A friend e-mails:
You wrote: “He was friends with Wright for twenty years and didn’t realize what a ridiculous popinjay he is, happy to damage the campaign of his parishioner if it means some TV time for himself?” I imagine Rev. Wright’s friends are saying, “He was friends with Obama for twenty years and didn’t realize what a ridiculous popinjay he is, happy to damage the church if it means a few rural votes in Pennsylvania?”