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2008-03-29 Home Front: Politix
B.O.'s Former Pastor Getting $1.6M Home in Retirement
This was supposed to be the week that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. returned to the pulpit to preach for the first time since his anti-American sermons generated nationwide outrage and drew condemnation from his longtime parishioner, Barack Obama. But, citing security concerns, Wright canceled his speaking engagements in Florida and Texas. A spokeswoman at his former church in Chicago said his schedule is pending.

FOX News has uncovered documents that indicate Wright is about to move to a 10,340-square-foot, four-bedroom home in suburban Chicago, currently under construction in a gated community.
A two-week FOX News investigation, however, has uncovered where Wright will be spending a good deal of his time in retirement, and it is a far cry from the impoverished Chicago streets where the preacher led his ministry for 36 years. FOX News has uncovered documents that indicate Wright is about to move to a 10,340-square-foot, four-bedroom home in suburban Chicago, currently under construction in a gated community.

While it is not uncommon for an accomplished clergyman to live in luxury, Wright’s retirement residence is raising some questions. “Some people think deals like this are hypocritical. Jeremiah Wright himself criticizes people from the pulpit for middle classism, for too much materialism,” said Andrew Walsh, Associate Director of the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life with Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.
Posted by Fred 2008-03-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ]  Top

#1 It isn't middle classism, so I guess he isn't really a hypocrite.
Posted by James">James  2008-03-29 01:12|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]  2008-03-29 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Nice little racket you got there, Jeremiah. Preach to the rubes against the white devil and win the cash prize.
Posted by Thaing Johnson1215 2008-03-29 05:23||   2008-03-29 05:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Dammit! How did this one get past us?! Find out who was asleep at the switch!!
Posted by The Cabal of Greedy White Men 2008-03-29 09:02||   2008-03-29 09:02|| Front Page Top

#4 A "gated community"?
Looks like the "Rev" is movin on up...
Posted by tu3031 2008-03-29 09:22||   2008-03-29 09:22|| Front Page Top

#5 hmmm - just who are the gates designed to keep out?
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2008-03-29 10:14||   2008-03-29 10:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Does BO get to use the front gate/door? Who else?

Does his congregation have to come in through the back door/gate?



Posted by AlanC 2008-03-29 11:33||   2008-03-29 11:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Wright is about to move to a 10,340-square-foot, four-bedroom home in suburban Chicago, currently under construction in a gated community.

Right next to Al "keeping Africa down by heating his own home" Gore and John "Two Americas" Edwards, I presume.
Posted by BA 2008-03-29 17:15||   2008-03-29 17:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Give the Rev. some credit. He's there to keep an eye on the typical rich white folks.
Posted by ed 2008-03-29 17:29||   2008-03-29 17:29|| Front Page Top

#9 According to the 2000 census, Tinley Park is 90% white, 2% black.
Posted by mhw 2008-03-29 21:06||   2008-03-29 21:06|| Front Page Top

#10 pretty obviously then, keep the whites out? Does that make sense? Check the data, again
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2008-03-29 21:48||   2008-03-29 21:48|| Front Page Top

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