Obama says he's outraged by Rev. Wright's comments.

[mystieus]

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/

"The person I saw yesterday was not the person that I met 20 years ago," Obama says of his former pastor. "His comments were not only divisive and destructive, but I believe that they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate ... 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."

oh snap! it starts!

[MNDemNY]

1. A little late to the party, don't ya think?

[mystieus]

2. He was really torn up in that press conference, you could tell he was really pained. I think he did

..what he had to do.

[thoughtcrime1984]

5. I agree, he didn't want to have to do that, but Wright forced his hand.

Of course the media will tear him down further for this, and then, let's not forget about Ayres! :sarcasm:

[thoughtcrime1984]

8. He now realized that Wright was not particularly looking out for him

He did not want to denounce Wright, but it has become painfully obvious that Wright was going to use his pulpit to keep this "story" in the news. Why, I do not know, but it is clear that Obama had to distance himself further from anything Wright may say in the future that would be tied to Obama by association, as the media has been wont to do with him.

[thevoiceofreason]

14. You are the first poster on each of these threads, with the same message

Answer: No it's not too late. For Barack. It is too late for Hillary.

[grasswire]

3. there goes his base

goodness. Somehow, he was trapped in this mess.

[thoughtcrime1984]

4. What is his base?

You mean AA's? They are going to leave him en masse? There is more to his base than just the AA's, and I'd be awfully surprised if they ran to Hillary or McCain because of this. You can hope, though, right?

[grasswire]

6. I thought his base was elite lefties.

No?

He didn't just repudiate Wright today.

[thoughtcrime1984]

10. Get used to saying "President Obama"

The good members of the Democratic Party will help this to happen.

[oviedodem]

9. He won't lose the base because MOST of the base don't go to liberation churches most

are baptist, pentacostal, in addition to the old tried and true catholicsm.

[Cha]

7. You know nothing..your comments

are meant to flame but your match is wet.

[Nederland]

11. Nonsense

Who are people going to want to align themselves to, a black preacher who says that America hates you and you will never get a fair shake, or the man who will be the next president of the United States?

Easy choice. Americans go with winners.

It's no surprise to see people like Wright try to sabotage Obama. If a black man becomes president it will undermine all the points he's been making from the pulpit for the last 3 decades.

[grasswire]

12. you have posited a false choice

Wright isn't on the ballot.

[Gore1FL]

13. You'd swear by some of the posts at DU

that he was his running mate.

[Nederland]

15. True

But they aren't going to align themselves with Hillary or McCain either. Obama is a winner and Americans go with winners.

[mystieus]

16. Obama did EXACTLY what he had to do.