April 29, 2008
TO BORROW FROM THE REVEREND WRIGHT'S OWN ANALOGY...:
The Pastor Casts a Shadow (BOB HERBERT, 4/29/08, NY Times)
The question that cries out for an answer from Mr. Wright is why — if he is so passionately committed to liberating and empowering blacks — does he seem so insistent on wrecking the campaign of the only African-American ever to have had a legitimate shot at the presidency.On Sunday night, in an appearance before the Detroit N.A.A.C.P., Mr. Wright mocked the regional dialects of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. I’m not sure how he felt that was helpful in his supposed quest to bring about a constructive discussion about race and reconciliation in the U.S.
What he is succeeding in doing is diminishing the stature of Senator Obama. A candidate who stands haplessly by as his former spiritual guide roams the country dropping one divisive bomb after another is in very little danger of being seen by most voters as the next J.F.K. or L.B.J.
The thing to keep in mind about Rev. Wright is that he is a smart fellow. He’s been a very savvy operator, politically and otherwise, for decades. He has built a thriving, politically connected congregation on the South Side of Chicago that has done some very good work over the years. Powerful people have turned to him for guidance and advice.
So it’s not like he’s naïve politically. He knows exactly what he’s doing.
...did Christ tell His disciples to go out and hide the Word? All he wants is for Senator Obama to run on what they believe. Posted by Orrin Judd at April 29, 2008 12:38 PM
Reverend Wright Advocates Separate but Equal at NAACP Dinner to Thunderous Applause – “Different is NOT Deficient”
http://lawconinsurance.blogspot.com/2008/04/reverend-wright-advocates-separate-but.html
“A statute which implies merely a legal distinction between the white and colored races-a distinction which is founded in the color of the two races, and which must always exist so long as white men are distinguished from the other race by color-has no tendency to destroy the legal equality of the two races” - the Plessy v. Ferguson majority opinion enshrined in law that different is not deficient.
Wow! One might almost suspect that this Wright fellow has been paid off. Who could possibly do such a thing?
Posted by: Lou Gots at April 29, 2008 5:44 PMFairly straightforward answer (if cynical):
For Obama to break with Wright would have been seen as a repudiation... so Wright goes waay out to an extreme, making the forgone split palatable to Obama's base. It was staged.