Pardon this very short diary. I am trying to tamp down my boiling outrage right now because I am afraid, very afraid, that, in my anger and dismay and disappointment, I may say something that I will later regret.
Today, I saw a Barack Obama that I did not know existed. Whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, I cannot say right now. But an incoherent Barack is holding forth in front of the national press and dragging Rev. Wright through the shredder. He is talking about how Rev. Wright's recent media blitz is an affront to him personally, and an insult to his campaign.
I am disappointed. I am angered. I am going to step away from this keyboard and go do something else different from what I have been doing for so long for Obama and the campaign. Perhaps I will see the logic and sensibilities in Obama's pandering today. Perhaps not.
Let it be known that the MLK that Obama so graciously embrace today was a highly-vilified person BEFORE he was killed by the same system that is villifying the Rev. Wright that Obama is crucifying today.