Obama: "I Profoundly Disagree" With Pastor's Comments

[Yes We Did]

From Huffpo/Pittsburg Tribune Review:

Q: I don't know if you've seen it, but it's all over the wire today (from an ABC News story), a statement that your pastor (the Rev. Jeremiah Wright of Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago's South Side) made in a sermon in 2003 that instead of singing "God Bless America," black people should sing a song essentially saying "God Damn America."

A: I haven't seen the line. This is a pastor who is on the brink of retirement who in the past has made some controversial statements. I profoundly disagree with some of these statements.

Q: What about this particular statement?

A: Obviously, I disagree with that. Here is what happens when you just cherry-pick statements from a guy who had a 40-year career as a pastor. There are times when people say things that are just wrong. But I think it's important to judge me on what I've said in the past and what I believe.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_557231.html

[shadowknows69]

1. Won't be good enough for the Hillbots

[John Q. Citizen]

3. But they also made a huge deal about the handshake. C'est la vie.

[Yes We Did]

5. Seeing as how I have most of them on ignore,

I really don't care if it's enough for them.

Obama could sacrifice his children the "Shrine-O-Hillary" for them and they would still want more.

[tandem5]

10. Hillbots? I think you need to see the bigger picture now.

Congratulations, you're in the general election race and its only going to get uglier.

[Bullet1987]

2. It's all McCain needed, and Hillary Clinton

when they had surrogates make imflammatory comments. I don't see why Obama would need to do more. If he's forced to do more, then I smell a severe level of a double standard.

[LSparkle]

4. He needs to just do more of the same

He's right -- how many sermons did Wright preach over those 40 years? And now
people are judging him by things he may have said during the twilight of that
career? He was getting old and ornery! He was speaking from his Id and not
his Superego!

Wright needs to do an extended interview -- I suggest Bill Moyers -- to explain
his remarks in context and the motivation behind them, to flesh out for the
public the kind of minister he is/was.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. I do believe that he has to do better than that...

I really hate to say that. x(

[indimuse]

7. These statements aren't NEW! 20 years ..and, If you profoundly

disagree..YOU DON'T ATTEND! EVER!

[backscatter712]

8. I suppose every Catholic is a right-wing collaborator.

After all, if you go to church every Sunday, and hear all the proclamations of this pope and the last pope about things like abortion, birth control, etc. you must have bought it.

Grow up.

[sfam]

14. Every Catholic certainly tolerates pedofiles in their midst, right?

Is that a fair comment? After all, they're certainly associated with them...If we'd only known before we selected Kennedy...

[Yes We Did]

9. So Obama is responsible for his Pastor... right?

So does that mean that the parents of the catholic priests who molested all those little boys are responsible for that?

Your argument is crude at best.

[wrando]

11. more than a pastor

This man baptized and married Barack. He is much more than his pastor. They have been very close for 20 years. When people hear this crap they are going to wonder is Obama what he claims to be, or is he an angry black man. You must remember that the Archie Bunker mentality is alive and well in America. Obama will still win the primary, but the repubs are going to smear this man right off the planet.

Bill from ct

[Yes We Did]

12. Okay, fine. My father is a racist. I've been very close to him for 30 years.

So, that makes me a racist? Nice argument.

[wrando]

13. miss the point

demdog

I don't like the Archie Bunkers of this world, but they are out there by the millions. I'm not saying it's right but this will hurt Obama.

bill from ct