Don’t feel sorry for Obama.
Jeremiah Wright’s recent insanities were scripted by the Obama team and the media.
They knew they had to cut Obama loose from Wright, so they had Wright intentionally go out and do a craziness act. Moyers, Press Clubs, Evening News, National Exposure.....everything was scripted.
Then, Obama was given a national podium from which to denounce Wright.
Great Idea, actually. Obama has now been innoculated against Wright’s Disease.
I can see every player to go with the plan you described, but Wright. He is too full of himself to submit to anybody will.
I don't think so. If anything, Obama now has a lot of explaining to do for his pathetic attempt at an explanation... did he sleep in the pews for 20 years prior to this "revelation?" Also keep in mind that Pastor Wright has singlehandedly destroyed the main pillar of Obama's popularity. That is, Obama was a candidate for President who happened to be black, he was not another Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. This "veneer" as some have called it, is now gone.
First, honesty. Was he lying when he described Rev. Wright as a mentor, spritual advisor, father figure - or is he lying now? Was he lying when he said he could no more disown Rev. Wright than he could disown the black community or his grandmother - or is he lying now? Was he lying about his religious conversion when he found Rev. Wright and the TUCC - or is he lying now? Was he lying when he said that his chuche was not particularly controversial - or is he lying now? To be frank, it is obvious to all, except the wilfully blind, that he is being dishonest with his pastor, his congregation, the AMerican people, and himself.
Second, character. Questions of character are vitally important when it comes to electing a president as it suggests how he would react to some as yet unforeseen circumstance. They are even more important when faced with a tabula rasa like Sen. Obama, as the electorate has very few concrete actions from which to discern his essential character. Considering his 20+ year relationship with Rev. Wright, the following words spring to mind: gullible, insincere, duplicitous, manipulative, conspiratorial, blind. Are these traits presidential?
Third, and most damning to his current campaign, judgment. While the American people observed firsthand the essential ugliness of Rev. Wright's bombast immediately, it took Obama 20 years to come to the same conclusion, 20 years during which time he was married by Wright, had his children baptized by Wright, regularly attended services by Wright? This is the person who hopes to staff the next administration, manage foreign policy, and appoint judges?
Three words: Dead Man Walking