Election '08: The Wright Redux: Jeremiah Wright and President LBJ
Barack Obama was smeared recently for the words of his long-time friend and mentor Jeremiah Wright, former pastor of Obama’s church, Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Obama has had his patriotism repeatedly questioned and his connection to Wright, who is explicitly Afrocentric, did nothing to quell the onslaught of lovingly raised eyebrows from the right-wing thought police.
Incidentally, Wright worked as a med tech in the Navy. And, incidentally, Wright assisted during surgery on President LBJ. Via TruthToPower:
This won’t make all those Sean Hannitys feel any better though. I’m sure the answer will be something like “Well, what about all those surgeries on American presidents that Hitler participated in?” Still, I hope the normal slightly-left-of-center media runs with this and Obama can freely acknowledge that he’s proud of Wright’s service.
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