GoooooooooBama! He took the Wright issue head on. just now

[Armstead]

[MadBadger]

1. Great Political Move, but this makes me sad.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. Explain please

I'm here at work on my break and don't have access to live streaming, much less a radio or TV.

[babylonsister]

26. He's denouncing Wright for what he's said the past few days.

I think Obama looked sad to have to do this, but he did need to defend himself. He said Wright gave a performance that could increase the divides in this country while he's (Obama) been trying to heal them. Wright's worldview contradicts what Obama stands for. Also denounced Wright's claim that Obama was politically posturing. Denounced Wright/AIDS/US Govt, Farrakhan's worldview and any connection to it.
Obama cleaned the slate. Claims the person he saw yesterday was not the person he's known for 20 years.
Now you're caught up! :hi:

[phrigndumass]

60. Thank you! I've come to trust and rely on your opinion.

If you say he cleaned the slate, that's good enough for me!

:hi:

[babylonsister]

That he has, as painful as it seems for him to do. He looks

and sounds genuinely regretful, but I think he's doing the right thing, if only to shut up the talking heads.

[Cha]

67. Wow, babylonsister...I

really didn't know what Wright's been up to and there it is in a nutshell ..in your post.

Wright said Obama was "politically posturing"..so Bob Herbert was right..Wright did come to bury Obama? Why in the hell would he do that after Obama's great speech defending him?

[babylonsister]

As people offered yesterday and I refused to believe,

Wright is in this for Wright, and he doesn't care who he tramples getting to where he wants to go. I do hope you get a chance to see a re-run of this. Obama is responding to every question asked, and just said he doesn't ever see this relationship returning to the way it was. Wright was not, per Obama, his spiritual advisor or mentor, Wright was his pastor. He's making that quite clear. His disappointment is obvious. :(

[Cha]

101. Incredible! But, stranger things have happened..

I bet more than a few people were shocked at what a liar and hilary is for hilary person hilary clinton revealed herself to be.

Thanks for this and I will see this video. :(

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

79. Thanks!

This was a wise move on Obama's part. Now anything said by Wright, Farrakhan, should not rub off on him. Hey, I'm a Muslim, but Farrakhan's views are not mine by a long shot.

[Coexist]

87. No, babylonsister, not what Wright said over the past few day, but he stresses

over and over, what he said YESTERDAY at the presser.

[babylonsister]

91. OK, I stand corrected.

But IIRC, Farrakhan came up on Saturday, too, and Obama denounced that topic outright; I figured it applied to both days.

[Johnny Battleground]

94. Too late. Way too late. Laughingly late.

As the Finns like to say, "When the s**t is in the pants, it's too late."
And Obama has crapped a full load.
Only the hardcore supporters will be swayed at this maneuver.

Hear me out...

He's damaged from his 20-years association.
He didn't denounce the guy before, but now?
Now it cannot be taken "out of context".
And then Wright poured fuel to the fire.
People just will not find this Wright BS believable as Obama's wife has echoed some of Wright's tenor and context.
What Wright has done is terminal damage.
He has revealed who he is and has been.
Obama chose Wright.
That is heavy baggage.

Obama is toast with the needed swing voters.
Toast.

Super Delegates vote Hillary.

[Voltaire]

100. Only heavy baggage to the deluded and uninformed

Which are you? There are only those two choices.

[Johnny Battleground]

106. Look at the bottom of my post

Super Delegates vote Hillary

What is delusional?
That Wright was the time bomb and it went off before the finish line?

[symbolman]

110. ANY apology made before "guilt trippers"

is Always too late, heavy baggage and never accepted.. That's why you HOPE Haters are stuck inthe past and aren't going to win in the future..

People are SICK of gotcha assholes, they're like Pod People..

Too late for them, they'll never change.. Hillary's mass of Pound Puppies, Critical Always but unable to achieve Critical Mass, thank god..

Looks like you have no empathy for a man who lost a spiritual advisor, I'm a fucking athiest and it makes me feel sad for the guy...

