Thrown Wright under the bus

Last week, Barack Obama gave a tremendous speech in which he condemned Rev. Wright's ugly social and political views, but did not repudiate the man himself. It seemed to work. This week, however, it looks like the strain is starting to show:

White House hopeful Barack Obama suggests he would have left his Chicago church had his longtime pastor, whose fiery anti-American comments about U.S. foreign policy and race relations threatened Obama's campaign, not stepped down.

"Had the reverend not retired, and had he not acknowledged that what he had said had deeply offended people and were inappropriate and mischaracterized what I believe is the greatness of this country, for all its flaws, then I wouldn't have felt comfortable staying at the church," Obama said Thursday during a taping of the ABC talk show, "The View." The interview will be broadcast Friday.

Obama had handled this controversy perfectly, and illustrated that he wasn't about to cast aside an old friend and mentor when the political heat is on. But today, he looks like...a politician.

Damian P.

Posted by damian at March 28, 2008 07:20 AM