You've seen Rev. Wright's "G. D. America" sermon. For those who say Rev. Wright's comments were taken out of context, the context was that five days previously, the World Trade Center collapsed, killing thousands of people. There were stories in the media about students who cheered as it happened. Did Rev. Wright join them? Barack Obama's close association with Rev. Wright will likely hurt the candidate.
According to ABC News, Obama has known Rev. Wright was a liability for over a year:
"I vehemently disagree and strongly condemn the statements that have [been] the subject of this controversy," Obama said, saying that he'd never heard any of them personally.
"One of them I had heard about after I had started running for president and I put out a statement at that time condemning them," he continued.
But more than a year ago, Obama disinvited Wright from speaking at his candidacy announcement. Wright told The New York Times then that Obama told him, "You can get kind of rough in the sermons. … It's best for you not to be out there in public."
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