I went to Rev. Wright's speech at the Press Club today. I didn't find out that I would be covering the event until I got to the office this morning. By then it had already started. So I jumped in a cab and listened to the cabby's anti-Wright and quasi-racist diatribe on the way there.
The room was absolutely packed. It took a couple minutes just to get past the people squeezed into the doorway. The back wall of the room was jammed with press. A couple nice cameramen made room for me and helped me climb over the chairs to reach my spot.
Rev. Wright was in his element; most of the audience were there for the NAACP meeting. They stood and cheered after every couple sentences. The speech was interesting, but the question and answer session really got him going. Say what you will about the man or his message, but he owned that room. I may not agree with his message, but I was very impressed by the delivery.
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i read about that press conference on bbc news. before reading the article, i knew very little about what rev. wright had actually said. (like a jerk) i just figured he was an inflammatory character in the vein of al sharpton. after reading it, i was surprised that the impression i got was that he was intelligent and well-spoken and i actually agreed with him about most of the things he's getting flack for having said.
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