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The Rev. Wright in Washington, Obama leaves town
By: Kiki Ryan
09/03/09 12:05 AM EDT
We’re sure President Barack Obama is glad to be on vacation in Camp David this week — the Rev. Jeremiah Wright can’t blame those in the White House for not being able to meet with him.
Two months after Obama was elected, Wright said, “Them Jews aren’t going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter, that he’ll talk to me in five years when he’s a lame duck, or in eight years when he’s out of office.”
The former pastor is in Washington, only a few miles from the White House. The controversial minister is preaching this week at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Arlington, Va.
Tuesday marked his first of three nights in town for a church revival, a service to “renew the spirit of people who work in the church,” a member of the clergy explained.
Though he turned away many voters from supporting Obama during the election after he denounced our country and called the government racist, he was still popular enough to pack the church Tuesday evening. We were told that there was a “larger crowd than usual” and that it was a “nice” service.
These “revivals” are part of a series he is hosting throughout the country. And apparently they are paying him well. After the Baptist service, Wright retreated back to his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City.
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