CONTROVERSY?

Obama Praises Wright in Teased ’07 Speech

Says feds ‘don’t care’ about New Orleans.

The Drudge Report stirred up the watercooler Tuesday when it teased that it would be releasing “Obama’s Other Race Speech,” a video promising to “cause controversy [and] ignite accusations of racism.” Just before 9 p.m., The Daily Caller released the video of Obama speaking in June 2007 at Hampton University. In the fiery 40-minute speech, Obama hints to an audience of black ministers that the U.S. government slighted Hurricane Katrina victims because of their race, when compared to aid given to 9/11: “The people in New Orleans they don’t care about as much!” He also praised the Rev. Jeremiah Wright as “a friend and a great leader.” In response, the Obama campaign released a statement saying "Mitt Romney's allies recirculated video of a 2007 event that was open to and extensively covered by the press at the time.'