So did Fox News hire the Reverend Jeremiah Wright? Did the Clinton Campaign? I just don't get it. If you read the remarks and ignore the sound bite coverage I think most intelligent individuals won't have a problem with much of what Wright is saying. Unfortunately, most won't read these comments or be exposed beyond the now cartoon-like appearance of Wright in the cable news merry-go-round.
I hate to say it, but I think Wright is out to sink Obama. I cannot imagine he's that stupid to think he isn't going to hurt Obama's chances, so something else must be a play beyond ego and hubris. The timing is just a shade too unreal.
NewsGang Live force to be reckoned with Karoli, is fighting the good fight on this. She is posting up sermons and speeches in their entirety and challenging listeners/readers to take things in context. Again, intellectually I agree with her and I wish that would help the situation, but I fear it won't. Scratch that. I don't fear it. I know it won't. I'm afraid these last few days of the Wright circus have effectively ended the Obama campaign.
Sure there will be calls for Obama to destroy his relationship with Wright or come up with another speech, but he's got to do more than that and I don't think it will help. The small minds that are playing with the ratings game with this are only playing to smaller minds. We're about to find out just how many of those we've still got in this country.
