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I’m not one of those people who gets their panties in a twist over Jeremiah Wright, not because the man doesn’t seem to be totally batsh*t crazy – and possibly a number of other things to boot – but because this is Chicago, and no one sits in a pew at a radical church in Chicago because they want to. They do it because Rev. Jeremiah Wright is a kingmaker whose words of affection are enough to take people like Barack Obama out of the corner community organizing bodega and put them squarely into the spotlight. That’s just how Chicago works.

Its the same system that gets your garbage picked up, your lawn mowed on the other side of the sidewalk, keeps your house from being ravaged by coyotes and makes sure your governors have at least one felony conviction by the time they retire.

But back to the point. At one time, Rev. Wright was a significant asset to Obama, “converting” him to Christianity and providing him with a powerful group of friends and connections. But then Obama ran for President and, like pretty much every other radical lunatic who helped Obama rise to the top, Rev. Wright became more of a problem than he was worth. Which probably explains why, in 2008, as video of Wright goddaming America took the airwaves by storm, Barack Obama had a friend privately offered the man who he called “his second father” $150K if he would just shut the f**k up and get back to whatever it is he does for his day job.

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