Guess that's just my inner sissy talking, eh? ( and to think they taught me how to kill in the 70's) :)

[Johnny Battleground]

118. Hope Haters? Lol. You have to be serious...

Gotcha is not listening to a preacher for 20-years with his racist remarks.
That's his history, and if it was not toxic, why did Obama just disown him?
"Angered him".
This will come across to the swing voters as pure horse shit.

Hope?
Change?
Unity?
Toilet.
Flush.

Super Delegates vote Hillary.

[symbolman]

123. You just lost

deal with it.

[Johnny Battleground]

129. Lost what?

No votes cast or counted.
The race continues with Obama having failed to win anything since early Feb.
Obama hasn't a big state on the docket.
His hoss is saddled with more cargo than she can carry.

All this does indicate a position of strength.
If he had that position he'd have knocked Hillary out long ago.

Hope.
Change.
Unity.
Rings hollow with the swing voters we need to win.

Super Delegates Vote Hillary.

[babylonsister]

117. Man, you need to get with the program...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=108x129948

Edit for an oops! Looks like another one for Obama:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5736540

[TheDoorbellRang]

120. Too bad you're not a super delegate. They've gone 9 to 3 for Obama since PA

Evidently they don't buy the media hype, either.

[Johnny Battleground]

122. The votes have not been cast or counted.

That is why the game is played to the end.
If you have a chance to win and quit you won't win.

"Dewey Wins!"

[TheDoorbellRang]

130. Obama has made a cooperative fundraising deal with the DNC

So do you think the 136 remaining DNC super delegates are going to go with the guy who has $40M+ in the bank he is not only willing to share but seems to get effortlessly over the internet? Or do you think they'll favor the candidate with $15M in debt with 17 fundraisers scheduled between now and June with her heavy hitter donors that have made veiled threats of withholding money to Pelosi if they don't get their way?

Tough choice. Wonder which way they'll go?

[Johnny Battleground]

132. Money can't sell damaged goods.

No amount of cash can cover up the shit that has recently hit the fan.

If we don't like winning general elections, then vote Obama.

For those that look and see the only D win not just a general election but a reelection... Hillary is in good company.
This time it would be a credible 2 for the price of 1.

Super Delegates Vote Hillary.

[TheDoorbellRang]

137. If Obama is damaged goods, then Clinton is toxic waste

And the super delegates live in the real world, unlike those still "clinging" to Hillary.

[Johnny Battleground]

138. Tell me... what has change since Bill left office...

... that makes them "toxic waste", or any waste?

What new has been added to the equation?
Nada.

Obama wasn't vetted, and now that he has been for a few weeks, his foundation is crumbling.
Ok, not the hardcore Obamaniacs but those who will decide who the new "decider" will be.
Swing voters.
Obama's lost his luster.
He's not believable. He could no more disown the black community than he could disown Rev Wright.
He disowned him.
He did not know this was his pastor?
C'mon. 20-years?
Hate to say it but it's a damned if he does or doesn't.
That's why he's toast.

Wright just made Obama look like a fool.

Hope.
Change.
Unite.
In the eyes of swing voters = BS.

What has been added to the Clinton baggage since 2000 to change the equation?

Super Delegates Vote Hillary.

[TheDoorbellRang]

139. Baggage since 2000 for Hillary

1) list of her donors that are questionable or in jail
2) mysterious list of library donors that's still a secret
3) Do you really think Bill has kept his pecker in his pocket for the past seven years? I don't, and I'll bet the RW has a few surprises about that.
4) Snipergate. NAFTA lies. Mark Penn, Bill Clinton & Columbia ties
5) Obama has pulled out none of this to use against her in the primary. I doubt if the RW will be so gentlemanly.


And, sorry. Just because the stuff from before 2000 is old doesn't mean it won't get pulled out for those Americans who have "forgotten." Just what we all want -- eight more years of Clinton soap opera.

She doesn't just have a carryon bag like Obama. She's got a whole goddam caravan dragging along behind her.

