The Wright stuff will stick to Obama

A long time ago, seemingly, Barack Obama appeared to be on his way to being anointed the Democratic nominee for president--that may still happen--as well as the odds on favorite to win in November. But thanks to his spiritual advisor and former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Obama's destiny took a Wright turn down the wrong road.

This spells out the peril of falling for a personality cult, which is really all the Obama presidential campaign is. Obama has gotten just one bill of his passed into law, and he's more that half way into his six-year Senate term. His vaunted State Senate accomplishments now appear to be more of the work of Emil Jones, the president of the Illinois State Senate.

Back to Wright, from Jennifer Rubin of Commentary Magazine:

Many conservatives may be concerned that somehow the liberal media will sweep the last couple of days' events under the rug and Obama will sail on. As exemplified by the ABC panel, I see no substantial risk of this happening. Once Americans saw and heard Wright’s remarks, we went beyond the ability of even the most dogged partisans in the media to spin it in a way that would extract their favored candidate from the predicament he is in.

This is not an extraneous point of policy or something beyond the ability of average people to assess. Millions of voters go to church and synagogue and don't hear this sort of venomous talk, and would leave if they did. Everyone can ask themselves: If he went to Wright's church for 20 years, how likely is it that he heard this stuff, and what does his continued attendance say about him? It simply isn't possible to wish it all away and hope voters don't notice.

The air is streaming out of Obama's Cult of Change.

H/T to Irish Spy, and a Happy St. Patrick's Day to you!

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