As far as I'm concerned, this is just another of Obama’s clever Campaign Speeches. He did not "answer" the questions about the hateful rhetoric he's been listening to for 20 years. Instead, he chided America about racism and segregation, explained rather than answers specific questions, but took no responsibility for his lack of judgment. I for one was not impressed by his airing of America's "dirty linen."
Didn't he tell people on Friday when he made the rounds of the cable news, that he was not in attendance and "never" heard any of these sermons, otherwise he would have left the church? Yet, today, he admitted he did in fact hear these hateful words. By the way, Michele Obama is on the tape, in attendance, when Rev. Wright was spurting off about America's "chicken's coming home to the roost." I guess the media did not recognize her on that tape? To me, the man has zero credibility and zero judgment and takes no responsibility for his action.
I predict it will not silence the debate but will only generate more discussion about the issue. He seemed rather defiant and combative to me, especially when he talked about the media replaying the REV's words over and over. He had no qualms about using the same media on Friday to quash the subject, and again today in his attempt to change the subject.
This speech will not put this matter to rest and will hurt him in upcoming states. America is finally seeing the "real" Barack Obama, not the uniter of America as he's been portraying himself to be. He managed to "hide" another one of his "sudden" revelations on Friday specifically that Rezko was much more involved in his life and campaign than he's been asserting; the fact that he's raised more money than he's said he's raised. And yet, he has the temerity to be critical of Hillary Clinton's tax records when he has not released his records prior to 2006 or revealed how his earmarks has been spent.
Everyone keeps talking about the speech as if it's the greatest ever given: Bull! It was nothing more than an attempt to throw the ball in American's/America's court and absolve him of his poor judgment. The fact is he's been selling himself as this person who going to "bring the country together" but he's nothing more than a snake oil salesman out for political power.
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If I was his grandmother, I would disown him! If that does not illuminate how ruthless this man is, I don't know what else will. You just don't air your family's dirty laundry in public! And you certainly don't air your country's problems before the whole world for the sake of your political ambitions! I thought it was outrageous, and WRONG!
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