In his harshest criticism yet of his former minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama said he was “outraged†by Wright’s comments at the National Press Club Monday, and “saddened by the spectacle.â€
personally, i’m guessing that wright chose to fall on his sword to a degree — to get out there and make comments so outrageous that obama would have an opportunity to really put some distance between them. obama has been less than forthcoming about all this, i think. and i have to admit that the people who can’t understand why he stuck with the church have somewhat of a point. i know that church does not equal pastor, and there’s a new pastor now, and you should be going to church for the institution more than the personalities involved.
still. maybe this will precipitate a clean break between the two. let’s hope so.
in any case, better sooner (now) than later (october). there’ll always be a percentage of people unable to separate the two in their minds. hopefully this will mitigate the damage that’s been done.
i want that small squidgy thought floating in the back of my mind — “perhaps hillary is more electable after all” — crushed mercilessly.
update: just remembered what this was — obama’s sister souljah moment.