{"id":16048,"date":"2011-09-20T05:46:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T11:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=16048"},"modified":"2011-09-20T05:46:11","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T11:46:11","slug":"chris-hedges-the-rev-jeremiah-wright-recalls-obama%e2%80%99s-fall-from-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=16048","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hedges: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Recalls Obama\u2019s Fall From Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Chris Hedges<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Illustration by Mr. Fish - Click photo to enlarge<\/p><\/div>Barack Obama\u2019s politically expedient decision to betray and abandon his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, exposed his cowardice and moral bankruptcy. In that moment, playing the part of Judas, he surrendered the last shreds of his integrity. He became nothing more than a pawn of power, or as Cornel West says, \u201ca black mascot for Wall Street.\u201d Obama, once the glitter of power fades, will have to grapple with the fact that he was a traitor not only to his pastor, the man who married him and Michelle, who baptized his children and who kept him spiritually and morally grounded, but to himself. Wright retains what is most precious in life and what Obama has squandered\u2014his soul. <\/p>\n

Click here to read “The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Recalls Obama\u2019s Fall From Grace” by Chris Hedges<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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