Friday, June 12, 2009
Just as expected: Rev. Wright: I meant 'Zionists'
Rev. Jeremiah Wright on Thursday tried to step back from a controversial comment he made earlier in the week, explaining that when he said "them Jews" were keeping him from getting access to President Barack Obama he meant to say "Zionists."
"I misspoke. Let me just say Zionists." Wright told Sirius/XM radio host Mark Thompson on "Make it Plain."
Wright tried to explain that the comment was a reference to Jewish authors and "historical facts."
"I'm not talking about all Jews, all people of the Jewish faith, I'm talking about Zionists," he said. "I'm talking about facts, historical facts. I'm not talking about emotionally charged words."
"They can jump on that phrase if they want to, but they can't undo history and they can't undo the fact of Jewish historians and Jewish theologians who write about what's going on," he added...
Yes, it's just those "uppity" Jews that a problem...you know, the ones who live in Israel, and follow that whole "next year in Jerusalem" thing. They're the ones...controlling...Obama. Yeah, that's the ticket. Predictable.
I like what James Taranto said yesterday:
This is what Groundhog Day would be like if Punxsutawney Phil had rabies...
Glad he cleared that up. A twenty year association, eh, but not a clue about any of this. It's a cheap shot, perhaps, but twenty years is twenty years.
I did not have sex with that pastor!
I have never been so confused by a statement meant to clarify. Who keeps interviewing this clown anyways? Why not just hang out at a bus station and interview the first person you see peeing on their own shoes while talking to a cat? I think it would actually be an act of mercy to ignore this guy, he is clearly delusional.
An act of mercy to whom? To Rev. Wright, who doesn't know when he's at the bottom of a hole and doesn't know how to stop digging? Or to those of us unfortunate enough to hear what he has to say?