Letters to the Editor
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Religion
Frankly, Wright is free to say what he wants. Obama on the other hand, a politician, wanted to get the credentials of being in a church. So he joined the community church that would give him the ins in Chicago. Then on the national stage he plays up his religiosity and his transcedance when it comes to the matter of race. Guess, what, he got caught. He is not transcended. It's all words.
Axelrod and Obama let the Obama story get away from them. Then the speech was somehow going to bring back the story. The speech worked for the faithful. They now can feel good again. Obama overplayed his Christian card to prove he was not a Muslim, when he should have slapped people down who alleged that being a Muslim is somehow a smear. But he kept silent again for political expediency. Once again, when Obama should have used his platform to do something with courage, he chose silence.
Obama is a politician who used the Wright. I feel bad for the congregation cause they lost their privacy. Wright on the other hand, when it comes to theology violated one of the main Christian tenets. As was shown in the picture of him and Bill, he attended the meeting in the White House where Bill obviously was doing an act of contrition and confession to the ministers. Well, Wright, from the pulpit, falls into the gutter when he talks about Bill doing the "black people the way he did Lewinsky" followed by a gesture of pumping with his arm. I don't know about anyone else, but the vulgarity of that statement from the pulpit diminishes Wright's so called Christian credentials. Just another fanatic marginal American minister who uses Christianity for political purposes and personal gain.
On this score, no high marks for Wright and his so called progressive politics. Just another man who uses Christianity. Obama used, Bush used it, and Wright uses it.