Obama Merely Changes The Subject

[goldcanyonaz]

March 18, 2008: 08:05 PM EST

Rather than break ties with his demagogic, anti-American pastor, Barack Obama used a speech on race to excuse his behavior and sweep the controversy under the rug. Passing the buck is not very presidential.

Speaking in Philadelphia, steps away from where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were enacted, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president delivered an address that used the words "race" or "races" 11 times, "racial" or "racially" 15 times, and "racism" or "racist" six times.

But Obama's recent troubles, which this much-hyped speech was supposed to put past him, are not about race relations. They're about one churchman who happens to be black, whose views from the pulpit are repugnant and from whom Obama doesn't seem to have the guts to distance himself.

Reacting to being linked with a bigoted conspiracy theorist by lecturing the nation on race is like disgraced ex-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer responding to his getting caught patronizing an international prostitution ring by giving a speech on the female physique.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/IBD-0001-23872530.htm

[LadyVT]

1. Yes. I'm watching cable news and rolling my eyes.

Are they kidding?

Do they not get the point at all?

[durrrty libby]

2. Yes he is good at changing the subject

His speech was all about racism but his pastor was all about damning America

That is not exactly the same subject:eyes:



I found this article.BO demanded Imus get fired but he just makes excuses

for Wright. I really can't stand this hypocrite

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3031317&page=1

[robbedvoter]

3. Interesting observation:

"The problem, according to Obama, is not that Wright is wrong about America being a racist society, but that he "sees white racism as endemic." The problem is not that Wright has made statements that clearly seem anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli, but that he, as Obama puts it, "sees the conflicts in the Middle East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allies like Israel, instead of emanating from the perverse and hateful ideologies of radical Islam."