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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Where Hillary Failed ... Wright succeeds ... Bringing Down Obama
Read more about "Wright to Obama: 'Coming after you' " on politico.com
The Pastor Disaster ... Just when it seemed about to blow over ...
Reverend Jeremiah Wright, former pastor to Barack Obama, has had quite a week. He taped an interview with Bill Moyers last Wednesday which aired on Friday, April 28, on PBS. Spoke at an NAACP dinner Sunday night, and today gave a talk to the National Press Club in Washington. And he sure raised some hell. And put Obama in a tight spot.
Just when it seemed about to blow over ... Wright comes out of his weeks of silence, swinging. He denies that Obama denounced him. And he has a lot to say that is going to alienate voters for his friend and former Congregation member.
Geez, I remember thinking that Obama was getting a free ride with the Press, no one digging into his real past, no one dragging him through the mud.
Nope, it took a man of God, a pastor, a preacher, to bring down Obama. And Wright may have finished off Obama for good.
Why did he keep silent for so long? And why speak now? He looks like he is grabbing his fifteen minutes of fame. He may destroy Obama's political ambitions, but he has thrust himself onto the national stage as one of the "voices" of black America. Now he will be up there in the spotlight with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. He can show up anywhere and get press coverage. He can write a book and get rich. He can grow his power and influence in the black community infinitely.
But he cannot help Obama. And he cannot allow Obama to succeed as an individual. He has to bring him down. It's like the Irish. Whenever an Irish person gets too successful, then the others around him have to pull him back down to their level. The Irish are great at not letting their own succeed. And apparently black pastors have a bit o' the Irish to them.
Wright would rather push his paranoid black liberation theology agenda than see real progress for African Americans. He would rather make a name for himself than help the entire country benefit from the type of leadership that Obama could bring to the Presidency.
Pathetic, sad man, Jeremiah Wright, trapped in a view of the world that is inflexible, no longer valid, and holding back progress more than anyone or anything outside of himself.
Obama needed a family. But what a price to pay for it.
Just when it seemed about to blow over ... Wright comes out of his weeks of silence, swinging. He denies that Obama denounced him. And he has a lot to say that is going to alienate voters for his friend and former Congregation member.
Geez, I remember thinking that Obama was getting a free ride with the Press, no one digging into his real past, no one dragging him through the mud.
Nope, it took a man of God, a pastor, a preacher, to bring down Obama. And Wright may have finished off Obama for good.
Why did he keep silent for so long? And why speak now? He looks like he is grabbing his fifteen minutes of fame. He may destroy Obama's political ambitions, but he has thrust himself onto the national stage as one of the "voices" of black America. Now he will be up there in the spotlight with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. He can show up anywhere and get press coverage. He can write a book and get rich. He can grow his power and influence in the black community infinitely.
But he cannot help Obama. And he cannot allow Obama to succeed as an individual. He has to bring him down. It's like the Irish. Whenever an Irish person gets too successful, then the others around him have to pull him back down to their level. The Irish are great at not letting their own succeed. And apparently black pastors have a bit o' the Irish to them.
Wright would rather push his paranoid black liberation theology agenda than see real progress for African Americans. He would rather make a name for himself than help the entire country benefit from the type of leadership that Obama could bring to the Presidency.
Pathetic, sad man, Jeremiah Wright, trapped in a view of the world that is inflexible, no longer valid, and holding back progress more than anyone or anything outside of himself.
Obama needed a family. But what a price to pay for it.
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