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To: Road Walker who wrote (381187)	4/29/2008 2:02:42 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575005

The Dems are getting ready to throw Obama under the bus unless he does a "Sister Souljah" on Jeremiah. "Rev. Souljah - hint, hint! Rev. Souljah and the Laius Complex By Todd Gitlin - April 29, 2008, 9:39AM Until I saw the actual video of Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club, just now, I was of the opinion that Obama should reply simply by taking the offensive, calling out John McCain for seeking out the endorsement of the wack-job Rev. John Hagee. Wright on video, preening, smirking, reveling in his star turn, has spun my mind around. I found him convincing in this sense: He's convinced me that he's a clear and present danger to Obama's candidacy. The father has turned on the son--it's the Laius complex in action. Sure, sure, Wright offers a heap of clever and not-so-clever self-extenuations for his kind words about Louis Farrakhan, and absurdly claims to speak for the entire black church. But he makes it clear that he believes Obama is simply "a politician," meaning a shifty no-good. He's broken the parental contract. Obama has to overthrow his surrogate father. His Philadelphia speech was splendid at a moment when all anyone outside Chicago's South Side knew about Wright was a few wild-man video clips. These could be explained--or, if you like, explained away as the excesses bred in a generation that lived and suffered before and during the civil rights movement. Now that Wright is on fuller display, having decided that the "fierce urgency of now" requires that he perform an act of self-resurrection in full view "by any means necessary," at any cost to his congregant's political future--and therefore the nation's--he's fair rhetorical game for Obama. Obama has to say full-out where he disagrees with Wright. He has to say so full-throatedly. It's not enough to say he's "wrong and divisive." He has to divide himself--from Wright. tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com