Did Clinton backer maneuver Obama albatross Wright to the National Press Club?

New York Daily News political columnist Errol Louis speculates today about the relationship of Barbara Reynolds, a Clinton supporter, and Jeremiah Wright the one-time ’spiritual advisor’, now rotting albatross, to presidential hopeful Barack Obama.  Reynolds introduced Wright at the Press Club function on Monday.

A former editorial board member at USA Today, she runs something called Reynolds News Services and teaches ministry at the Howard University School of Divinity. (She is an ordained minister).

It also turns out that Reynolds – introduced Monday as a member of the National Press Club “who organized” the event – is an enthusiastic Hillary Clinton supporter.

On a blog linked to her Web site- www.reynoldsnews.com- Reynolds said in a February post: “My vote for Hillary in the Maryland primary was my way of saying thank you” to Clinton and her husband for the successes of Bill Clinton’s presidency.

The same post criticized Obama’s “Audacity of Hope” theme: “Hope by definition is not based on facts,” wrote Reynolds. It is an emotional expectation. Things hoped for may or may not come. But help based on experience trumps hope every time.”

In another blog entry, Reynolds gives an ever-sharper critique of Obama: “It is a sad testimony that to protect his credentials as a unifier above the fray, the senator is fueling the media characterization that Rev. Dr. Wright is some retiring old uncle in the church basement.”

I don’t know if Reynolds’ eagerness to help Wright stage a disastrous news conference with the national media was a way of trying to help Clinton – my queries to Reynolds by phone and e-mail weren’t returned yesterday – but it’s safe to say she didn’t see any conflict between promoting Wright and supporting Clinton.

Kern disappears in flash of light

Queeristan newswire:

Sally Kern, the controversial Oklahoma state representative now infamous for her recorded comments denigrating gays, as well as Muslims and non-Christians, disappeared this morning from her office in the State Capitol building in Tulsa in what was described by an aide as The Rapture.

“Yes indeed, I believe her Maker called her up for the final days!” said Edith Fish.  “A flash of light came, and I heard the voice of the Lord like a roll of thunder and when I could see again, she was gone.”

The disappearance occurred minutes after a delegation from OK-PLAG met with Kern in her office.   The Rev. Loyce Newton-Edwards, president of the Oklahoma City chapter, explained that “What we said to her was that we were coming in a spirit of healing and reconciliation and we just wanted to talk and speak heart-to-heart.”  Newton-Edwards said he and the other members of the PFLAG delegation were no longer in the building when the alleged taking-up-to-heaven transpired.

Oklahoma detectives and the FBI are on the scene.  They are testing a granular white residue that was left after the incident.  “Looks like about 120-125 pounds of material.  We’re waiting for it to cool down before sending it to the lab” said Special Agent Dick Sargeant.

Queeristan will keep you posted.

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I’m seriously going to have to start listening to more Moby.  I found this comment from him, via Towleroad, on Sally Kern’s public-private ranting about homosexuals:

“ok, where to begin…how about this simple question: what did jesus (presumably sally kern’s god) say about homosexuality? let’s see…nothing? yup, nothing. dear sally kern: jesus never mentioned homosexuality. allow me to put it a different way, perhaps in question form…how many times did jesus mention homosexuality? oh (to be conversational), none? yup none. never. not once. zero. he did mention divorce (saying it was bad), and capitalism (ditto: bad), and judgementalism and intolerance (again: bad), and forgiveness (good). but homosexuality? never mentioned by jesus in the gospels. so why are the religious right in the u.s so utterly obsessed with homosexuality? and how is the homosexual agenda (whatever that might be) destroying the nation? i mean, if evangelicals call themselves christians shouldn’t they sort of base their evangelical agenda on the things that christ actually said?

While his comments in the quoted Advocate article are over-the-top he’s obviously a good friend to have.