Hi Huxley:
Yes, Obama failed my tests of character and judgment early on. I didn’t even like the way he eliminated his competition in his early political races.
My best guess is he joined Trinity to further his political ambitions. It offered him a large voting block and gave him the credibility he was told he needed in the black community. I’ve been most vocal about my disgust for a man who would place his two young children in the pews of that church. And I’m sorry I’ve been so judgmental. Because I don’t think he knows better.
The man is sadly, in my opinion, a lost soul. I don’t think he knows what to believe. Or even who he is. I’m assuming you know his history. When I remind myself of it, it helps me regard him more charitably. But still, we all should grow up at some point.
Both he and Wright might very well be the narcissists phychologists would claim are incurable. I don’t want to believe that. I always hold out hope that man can change.
If it were to happen at all, it would probably be Wright – I even heard him say during the Bill Moyers interview something about “self-examination” and quickly followed it with, “that’s why I talk about Black culture.” I almost jumped out of my chair. To me, it was God at work in him (though he was rejecting it) telling him to look into his heart to see the error of his ways.
I’ll continue to pray for them both and for the lives they touch. But you’re right, Obama is not ready to lead us.
