Reverend Wright Was Hit by the Obama Express
Well, what more can I say that has not already been said? I am pleased to see that the Reverend Wright issue might finally be (mostly) in the past. Although, I do find it distressing on a number of levels that the cable media have been so consumed with this issue that our political process has been reduced to entertainment television. It seems as though intellectual political discourse is a thing of the past and that programming executives have come to wrongly believe that the American public only wants to view mudslinging, name calling, combative discourse, and sarcastic humor injected into what is supposed to be “news.”
Too bad Reverend Wright has an ego so large that he cannot see that his personal views on the world are in no way more important than his attempt to derail the presidential campaign of the most promising politician that this country has seen in several decades. On the other hand, a more tempered presentation by Wright of his political and religious perspectives might have, at minimum, fueled ongoing discussions about race that need to take place in this country.
