Roland Martin: Bringing Back Rev. Jeremiah Wright Puts ‘Mormonism On The Table’

With the news that a certain Super PAC may be working to resurrect the political corpse Republicans keep trying to shove in President Barack Obama‘s closet known as Rev. Jeremiah Wright, many are bracing for a rerun of 2008 in many respects. The key difference, of course, is not having Sen. John McCain on the other side of the argument, and Roland Martin on CNN today noted that may make the Jeremiah Wright talking point even more poisonous, because it “puts Mormonism on the table.”

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Martin was on CNN this morning along with The Blaze‘s Will Cain, who also had questions about the latest anti-Obama ad that emphasized his middle name: “what are you trying to reinforce there?” Martin interjected that this was precisely “why this is so stupid.” “You can try all day to drudge up Jeremiah Wright,” he warned conservatives, “but you’re now putting Mormonism on the table… you’re not putting on the table how African Americans were treated by the Mormon religion.” Cain agreed that “I don’t think it’s smart to use Rev. Wright as a salacious bullet point again,” but argued that the President’s vision for America in its entirety was a legitimate ground of debate for the election.

The segment via CNN below:

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