Letters to the Editor
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@tompayne - Wright not an issue???
You say: "So this is not an Obama issue, and the pastor has nothing to do with his campaign"
Rev. Wright has a great deal to do with Obama's campaign. This is Obama's self described mentor, spiritual leader, inspiration for the 'audacity of hope', the leader of the church to which Obama has belonged for 20 years, the man who officiated at his wedding, baptized his children - and preached to them, who has been directly involved in his campaign itself, Obama's 'old uncle'. In short, a primary building block of the spiritual/ethical foundation on which Obama originally based his whole flipping campaign.
Are we now to pretend (oh, jesus, not more pretending) that the reverend's generalized rant against white folk, his sleazy accusations of racism aimed specifically at the Clintons, his recommended black hymn of 'Goddamn America', his charge that America imported AIDS to this country (in order to kill black folk, an already entrenched urban myth), and the rest of his ugliness mean absolutely nothing? If you believe this, you may have a future as a fabulist.
The Wright story has been carried on ABC and Fox, and picked up worldwide, but I don't expect to see it in the Austin paper or any other consecrated Obama ground. The NYTimes gingerly approached the story this morning, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it politely fade away, all the better to make room for renewed attacks on all things Clinton, and further unquestioning paeans to Obama. This is the road to disaster, but as long as it's the PC road...
Personally, I am on the verge of just giving up, never going near a voting booth again. That's how much hope Obama has brought this lifelong liberal, who had so much hoped for a measure of political redemption after eight years of Bush and Company.
Ah well, at least I'll have one hell of a lot of company out there in the wilderness.