[thevoiceofreason]

127. Wanna bet, maroon man?

[Johnny Battleground]

131. He's so tarnished he...

... could lose his Senate seat in the next election.

With Wright, Obama stuck his neck out and has proceeded to have his head handed back to him.
By Wright.
Not pretty.

[frogmarch]

104. Thanks. I'm relieved to hear Obama did that. n/t

[Swamp Rat]

112. THANK YOU!!!

:hug: :hug: :hug:

You just saved me a LOT of time. Now I can get back to work. :loveya:

[babylonsister]

115. Ha!

:hug: to you, too! Now Tweety is saying this won't go away, but I think Tweety hopes it won't. Sigh, it's over, Tweets, whether you like it or not!

[jasmine621]

10. Politically expedient now. He should have done this on his own

months ago.

[donheld]

66. You can't do it on your own in advance when

you hadn't heard those things that have come up.

[Voltaire]

96. Ahhhhhhh BULLSHIT

There wouldn't have been anything Obama could have done that would have pleased you anyway. Except drop out, and that ain't happening.

[donheld]

2. As always

Gobama!

[mrreowwr_kittty]

3. I'm trapped at the office right now! Help me out, what did he say? ng

[azmouse]

Obama finds some of the Rev statements appalling.

He says Wright doesn't speak for him or his campaign.

[Armstead]

13. He basically said Wright's statements of the last few days are...

"antithetical to everything this campaign stands for."

he called Wright out on his comments and said soem of his remarks about AIDS and the US being terrorists are offensive to him.

He also called out Wright and the media.

Obama said he is angry and sad.

It's a press conference that's still going on...

[barb162]

46. Obama's doing well; he's finally coming down really hard on Wright

expressing his anger, etc., over Wright's performance...the way he should have done months ago.

[babylonsister]

29. See post#26 also. nt

[Jed Dilligan]

4. What did he say? Please help the cable-less!

[Armstead]

16. see above

[flpoljunkie]

23. It is LIVE online on CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/live

[flpoljunkie]

82. From Talkingpointsmemo...key passage

The person I saw yesterday was not the person that I met 20 years ago. His comments were not only divisive and destructive, but I believe that they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate, and I believe that they do not portray accurately the perspective of the black church. They certainly don't portray accurately my values and beliefs. And if Rev. Wright thinks that that's political posturing, as he put it, then he doesn't know me very well. And based on his remarks yesterday, well I might not know him as well as I thought, either.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/191954.php

[Abacus]

Any details?

[Purveyor]

14. Obama: Rev. Wright doesn't speak for me; He doesn't speak for our campaign...

[Abacus]

24. Thank You!!!!!!!

:patriot: :toast:

[Purveyor]

18. Obama: Wright I saw yesterday was not Wright I met 20 years ago...

[Purveyor]

22. Obama: He is presenting views that contradict me...

[JuniperLea]

49. This really pissed me off...

Of course they contradicted Obama... they weren't his thoughts, they were Wright's! And he is entitled! How do you distance yourself from someone in this manner? It's stupid. Obama just shot himself in the fucking foot. This is not good.

[Purveyor]

38. Obama: Wright's "outrageousness" yesterday shocked and surprised me...

[Windy]

5. cube rat here. What did he say? And will the corporate media cover it?

Spin it? what?

[MadBadger]

8. ITs a very strong statement and all three nets are covering it and it will lead off all Network News

[frickaline]

7. This is a very good move for him, this needed to happen

[Windy]

9. So......... DO TELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o)

[frickaline]

20. ha, sorry, enclosed ...

said:
wright doesnt speak for him
doesn't speak for the campaign
that many of his comments need to be denounced

taking questions now.

it (the media event) was more than just him (wright) defending himself
offended by wrights suggestion that his previous denunciation of his remarks was not truthful

still going on...

[BenDavid]

11. just like the whoremedia ordered yesterday. Yep, here again

the whoremedia propping this sorry excuse up once again and all afternoon and into the evening they will be telling how great obama was taking wright head on....wow! such a swell guy.....

