, Barack Obama
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Posted by richard.harrington@att.net | Wed, April 30, 2008, 10:26 pm PDT
If Wright feels so strongly that blacks have been short changed for the last 100yrs,why would he scuttle the chances
of a black man getting in the oval office by opening his big mouth.
Posted by stockmomi | Thu, May 01, 2008, 2:55 am PDT
The guy is a wanker
Posted by duggerow | Thu, May 01, 2008, 8:42 am PDT
I am not too sure that the public is actually seeing the magnitude of this 'political-spiritual divorce' that is unfolding, and what it could mean. If Obama gets his way with his attempt to 'put this to rest', does anyone else out there even care about the significance of this verses another 'bad choice' that he may make as the President of the USA? Complete Political Manipulation at its best people...wake up. I also wonder who his next 'spiritual leader' will be after Christianity has put the sour taste in his mouth? Who knows what a left wing radical would do after becoming president...I think the media needs to get complete resolution and identification of his new spiritual leader before and this man is elected. We need to know who we are dealing with...and quit frankly, we still dont know with all that he has said.
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