Senator Barack Obama earlier today stated that he was outraged by comments that his former pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright made on Monday. He said he knew the Reverend and was a member his church for over twenty years, but that the comments he made and continue to make are not a reflection of who he is or what he stands for. It is interesting because when the Reverend began his speaking tour I thought maybe he was just trying to distance himself from Senator Obama’s campaign and just trying to clear his name in a small and meaningful manner. The more I think about his behavior of continuing to speak publicly at certain places and making some of the same comments he has made in his previous sermons, the more it makes me think of something else Senator Obama had said. That being that Reverend Wright is like a family member to the Senator.

Its as if the good Reverend is like that drunk Uncle at the cookout who just won’t put that last Heineken down. He is honestly hurting the Senator’s campaign. The more he is out there speaking out publicly and gaining media attention, the more it is damaging Senator Obama’s campaign. Now, Senator Obama is leading Senator Clinton in the delegate count and was expected to have the majority of these pledged delegates by the Democratic National Convention in August. There are a few primaries left and in this intense campaign every one is important. He lost the Pennsylvania primary last week, but he has two very important primaries in North Carolina and Indiana next week. If he loses one or even both of them, this can bring up a credibility issue on Senator Obama’s part. It will essentially satisfy Senator Hillary Clinton’s argument that he is not electable.

Now you would obviously think as intense as this campaign has become for Senator Obama, the good Reverend Wright would just fall back a little bit and disappear until November 5. No sir, that is not that case at all, I think either his ego was hurt by Senator Obama and he is trying to ruin his campaign, he secretly supports Senator Hillary Clinton, or he is a closet Republican. Any of these scenarios would justify why the Reverend is on a speaking tour now of all times. Either way, he is hurting the Senator’s momentum and election campaign whether he is aware of it or not.

Now I do find it interesting that Senator Obama distance himself from the Reverend weeks ago but didn’t completely dismiss him and now he is trying to completely throw Reverend Wright under the bus. Senator Obama is so eloquent and nice that it doesn’t appear that way, but I know that if any person that I have known closely for more than twenty years, (there’s a handful of you out there, I know who you are) would have distance themselves from me like I’m the smelly kid in class, I’d have a few choice words for them. That is probably why “Uncle Wright” just can’t put that bottle down.

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