[Mooney]

27. Awww.... do you need a tissue?

[cali]

33. tough shit for you, hillbot that Obama can handle

this kind of shit. And only a delusional freak would think that the media has been helping Obama out over the last 6 weeks.

[speedoo]

35. Welcome ...

to my ignore list. You are the first.

[ellacott]

36. You really have issues

[symbolman]

53. You Haters of Hope and Truth

just cannot handle Honesty and Candor can you?

Its actually getting Repulsive at this point.. Think about what comes out of your mouth once in a while..

Jesus Christ, the media excoriates the man and when he says HE doesn't like what his screwy pastor says, he being "propped up"?

Man, could the DU use a fucking CLUE TRAIN about now.. When will this ceaseless rending of a Democratic party member, this retarded Mauling by classless, injured people END?

When we all give up and accept you're Hateful, Vindictive Candidate with her warped Reality forged by lies and petty innuendo?

Not going to happen jack, enough of its been spewed for 8 Presidential seasons..

[TahitiNut]

98. You play "win-lose" as "lose-lose" ... he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.

You make your viewpoint COMPLETELY irrelevant by a complete absence of any sense of fairness or principle.

[Lisa0825]

99. Are you ever NOT bitter?

All I ever see from you is complaining in thread after thread after thread. Must be tough to live such a negative life. You have my pity.

[msallied]

12. Report! Report! lol

I'm nowhere near a TV, although I guess I could scour the internets some more.

[TragedyandHope]

15. "It makes me angry"

[nyccitizen]

17. Good.

It was necessary. Let's move past this circus sideshow once and for all.

[Armstead]

19. "What angered me is his suggestion that my previous...

remarks were political posturing."

[redqueen]

32. I think Wright's sinking only his own boat.

He comes off as arrogant and hungry for attention. Not an appealing person.

Obama, on the other hand... still has... how long before the next primary?

We should all thank the mighty wurlitzer's players for pushing this issue so far in advance. Twice.

[JuniperLea]

65. I think Obama is sinking his own boat

There is no reason for a pastor and one of his thousands of parishioners to have the same ideas, ideals, goals or anything of the sort. Obama is a politician and Wright is a pastor! Ne'er the tween shall meet, nor should they!

This is becoming a stupid fucked up circus, and Obama is passing out the cotton candy and peanuts. Stupid.

[liberalcanuck]

103. Yeah, I agree with every one of your points but it's much too LOGICAL

for the masses in America. What you're talking about is nuance and nuance unfortunately doesn't sell here.

Obama's playing the game. Wright's views have been unfairly tied to Obama as being one and the same by the stupid ass media. Unfortunately they'll probably be spinning this as some sort of flip-flop but at least Obama is dropping nuance for a clear and unambiguous disassociation from Wright.

On Edit: Don't hate the playa, hate the game.

[JuniperLea]

124. Yeah, I got ya... playa vs game...

I was raised in a church of similar denomination... but I'm a pasty Irish chick... I can't imagine coming out in public and trashing my pastor... there are certain things you just don't do. I sincerely hope this doesn't hurt Obama... by my heart and head are at odds with this right now. What a mess.

[graycem]

21. I'm frustrated that

he has had to do this. But, he's doing a good job of it, and being stern and calling them on it being a distraction.

[Windy]

39. I hope he's laying into the MSM... they need to be SLAPPED!!

I wish he'd slap his opponent to, but he will rise above as usual.

I'm glad he's doing this. He is a LEADER!!!!!

[graycem]

133. He was pretty stern with them..

He basically said, from now on I will not be answering questions about him, since I have made it clear his views are not mine. But of course they are going to make him answer questions about it from now til Christmas. The press love a good challenge like that. Hopefully he'll just say "I've addressed that" and move on, keep it short and simple.

[clevbot]

25. summary???????????????????

[Tropics_Dude83]

28. I support Hillary now but this is a good move on Obama's part n/t

[Armstead]

30. "The person I saw yesterday was not the man I'd known for 20 years"

"I understand he is pained and angry.....That may account for the change. But the insensitivity and outrageousness of his statements and poerformance yesterday shocked and surprised me."

