Today's Los Angeles Times: Rosa Brooks on Rev Wright...

Writing him off as twisted does nothing to promote reconciliation.
May 1, 2008


'God damn America," declared the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. in 2003. But if that got you worried that Wright was somehow not a true American, this week's events ought to set your mind at rest. With multiple televised performances, Wright has now definitively proved he shares that most quintessential of all American traits: a profound desire to hog the airwaves and proclaim, "It's all about me." Next stop: "American Idol"!

Thanks a lot, Reverend. Barack Obama's campaign must be wishing some chickens would come home to roost right on top of the esteemed reverend's head, while pecking and squawking energetically enough to force Wright off stage for, say, the next six months and four days.

With a campaign message emphasizing unity and hope, the last thing Obama needs is his former pastor running around espousing views most other Americans find offensive and deluded, such as the conviction that the U.S. government started the HIV/AIDS epidemic, or the suggestion that U.S. foreign policy is little different from terrorism.

On Tuesday, Obama finally got fed up with the Jeremiah Wright Show, telling reporters that "Rev. Wright does not speak for me. ... I cannot prevent him from continuing to make these outrageous remarks. But ... when I say I find these comments appalling, I mean it."

She has a lot more to say...at the link:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-brooks1-2008may01,0,126663.column

(Although consider it an honorary squirrel, as this is too much substance and too little recommendation for an actual squirrel...)

I thank you!

Honorary works for me ...

if only they'd do more to get on TV.

Listening Rev. Hagee? Here's your big chance to become a household name and sprea the word beyond the megachurch....