Had Wright
shown himself publicly to be rational, intelligent, and not ego-driven as it first appeared with his return to the spotlight, then Barrack Obama suddenly disenfranchising himself would have appeared to be "selling his soul". However, once the outrageous and angry again came out, Obama was completely justified in allowing Reverand Wright to throw himself beneath the bus.
However, let me also state that our current system of electing people that must overstate their faith in the great sky fairy to have even a place at the table of power, is in my mind the ultimate selling of one's soul.
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