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The return of Reverend Jeremiah Wright

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    Controversial pastor continues to talk race and politics from the pulpit

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See any impact segment tonight the return of reverend Jeremiah Wright.

-- retired preacher who is president Obama's pastor for two decades spoke last week at a Baptist Church in Charleston, West Virginia.

Playing some of the same tired notes we've heard before.

Yeah.

Politicians who are making decisions about do you.

-- about your in my talk about your future about your family about your children and the real tragedy is they live in a different world from -- -- All together they are people in power right now who have opinions about you based on their privilege of -- -- Reverend Wright still talking race and politics from the pulpit.

Here now to analyze Juan Williams and Mary cat friends both are Fox News analyst now.

What reverend -- back it up some and commitment because -- levity on the campaign trail and it's kinds of want to make investments all the notes okay.

He was talking involve about Thomas Jefferson and set up had a file.

And he talked about they talk about ten file and have a -- -- Teddy Roosevelt that racist Supreme Court Voltaire cable.

And you down the whole list of people to trash I guess lot of.

Think there's any shortage of -- -- in American society they keep you mean business because they just outrageous now.

But you know there's something deeper going on here and I think it's that.

You have race as a major issue especially as the presidential campaign is approaching.

And I think people are playing night for better -- worse -- you think he's asked for publicity for water quality well I think that's genuinely who he is I think he's been playing to raise he's got a lot of anger over race just.

You know this guy down in Florida.

The guy wanted to bear burn the Koran.

This weekend in the midst of that the -- for -- markets he decides he needs to have a march in support of the man who shot.

-- -- Well and -- capped at one point eight went on to.

Trash people went to Harvard in Allen.

I kind of an elite -- like Scott it was interesting candidate and I lost track of what it was saying -- he was questioning.

From the pulpit.

Other people's Christian faith -- -- found to be very -- even for Reverend Wright from the -- -- -- -- trashing Clarence thomas' faith obviously full disclosures mild loss.

I have to be really so so didn't -- and -- Terrible thing you know.

I mean I think -- a lot of terrible things I think it lets you says some of the stuff in the press club and it damages -- -- and everything Karabakh but I I do think that.

He is sort of assembled the fact that when you start these national conversations on race and -- -- it has to be said countenance and some of these guys with these.

Opinion that often pretty -- stuff that they say in the and the Pope but it's.

And then they won election the rest of us about how we have a national conversation about -- a national conversation about race does not all about having a conversation is it political tool it operates almost entirely independent of the facts.

Offense as you see in the NBC case -- misleading -- edited.

Zimmerman 91 call to make -- seem more races so that we can have this conversation about the narrative that they think benefits the left and I just think it's.

It's not a healthy exercise if you want to have a discussion about it in your own home but young friends think it's a lot healthier that it.

And -- Dan rather was out not recently saying that race is going to be as significant factor in this presidential election.

And he said look at that's just that's just the fact that's where we are today so three years after President Obama was inaugurated and there.

-- much fanfare and it was historic in that great speech in 2004 about a nation being brought together.

How do we get -- well I.

Don't think there's any question it -- right and that's I think race is going to be a big factor -- Riley is saying this is going to be within the nastiest campaigns.

Ever making a factor I think both -- well I think a lot of the older white seniors on the Republican side wanna say race is not a factor one you have to win rank that factor I think both sides are making a factor if you think about immigration is an -- think about the kind of laws -- -- passed in Arizona Alabama and elsewhere.

All of a sudden Hispanics.

Have a strong attitude about race being a fact that's not black -- that's on his brown or you stop and think about the idea of new laws intended.

To depress minority voter turnout failure to pay -- I think I had an aunt and that's it depressed I don't it is any question I don't I didn't see any fraud in the last couple elections.

There that allows Mary Catherine and me.

Look Juan Juan is there isn't quite look at the fact -- going to be out there and is no doubt about it.

Hispanics feel put upon by some of the Republican language on on border enforcement and so forth.

And you look at the result of these polls on race relations in the United States is new polls out.

It's devastating it's like the day after the -- -- the OJ verdict.

I thought -- that's how far we've -- could -- aren't exactly -- Amazon everywhere and they OJ verdict on that 96.

It's run clearly haven't really we and we haven't quite made it to post racial and it's sad -- here's -- thing I don't think these things ebb and flow quite a bit and I think that there is.

There -- some drumming up going on here when it as long as the economy is not benefiting Obama we're going to be having a lot more -- -- about is that -- Well let -- let that it is what.

There are things that are distractions -- and -- This being the amount of coverage that certain things -- -- we wouldn't be talking about having a national congress he's not Augusta national's policies or.

Some of these other issues an instant.

I kinda -- -- Obama.

Could make a point to look I think both sides have some culpability here when you hear Republicans in the midst of their primary talking about the food stamp president.

Talking about black kids don't have a good work ethic when you have such high unemployment among black I think a lot of -- -- -- a white racial anger.

That is as and that they are no action at some point edge in America and whining about time it.

Is racism at the heart of our economic decline as a country annual -- will -- -- on racism or race relations forum's panel discussions.

We'll do a single thing do employ another young African American male no it didn't let me say it's it's not I.

I agree with you -- but the point is if I'm Hispanic and you're telling me I have to your Mitt Romney you're telling me I have an economic message you and I think you know what this guy than like me.

He doesn't welcome me and -- They're going to Hispanic neighborhoods -- mats -- economic power may be at the start that congress say bluntly I don't and that economic message -- -- -- -- economic discussion might be a bigger fish to fry than some of the other things have been talking about.

I the great to -- you -- directly ahead.

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