Conservatives release 2007 video linking Obama to former pastor Jeremiah Wright
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Conservative media are circulating a 2007 video in which then-presidential candidate Barack Obama praises his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and suggests that racism played a role in the federal government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina.
The resurfacing of Wright as campaign fodder came as Obama and his GOP challenger, Mitt Romney, were preparing for their first debate in Denver on Wednesday (Oct. 3).
Fox News host Sean Hannity, conservative blogger Matt Drudge and Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller website hyped the video on Tuesday, saying it had never been seen in full. Hannity said the video offers a "glimpse into the mind of the real Barack Obama."
