Dr. Wright, a member of an integrated denomination, has been an
agent of racial reconciliation while proclaiming perceptions and
truths uncomfortable for some white people to hear. Those of us who
are white Americans would do well to listen carefully to Dr. Wright
rather than to use a few of his quotes to polarize.

Said Hillary Clinton's pastor Dean Snyder.

For more, please see the blog post by New Republic's Christopher Orr
below.

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Written by whisperdispatch
Friday, 28 March 2008
obama1.jpg (whisperdispatch) Amid a key endorsement from Pennsylvania
Senator Bob Casey are still "questions" about Barak Obama's former
pastor. I personally am sick to damn death of all this yapping about
Rev. Wright and his ridiculous comments.
I think the comments were absolutely horrid and inexcusable just as
those from John McCain endorser,
John Hagee . But what some talking heads on TV are missing is the fact
that it was Wright who made those statements, NOT Barak Obama.
In fact, some are blowing this out of proportion and trying to unfairly
visit the sins of Wright upon Obama.
This coverage would be entirely understandable if such hateful
commentary was coming out of Obama's mouth, as he would deserve all the
ridicule he's getting. However, he is by no means a presidential
representation of Wright's abhorrent viewpoint.
Some loudmouth chicken-little commentators, pundits and hack
journalists are acting like if Obama gets elected, he'll institute
white slavery or choose Osama bin Laden as his National Security
Advisor, or something equally as asinine.
According to a New Republic blog post by Christopher Orr , Hillary
Clinton's pastor, Dean Snyder, actually defended Wright somewhat by
saying:

"The Reverend Jeremiah Wright is an outstanding church leader whom I
have heard speak a number of times. He has served for decades as a
profound voice for justice and inclusion in our society.
He has been a vocal critic of the racism, sexism and homophobia
which still tarnish the American dream. To evaluate his dynamic
ministry on the basis of two or three sound bites does a grave
injustice to Dr. Wright, the members of his congregation, and the
African-American church which has been the spiritual refuge of a
people that has suffered from discrimination, disadvantage, and
violence.
Dr. Wright, a member of an integrated denomination, has been an
agent of racial reconciliation while proclaiming perceptions and
truths uncomfortable for some white people to hear. Those of us who
are white Americans would do well to listen carefully to Dr. Wright
rather than to use a few of his quotes to polarize.
This is a critical time in America's history as we seek to repent of
our racism. No matter which candidates prevail, let us use this time
to listen again to one another and not to distort one another's
truth."

Mind you, this is HILLARY CLINTON'S pastor saying all these things
about the scorned Rev. Wright. Nobody is calling for her to now
distance herself from Snyder, repudiate his words and find another
church to attend. These comments sort of shore up the points Obama
made about putting Wright's comments in the proper context.
The inordinate amount of time spent on the Wright story is directly
related to the chase for controversy by the media. Moreover, they seem
to be covering the campaign race like an entertainment story.
An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed the controversial story as
having little to no effect on Obama, but still there are certain
entities in the general media who want to keep this in the headlines
for an extended time; probably hoping for at least a "death by a
thousand cuts" for Obama.
Again, the main point is that you cannot take the words out of Wright's
mouth and stick them into Barak Obama's, and vote against him on that
basis. It is foul and shows a lack of mature understanding of this
issue and the opinions of many people who just aren't as polarized. In
fact, some may be quite jaded at this point about this story.
What the controversy did do is provide a perfect illustration of the
actions of Obama. He didn't bow to public pressure and toss Wright
under the bus. He faced the issue head on and did so tactfully,
forthrightly, and honestly. And he did so without appearing
"Clintonian" in nature by trying to weasel around the issue or asking
what the meaning of "is" is.
For her part, Hillary Clinton's behavior is the very reason why so many
people see Obama as water in the middle of a desert: lying about her
Bosnia trip as first lady, bringing back up the Wright controversy
while reporters were jumping on her about lying over the Bosnia story,
her rising negatives, etc.
All of this is starting to make the once formidable Clinton look kinda
pathetic. My opinion of both Clintons have been greatly diminished. And
this is coming from an Edwards supporter who still longs for him to be
in this race.
The controversy dying down only to be reignited by those people
desperate to find something on Obama means nothing in the grand scheme
of things seeing as how it was Wright who made the statements and not
the leading democratic candidate for President.