[frickaline]

31. "person I saw yesterday isnt the person I came to know over 20 years"

[uponit7771]

34. WOW!!! No whe can TOTALLY seperate himself for Wright!!! NICE!!!

[housewolf]

37. "It was a performance"

Went beyond remarks, who I saw yesterday isn't the person whom I'd come to know over 20 years, he was in pain and angered by what had happened earlier in the campaign, he wanted to defend himself, he's gone through difficult times of late... and all that may account for the change, but the insensitivity & outrageousness... shocked & surprised me" He's someone who build an outstanding church & during my attendence I'd not heard that type of remarks, I was a member of the church but did not vett the church before I decided to run"

"Anyone who knows me knows that what he talked about is not what I am about"

[frickaline]

40. best thing he said (imo): offended by wrights suggestion that his previous denunciation of his ..

..remarks were untruthful.


good stuff.

[TragedyandHope]

41. Oh boy, CNN is cutting in clips of Wright dancing around beside Obama's live Q&A

[CJCRANE]

54. I hate it when they do that!

They did that the last time there was a flap about Wright.

:mad:

[NoodleyAppendage]

81. Not surprising for the Clinton News Network. n/t

J

[frickaline]

42. "I dont think he (wright) showed much concern for the American people"

[Armstead]

43. He is pissed....But dignified about it -- This is why Obama is great

[DevonRex]

107. I agree. He was pissed but in control. That's a good quality

for Commander-in-Chief. Gobama!

[housewolf]

44. "After seeing his performance

I felt there was a deep disregard for what the American p eople are going through, I got a sense that's not what mattered to Rev. Wright, what mattered to him was getting center stage"

I want to use this press conf to let people know that whatever relationship I had w/ him has changed ... he showed no regard for me or my cammpaign, I want to make clear that I do no subscribe to the views he expresses, they are wrong and are not attribuble to me"

[VolcanoJen]

58. Wow... that's stronger that I thought he'd be.

It sucks that I'm missing this! Thanks to all of you for providing such concise updates for us cuberats!!

[tishaLA]

74. i'm sure it'll be on youtube in an hour

[ourbluenation]

75. SHAZZAM! Good for him.

[frickaline]

45. "I do not expect those views to be attributed to me"

[JuniperLea]

47. He should have left the angry and sad bullshit out...

Wright's words shouldn't matter, but since this is being pushed, Obama feels pushed to make it worse... you can only make things worse when you come up against a man of the cloth... especially one as good as Wright.

This should NOT have been an issue. Shit. I think Obama just fucked himself royal, in front of God and all these people.

[shagsak]

136. calm down

I don't think it's as bad as you're saying. Wright said some pretty bad things Monday so you had to know it was a matter of time before Obama stepped up and said something.

"fucked himself royal"

You may need to watch it again. The media will spin it far worse than it really was.

[JuniperLea]

140. I'm basing my assessment on...

My personal viewing of several interviews with Wright, and Obama's own words... nothing more.

What did Wright say that was so bad?

[shagsak]

141. One comment that struck a chord with me...

"Blacks rely on "right-brain" thinking, which is more creative, while whites rely on "left-brain" thinking, which is more logical". - Hmm, that explains why whites don't have any creativity. He blatantly insulted whites with that one phrase.

Then Monday he said Obama's denouncing of his words were political posturing. The entire speech Monday was a historical lesson on the black church, which was good. He then went on to say that any attack on Wright was an attack on that black church. Which implies that regardless of what Wright says, he cannot be held accountable unless you want to persecute the entire black church. He is a radical, no doubt about it. And I can side with alot of what he says and see past the soundbites. But he has a longstanding animosity with the white race. He is constantly drudging up slavery and racism and it's deep seeded history in America. And on numerous occasion he has demanded apologies for everything that has been done to the black race by America.

