Barack Obama's Controversial Pastor Puts Church (and possibly Barack) In Hot Water
These are all fair points; completely agree here. :9:
Alright, well,
that established, Obama did reject all of the controversial statements by Wright. Without qualification and across the board. He made as sweeping and complete a rejection as you could ask.
Given that, what else can the guy do? You pretty much
have to take him at his word. He's never given an indication in the past that he believed that sort of stuff, so unless he gives any indication in the future there's really no cause to attribute Wright's statements to Obama. Unless you think there's some sort of "Manchurian Candidate" aspect going on here which, frankly, is nuttier then anything I've seen Wright say so far.
I do think the whole affair rubs some of the shine off Obama. It's evident he's
not above "politics as usual" and his exploitation of his relationship with Wright early on and his immediate distancing from him now smacks as political expediency. I don't blame him for it, it just puts him a little more in the same bracket as most any other politician.
But Obama isn't some crazy rabid anti-white/establishment revolutionary waiting to win the election and begin his reign of black terror either.