Rev. Wright: "I Misspoke"

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jun 11, 2009 9:40PM

Rev. Jeremiah Wright backpedaled on his controversial comments blaming "them Jews" for preventing him from having any contact with President Obama. According to Politico:

“I misspoke. Let me just say Zionists.” Wright told Sirius/XM radio host Mark Thompson on “Make it Plain.”

Wright tried to explain that the comment was a reference to Jewish authors and “historical facts.”

“I’m not talking about all Jews, all people of the Jewish faith, I’m talking about Zionists,” he said. “I’m talking about facts, historical facts. I’m not talking about emotionally charged words.”

“They can jump on that phrase if they want to, but they can’t undo history and they can’t undo the fact of Jewish historians and Jewish theologians who write about what’s going on,” he added.

Wright made the original controversial comments earlier this week at the 95th annual Hampton University Ministers' Conference.