Hillary Clinton Comments On Rev. Wright’s Hate Speech

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writers Wereschagin and Brown reported that in an interview today with the Tribune-Review’s editorial board, Hillary Clinton said Rev. Wright would not have been her pastor, adding, "You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend."

Wereschagin and Brown continued:

“Obama's lead in national polls has slipped since clips of the retired Rev. Jeremiah Wright began being played on national news programs. The uproar prompted Obama to give a wide-ranging speech on race in America a week ago. The Clinton campaign has refrained from getting involved in the controversy, but Clinton herself, responding to a question, denounced what she said was ‘hate speech.’

“‘You know, I spoke out against Don Imus (who was fired from his radio and television shows after making racially insensitive remarks), saying that hate speech was unacceptable in any setting, and I believe that,’ Clinton said. ‘I just think you have to speak out against that. You certainly have to do that, if not explicitly, then implicitly by getting up and moving.’”

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