Wright is sorry, ADL says was expressing "classic anti-Semitism." [View All]

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...Wright issued a statement Thursday that he was “disturbed and deeply saddened” that his comments were stirring discussion.

“I apologize for the way I framed my comments. I misspoke and I sincerely meant no harm or ill-will to the American Jewish community or the Obama administration,” Wright said. “I have great respect for the Jewish faith and the foundational (and central) part of our Judeo-Christian tradition.”

But Lonnie Nasatir of the Anti-Defamation League's Chicago office said Wright was expressing "classic anti-Semitism."

The ADL issued this statement: "Reverend Wright’s comments claiming that 'them Jews' are preventing him from communicating with President Obama are inflammatory and false. The notions of Jewish control of the White House in Reverend Wright’s statement express classic anti-Semitism in its most vile form. In a short succinct sentence, Reverend Wright manages to both label some of the president’s closest advisers solely by their religious beliefs and give them powers superior to the president himself."

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MARK THOMPSON: …I want everybody to be clear that when you say… “them Jews won’t let him talk to me” you were specifically referring to Zionists.

REV. WRIGHT: Exactly. And as Hillary misspoke about being under fire as the camera showed her walking calmly walking from her plane to a limousine, I was walking from a worship service to my car trying to talk rapidly, trying to..answer this guy and trying to get him to get off the Barack Obama kick.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1619011,w-jeremiah-wright-obama-jews-zionist-061109.article

Wright should consider a lower profile.