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− | + | <let name=data index=Date>2008-03-21</let> | |
− | + | <let name=data index=Author>Roland Martin</let> | |
− | + | <let name=data index=Source>Anderson Cooper</let> | |
− | + | <let name=data index=Topics>\American dishonor\Jeremiah Wright\Barack Obama\9-11</let> | |
− | {{ | + | <let name=data index=URL>http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-rev-jeremiah-wrights-911-sermon/</let> |
− | </noinclude> | + | <let name=data index=Title>The full story behind Rev. Jeremiah Wright's 9/11 sermon</let> |
+ | <let name=data index=TextShort>“One of the most controversial statements in this sermon was when he 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]].”</let> | ||
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+ | <p>One of the most controversial statements in this sermon was when he 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.</p> | ||
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+ | The "chickens" metaphor implied that [[9-11]] was possibly just part of [[American dishonor|the harvest America has sown]] with its many acts of [[American terrorism|terrorism]] abroad, of which he listed a handful. Opponents of [[Barack Obama]] have been attacking him for not distancing himself more forcefully from Rev. Wright's statements.</let> | ||
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