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I’ve wrestled for a couple of weeks with the idea of posting my thoughts to the already murky and confusing waters of the Obama/Wright controversy. While I feel like I may lend something meaningful to the topic as a minister and as an open advocate of Obama’s campaign, I have hesitated up to this point because the room is already quite crowded, and it feels like very little of the noise therein has much substance. I tend to err on the side of believing this brand of “gotcha” politics, while a handy helper to the 24-hour news cycle, has very little to offer an electorate that wants to know how a candidate will govern for the next 4-8 years in office. So why add more fuel to the fire, right?
What made the conversation exponentially more interesting to me, and what led me to realize that there is something worth talking about here, was the media blitz conducted by Rev. Wright and the ensuing public renouncement by Obama of his longtime pastor. I was one of those people who applauded Senator Obama for taking the high road in Philadelphia when, during a speech that reflected on the first vitriolic sound bytes that emerged from Wright’s sermons on the internet, he expressed a dual commitment to his pastor and to the American people. When Obama finally said “enough,” last week, formally severing ties to his now former pastor, it revealed a principled position that I believe also tipped us off to Obama’s true religious convictions. I’ll get to that momentarily, but first I’d like to take a moment to suggest that we shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water when dealing with Jeremiah Wright, either. Read the rest of this entry »
OK. I just want to be clear if I’m understanding.
- Sen. Barack Obama, speaking to General David Petraeus at today’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing
Can you, in the wildest recesses of your imagination, even fathom our current “Decider in Chief” taking the time to clarify, understand, and effectively communicate?
Just another example of why I’m such an avid supporter of candidate Obama – he’s exhibiting the willingness and ability to lead decisively, but not in the bullheaded, closed-minded way we’ve seen government function for virtually my entire life.
