Excuse Me, But I Have Something To Say About the Reverend Wright Scandal

Excuse me, but I have something to say about the Reverend Wright scandal.

Hello? Maybe you didn't hear me: I said, I have something to say about the Reverend Wright scandal.

"Reverend Who," you ask? Reverend Wright. (Maybe they're not covering him in your media market?) He's a goofball who hops around and bangs on podiums and does celebrity impressions.

Anyway, he's involved in a scandal -- or, maybe he IS the scandal -- or, the scandal is that he wasn't saying anything about the scandal at first(?) but now he's saying something about it -- anyway, the whole thing is a scandal. And I have something to say about it.

COULD YOU PLEASE STOP TALKING AND LISTEN TO ME?

I really think it would help if you heard what I have to say about the Reverend Wright scandal.

Once you've heard what I have to say about the Reverend Wright scandal, you won't look at Reverend Wright, or his scandal, or what people have to say about his scandal, in the same way ever again. Because I have something NEW and ASTONISHING and ORIGINAL to say about the Reverend Wright scandal.

It's an analysis of the scandal, sure. . . but it's so much more than that: It's also a personal reflection on the scandal, but contained within that personal reflection is a broader theory about the scandal -- a theory that actually serves to illuminate some of my points about the lesson of the scandal. And those points about the lesson of the scandal are just a preamble to my multi-dimensional political projection about the fallout of the scandal. . . which is merely the vehicle I'll use to drive home my thesis about the historical ramifications of the media portrayal of the subtext of the ideological faultlines that run the risk of overtaking the scandal!!!

Not to mention the fact that I'm going to make a HILARIOUS PUN about the scandal!

Honestly? When all is said and done (which should take about fifteen hundred hours, according to my calculations), what I hope to offer is an award-worthy, goosebump-raising call to arms about the scandal.

What I'm going to say about the Reverend Wright scandal will change the way the game called "Saying Things About the Reverend Wright Scandal" is played. . . FOREVER. It's the equivalent of introducing entirely new letters into Scrabble, or allowing manatees and ping-pong paddles in chess matches.

Are you paying attention? Hello?

What do you mean, "you're listening to what somebody else has to say about the Reverend Wright scandal?" ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND??? This is me we're talking about, here: The man who literally has something to say about the Reverend Wright scandal! Who are you gonna listen to, if not me?

Jeez, I think you owe me as much. Why?

BECAUSE I AM TYPING ON MY COMPUTER KEYBOARD.

I mean, do you have any idea how important this scandal is? I'll give you a hint:

It's very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, important.

You've never seen that many back-to-back "very's" in one place, have you?

No, you haven't.

That's more than two hundred very's. That's a "very huge" amound of very's, in case you didn't know.

The Reverend Wright scandal is that important.

And I have something to say about it. But I'm not going to say it until everyone is listening to me.

Hello. . . I'm waiting. . .

(Goes out to check the mail; goes to the gym; watches four episodes of 'What Not To Wear')

Well, I'm back, and I've decided not to wait any longer: I simply have to say what I have to say about the Reverend Wright scan--

OH GOD.

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS. . .

See that guy over there, on the other side of the internet? See him? The guy looking all smart?

HE SAID WHAT I HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE REVEREND WRIGHT SCANDAL!

Life is unfair.

Life is unfair.

Life is unfair.

Comments

[RButler]

It's interesting that Obama's supporter's comments on this site have been just as hateful as some of Wright's comments. In fact, Wright could have written some of their comments. Obama seems to have acted as some kind of superconductor transmitting Wright's hate to Obama's supporters without getting his hands dirty. Amazing. And they don't even see it. And they'll keep on doing it.

[stevespelling]

If the tables were turned and the Obamas were white belonging to a radical racist church that among other perversions honored a prominent American Nazi with a lifetime achievement award, they would not only be disqualified from running for President, they would already have been thrown out of the senate. Wright has been spewing the same anti US, Marxist inspired drivel for the past 20 years. Wright's recent appearances confirm that the so called "snippets" conform to his basic overall message of the past 30 years.
Nothing Wright has said in recent days is different from what we've been hearing for the past year. Obama has had no problem with these radical rants or his church honoring a professional Jew Hater like the black muslim leader Farrakhan until it became a political liability and "embarassment" in the past few days. Furthermore, Obama's wife seems to confirm the Obamas agreement with the radical Rev Wright in most of her off the cuff statements. & here I was wondering for years why there's been so much anti semitism coming from the black community, whether it be Jackson, or Sharpton, Farrakhan or Wright. The Obamas were totally comfortable in this church until they realized that their own personal radical views and beliefs as broadcast in this church did not comport with middle America's. The Obama's pastor disaster only serves to highlight how out of the mainstream these radical left wing champagne socialists actually are. How about some truth in advertising Obama?

[TootsieII]

Just in case you didn't hear, the following are excerpts from Rev. Wright’s National Press Club Speech, Monday, April 28, 2008. I feel that they answer the question (that so many are smugly saying) why the Obama's remained a member of the church for 20 years.
“Our congregation sent 35 men and women through accredited seminaries to earn their master of divinity degrees, with an additional 40 currently being enrolled in seminary, while building two senior citizen housing complexes and running two child care programs for the poor, the unemployed, the low-income parents on the south side of Chicago for the past 30 years.”
“Our congregation feeds over 5,000 homeless and needy families every year, while our government cuts food stamps and spends billions fighting in an unjust war in Iraq.”
“Our congregation has sent dozens of boys and girls to fight in the Vietnam War, the first Gulf War, and the present two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
“Our congregation has had an HIV-AIDS ministry for over two decades. Our congregation has awarded over $1 million to graduating high school seniors going into college and an additional $500,000 to the United Negro College Fund, and the six HBCUs related to the United Church of Christ."
“Our congregation has had a prison ministry for 30 years, a drug and alcohol recovery ministry for 20 years, a full service program for senior citizens, and 22 different ministries for the youth of our church."

