Wright for President by Reihan Salam
To describe Jeremiah Wright as charismatic is to understate his extraordinary magnetism, which drew Barack Obama to Christianity twenty years ago. Sure, Wright is a divisive figure, but he’s a uniter as well — embracing gays and lesbians as well as militant Black Muslims, and building a kind of rainbow coalition of the excluded, which inspired Obama (and countless others) to go forth and perform good works. In turning on his pastor, Obama claims that Wright has changed. Could it be that Obama has changed?
Which is why one wonders if Jeremiah Wright might make for a more interesting presidential candidate…In foreign policy, he would align America’s interests with those of revolutionary states in the Third World, perhaps shaking up the geopolitical environment in constructive ways. Wright’s trusted comrade Louis Farrakhan might play a key role, perhaps as defense secretary.