The Drama Du Jour: Obama's Church

The last 48 hours have been an alphabet soup of political drama, including the RBC and PR. I will get to the Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee and the Puerto Rico primary later. But the drama du jour is TUCC, Trinity United Church of Christ.

In his speech on race, Barack Obama said "Trinity embodies the black community in its entirety." But that was so 75 days ago. As of last Friday, Obama is out of there.

My colleague Monroe Anderson, a Chicago-based journalist, was one of the first to report on Obama's resignation from Trinity:

I sort of, kind of, understand why he did it. But I'm also sort of, kind of, concerned about what this might portend for an Obama presidency.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Trinity are community building blocks that the right wing has turned into bricks to be thrown at presidential candidate Obama from now until the general election ends in November-and perhaps beyond.

So in an attempt to turn manufactured right-wing ammo into blanks, Obama has completely separated himself from his minister and his church.

I have written quite a bit about Obama. Black Voices commenters invariably accuse me of being a Hillary Clinton supporter. For the record, I am a registered independent. I have not been involved in partisan politics since 2000. My role as a citizen journalist is to share information, news and analysis. It is not to be a cheerleader for any candidate.

If holding Obama to the same standard of accountability as other politicians makes me a "hater," so be it. As a lifelong activist, I have been a vocal advocate of African Americans getting more for their political investment than black faces in high places.

In his post, Monroe observed:

I also know that perception can become reality in our media-defined world. But reality is not always perception. And, the reality is that Obama cannot let the right-wing dictate his principles.

Should this become his practice as president, then for those who have invested so much hope in him, his victory will only be a Pyrrhic one.

In his improbable quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, Obama has thrown his white grandmother, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the 8,000 members of Trinity under the bus. One does not have to be a hater to wonder: Who's next?