Glad Somebody Found Reverend Wright Objectionable
Somebody even more popular than Barack Obama:
For any spiritually minded, up-wardly mobile African-American living in Chicago in the mid-1980s, the Trinity United Church of Christ was—and still is—the place to be. That’s what drew Oprah Winfrey, a recent Chicago transplant, to the church in 1984. She was eager to bond with the movers and shakers in her new hometown’s black community. But she also admired Trinity United’s ambitious outreach work with the poor, and she took pride in upholding her Southern grandmother’s legacy of involvement with traditional African-American houses of worship. Winfrey was a member of Trinity United from 1984 to 1986, and she continued to attend off and on into the early to the mid-1990s. But then she stopped. A major reason—but by no means the only reason—was the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
I don’t know how she heard what Obama didn’t, especially with those big ears of his, but she managed to disown Wright without too much difficulty.
But then if Oprah were running, she’d get 80% of the vote.
UPDATE:
Michelle is more suspicious—which for some reason makes me feel good inside.
As one commenter there put it: “She is one smart lady…. She understands her audience.”
Ezacly.