i’m at somewhat of a lose at how to broach this subject eloquently and without passion. . . on one hand, i hear you about the whole national race talk, manipulation of the media, strong black man and black church stance eisa, but quite frankly,rev. wright has pissed me off these last few days and i seriously wish he would just put a sock in it until the election is over.

his responses within this last week has been, in my opinion, more about his ego than anything. the time for him to speak should have been immediately when the brouhaha started, not weeks after the fact when the whole thing was starting to somewhat fade. we know the subject would have continued to come up, but obama’s “we the people” speech helped to put the controversy in its place and the campaign back on track. and obama didn’t dis him in the process but rather supported him! for wright to say or even insinuate that obama is less than genuine because he’s a politician feels like the master trying to put the young grasshopper in its place. we hear you rev. wright! nothing that you said in the sound bites is new to any of us. we’ve talked all that shit before in our homes, at our jobs, in the beauty shops and barbers, and yes, in our churches. you really didn’t need to defend yourself because it’s not just black people who agreed with you. hell, look at all the shit right-wing, conservative family values ministers popped after 9/11 and katrina. hello . . . jerry farwell?!?!?! remember him, media outlets? the same man that you all so honorably eulogized when he died? how about all the shit he used to pop? none of the politicians that cozied up to him never felt the need to explain him or themselves. obama in his speech was essentially saying, if you want to bring this up, fine but we’re going to lay a few things on the table before you label this man a crackpot, so you know where this rhetoric comes from. so much of what wright is doing right now undermines obama and i’m once again thinking about that expression that southern blacks used to say, “niggas and crabs . . . always pulling each other back down to the bottom of the barrel.” we are seeing divide and conquer 2008 style when the stakes are too high for all of us, black and white.

when asked why rev. wright was doing what he has been doing for the last couple of days, Rev. Eugene Rivers, a Boston minister who appeared on The Today Show this morning called wright’s actions “an extended ego trip that had no practical, political . . . utility.” he quite accurately called it when he said, “he’s tripping!” indeed! the thing is he’s now “tripped” us all up. thanks, rev. wright.