Barack Obama spent the past two days distancing himself from Jeremiah Wright, his pastor of 20 years, whose "God Damn America" sermons have begun to embarrass the candidate.
I've been wondering why those racist and anti-American remarks and sermons did not bother the Senator until he became a presidential candidate. Why is it that he remained a member of the congregation and a close friend of Wright (Obama considers him "family") if he categorically rejects and repudiates those views? Richard Cohen of the Washington Post asked the same questions in this column about Obama and his recent recanting on Wright.
Sen. Obama has been very lucky that most of the media is very easy on him. The hounds would have been on Hillary or McCain in similar circumstances.
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