Jeremiah Wright On Jews And Obama: "I Misspoke," Meant "Zionists"

Reverend Jeremiah Wright raised eyebrows yet again when he said he was no longer able to speak to President Obama because "them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me." On Sirius Radio's "Make it Plain with Mark Thompson" Thursday, he clarified.

"Let me just say, like Hillary, I misspoke. Let me just say Zionists," Wright said, before going on to delineate the difference between them and "responsible Jewish persons." He went on to discuss the Israeli government and the power of the Zionist lobby in the U.S. government, saying he was basing his words on the work of Jewish historian Marc Ellis.

Listen to the interview here.

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[water57]

Rev Wright simply can not accept that it was his own buffoonish behavior is the reason why Obama will not talk to him. Wright tried to take down Obama, instead he diminish his own self worth. Wright still thinks his own twist message is the only message that should heard. Someone should do him a favor and lock him up and throw way the key.

[xmontreal]

Another Farrakhan!!!

[confuseddemocrat]

No fool like an old fool

[ChiGuy]

I haven't seen anyone so full of himself since K'arl R'ove.

Bottom line:
Wright is no more an influence on Obama, than the aging, se nile Pat Robertson was on GWB. And anyone trying to claim otherwise is just a disingenuous l.i.a.r.

[barra]

You're a REALLY bad apologist.­.....REALL­Y!

[ChiGuy]

Thanks for proving my point.

[mike63]

Meaning you did not know you were being recorded.

[GravitonX]

Olberman just lost major points with his annoying self-righteous Worst Person's in the World segment.

Today, Olberman gets my Worst Person in the World Award for dismissing all explanations Rev. Wright gave about his comments.

[StillIRise]

Thank you!

[lizr]

there is no defending that mouth, just a loose cannon.

[Tunghoy]

Scrooo him. It's garbage like Wright that incites violent fanatics like the guy who shot up the museum yesterday. He can use all the code words he wants, but I know what he really means. Zionism is the movement of national Jewish liberation and self-determination, and those who use it as an epithet are either ignorant of that or are bigots.

I campaigned hard for Obama despite Wright, knowing that Obama didn't share the man's intolerance. The best thing he can do is close his mouth and slither back under his rock.

[peter777]

We ought to have a period of putting Wright, Limbaugh, Beck, and Hannity in room together to see how long they can take it.

[GravitonX]

Are you implying that Wright is the same as those on the Right? Please explain. This should be good.

[lizr]

sadly he sounds equally loony. and that is his own fault.

[SteveDenver]

His lack of forethought and wisdom is the same.
Whatever he accomplished before, he is dragging through the dirt now.
His legacy will be idiocy.

[faicole]

A hater is a hater regardless of political leanings. They "Wright, Limbaugh, Beck and Hannity" are all the same.

[iceage7]

His become more and more irrelevant the more he speaks. Just like Palin

[JZ735]

My point exactly...­Huffpo needs to banish both from the site...not a word on either of them...cen­sorship is fine...whe­n it comes to those two!

[soapington]

There seems to be a lot of "misspeaking" right now. And the misspeakers never seem to realize they misspoke until they get called out.

[Xav7]

again...th­is one and the "mis-speaking" --- pitiful

[wakeup804]

Here we go, another man of God, (doesn't matter what religion, you insert your favorite boneheaded remark from your own faith), which makes me question why people get up on Sundays to listen to these nuts. Most would benefit from making peace with their God from the privacy of their own homes. It is this ignorant speak from Wright, Mullas, Priests, and Ministers, etc, that will never make it possible for me to set foot in a church. Organized religion is becoming nothing more than a side show, with each group postering to see who can say the dumbest stuff, (in the name of the Lord, who never told any of these men to speak the foolishness they do). Just do unto others....­.....the rest will take care of itself, and you don't need boneheaded men of the cloth to tell you that.

[houseafire]

Mr. Wright, please just shuffle off into your retirement, maybe tour Europe, or how about a fishing cruise, or maybe build a treehouse or something for the kids....

Geeze!

[lazercat2008]

The truth is Barack didn't go to Church much.

[FACINGREALIT]

I believe that because if he did there would have been lots of pictures as every sermon was recorded.

[Bovary7]

As I said......­.....BO listened to this guy for 20 years.

[faicole]

How do you know? Where you there or are you assuming?

[glorialovelace]

Obama said he attended that church. We didn't need to be there to sign him in.