Political JUNGLE

Obama’s response to Rev. Wright was right, for once.  Obama chose to finally denounce his former pastor, and just plainly answer the barrage of questions  in very calm and respectable manner.  His responses didn’t seem rehearsed or elaborately planned, but just honest.  Well, honest as can be expected from a politician in the race for president.  That brings up the issue that now seems to be the hotly debated topic among conservative talk show hosts.  Is Obama dismissing his former pastor simply because its the politically expedient choice?  Or, is this his liberal heart bleeding the truth?  Its hard to tell, as he is an extraordinary orator/teleprompter reader.  The criticism now seems to focus on Obama being a member of the church for 20 years, and how could he not know about this? People are wondering why all of the sudden he’s up in arms.  Obama claims he had never heard Wright speak this way and with such venom.  I personally applaud Obama for simply answering questions, and admitting what Rev. Wright said was offensive to him, and Americans.  I applaud him for not speaking about race once again.  However, I do not applaud him for apparently falling asleep in the pews of the church for the last 20 years.  I’ll just assume he wasn’t an every Sunday attendee as opposed to thinking he just lied to us today.  I’m not going to judge whether Obama is being truthful, and at this point think we should take him at his word.  Yes, the unfavorable media coverage probably forced him into this press conference, but to declare him a liar, is at this point premature.  Until an “America plotted 911″ conversation between Wright and Obama surface, or video of Obama nodding off at one of these inflammatory sermons is leaked, we need to believe the guy.  At this point lets stop raking Obama over the coals, especially regarding a pastor who just proved he is indeed off his rocker. ”I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened over the spectacle that we saw yesterday,” Obama said.   That’s good enough for me.  Don’t get me wrong, I think its important to know our president, and I believe this is a crucial issue, but Obama cannot be faulted any more for the future rants of Rev. Wright.  As always its politics, and time will tell.  

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