Recently in Jeremiah Wright Category
In a rapid decision that took less than twenty years, the Messiah acts:
ABARDEEN, S.D. - Barack Obama is resigning a 20 year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by former pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.Obama campaign communications director Robert Gibbs said Obama had submitted a letter of resignation to the church and would discuss his decision in a session with reporters later Saturday.
Unlike some folks, she was able to recognize that Jeremiah Wright's racism and hatred of America were potentially harmful to her career:
Winfrey was a member of Trinity United from 1984 to 1986, and she continued to attend off and on into the early to the mid-1990s. But then she stopped. A major reason—but by no means the only reason—was the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.According to two sources, Winfrey was never comfortable with the tone of Wright's more incendiary sermons, which she knew had the power to damage her standing as America's favorite daytime talk-show host. "Oprah is a businesswoman, first and foremost," said one longtime friend, who requested anonymity when discussing Winfrey's personal sentiments. "She's always been aware that her audience is very mainstream, and doing anything to offend them just wouldn't be smart. She's been around black churches all her life, so Reverend Wright's anger-filled message didn't surprise her. But it just wasn't what she was looking for in a church." Oprah's decision to distance herself came as a surprise to Wright, who told Christianity Today in 2002 that when he would "run into her socially … she would say, 'Here's my pastor!' " (Winfrey declined to comment. A Harpo Productions spokesperson would not confirm her reasons for leaving the church.)
Got that? She recognized how divisive Wright was, and exercised good judgment in extracting herself from TUC.
Very smart, that Oprah - a person with poor judgment might have, you know, just pretended that he didn't know who and what Wright was until the heat from the media attention forced him to do something.
It's the Christian thing to do, really. After railing against rich people for 30 years, he's decided it's time to walk a mile in their shoes - you know, just to gain some perspective:
