Cardinal Gregory’s Dream, RIP
By CHRISTOPHER MANION Shortly after the November 2008 presidential election, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta hailed Obama’s victory as “a great step forward for humanity and a sign that in the United States the problem of racial discrimination has been overcome.”A lovely sentiment? Indeed. But unfortunately, that wasn’t Obama’s plan. Yes, he could have inspired Americans to make the archbishop’s hopes a reality, with a peaceful country unified in the pursuit of liberty and justice for all. But the seasoned community organizer had something quite different in mind. And he’s been thinking it for a long time.As CEI’s Matt Patterson wrote in 2012, “Obama was schooled by disciples of [Chicago radical Saul] Alinsky himself, including Mike Kruglik, who remembered Obama…Continue Reading