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Title: Obama Divorces Wright (ANDREW SULLIVAN)
Source: Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish
URL Source: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.c ... sh/2008/04/obama-divorces.html
Published: Apr 29, 2008
Author: Andrew Sullivan
Post Date: 2008-04-29 15:21:02 by aristeides
Keywords: None
Views: 952
Comments: 66

Obama Divorces Wright

29 Apr 2008 02:25 pm

That was a very impressive, clear and constructive re-framing of the core message of his candidacy; and a moment given to him by Wright. No one will ever be able to say that Obama threw his father-figure and pastor under the bus. We all know that the reverse happened. We also know that this clear repudiation of Wright's toxic, indeed "ridiculous" views on AIDS, 9/11 and permanent immiseration of people of color could not have happened unless Wright had made it necessary. Skeptics may wonder whether Wright actually deliberately did Obama a favor. I doubt it. But a favor it unintentionally is.

Maybe God does bring good out of bad. Maybe these racial and cultural divides can help us understand how better to move beyond them. Cynics may scoff - and certainly will. They will parse every nuance and try to paint Obama as another cynical, positioning pol. I don't believe it. He has more sincerity and integrity than the vast majority of politicians, more honesty, and more resilience in a very tough spot.

And today, we found that he can fight back, and take a stand, without calculation and in what is clearly a great amount of personal difficulty and political pain. It's what anyone should want in a president. It makes me want to see him succeed more than ever. It's why this country needs to see him succeed more than ever.

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#1. To: aristeides (#0)

Barack Obama cuts bait with Jeremiah Wright

robin  posted on  2008-04-29   15:22:21 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: robin (#1)

Wright will now be free to tell the world about Barry :P

Jethro Tull  posted on  2008-04-29   15:37:51 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Jethro Tull (#4)

This is pure politics. They've been playing media politics against him and so he's going to use media politics to work for him.

I was far more disappointed in his announcement on Fox News that he would be joining his fellow Democrats to confirm BetrayUs. But considering politically, who he does not need to alienate, especially on Fox News, it makes political sense.

robin  posted on  2008-04-29   15:44:24 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: robin (#5)

I said early this morning that that Wright was in Hillary's pocket, and for my keen observation the Os called me lots of nasty names :)

The problem for Obama is this; Wright is a total head case and he's not going away. Every time he makes an appearance, it will damage Obama. IMVHO, he's unelectable and Hillary just might have made her case to the super Ds.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2008-04-29   15:54:52 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Jethro Tull (#7)

Irrespective of his race, Rev. Wright is speaking truth (as he sees it) to power. If that's being a head case, we need more of them.

I only wish the lily-white, Chimperor-worshipping pastor of the Southern Baptist church I used to attend had the gonads to do so, but SBCers believe the Chimp in particular and GOPers in general to be "anointed of God" to misrule over us and "protect" us from the "Islamofascist hordes" lurking around every corner.

There has never been a Southern Baptist pastor ever do anything but kowtow to what any Republican politician has ever told him to do. If the Chimp asked my former pastor to "service" him, he'd be on his knees in a heartbeat.

Sam Houston  posted on  2008-04-29   16:11:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: Sam Houston (#11)

All well and good, but a white American would never be given the media access Wright received. Blacks get a better deal afa the dual standard of racial justice the political left has foisted on us.

The Os here deny such reverse racism exists, so rational dialogue with them goes but so far.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2008-04-29   16:17:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: Jethro Tull (#17)

Wright got the level of exposure Terry Schiavo did. Like the bearded lady of old, he's valued as a ratings grabber and he makes for good entertainment while helping sell Cialys and restless foot medicine.

a vast rightwing conspirator  posted on  2008-04-29   16:25:10 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#20)

Wright got the level of exposure Terry Schiavo did.

It took TS 13 days? to die.

Wright will be around long after November, and I suspect he's just begun to damage Obama.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2008-04-29   16:29:18 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: Jethro Tull (#22) (Edited)

Wright will be around long after November, and I suspect he's just begun to damage Obama.

The way Wright is laughing and joking around it is kind of hard to take anything he says serious. I don't think he really hates whites or thinks the government created AIDS. He just wants to profit off of the real racism out there and he is doing a good job of it.

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