[Oe List ...] Obama/Wright

[W. J.]

I managed to stay out of the last dust-up around the Rev. Wright's sound/video bytes.
   
  But after viewing the Moyers interview, YouTube, and the coverage of his Press Club appearance, I'm more surprised at his political ineptness and defensive posturing than I am by his oratocial style, and unlike most of Americans, I'm not at all offended by his theological stance, which is pretty solidly within the black/prophetic tradition of critiquing the dominant culture from the experience/posture of the oppressed (as I think Moyers pointed out).
   
  To put it bluntly, some black preachers don't know when to shut up. This guy's had more than his fifteen minutes of fame, and he's lapping it up. From all I know of Martin Luther King, Jr., he's no King.
   
  Barack, on the other hand, is hard pressed to deny Rev. Wright's influence, and to appear "shocked, shocked, to find out" this late in the game that his spiritual mentor has a little PR problem. Nobody believes that Barack hasn't embraced this strand of black theology in his search for a black identity. If I'm so comfortable with it, why isn't he? Or at least able to decode/explain what it means theologically?
   
  Stay tuned for the spin on election results next Tuesday.
   
  Marshall Jones
   
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