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Thread #110816 Message #2328740
Posted By: Bill D
29-Apr-08 - 12:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Throw the Reverend from the Train
Subject: RE: BS: Throw the Reverend from the Train
By Eugene Robinson Tuesday, April 29, 2008; Page A17
We all have our crosses to bear. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright has become Barack Obama's.
I'm sorry, but I've had it with Wright. I would never try to diminish the service he performed as pastor of his Chicago megachurch, and it's obvious that he's a man of great charisma and faith. But this media tour he's conducting is doing a disservice that goes beyond any impact it might have on Obama's presidential campaign.
The problem is that Wright insists on being seen as something he's not: an archetypal representative of the African American church. In fact, he represents one twig of one branch of a very large tree."