Saturday, May 10, 2008

Jeremiah and Me

The Reverend Jeremiah Wright and I have a lot in common.

We’re both by nature eggheads and idealists, who’d rather talk ecclesiology than politics, and who’d rather take action than work the machines of law.

But here’s one difference: when duty called, he joined the marines, and served his country with distinction.

I, on the other hand, didn’t lift a finger. Still, his patriotism is questioned, mine is not.

Courtesy of Wikipedia, here is Wright, tending to his president:

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