Our View: Rev. Wright Exploits His 15 Minutes of Fame, Harms Sen. Obama
Basta, Rev. Wright! Frankly, I've heard enough from Rev. Jeremiah Wright in the past week. My honest, gut-check (and not PC) opinion is that the man is on an ego-trip and selfishly exploiting his 15 minutes of fame. He is harming Sen. Obama with all of his many opinions, grudges and half-baked ideas. Enough. Sen. Obama should further distance himself from Rev. Wright, as we are ourselves doing with this post.
Other views:
CNN Readers react to Rev. Wright
Wash Post: Rev. Wright Strikes Back
NY Times: Wright Says Criticism Is Attack on Black Church
Other views:
CNN Readers react to Rev. Wright
Wash Post: Rev. Wright Strikes Back
NY Times: Wright Says Criticism Is Attack on Black Church
posted by Faithful Progressive at 6:17 PM
3 Comments:
Don't shoot the messenger! He's called attention to discrimination & race when most would like to think that that is past tense, when it isn't.
Ed Rendell is(was) a messenger too when he, correctly, identified the problem of being racially accepting & evenhanded throughout Central Pennsylvania -- that it could just be that the U.S. is not ready, at this point in time, for either a woman or an African-American. Yet the Governor is carrying forward in the face of what he identified rather than succumb to it, with the hope that some progress could be made in this election, even enough to carry the day.
Howard Dean's call this afternoon for "one of them" to quit after the June primaries is on cue for bringing more bluntness to this issue, unless there is a great push to change the dead-heat we have now. 'Woman' & 'black' will be behind the closed doors negotiations if not outside them. Can any outcome result in "not shooting the messenger?" Can Jeremiah Wright be outside the "blame game" then? And we have a maximum of six weeks to get this all together if Dean has his way.
Arden
Although Jeremiah Wright's comments today aren't helpful to Barack Obama, what they suggest is that he's not a politician and doesn't have the politician's ear to know when to hold them and know when to fold them. I've seen part of the Moyer's interview, a large part of the NAACP speech, both were helpful and erudite. The National Press Club speech apparently went okay -- until the Q and A.
Is it helpful no, but whether he speaks or not some will use it. But recognize as well that Wright is revered in the Black community, to publicly repudiate him might help with some white voters but could also turn off many blacks.
What will be interesting to watch is Hillary's reaction. If she lets it go, it will likely die (at least for now). If she doesn't, she could put serious barriers between herself and the Black community.
So, again we wait. Obama has already spoken to the issue and has distanced himself further. But he walks a thin line.
How is Dr. Wright exploiting an invitation to speak? Dr. Wright did not ask for the attention he is receiving. No one knew of his existence who didn't attend his church before Sean Hannity got hold of 5 minutes of a 45 minute sermon. The pastor is within his rights to defend himself and his service to his community, given this opportunity. Anyone looking to use this pastoral defense as reason to not support Obama was never an Obama supporter in the first place.
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