Reverend Wright continues to kill Obama
Besides ranting at a funeral eulogy against Fox News, Reverend Wright has fairly steadily kept himself in the news by commenting on Obama's campaign and their relationship. If Obama's aides are smart, they will teach the retired Wright to say "no comment."
This time Wright states that Barack is like any other politician who says what he needs to, not what he really believes, because that is what it takes in a political world. In the utilitarian calculus of black liberation theology, perhaps this is not problematic because the end of advancing other principles justify the means. Wright not only adds himself to another unenviable Obama list -- those within his inner circle of advisers and those who know him best who have publicly stated that what Obama is telling the public is not what Obama really thinks, but he is lying for purposes of campaign posturing. They do not use the word "lie" but that is what they are saying. First it was two key advisors about actually withdrawing immediately from Iraq. Indeed, since then, Obama has added a nuance to his stance on withdrawal, stating that it is not about a precipitous immediate withdrawal. Then it was an adviser assuring Canada that Obama is not really anti-NAFTA as he said on the campaign trail. Now, it is Rev. Wright stating that Obama does not really, (privately and in truth), disagree with Wright's sermons, but he had to say that for politics' sake. See video clip below for the PBS interview with Wright.
This time Wright states that Barack is like any other politician who says what he needs to, not what he really believes, because that is what it takes in a political world. In the utilitarian calculus of black liberation theology, perhaps this is not problematic because the end of advancing other principles justify the means. Wright not only adds himself to another unenviable Obama list -- those within his inner circle of advisers and those who know him best who have publicly stated that what Obama is telling the public is not what Obama really thinks, but he is lying for purposes of campaign posturing. They do not use the word "lie" but that is what they are saying. First it was two key advisors about actually withdrawing immediately from Iraq. Indeed, since then, Obama has added a nuance to his stance on withdrawal, stating that it is not about a precipitous immediate withdrawal. Then it was an adviser assuring Canada that Obama is not really anti-NAFTA as he said on the campaign trail. Now, it is Rev. Wright stating that Obama does not really, (privately and in truth), disagree with Wright's sermons, but he had to say that for politics' sake. See video clip below for the PBS interview with Wright.
