A Dallas woman's marriage is on the skids after having an affair with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, she and her cuckolded ex-husband claim. She was executive assistant to the pastor at Friendship West Baptist Church, a prominent black church in the Dallas area. Excerpt:
"I was involved with Rev. Wright, and that's why I lost my job and why my husband divorced me," Payne said.She refused to reveal when the adulterous affair started or how she met Wright.
But fellow churchgoers at Friendship-West "found out about the affair in the spring," Payne said.
At the time, she was secretary to the Rev. Frederick Haynes III, a longtime Wright disciple.
In April, Payne organized a series of Texas public appearances by Wright, 67. Weeks before, Obama had disavowed his preacher of 20 years after Wright's anti-government rants came to light.
"Liz was by Rev. Wright's side day and night during those days," a church source said.
"It's all true," said Payne, adding that she has filed a wrongful-dismissal claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to get her job back.
[snip]
Payne's husband, Fred Payne, 64, said he learned of the affair in late February, when he discovered e-mails between his wife and Wright.
"There must have been about 80 of them, back and forth," he said. "Wright said things like he was going to leave his wife for Elizabeth."
Barack Obama should thank his lucky stars that he washed his hands of that preacher this spring. If Wright hadn't embarrassed Obama into breaking with him then, this would have been damaging now.
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Yikes.
This would have been best left unremarked and untouched. The man's despicable and we knew that some time ago. To add that he has a sexual problem as well seems to serve nothing good.
Given the amount of rumor and innuendo which has been thrashing around the last few days, perhaps it would be wise to wait for a lot more verification than he-said, she -said before repeating these things. IJS.
Oh, so this is entirely a matter of the comparative identity of the Palins and Wright as public figures, and some difference between divorce court stories and gossip stories guessing a teen is pregnant. It has nothing to do with double standards towards gender, age, race, or political affiliation. Thanks for clearing that up.
BTW, I've never held Wright out as an "example" of anything more positive than a Faulkernian tragic character, perhaps, but for some reason you seem to be linking me in your mind to all sorts of ideas I don't hold. I have to admit it was odd to see you treating Larison and Frum's comments with such grace after slamming me for posting similar arguments - and in Frum's case, quoting him at length multiple times. But I know it must be a heated time for a professional political journalist, and you're under a lot of stress. At the end of the day, this is recreation for me. For you, it's your job. (Writing about it, I mean; not being politically engaged.)
Forgiveness is better than revenge.
Doug
I'm a regular visitor at TUCC in Chicago, and this is unbelievable, maybe if she was a pretty black lady she may have been believable, but she is not even Pastor Wright's CUP!!! She's a PLANT!!!
OBAMA = BETRAYAL
Obama supporters are foolish to think that he will never betray them.
Obama was a close friend of Pastor Wright for TWENTY YEARS.
Obama threw Wright under the bus for personal ambition.
McCain would not betray his country even after 5 years of torture.
You can put lipstick on a traitor, but he's still a traitor.
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