Obama and his Pastoral Choices

The news, right now, is filled with a lot of commentary about Mr. Obama's choice of Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his Presidential Inaugural Ceremony (See Full Story). For sure, the gay community and their Democratic supporters are outraged by this particular Barack Obama choice. But, in reality, there is no difference between Obama picking Rev. Rick Warren and his previous pick of Reverend Jeremiah Wright. It all has to do with politics and the "popularity" that picking a particular pastor affords him.

When Barack aligned himself with Rev. Jeremiah Wright it was all about being affiliated with a strong and popular pastoral figure in the Black community in which he resided. That helped Barack with his future plans in politics. The same is true with Rev. Warren. Right now, there isn't a single religious figure who is so broadly popular across this country. Popularity is the bottom line with Barack. That's why it was so easy for him to throw Rev. Wright under the bus when that time came. It didn't really matter if he had a twenty year relationship with Wright or not. It was just time, politically, to cut the ties. That's why, now, he's so quickly moving to the center and to almost the center-right of politics. You can kiss all the lefties that got him into office good bye! They are no longer needed. As I've said, he's thrown so many people under the bus in his journey to the Presidency that all four wheels are totally off the ground!

You can always expect Mr. Obama to do the popular thing. This is a man who, like Clinton, is poll driven. This was obvious when he did the Wright-thing instead of the right thing. When on the national stage, the Wright-thing became the wrong thing. Now, it's the Warren-thing.