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GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. WE ARE FEATURING REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT. IN... |
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LAST MONTH, THESE FIERY SERMONS DREW UNFLATTERING MEDIA ATTENTION FOR SENATOR BARACK OBAMA, A MEMBER... |
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OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,, AND SCHOLARS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN RELIGIOUS TRADITION FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT... |
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APPLAUSE] I WANT TO GET IN OUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO REPEAT AGAIN FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING... |
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HAVE YOU HEARD THE WHOLE SERMON? HAVE YOU HEARD THE WHOLE SERMON? [APPLAUSE] THE WHOLE SERMON. YOU... |
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SOME CRITICS HAVE SAID THAT YOUR SERMONS ARE UNPATRIOTIC. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT AMERICA AND BEING AN... |
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I FEEL THOSE CITIZENS WHO SAY THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD MY SERMON NOR DO THEY KNOW ME. THEY'RE UNFAIR... |
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I ASK YOU TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AND/OR APPLAUSE TO A MINIMUM. SO THAT WE CAN WORK IN AS MANY QUESTIONS... |
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ON NOVEMBER 5, AND ON JANUARY 21 I WILL STILL BE A PASTOR. AS I SAID THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON ME. ... |
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WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH LOUIS FARRAKHAN? YOU AGREE WITH THAT RESPECT HIS VIEWS INCLUDING HIS... |
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AS I SAID, ONE OF OUR NEWS CHANNELS KEEPS PLAYING A NEWS CLIP FROM 20 YEARS AGO. WHEN LOUIS FARRAKHAN... |
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WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVATION FOR CHARACTERIZING SENATOR OBAMA'S RESPONDS TO YOU AS "WHAT A POLITICIAN HAD... |
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WHAT I MEAN IS SEVERAL OF MY WHITE AND JEWISH FRANCE HAVE WRITTEN TO ME AND SAID YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN... |
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IN LIGHT OF YOUR WIDELY QUOTED COMMENTS DAMMING AMERICA, DO YOU THINK YOU OWE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE... |
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THE GOVERNMENT LEADERS, THOSE AS I SAID TO BARACK OBAMA, MY MEMBER, I AM A PASTOR WHO IS A MEMBER.... |
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SENATOR OBAMA HAS BEEN IN YOUR CONGREGATION FOR 20 YEARS YET YOU WERE NOT INVITED TO HIS ANNOUNCEMENT... |
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WHOEVER WROTE THAT QUESTION DOES NOT READ OR WATCH THE NEWS. HE DID NOT DENOUNCE ME. HE DISTANCE HIMSELF... |
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HE DID NOT DENOUNCE ME. HE HAD TO DISTANCE HIMSELF. WHAT THE MEDIA HAD SAID WHAT I SAID WAS ANTI-AMERICAN.... |
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YOU MENTIONED THAT SENATOR OBAMA HAD NOT HEARD MANY OF YOUR SERMONS. DOES THAT MEAN HE IS NOT MUCH... |
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THAT IS YOUR QUESTION. HE GOES AS OFTEN AS YOU DO. WHAT DID YOUR PASTOR PRIETO LAST WEEK? YOU DO NOT... |
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IN YOUR SERMON YOU SAID THE GOVERNMENT LIED ABOUT INVENTING THE HIV VIRUS AS A MEANS OF GENOCIDE AGAINST... |
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HAVE YOU READ EMERGING VIRUSES, AIDS, AND A BULLET? HAVE YOU READ MEDICAL APARTHEID? I READ DIFFERENT... |
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YOU HAVE LIKENED ISRAELI POLICIES TO APARTHEID AND ITS TREATMENT OF PALESTINIANS WITH NATIVE AMERICANS.... |
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WHERE DID I DO THAT? WHOEVER WROTE THE QUESTION. TELL ME WHERE I LIKENED THEM. JIMMY CARTER CALLED... |
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CAN YOU ELABORATE ON YOUR COMPARISON OF THE ROMAN SOLDIERS WHO KILLED JESUS TO THE U.S. MARINE CORPS?... |
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE COVERED AT THE SYMPOSIUM OVER THE NEXT DAY'S IS MERKEL HISTORY. WHICH... |
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BILL CLINTON HAS BEEN WIDELY CRITICIZED IN THIS CAMPAIGN. MANY AFRICAN-AMERICANS THINK HE HAS SAID... |
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I DO NOT THINK ANYTHING ABOUT THEM. I CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT PRESS THAT IT -- PROPHETIC THEOLOGY.... |
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HE WILL GIVE YOU A CHURCH QUESTION. PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THE BLACK CHURCH IN A WHITE CHURCH CAN RECONCILE... |
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THERE ARE MANY WHITE PERSONS WHO HAVE ALREADY TAKEN GREAT STEPS IN TERMS OF RECONCILIATION. IT WAS... |
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YOU SAID THERE IS A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING BY PEOPLE OF OTHER BACKGROUNDS OF THE AFRICAN- AMERICAN CHURCH.... |
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THERE WAS A BOOK WRITTEN THE MISEDUCATION. I WOULD TRY TO FIX IT STARTING WITH THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.... |
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JESUS SAID IN THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND A LIFE. NO MAN, AND TO THE FATHER BUT THROUGH ME. DO YOU BELIEVE... |
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JESUS ALSO SAID OTHER SHE PASSERBY WHO ARE NOT OF THIS HOME. -- OTHER SHEEP HAVE I WHO WERE NOT OF... |
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DO YOU THINK PEOPLE OF OTHER RACES WOULD FEEL WELCOME AT YOUR CHURCH? |
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YES. WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OTHER RACES. WE HAVE HISPANICS, CARIBBEAN, SOUTH AMERICANS, WE HAVE THE CONFERENCE... |
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YOU GAINED ATTENTION FOR YOUR SERMON SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. WHY DID YOU WAIT SO LONG BEFORE GIVING THE... |
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AS I SAID TO BILL MOYERS AND HE EDITED THIS ONE. BECAUSE OF MY MOTHER'S ADVICE. IT WAS BEING SEEN... |
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DO YOU THINK IT IS GOD'S WILL THE SENATOR OBAMA BE PRESIDENT? |
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I SAID I WOULD OFFER MYSELF FOR CANDIDACY FOR VICE PRESIDENT. I HAVE NOT OFFERED MYSELF FOR TENNESSEE... |
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WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME. BEFORE ASKING THE LAST QUESTION, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MATTERS TO TAKE CARE... |
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I THINK IT IS LIKE THE MEDIA. I AM NOT 75. |
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I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB STAFF... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
