The Post reports (via Ben Smith) on Wright's speech at the National Press Club:
...Wright praised Louis Farrakhan, defended the view that Zionism is racism, accused the United States of terrorism, repeated his view that the government created the AIDS virus to cause the genocide of racial minorities, stood by other past remarks ("God damn America") and held himself out as a spokesman for the black church in America.
In front of 30 television cameras, Wright's audience cheered him on as the minister mocked the media and, at one point, did a little victory dance on the podium. It seemed as if Wright, jokingly offering himself as Obama's vice president, was actually trying to doom Obama; a member of the head table, American Urban Radio's April Ryan, confirmed that Wright's security was provided by bodyguards from Farrakhan's Nation of Islam.
Go read the whole thing. Wright also gets in a nice dig at the garlic noses: "Britain has apologized to Africans. But this country's leaders have refused to apologize. So until that apology comes, I'm not going to keep stepping on your foot and asking you, does this hurt, do you forgive me for stepping on your foot, if I'm still stepping on your foot. Understand that? Capisce?"
It's hard to see how this could get worse for Obama, who Wright once again denigrates as a mere politician doing what he needs to do to get elected--with the implication being that Obama really does agree with this madness. That can't be true, but it all leads back to the same question: how could Obama sit in this church for 20 years without saying boo.
