Is Wright Intentionally Hurting Obama?
By Duane Lester • Apr 29th, 2008Newt Gingrich says that there is a chance that the good Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright is going out of his way to damage Barack Obama’s chances at the White House. From ABCNews.com:
In a Tuesday appearance on Good Morning America, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., suggested that controversial pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright is angry with parishioner Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and may be deliberately trying to hurt his presidential bid.
Saying that Wright “went out of his way to weaken Obama” during Monday’s address at the National Press Club, Gingrich told Barbara Walters “I think Reverend Wright has a greater interest in his self-importance.”
WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE!
Gingrich described Obama former pastor as “hard-line anti-American”, and said “if Rev. Wright continues to talk that the burden that Sen. Obama carries becomes bigger and bigger.”
You have to think that Gingrich is right here. If Rev. Wright was really interested in Obama’s success, he would be on an island somewhere, out of the spotlight. Instead, he goes on a nation-wide speaking tour.
This isn’t going to help Obama. It will only keep the issue in the forefront.
