They threw each other under the bus within the last two days. How funny. Will this enable Obama to remove the albatross from his neck? Perhaps. Has a little of his teflon coating chipped off? Seems so. Still months to go before we see whether this paper tiger will fold.

Obama should have dumped the Reverend Wright at the get-go. In addition to being associated with this preacher’s mindset, Obama has now demonstrated that he is willing to throw his associates to the wolves (after so gallantly defending Wright initially.) All the personal loyalty Obama trumpeted in his first speech has gone by the wayside and once again we have the politically expedient. Not that there is anything wrong with a pragmatic approach when you’re in politics. But you can’t sing both songs and expect anyone to either buy it or trust you. However, I can understand that Obama feels personally betrayed by Wright. It’s as if the preacher has found his “world stage” and is taking full advantage of the chance to vent, not even thinking that he’s killing Obama’s chances of being the first Black Man in the White House. It’s kind of like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Probably the last person on earth that these candidates think are going to take them down are their religious guidance leaders. Obama had no way of seeing this coming but he should of been very concerned when the good Rev. started putting his two cents in early on.
Obviously the Rev. has his own agenda and he is using his notoriaty of being associated with Obama to put them out there. The damage is done and I don’t think backpeddling now is going to help things.

What’s Wright trying to accomplish? He’s successfully undermining Barack, and he’s either oblivious to it, or he’s working surreptitiously in Hilliary’s behalf, or he’s just plain stupid. Maybe all three! Barack would do well to continue to distance himself from the good reverend, and from others of his kind.

A religious figure, much like paternal/maternal figures, is hard to just dump without much thought. Those of us raised in the church know that its teachings–and teachers–are to be followed and trusted on “faith”. A change of heart toward these preachers or their preachings are something that must come at its own pace, something that evolves over time.
One could admire Obama for not just immediately turning his back on Rev Wright, for giving the situation time for thought and also to build to that “final straw” moment. After all, do we want a POTUS who flies of the handle, jumps to immediate judgement, and does not give considerate time and thought to his/her actions?

First of all, I think it would be great to have a Black president in office. However, I don’t think a guy like Obama is a good choice.

Anyone who associates with the likes of Rev. Wright and his racist views, is not qualified to lead our country. I think Obama agrees with Wright’s views, or he would have found a different church sooner. The only reason he’s distanced himself from Wright is because of political strategy.

I think for this reason, I’d rather see Hillary in office than Obama. A racist has no place in the presidency.

I believe Reverent Wright when he says his comments were presented out of context. This is typical of the media, who seek sensationalism over sustance. I don’t think you can hold Obama accountable for Rev. Wright’s comments anymore than you can hold any St. Louis Catholic accountable for the comments and actions of Archbishop Burke. For me this entire spectacle is just another example of the sleazy underbelly of policital campaigns. Let’s face it, political victories are more about surviving slander than being chosen on your merits.

Should Obamessiah have broken ties with Wright earlier? You mean he has cut them now?

It is utterly ridiculous to think that he sat in his church for twenty freakin years and didnt hear this type of black liberation theology that he is suddenly so shocked by.

He is walking a thin line here on a couple different issues. If he really throws Wright under the bus, he could alienate the black vote and be seen as part of what he really is, just another politician who joined the church for political reasons. If he doesnt repudiate Wright, he is seen as accepting Wright’s black liberation theology and turns off a different block of voters.

Obamessiah had twenty years to cut ties with Wright if he was so shocked, doing so now is a little late.

Wright isn’t spewing anything new, so why is Obama suddenly offended by Wright’s views? Perhaps in reality Obama really isn’t distancing himself, really isn’t throwing anyone else under the train, but is only going through the motions to appease folks until after the election.

Or, Wright is so full of hate and so intent on proving whites are a bunch of racists who would never elect a black president, he is willing to derail Obama just to prove that. Either way, I find Obama untrustworthy and his judgment completely lacking to have had such a long association with Wright.

BTW, jfmoyn #7, please do not compare Wright with Archbishop Burke. They are worlds apart and each man’s comments and actions don’t even begin to compare.

Too late? About 20 years too late. Obama chose Wrights church. He chose to expose his children to what Wright preaches. He chose to moderately defend him when the story first broke. At this point, to suddenly get offended seems to miss the mark. It seems like a last ditch to finally sate the public by doing what should have been done 20 years ago. This is absolutely too late.