[FdeBear]

I will say it again and again and again. If you have not attended Trinity United Church of Christ (which is a mainly WHITE denomination) you have no basis upon which to make a comment. You are just a media parrot and are not interested in the truth. There is nothing racist or radical about that church. The congregation is not a mindless cult. It is not Anit-American (whatever the hell that means!). The children who attend that church are healthy and normal. The congregation is diverse - the majority being hardworking, law abiding African-Americans who support their community and are deeply concerned about the destiny of our country.. The former pastor of the church put his life on the line for this nation, served two presidents (as a trusted member of a medical team - the other providing wise and compassionate counsel on a personal matter)and practices his faith: that is follows the teaching of Jesus Christ by not holding 20 year grudges against anyone and not judging others. There is nothing scandalous or untoward about his behavior or his relationship with Barack Obama. I'm sick of the lies. To continue with this slander against a citizen who has proven his loyalty and has every right to exercise free speech is a scandal. I'm sick and tired of this mess. If you want to know the truth, go to the church and make an appointment to see him. Otherwise - shut up.

[egal]

Why didn't somebody Godwin's Law you for drawing Nazi connections where none exist, let alone doing so with obvious disinformation?

Did you fail to notice that the members of the church all insist that such hateful words as those Wright has ranted recently insist that he wasn't like that when he was his leader? And did you somehow not realize that he IS NOT the current pastor, and has not been for some time? Did you miss the part where McCain's pastorial connections are considerably worse in their anti-American drivel and spew actual anti-semitism while Obama's church and pastor don't, and yet nobody cares because he's a rich white man and not an uppity negro?

Or the part where Wright has helped hundreds of people, the church far more, and the part where a man's church doesn't control what he thinks unless he's a moron? Or the part where Obama was never connect to Farrakhan, and therefore never HAD to reject him? The Obamas are still comfortable in their church, which DOES NOT follow the same radical views espoused by Wright, who DOES NOT hate Jews, if you had bothered to research the history.

[shackelford]

Do you think that the Sean Hannity interview of Ambassador Peck will ever be made public? We are
so curious about this. Instead of being "fair and balanced" I believe that Hannity will guard this
interview with his life.

[Catharsis]

"life is unfair" seems an inappropriate thing to say to a guy who has everything he wants right now.

[carolh11]

Brilliant and thank you, thank you, I meant thank you, no really, thank you. Did you hear it, I said thank you. I'll type it again and again and again and again and again and again. Oh, did I say thank you? Did I mention thank you or in other words, thank you. Oh, you didn't hear me, I said thank you, yes you heard me, thank you.

[Barbyrah]

Perfect :)

[popecorvo]

Thanks for adding to the received opinion cliche festival with your mindless adjective goofball."

[polaris12]

Wouldn't it be nice, if all those who feel so indignant about Rev. Wright's words, felt equally outraged by the murderous invasion and occupation of Iraq where hundred of thousands of Iraqi woman and children have been killed not to mention, nearly 40,000 U.S. casualties. If there were such a level of indignation in the country - that occupation might now be ended. But phony outrage over spoken words seems to come us more easily than outrage against real crimes.

[Puller58]

Oh, it'll be ok. The good Rev. will wind up on celebrity Big Brother or something and the rest of us can get back to watching Dancing With The Stars.

[laocoon]

About 2 weeks ago I heard the news on the radio. the announcer said: the wright scandal continues to be covered in the news causing discomfort to Obama. So what was the news? seems like the news is we who bring you the news keep making this the news.

[Zanti]

I assume this is all part of the "Deny Anything Happened" phase of Operation Save Obama.

You folks are soooooooooooooooooooooooooo clever. Luckily, I get up really early in the afternoon.

[zann]

You said it! Least you deserve now is an anchor position.

[Jazzylady26]

Life's a bitch and then you die.

[zull2]

If you want it to stop, then stop calling it a scandal. The media loves those.

Most people who've subscribed to any religion probably wouldn't agree with 100% of every random notion that comes out of their preacher's brainpan.

Besides that simple point, the media baited Wright to come out and defend his church, pure and simple. When you start calling a fairly mainstream Christian sect a "cult" because of a tape of mashed up quotes, then yeah, that's kinda baiting. If the mainstream press came down hard on Ol' Rev. Parsley (McCain's spiritual advisor) or Rev. Moon (Clinton AND McCain's "Washington" preacher buddy), then you'd see those guys probably doing the same thing as Wright. Heck, Hagee got a tiny little bit of criticism, and he jumped out lickety split into the media to reiterate his whackjob claims that New Orleans was punished "by God" for "being immoral" with Hurricane Katrina. But...oh yeah. He's a white guy. Free pass, sorry about that.

[tea in the harbor]

Has anybody ever died from an overdose of irrelevant babble?
Here's the story I'm waiting for, it would be a sign of a healthy media!
"CANABALISM UNCOVERED AT CNN" ... In a breaking story we have learned that a vulture at CNN has consumed the corpse of a buzzard. Both were attempting to feed on a dead horse when the vulture suddenly sprouted testicles and slashed the throat of the buzzard, who then died of the wound and festering irrelevance. In a related story, a wolf was found near death, completely devoid of useful information, it appears the vulture was involved. The vulture is expected at FOX tommorrow where his taste for scavangers will be sated with a network-wide feast, and then on to MSNBC where Olberman will interveiw him after lunch!