Letters to the Editor
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The irony
of the Wright saga is that the radical transformation the democratic party, and is now experiencing, is of a sort of which Reverend Wright has preached.
The party's transformation is being led by those who were most marginalized within the party and society- Americans of African descent, who for generations showed party loyalty and fealty to a fault with no commensurate return on their investment, ever. So, this is homecoming time, in a manner of speaking, and it creates an interesting symmetry with any number of religious parables about hard work and rewards and prodigal sons and daughters, I'm sure. Having been raised Episcopalian I am no scholar of the Bible, but I know the contours of this current situation are of epic proportions sufficient to warrant biblical comparisons. After all, so much is at stake.
There are tribal conflicts, intramural, internecine, and international.
There are the traditional biblical juxtapositions of poverty and wealth, and there is the David and Goliath-like aspect of a candidate who has run against the leviathan/behemoth person/party - and - is winning.
Breathtaking. The scope of this radical transformation, and what is at stake, takes my breath away.
My only regret is that my father did not live long enough to experience this moment.
ciao papa, I promise to cast one vote- for you.
more chapters to come.