Off-message preachers supporting democratic campaigns
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:42 pm
Another good article from Slate.com:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/trailhead/ wrote:Here’s a question: Who doesn’t have a crazy, wingnut, off-message preacher supporting their campaign?
Right now, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is getting the most attention for, among other things, his statements that the U.S. government caused the AIDS virus; a speech in which he said, “God damn America”; and his less-than-kind words about Hillary Clinton. Obama has distanced himself from Wright in general terms but hasn’t denounced specific statements....Clinton has her own spiritual adviser in the Rev. Bill Graham...