Really? Does an apology by the U.S. government, POTUS, really solve all of our race relations? Would that make blacks everywhere forget about the oppression and want to be friends again? For some reason I think it may be a little more like credit. Once you've screwed it up, you have to work like hell to get back to good. And we may still be in the upper 500's. We can't even get approved for a car loan.

Obama has IMO fought this decision for a while, but over the weekend came the straw that broke the camel's back. Until then it was all about the sermons, which kept distinct separation. Wright is now entering himself into the political arena, whether he wants it or not.

[frickaline]

48. "I wanna make sure people understand who I am"

[frickaline]

50. "What rev wright said contradicts everything that I'm about"

[frickaline]

62. "Its an insult to what we've been trying to do in this campaign"

[housewolf]

51. "This has become a spectacle

and when I go to church it's not to be part of a specatacle, it's to pray & deepen my faith,

My reaction has more to do about what I want this campaign to be about and who I am, and what I want people to know is who I am, and Rev Wright yesterday contradicts everything about who I am and have been all my life ... public service, the issues I've worked on, what's in my books, my 2004 speech & everything I've said during this campaign"

[nsd]

52. Fantastic! This is exactly what he needed to do.

[housewolf]

55. "There was nothing constructive about yesterday

All it was was a bunch of rants not gounded in any truth"

[Armstead]

56. "All he said was a bunch of rants. Nothiong constructive about them."

[oasis]

57. Obama can never again question Hillary's judgement. (eom)

[Avalux]

68. Why not? He didn't vote for a war that killed and maimed tens of thousands of people.

Then continue to defend her vote for years even tough she knew it was wrong. THEN she talks of obliterating Iran. What about all those women and children she claims to care so deeply about and has worked for over the years? They die too.

[knixphan]

109. exactly.

[uponit7771]

72. He voted for a war that is costing us greatly because he didn't read the NIE? Thx

[demwing]

86. Bullshiite!

Does a person have to be spotless before they can question another?

If you truly believe that, then you would condemn Clinton to the same fate. But you and I both know you have no intention of going there. Your comment was political chessmanship.

[DerekJ]

113. Are you comparing Wright to the IWR. Fuck off you insensitive brick.

[futureliveshere]

135. Thats 2 different things. One personal (like Hillarys marriage decision), the other Public!!

So don't be stupid.

[TragedyandHope]

59. Wow, Obama had something on the tip of his toungue

and I thought to myself "rants" and then he said, "rants."

[housewolf]

61. "It was a show of disrespect and an insult to me & my campaign"

[otohara]

63. Show of Disrespect to Me

and what our campaign stands for

[TragedyandHope]

64. "Michelle was similarly angered."

[uponit7771]

69. My wife heard the sermons last night and said she didn't agree with any of it either. She's

...more pragmatic towards these issues.

[housewolf]

70. "I went to chuch & listened to sermons

that were about social justice & social issues. Social gospel

I'm not a theological & can't speak to liberation theology

[Pawel K]

71. Details? Anyone?

How did he take this head on?

[uponit7771]

78. Said Wrights recent comments not represenative of the person he's known for 20 years. Pissed off...

...about comments he and Michelle. Sounds non defensive an betrayed...hurt relative to how he's been sounding before.

[liberaldem4ever]

73. This has just increased my admiration for Obama

He really stood up for himself and his campaign. I love the way he explains difficult things so clearly.

[frickaline]

76. "didn't view the initial soundbites as an attack on the black church but as a characature of wright"

[housewolf]

77. "Yesterday he caricatured himself

and that made me angry & made me sick

During the Moyers interview he explained some things and it sort of rounded him out but yesterday was different

[uponit7771]

80. True, he could've stopped at Moyers but Obama and my wife are saying Wright wasn't constructive.

[Hawaii Hiker]

83. There is a "fierce urgency of now" for Obama to separate himself from Wright

Look, Wright is free to do what he wants, but he is so self-absorbed now & he is only hurting Obama with his continuining rants....

Sure, Republicans will bring it up in the GE if Obama is the nominee (cuz they got no fucking record to run on, so all that is left is going after Wright, flag pins, Obama=Osama, & other trival non-sense....

