C'est l'une des déclarations explosives de Jeremiah Wright, le pasteur de l'église de Barack Obama, qui retient l'attention des médias américains. Dans une entrevue à un journal de Pittsburgh hier, le sénateur de l'Illinois s'est dit «en profond désaccord» avec un tel propos. (Après avoir énuméré les fautes de son pays, le pasteur s'est demandé en 2003 si les Noirs devraient pas chanter God Damn America plutôt que God Bless America).
Je cite dans le texte un extrait de l'entrevue d'Obama :
Q: I don't know if you've seen it, but it's all over the wire today (from an ABC News story), a statement that your pastor (the Rev. Jeremiah Wright of Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago's South Side) made in a sermon in 2003 that instead of singing "God Bless America," black people should sing a song essentially saying "God Damn America."
A: I haven't seen the line. This is a pastor who is on the brink of retirement who in the past has made some controversial statements. I profoundly disagree with some of these statements.
Q: What about this particular statement?
A: Obviously, I disagree with that. Here is what happens when you just cherry-pick statements from a guy who had a 40-year career as a pastor. There are times when people say things that are just wrong. But I think it's important to judge me on what I've said in the past and what I believe.
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