Is Obama’s Ship Sinking Under The Weight Of Wright?
It certainly seems that way:
The Illinois senator spoke at a hastily arranged press conference on the airport tarmac in Wilmington, N.C., as media traveling with him were about to board his campaign plane. Airplane engines roared in the background and a plane taking off interrupted the brief media availability, which lasted less than six minutes and permitted only three questions.
Obama sought anew to distance himself from the incendiary remarks of Wright after his former pastor spoke Monday at the National Press Club. Wright delivered a high-profile speech the night before at a NAACP dinner in Detroit and also appeared on a PBS program hosted by Bill Moyers for a lengthy interview.
“Some of the comments that Rev. Wright has made offend me, and I understand why they offend the American people. He does not speak for me. He does not speak for the campaign,” Obama said.
I think that Obama telling us he finds Wright offensive is probably worse than Obama trying to explain to us why Wright isn’t offensive. When Obama was trying to whitewash Wright’s comments at least we were left with the vague possibility that perhaps there really was some context that Wright’s words could be put in that would make it all better.
But now that Obama is telling us that he finds Wright offensive too we’re all just left wondering why, if Obama is sincere, he sat in a Church pew for two decades listening to things that offended him.
