It would be easy to dismiss the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, longtime pastor and friend of presidential candidate Barack Obama, as a whackadoodle. Some in the media, especially on talk radio, would have us believe just that. To do so not only would be inaccurate, but it would let the pastor off the hook all too easily.
Just the opposite is true. Reverend Jeremiah Wright is a bright, learned, passionate, and articulate person. He is capable of delivering these qualities wrapped in very cunning logic. But many of his messages are filled with a virulent hatred for America and for a large contingent of its population.
In three recent, serial public appearances: on the Bill Moyers TV show; before the NAACP; and before the National Press Club, Wright expressed a series of views about America and about his relationship between him and Senator Obama which, yesterday, the Senator felt it necessary to completely and totally reject. Good for Obama. It was a long time in coming.
Way back in the first century, there was man who roamed the hills and pathways of Palestine preaching a message of hope and change, while striving to be true to his own faith and beliefs. I wonder how He would rate the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Note: The word “whackadoodle” may be found in the contemporary online dictionary, http://www.urbandictionary.com/
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