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May 01, 2008
You Know, That's What I Was Thinking
So I was walking around yesterday, trying to figure out a) Why people want to pin Rev. Jeremiah Wright's verbal diarrhea on Barack Obama, and b) Why a candidate for president going to church with a pastor who occasionally says offensive things is worse than being a candidate for president who stays married to an adulterous schmuck who dallied with interns in the White House. And great minds must think alike, because The Rude Pundit has quite recently asked exactly the same question.
I'm just glad I don't have to answer for every idiotic thing anyone I've ever associated with has ever said or done.
Posted by mwashburn at May 1, 2008 10:55 AMPosted to Culture & Politics
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That's what politics is all about. Who you associate with always comes back to bite you in the ass.
Posted by: Carol at May 1, 2008 01:15 PM
Well, this is one of the 8,364 reasons I'm not in politics.
Posted by: flygrrl at May 1, 2008 01:20 PM
I'm glad for that too, otherwise I'd be a major liability to you ;)
Posted by: patita at May 2, 2008 10:16 AM
Um...good point.
Posted by: Jesse at May 2, 2008 01:08 PM
I'd say it was easier to stop attending that church than to end a 20+ year marriage.
Does Obama deserve it? No. Nevertheless, McCain will have a field day with this, making Obama even less electable.
Posted by: b at May 2, 2008 04:08 PM
Who knows how McCain will act once he's going toe-to-toe with Obama, but he's on the record as supporting Barack over this whole Rev. Wright thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed1Tb-vrEww
Warning: That's a FOX News clip, but it's the first link I found.
Double Warning: Hannity shows up in the clip. God-fucking-damn does he ever trigger my gag relfex.
The fact that McCain has a similar problem with one Pastor John Hagee may be tempering his Obama-Wright rhetoric.
Posted by: Adam at May 3, 2008 07:57 PM
I also love the fact that Rev. Wright was a guest at the White House during the Clinton administration to give "spiritual guidance" to Bill during the Lewinsky thing... so this is really one of those "glass houses" situations, methinks.
Posted by: flygrrl at May 3, 2008 08:02 PM