Spike Lee weighs in
Ol' Spikey isn't happy with the Right Rev Wright spouting off:
Director Spike Lee has waded into the ongoing controversy surrounding Jeremiah Wright, the Chicago pastor whose provocative statements have proved a thorn in the side of Democrat frontrunner Barack Obama. Lee advises the preacher to do the right thing and keep quiet. "The more he opens his mouth, the more damage he does," he told the Guardian yesterday.
For good measure, Lee hinted at a political conspiracy behind Wright's recent, contentious attempts to justify his remarks. "It looks like he's being paid to keep talking," he said.
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Wright has attracted criticism for sermons in which he invited God to "damn America" and claimed the US was "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today". This has prompted renewed media scrutiny of Obama's own views. The Illinois senator was a long-term member of the pastor's church. Wright officiated at Obama's wedding and at the baptism of his two children.
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"Jeremiah Wright needs to be quiet," Lee said yesterday. "If he loves Obama he needs to shut up right now. It makes me question his motives for talking. I'm starting to wonder whether somebody has been contributing to the building funds of his church. Seriously." [emph. mine]
"Jeremiah Wright needs to be quiet," Lee said
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!
via Rantburg (and thanks to Excalibur in the comments for the popcorn vid)