I hope the 527's & the DNC attack McCain HARD in the GE...For all I care, I don't give a shit if they swift-boat McCain...Republicans are going to throw every single fucking thing at Obama, & we need to fight them equally ruthless...

[frickaline]

84. "he was never my spiritual advisor/mentor, he was my pastor, press was inaccurate"

I'm not sure I follow that one myself, but its his words.

[Political Heretic]

90. People's pastors aren't necessarily deep, personal mentors.

I know mine often weren't.

In fact, I attended some churches where I didn't even like the pastor that much, because the community of the congregation was so strong and I had ties there.

[housewolf]

85. Rel w/ Wright"There's been great damage, I do not see that relationship as being the same after this

he was never my spiritual mentor or spoke for my campaign, he was my pastor

[uponit7771]

88. More media attention for Obama..he handles it great...feel sorry for him, Wish he wouldn't wear hurt

...on his sleave kind of, MsM hates black people so that wont help him any.

[frickaline]

89. CNN: "This is exactly what Obama needed to do because it was getting away from him"

[msallied]

128. The fucking NERVE of CNN!

It was getting away from him because of their irresponsible reporting! What a bunch of fucktards!

[housewolf]

92. Tweety says Wright will keep fighting this, will come out w/ a speech later today and

try to stand up for himself

Andrea Mitchell says Obama has "divorced" himself from Wright

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

95. I wouldn't be surprised.

Something tells me he isn't gonna STFU.

[liberalcanuck]

111. I wish he'd STFU as well. nt

[frickaline]

116. wow, he's not very bright is he

[suston96]

93. Head on? I think he grabbed his legs and threw him under the bus...so do many other people....nt

[symbolman]

97. Right On!!

Now THAT is how a REAL MAN handles a situation! Great stuff, now if the media and Petty The Cackler keeps bringing up something that's been dealt with in a forthright fashion they'll look even more foolish than the closed bitchin' loop they're pushing now..

They are wearing people out with this Wright horseshit, repitition sells but when it annoys it works exactly the opposite.. Idiots are shooting themselves in the food with it..

Man, I admire Obama even more now, had to hurt, but it had to be done... Ol' Yeller was foamin' at the mouth and had to be put down...

[housewolf]

102. Tweety: "This is hstoric but Obama never explained

how he didn't know about the "outrageous words" spoken over 20 years, and that Obama says the people of the church are "good people" if so, how could they sit there week after week listening to outrageous remarks?



... You'd think that would give Tweety pause to think about maybe these things WEREN'T being said there on a regular basis...

[livetohike]

114. Obama said he was drawn to the church because of the

work they did in the community. Some churches are not so active in their social outreach.

Next people will be saying that Obama didn't go to church every Sunday - shame, shame on him. How many people have a close personal relationship with their pastor anyway??

[jonnyra]

105. Doesnt matter...

The right wing will continue to slam him for it and will soon manufacture another false scandal to embroil him in.

Hes done. Hillary's done. McCain will be the president using all the same tricks the fascists have been using for a decade. They control the media and the media controls the message. Thats been made perfectly clear these last 4 weeks. Until we take back the MSM the right wing will continue to steal elections and ransack the nation.

[WinkyDink]

108. Agreed. This is way too late for this issue to be resolved in Obama's favor.

[Aloha Spirit]

119. Obama is so not Muslim after today.

[Ganja Ninja]

121. I wonder if Wright didn't do this on purpose so Obama could

denounce him and get him out of the way.

[frickaline]

125. if Wright really does intend to speak again later today, then I'd have to say no

[futureliveshere]

134. This is part of the strategy. Go Obama!!!

The more I think about it the more it seems pre-decided. This is really the best way for them to separate. Publicly and messily MUCH before the GE and after BO has almost sewn up the nomination.

[frickaline]

126. fyi, CNN will replay this interview in its entirity in about 3 minutes they said

3:00pm EST

[aikoaiko]

142. Only if Wright doesn't keep pushinghim into a corner