I suppose it should have been expected, but it seems that the swift boating of Barrack Obama has begun in earnest. Just as more public musings about why Obama has been unable to “close the deal” on the nomination began to turn to the question of race, this whole meaningless Reverend Wright controversy has been resurrected. The simple fact is that there are a significant portion of voters who will not vote for Obama simply because he is black. But even racists don’t want to be known as racists, so they lie to the pollsters. The fact that they lie underscores the fact that they feel that their viewpoint is wrong. Wrong or not, though, they refuse to change.
Now they can proudly not vote for Obama for the Wright reason. They can self righteously claim that Wright’s views are extremist and that Obama’s association with Wright, regardless of what Obama says about it, makes him an unsuitable choice for President of the United States. Their consciences can now rest easy thanks to a media that lives and profits on controversy, a political power structure that got scared that a black man might actually win and change things, and an American public that has yet to deal with still existent racism.
For the record, I heard what Wright said. I like him, and he speaks truth to power, and of course, the power doesn’t like it. I’m still voting Obama if he gets the nomination. And if Wright were running, I’d vote for him too.