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I am changing my view of The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, to maybe not the ‘bad guy’ here

I watched only part of his address and Q. & A. session this morning on CNN, but I gained a greater understanding and appreciation for The Rev. Jeremiah Wright concerning the whole moronic political/religious outrage generated by the media and misunderstanding in recent weeks over Wright's sermons and his role as Barack Obama's former pastor.

According to The Rev. Wright, his sermons that made such a splash worldwide via YouTube, et. al., were "taken out of context." That's what he's said all along. After listening to him today, I realize what he meant. According to Wright, the most "damning" or controversial statements from the video sound bites traversing the Internet were actually quotations Wright made of statements by the Libyan ambassador. (My apologies if I've gotten that source wrong. I wasn't taking notes and didn't get it taped/DVR'd.)

At any rate, The Rev. Wright, his character, and his sermons have been extremely badly handled and he has been seriously misrepresented.

As for Obama and all the fears supporters have that Wright's continued public self-defense will hurt his candidacy -- I dunno. I truly think Wright's constant appearances and public statements are no gift baskets to Obama and his staff. I have no doubt Clinton and her minions will do their best to exploit this in a negative way against Obama. I don't know whether McCain will do much with it unless Obama gets the nomination.

Frankly, I think the long drawn out warring between Obama and Clinton have submarined the Democratic Party and hurt them in the general election far more than ANYTHING The Rev. Wright has said or done!
[tags]politics, The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, political sound bites, just a guy who reads the papers[/tags]