One candidate’s Wright of spring

1 comment May 8th, 2008

Many people not named Obama have been having fun with the Rev. Wright episode, including wordplay with the name “Wright” (see shameless example above).

What I haven’t seen, and I don’t see everything, is any comment on his first name, Jeremiah, which also was the name of a Hebrew prophet.

From Jeremiah’s lamentations in the Bible, his name can be applied to any “person pessimistic about the future,” and the noun “jeremiad” is “a long lamentation or complaint.”

But, hey, what’s in a name?