The Blog

360 Degree Spin

3:31 PM, Mar 21, 2008 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB
Single Page Print Larger Text Smaller Text Alerts

CNN's Roland Martin brings the ridiculous:

One of the most controversial statements in this sermon was when [Reverend Wright] mentioned "chickens coming home to roost." He was actually quoting Edward Peck, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and deputy director of President Reagan's terrorism task force, who was speaking on FOX News. That's what he told the congregation.

This based on the fact that later in the sermon Wright added, "Violence begets violence. Hatred begets hatred. And terrorism begets terrorism. A white ambassador said that y'all, not a black militant." Here's the video of Wright talking about chickens coming home to roost, and Wright makes it clear where he draws that language from. Not sure why Martin would even try and push this ridiculous story, but given his self-righteous preening in the post about how his "job is to seek the truth, and not the partial truth," shouldn't he clarify his story?

HT: Confederate Yankee

More by Michael Goldfarb