The silver lining of the Wright Affair is that it demonstrates that Obama understands his obligations to people as being more than their usefulness to him at the immediate moment. We've seen with Bush (Gonzales, Miers, Brownie) and Hillary (Doyle, Penn) that they prize 'loyalty' - a word given to a false ethic of rewarding slavishness over competence and morality. They will reject someone who ceases to have single-minded attention to the principal person, but keep someone around, no matter how damaging to the cause, as long as they are steadfast.
Obama could have jettisoned Wright as soon as he decided to run for president, or even back in the Senate run of '04. But he didn't get rid of Wright because no matter how damaging he was to BHO *now*, BHO was grateful to Wright for past gifts. This was seen especially in the famous Philadelphia speech; Obama was gracious and generous to someone who was *disloyal,* because of what he owed him.
Is this a sign of Obama's naivete? Only if Hillary and Bush are considered wise.
Friday, May 02, 2008
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