Rev. Wright Doesn't Want Obama to Win

That's the only conclusion I can come to based on the Reverend's media blitz the past few days. It has been suggested that if Obama wins the entire premise underlying Wright's sermons - racist white America - goes out the window and he becomes an anachronism.

His appearance today at the National Press Club might finally give Obama the push he needs to finally repudiate the nutty pastor.

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright took dead aim at the U.S. government Monday — saying American soldiers in Iraq have died “over a lie” and called the war “unjust” — as he called for reconciliation and understanding between blacks and whites.

Wright, the controversial former pastor of Barack Obama’s church, was speaking Monday to members of the national media at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. as he continues a series of nationwide appearances following an uproar over remarks he made in some of his sermons delivered from the pulpit.

In a question and answer session following his remarks, Wright faced a question about his patriotism.

“I served six years in the military. Does that make me patriotic?” he asked. “How many years did (Vice President Dick) Cheney serve?”

Wright also said fought off criticisms that he used “bombastic language” and fended off questions about Obama’s level of religious participation, even while painting Obama as a regular church-goer.

When Wright said Obama distanced himself from speeches he had not heard in their entirety, Wright faced a follow up question on whether Obama was a regular attendee, or if he dozed during services.

He told the questioner: “He goes to church about as much as you do. What did your pastor preach in the last week? You don’t know?”

Obama’s association with Wright came into question after media reports this spring examined speeches over the years by Wright. At one point he bellowed, “God damn America, and he has referred to the United States as the “U.S. of KKK-A.” Wright recently retired as senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where Obama has attended for the past 20 years.

The pastor has set out to set the record straight, last week appearing in his first interview since the controversy erupted, and over the weekend giving two sermons and making an appearance at an NAACP event Sunday night in Detroit.

On Monday, his address in Washington is part of a tw0-day symposium on the African-American religious experience.

Yet the controversy isn’t appearing to go away. Even as Republican presidential candidate John McCain condemns the North Carolina GOP for focusing on Obama and Wright’s relationship in a new advertisement, yet another ad — this time in Mississippi congressional district race — has surfaced.

The ad comes from Republican candidate Greg Davis, who is running against Democrat Travis Childers.

The ad says: “Obama says Childers will put progress before politics, but when Obama’s pastor cursed America, blaming us for 9/11, Childers said nothing. When Obama ridiculed rural folks for clinging to guns and religion, Childers said nothing. Travis Childers: He took Obama’s endorsement over our conservative values. Conservatives just can’t trust Travis Childers.”

Note: Barack Obama didn't serve in the military, either. That sort of defeats Wright's attempted slam at Cheney.

I'm guessing that Wright is now looking at book offers or maybe even a movie deal. If he disappears now, which would certainly benefit Obama, he loses out on the fame and notoriety that he apparently craves. And, he can continue to be an issue in the campaign and ensure that his view of racist America comes true when voters reject Obama because of his relationships with crazy people.

Related Post- Michelle Malkin liveblogs the speech.

UPDATE: More analysis on the speech here.