Obama and Wright: an “Under the Bus” bonanza

What bus? Rev. Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club on Monday. (Getty Images)

The blow-up, and blowback, over Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s relationship with Barack Obama, has set an impressive skid mark for “Under the Bus” references. Let’s take the tour…

“My guess is that Mr. Wright felt he’d been thrown under a bus by an ungrateful congregant…” wrote Bob Herbert in his New York Times column on Tuesday, following Wright’s incendiary appearance at the National Press Club.

Then, once Obama held a press conference to denouce Wright, a New York Times blogger found some in the blogosphere tiring of the story and that “they’re sick of the expression “thrown under the bus,” but they keep using it.”

Indeed. A Google blog search finds more than 2,800 references to the term “Under the Bus” + Wright + Obama. A couple of them supply the flavor...

Obama Throws Wright Under the Bus, Runs Him Over, Puts the Vehicle in Reverse and Repeats

Obama, Wright…everybody under the bus!

Joel Achenbach at The Washington Post felt motivated to explore the derivation of the term “Under the Bus” and came up with a parentage that may include Cyndi Lauper, minor league baseball and Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters.

"Under the bus" rating: on a scale of one to five, four campaign buses for taking the term to impressive new heights.

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