Posted by
David Zublick on Sunday, April 27, 2008 12:23:39 PM
Just when you thought that
Barack Obama
would be able to put the Reverend Jeremiah Wright controversy behind
him, the albatross around his neck became even heavier when Wright
decided to return to the spotlight.
First, he agreed to a sit down interview with
PBS's Bill
Moyers,
in which he says his fiery comments were taken out of context and used
in a devious manner by the media to discredit him. Wright is also
scheduled to appear Sunday in Detroit at the
NAACP's
53rd annual Fight for Freedom Fund dinner. And a prominent Muslim
leader from a Detroit suburb has urged support of Wright. Imam Mohammad
Ali
Elahi, head of the Islamic House of Wisdom in
Dearborn Heights, said that during his sermon at his
mosque he planned to "condemn the unfair treatment" that he says Wright
"received by some media members who are ignoring this faith leader's
decades of dedication and services to this country and nation."
Well, let's face it.
Obama has enough troubles dealing with his associations with shady characters such as William Ayers and Tony
Rezko, his endorsements by "Calypso Louie" Farrakhan and
Hamas,
and the New Black Panther Party. The last thing he needs is his former
pastor peeling back the scab on the wounds he implanted on
Obama's campaign.
If Wright is truly a mentor to
Obama, and genuinely wants him to win the presidency, why is he surfacing again only to remind not only
Obama's detractors but also his supporters that he's still an issue? Is he angry at
Obama for not defending his remarks? Are his appearances an act of revenge?
One
has to wonder if Jeremiah Wright is not in fact working for Hillary
Clinton. And John McCain must be loving every minute of it.
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