Now that Hillary Clinton has gone and taken the low road on the Obama/Wright issue, she has opened herself up to a bevy of new scrutiny. There have been some great diaries here on DKOS detailing Hillary's association with The Family and it's cultish leader, Douglas Coe. Now, Donna Brazile has weighed in on this issue with an overlooked and astute observation.
Yesterday was a busy news day filled with faux-sniper damage control, Wright-gate part Deux and a speech by McBush dubbed "The State of the Blah-conomy" An astute observation by uncommitted superdelegate Donna Brazile, a former Clinton advisor for Bill's '92 and '96 campaigns, may have been overlooked by the MSM.
From the LA Times "Top of the Ticket" blog:
Donna Brazile -- an uncommitted superdelegate of the Democratic National Convention and one of television's few black, female political pundits -- interjected an intriguing observation this afternoon into a discussion on CNN about Hillary Clinton's stiff-arming of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
In short, Brazile provided a pointed reminder that some voters (African Americans, in particular, we would think) might recall that Wright did not turn on Clinton's husband during an hour of need for him.
Her comments assured another burst of attention on the Obama-Wright connection -- something her campaign didn't have to do during the white-hot heat of the controversy. And it took part of the media spotlight away from her faulty memory (or, less kindly, utter fabrication) about her visit to Bosnia when she was first lady.
Clinton could have contented herself with decrying Wright's messages without saying, in essence, that no way would she tolerate an association with the likes of him.
That's what Brazile picked up on, making a reference to Wright's willingness to join dozens of other religious figures in attending an annual White House prayer breakfast just as the Starr report on Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky -- in all its lurid detail -- was about to come out. No doubt ...
... those at the event -- at least the vast majority of them -- highly disapproved of Clinton's behavior. But they were not willing to shun him.
Brazile's none-too-subtle point: There's a potential downside to turning away, with nary a forgiving nod, from those who once stood by you.
Wright, by the way, remains out of the public eye. He had been invited to preach tonight, Wednesday and Thursday at a church in Tampa, but his appearance was canceled because of security concerns.
-- Don Frederick
So Hillary would not "choose" Jeremiah Wright as her pastor, but Bill chose the Reverend to seek forgiveness for his indiscretions of infidelity.
Makes perfect sense to me. Of course, I live in a van down by the Snark River.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
See my tip jar a little bit down the page. It may have gotten buried.