An observation from Andrew Sullivan’s blog about the “good” Reverend Wright. I wonder if there was a donation to the church from Hillary’s campaign-maybe a a whole bunch of them?
Jeremiah Wright fucked Obama today and fucked him good. Remember how good everything felt right after Obama historical speech in Pennsylvania — like we might inch toward an honest discussion on race? Wright seemed to do everything he could this morning to shut that down. There were some interesting comments in his speech, comments that did not trouble me. But then we reached that Q&A and I practically watched it through my fingers. His comments on Zionism made me sick. And his surprisingly un-nuanced answer to his statement about 9/11? That was a gift to Karl Rove and the freak show. Today has chilled me to the bone.
However, you are correct about the silver lining in this: This is the exact opening Obama needed to slam the door on Wright. And if he does not, even this diehard supporter will be forced to take a small step back. But what I will be interested in seeing is how other African-Americans react to Wright’s Big Moment. Will they see a man who is greedily and arrogantly using the spotlight of this primary race to potentially spoil Obama’s chances and turn against him?
One would hope they do and that the people would reject this as what it is-reverse racism. My sense is though that “Black America Inc” the people who puport to speak for people who need no spokesperson-like everday working African Americans-will do no such things.
Which gets to the question. When does race not matter anymore?
Which gets to the question. When does race not matter anymore?
Here.
– SJS
I love the bit where Andy blames it all on Karl Rove and suggests Wright is a Rovian plot on the good Obama. Only democrats could run a man without any reputation or record and seriously propose that the entire lack of any sort of track record was somehow a good thing. Well, the track record will out. Imagine, the editor of Harvard Law Review without a single published article to his name. What the hell is that about? Sheesh, now I’m watching KPBS interview David Mamet. The liberal goodness just won’t stop.
Of course there is another theory. That Wright deliberately was outrageous so that Barak Obama could throw him under the bus with no repucussions on either side. That, of course, would assume a conspiracy between the two men-and it presumes that Obama is smarter than I give him credit for.
This is not going away methinks.
Or the other theory, Wright is pompous and arrogant and loved the spotlight. Also, he’s probably preached things like that before and loves the attention.
Then you go to the oft seen black on black hate. Obama is well educated, well spoken, doesn’t play that game outwardly, so maybe that is also him being angry at him for “acting white.” I think it’s more about Wright enjoying the press and he hammed it up more. It had less to do w/ Obama, and more to do w/ Wright, but then again, he is a good friend of Obama, so is Obama scamming America?
I think Wright was paid to say what he said, honestly. And a lot of Blacks still support Obama, me included.
As far as Obama ‘scamming’ America…how, ’cause after Wright’s first ‘outburst’, they stopped being ‘good friends’.
I have my doubts that the Obamas have never heard Wright speak like that. I’ve not been all that impressed with the substance of much of what he Obama says. He’s a good orator, and is an excellent politician in that he is vacuous and offers nothing to sink one’s teeth into. Rainbows and ponies for everybody. I fear that the taxes needed to pay for all this socialist crap is going to kill the country, and more importantly, take money from me and give it to others who are less deserving of MY money.
And who paid Wright? If it was Obama and/or his people, then that calls into question his values, and if it was Hillary, it is underhanded. If Wright took the money, that just proves he’s deceitful.