\n<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was from one of Barack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s closest friends.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He offered you money?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Not directly,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Wright said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He sent the offer to one of the members of the church, who sent it to me.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153How much money did he offer you?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153One hundred and fifty thousand dollars,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Wright said.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Did Obama himself ever make an effort to see you?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Wright said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Barack said he wanted to meet me in secret, in a secure place. And I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcYou\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re used to coming to my home, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been here countless times, so what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wrong with coming to my home?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 So we met in the living room of the parsonage of Trinity United Church of Christ, at South Pleasant Avenue right off 95th Street, just Barack and me. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if he had a wire on him. His security was outside somewhere.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And one of the first things Barack said was, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI really wish you wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do any more public speaking until after the November election.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 He knew I had some speaking engagements lined up, and he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI wish you wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t speak. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gonna hurt the campaign if you do that.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And what did you say?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I asked. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see it that way. And anyway, how am I supposed to support my family?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 And he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWell, I wish you wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t speak in public. The press is gonna eat you alive.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Barack said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sorry you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see it the way I do. Do you know what your problem is?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 And I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcNo, what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my problem?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 And he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcYou have to tell the truth.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good problem to have. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good problem for all preachers to have. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why I could never be a politician.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to get worse if you go out there and speak. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really going to get worse.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And he was so right.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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When sermons of Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Chicago pastor, Jeremiah Wright, surfaced during the Iowa primaries, it threatened to derail Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s campaign. ABC aired one where Wright screamed, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Goddamn America!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Edward Klein interviewed Wright, who told him Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s team tried to buy his silence.