I need to speak out, everywhere, all of us do, about this attack Americans are making on each other through their attack on Reverend Wright.

I don't know Reverend Wright personally.

For brevity's sake, I won't detail Reverend Wright or Trinity Church's long and rich resume.

Obama stated, "Whatever relationship I had with Reverend Wright has changed as a consequence of this," he added.

Can anyone say Reverend Wright?

Sermons, after all, are rarely written word for word by pastors like Reverend Wright, who are delivering them extemporaneously, and caught up in the emotion of the moment.

"Number one, do you think Reverend Wright loves America as much as you do?"

He posed the rhetorical question of why he would have allied himself with Reverend Wright in the first place.

Obama observed that, in the era in which African-Americans of Reverend Wright's generation grew up, segregation and degradation were common.

O'Brien led to accusations of anti-Catholic bias, and ultimately resulted in the Reverend Wright's decision to withdraw his name from consideration.

I need to speak out, everywhere, all of us do, about this attack Americans are making on each other through their attack on Reverend Wright.

I don't know Reverend Wright personally.

For brevity's sake, I won't detail Reverend Wright or Trinity Church's long and rich resume.

Obama stated, "Whatever relationship I had with Reverend Wright has changed as a consequence of this," he added.

Can anyone say Reverend Wright?

Led by Reverend Wright and Sister Iola, the church opened as "First Christian Church of South Riverside."

In addition, he stated that "The Zionist-influenced mass media took their cue from the far-right and orchestrated a hate campaign against Reverend Wright and his links to Obama."

Sermons, after all, are rarely written word for word by pastors like Reverend Wright, who are delivering them extemporaneously, and caught up in the emotion of the moment.

"Number one, do you think Reverend Wright loves America as much as you do?"

He posed the rhetorical question of why he would have allied himself with Reverend Wright in the first place.