Reverend Wright For Clinton

I believe that Barack Obama's minister, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, whose now well-known, inflammatory comments have stunted his former congregant's run for the White House, is getting exactly what he wants.

What's that? How can the man's minister not want him elected? How can an African-American leader who is now famous for bemoaning America's mistreatment of its African-American citizens oppose the ascent of one of them to the highest office in the land? Eureka! There's your answer.

Rev. Wright makes his living off of the idea that America would never elect a Black man President. If Barack Obama becomes President of the United States, where does that leave the man who tells church-goers that the government holds them down because of the color of their skin?*

On the other hand, if Obama seems headed for the Democratic nomination, but doesn't get it in the end**, all of Wright's now-famous points will have their latest and greatest illustration. We will, I suspect, hear plenty from the Reverend then and I assure you that anyone who has followed him up to this point will certainly be moved by his words at that time, even if he, himself, is the cause of Obama's electoral demise.***

Common sense would tell us that having a member elected President of the United States is a good thing (or neutral, at worst) for a church. Reverend Wright knows that is not the case here. Is he racist? Evidently. Unpatriotic? All signs point to yes. Dumb? Seemingly not. Reverend Wright knows that "President Barack Obama" contradicts (at least part of) the message of his ministry and may, therefore, cause followers (and funders) to turn elsewhere for their spiritual guidance and giving.

* Where it leaves him is to continue to attack the government as unholy and racist, and, if necessary, President Obama as unfaithful to his people - defined by Rev. Wright, as suits his argument, as African-Americans.

** Reverend Wright will likely characterize this as something along the lines of "America toyed with the Black man, pretended it would elect him to its highest office, and then snatched it away! They try to blame me. They try to blame this church. But this was America showing its true color... white." He'll probably do it less eloquently, but louder.

*** See predictive quote above. Reasonable people may know it's his fault, as will the Reverend I suspect, but he will never acknowledge that. According to him, it will be America's fault and it will speak volumes about the character of our nation. ZiggyBackRide Staff's Note: It will also be Obama's fault if he loses and this is the major contributing issue. He was crazy to be as closely connected to Wright as he was and he was way to slow to distance himself.