I was amazed last month when I was speaking with the ZOA’s Mort Klein, and he mentioned the Rev. Jeremiah Wright in the same sentence as the Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. (Klein has taken to Wright for his own reasons.) I find it hard to believe that before Barack Obama began his presidential bid, anyone outside of Chicago even knew who Wright was. But the more attention Obama’s former pastor has received for his contested brand of Christianity, one that emphasizes black liberation, the more sought after a speaker he has become.
Now on the speakers’ circuit, Wright spoke this morning at the National Press Club. Continuing to dog Obama, Wright joked that he would be open to serving as vice president.
