Maybe too little too late
Obama dumped Rev. Wright today:
But, I'm afraid it's too little too late. He's already badly damaged goods, and this is probably going to tip the scales to Hillary in Indiana and maybe even North Carolina, where the polls show Hillary closing in.
Unfortunately, Hillary is also damaged goods in my mind, particularly after adopting the McCain gas tax pander today. Meanwhile, the press continues to ignore all of McCain's idiocies, including his new proposal to stop states from mandating specific diseases be covered by health insurance plans in those states. "The market will fill the gap if there's demand for these types of policies," says McCain. Yeah, sure. And, my aunt Minnie is richer than Bill Gates, too.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday he was outraged and appalled by the latest comments from his former pastor, who asserted that criticism of his fiery sermons is an attack on the black church and the U.S. government was responsible for the creation of the AIDS virus.
The presidential candidate is seeking to tamp down the growing fury over Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his incendiary remarks that threaten to undermine his campaign.
"I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened by the spectacle that we saw yesterday," Obama told reporters at a news conference.
But, I'm afraid it's too little too late. He's already badly damaged goods, and this is probably going to tip the scales to Hillary in Indiana and maybe even North Carolina, where the polls show Hillary closing in.
Unfortunately, Hillary is also damaged goods in my mind, particularly after adopting the McCain gas tax pander today. Meanwhile, the press continues to ignore all of McCain's idiocies, including his new proposal to stop states from mandating specific diseases be covered by health insurance plans in those states. "The market will fill the gap if there's demand for these types of policies," says McCain. Yeah, sure. And, my aunt Minnie is richer than Bill Gates, too.
posted by walldon | 2:55 PM
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Obama is trying to tamp down the uproar over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright at a tough time in his campaign. The Illinois senator is coming off a loss in Pennsylvania to rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and trying to win over white working-class voters in Indiana and North Carolina in next Tuesday's primaries.
"I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened over the spectacle that we saw yesterday," Obama told reporters at a news conference Tuesday.
His strong words come just six weeks after Obama delivered a sweeping speech on race in which he sharply condemned Wright's remarks but did not leave the church or repudiate the minister himself, who he said was like a family member. After weeks of staying out of the public eye while critics lambasted his sermons, the former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago made three public appearances in four days to defend himself.
On Monday, Wright criticized the U.S. government as imperialist and stood by his suggestion that the United States invented the HIV virus as a means of genocide against minorities. "Based on this Tuskegee experiment and based on what has happened to Africans in this country, I believe our government is capable of doing anything," he said.
And perhaps even worse for Obama, Wright suggested that the church congregant secretly concurs.
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