I must take umbrage with the letter by John Esperian in Monday’s Las Vegas Sun. Mr. Esperian laments that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s views are inadvertently undermining the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama. I find this patently untrue.
It is candidate Obama who has directly and irresponsibly undermined his own candidacy because of his historical alliance with Wright. Hardly anyone exposed to the media has been able to escape Wright’s hateful statements, his negative views about America. This kind of venomous hatred doesn’t just magically appear in someone as advanced in age as Wright.
What hasn’t been as noticeable in the news media is Obama’s video in which less than one year ago he sang the praises of Wright, referring to him as a longtime friend, a mentor and an adviser. What all this points to is a lack of good judgment on the part of Obama.
Obama must have known then as he does now about the character and opinions of Wright, yet he chose not to find another church, mentor or adviser. Now, faced with months of controversy and his polls slipping, he denounces the reverend and says he doesn’t always agree with him.
Well, then, what are the principles that the senator and the reverend do agree on? As Mrs. Obama said so eloquently, “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country.” Is this something they can agree on?
Please, let us elect a president who can today provide us with at least some specific views about where our country’s future lies. Once the audacity of hope has waned, the devil will be in the details.
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