Obama to Rev. Wright: Your Problem is You Have to Tell the 'Truth'

According to the NY Post, Obama friends tried to bribe Rev. Jeremiah “God damn America” into shutting up between now and November. When he opens his mouth, Wright tends to say things that rebound onto his protege of 20 years.

It’s interesting that a sitting president may have tried to muzzle his mentor with money, but I’m less interested in that, than this:

“And one of the first things Barack said was, ‘I really wish you wouldn’t do any more public speaking until after the November election.’ He knew I had some speaking engagements lined up, and he said, ‘I wish you wouldn’t speak. It’s gonna hurt the campaign if you do that.’

“And what did you say?” I asked. “I said, ‘I don’t see it that way. And anyway, how am I supposed to support my family?’ And he said, ‘Well, I wish you wouldn’t speak in public. The press is gonna eat you alive.’

“Barack said, ‘I’m sorry you don’t see it the way I do. Do you know what your problem is?’ And I said, ‘No, what’s my problem?’ And he said, ‘You have to tell the truth.’ I said, ‘That’s a good problem to have. That’s a good problem for all preachers to have. That’s why I could never be a politician.’

What truth is that? That white folks’ greed runs a world in need? That 9-11 was America’s chickens coming home to roost? That HIV is a US government conspiracy against black people? That Bill Clinton did to America what he did to Monica Lewinsky?

Is that the truth that Wright can’t stop saying, Mr. President? Do we have a full blown racial conspiracy nut in the presidency?

If the mainstream media didn’t have such a perverse idea of what is controversial and what isn’t, someone would interview the president about all this.