TUESDAY RUMINATIONS....DANCING WITH THE TRUTH AND THE DAMAGE...

My son and I have been having alot of talks about the Obama Campaign and the Reverand Wright Controversy, because it is in the Media 24/7,(and because 6-6 is worried that it will hurt Obama's Campaign).It is the conversation that will not end.And in a shocking turn or events, now Rev Wright has decided that he is on his own mission to keep his name forward in everyone's minds. I think Something Really Awful has happened and it is because a Man, a Preacher was attacked by the Media.I do not know this Preacher, I do not understand him, but I do think that the media was Hellbent on painting him as a Angry Black Man.....and I do think there are repercussions....sadly even for Obama.But now the past two days Events Wright himself painted himself , and made a spectacle of himself and disrespected Senator Obama.

I originally actually felt sorry for the Rev Wright....that maybe he had even reduced to soundbites that mis-painted him. So I heard that he was going to be on Bill Moyers, and I watched him and thought he handled himself well, explained himself as a person. I also think that Bill Moyers is a genius, and could interview a Lamppost and give dignity to the interview.But then after the Moyers Interview Wright has been seen everywhere, the NAACP Event in Detroit ( and aired over and over on CNN), and also the National Press Club. I am concerned, WHY would a Minister go on such a Publicity Barnstorm ? It seems selfserving and egotistical. I am also confused, I can understand the Moyers Interview as attempt to salvage his reputation and image, but these other events were cynical,angry and mocking.And the timing of it is a Nightmare, falling right into the Ratings Sweeps, so that the media would feast on it like a slaughtered fresh lamb. Why Reverand Wright would do Something Like this to Senator Obama is beyond me.....and I told my son that.

I am a white woman,not that that it really matters or should matter, but I say it, because maybe I have not known or Experienced all of the American experience.And I have tried to figure out if that is why Rev Wright confounds me,that perhaps as a minister I did not understand him.... I have been spiritually conflicted in my life, and that means I have gone to all kinds of churches and services and religous havens.As a child I went to a Presbyterian church with my parents, and to Quaker Meetings with my grandmother. ( It also means I have gone to Buddhist temples, and Native American Services). It means as a teen and in college I even went to a Black Church for a spell.....and again since living in Downtown Cleveland I have gone to two different Black Churches. I will say that Services at the Black Churches were and are different than the services I went to as a child, they are more Expressive, more vocal, there is laughter, joy, weeping,and more dialogue.

But that said, that cultural difference does not mean that it should be a worry, a distraction or another line of division in this country. And it should not be a way to malign Barack Obama as Good Man running for President.It should not be used to define the man, or question his Faith and his quest for the White House and to Lead our Country.What kind of Country or people are we that we would allow this to happen ?

For monthes Senator Obama has been trying to dispell many lies about his Faith and his religion, including the email and phone calls that occur in primary states that he is Muslim....He has tried to focus on The Issues, and problems we face. He has tried to keep the Media focused on the problems of the People. He went to a church for many years, and now he is seeing side of this Minister that is shocking and worrisome....But it is so unfair to Senator Obama to caste him in a dark light due to this Minister's Behavior.

Senator Obama gave a press conference today about this turn of events.... And he will have to continue to speak out and explain his position to this dreadful situation....Please do watch his press conference and his remarks, he has every right to be concerned about this Continuing Controversy.

**{{ Gryphen over at Immoral Minority has posted Obama's Press Conference from today, I also have linked it to the TITLE }}**