We know it’s “racist” to talk about Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but somehow this news from former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown seems newsworthy:
If Obama looks as if he’s going black, he could turn off white people. So he’s largely been lying low on the race issues — visibly pushing for the Latino vote, the gay vote, the women’s vote, but not the black vote.
But last weekend, he held a conference call with a collection of black preachers that included his old pastor, Jeremiah Wright. He wanted to talk to them about getting out the vote.
Well, we think it’s newsworthy, anyway. The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News … not so much.
If Brown’s report is to be believed, this is the same Rev. Jeremiah Wright who said “God Damn America”:
The same Rev. Jeremiah Wright who said five days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our country that “America’s chickens are coming home to roost”:
Brown’s column was brought to the attention of conservative Twitter users by Ben Shapiro of Breitbart.com:
Jeremiah Wright is back and better than ever: http://t.co/03dqd2Dw
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 21, 2012
Obama asking Wright to GOTV in the US of KKKA http://t.co/03dqd2Dw #WrightIsBack
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 21, 2012
New Obama slogan: "You can't go wrong with Wright!" http://t.co/03dqd2Dw #WrightIsBack
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 21, 2012
Obama to Stef Cutter: "Hey, calm down. I'll just call Jeremiah Wright. He'll help us." http://t.co/03dqd2Dw
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 21, 2012
Twitter reacted to the news with a combination of horror, wonder, and schadenfreude:
https://twitter.com/GMFuller1971/status/260116860014563330
https://twitter.com/brandondarby/status/260114929871380480
https://twitter.com/dmsterling/status/260113462456369152
https://twitter.com/ctgheghe/status/260111333113098240
I'm starting to wonder if Obama wants to win. Jeremiah Wright? Really? He'll probably call Bill Ayers next.
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) October 21, 2012
@brandondarby Yeah, let Jeremiah Wright talk! Let him talk as much as he wants! Good news for MR !
— Rüdiger Plantiko (@rplantiko) October 21, 2012
Five months ago GOP nominee Mitt Romney repudiated efforts by conservatives to bring up Rev. Wright. Will he now reconsider?
Update: Obama campaign advisor Lis Smith took a break from name-calling to announce that Willie Brown’s report is false:
.@BuzzFeedAndrew That report is false.
— Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) October 22, 2012
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