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Obama Campaign Offered "Bribe" to Rev Wright
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Ernst Blofeld
May 13, 2012, 2:05:07 PM5/13/12
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‘Man, the media ate me alive,” Wright told me when we met in his
office at Chicago’s Kwame Nkrumah Academy. “After the media went
ballistic on me, I received an e-mail offering me money not to preach
at all until the November presidential election.”
“Who sent the e-mail?” I asked Wright.
“It was from one of Barack’s closest friends.”
“He offered you money?”
“Not directly,” Wright said. “He sent the offer to one of the members
of the church, who sent it to me.”
“How much money did he offer you?”
“One hundred and fifty thousand dollars,” Wright said.
“Did Obama himself ever make an effort to see you?”
“Yes,” Wright said. “Barack said he wanted to meet me in secret, in a
secure place. And I said, ‘You’re used to coming to my home, you’ve
been here countless times, so what’s wrong with coming to my home?’ So
we met in the living room of the parsonage of Trinity United Church of
Christ, at South Pleasant Avenue right off 95th Street, just Barack
and me. I don’t know if he had a wire on him. His security was outside
somewhere.
“And one of the first things Barack said was, ‘I really wish you
wouldn’t do any more public speaking until after the November
election.’ He knew I had some speaking engagements lined up, and he
said, ‘I wish you wouldn’t speak. It’s gonna hurt the campaign if you
do that.’
“And what did you say?” I asked. “I said, ‘I don’t see it that way.
And anyway, how am I supposed to support my family?’ And he said,
‘Well, I wish you wouldn’t speak in public. The press is gonna eat you
alive.’
“Barack said, ‘I’m sorry you don’t see it the way I do. Do you know
what your problem is?’ And I said, ‘No, what’s my problem?’ And he
said, ‘You have to tell the truth.’ I said, ‘That’s a good problem to
have. That’s a good problem for all preachers to have. That’s why I
could never be a politician.’
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‘Man, the media ate me alive,” Wright told me when we met in his
office at Chicago’s Kwame Nkrumah Academy. “After the media went
ballistic on me, I received an e-mail offering me money not to preach
at all until the November presidential election.”
“Who sent the e-mail?” I asked Wright.
“It was from one of Barack’s closest friends.”
“He offered you money?”
“Not directly,” Wright said. “He sent the offer to one of the members
of the church, who sent it to me.”
“How much money did he offer you?”
“One hundred and fifty thousand dollars,” Wright said.
“Did Obama himself ever make an effort to see you?”
“Yes,” Wright said. “Barack said he wanted to meet me in secret, in a
secure place. And I said, ‘You’re used to coming to my home, you’ve
been here countless times, so what’s wrong with coming to my home?’ So
we met in the living room of the parsonage of Trinity United Church of
Christ, at South Pleasant Avenue right off 95th Street, just Barack
and me. I don’t know if he had a wire on him. His security was outside
somewhere.
“And one of the first things Barack said was, ‘I really wish you
wouldn’t do any more public speaking until after the November
election.’ He knew I had some speaking engagements lined up, and he
said, ‘I wish you wouldn’t speak. It’s gonna hurt the campaign if you
do that.’
“And what did you say?” I asked. “I said, ‘I don’t see it that way.
And anyway, how am I supposed to support my family?’ And he said,
‘Well, I wish you wouldn’t speak in public. The press is gonna eat you
alive.’
“Barack said, ‘I’m sorry you don’t see it the way I do. Do you know
what your problem is?’ And I said, ‘No, what’s my problem?’ And he
said, ‘You have to tell the truth.’ I said, ‘That’s a good problem to
have. That’s a good problem for all preachers to have. That’s why I
could never be a politician.’
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Robert Fitzgerald
May 17, 2012, 9:28:05 PM5/17/12
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On Sun, 13 May 2012 11:05:07 -0700, Ernst Blofeld wrote:
> http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/
This sounds a lot like Bunny Money.
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Bobby
> http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/
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Bobby
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