Monday, April 21, 2008

Tortured Explanations

When Barack Obama's "Bitter" comments were revealed, his supporters immediately rushed to his defense, claiming his comments were the "truth." In fact, Obama refused to back down from his comments, claiming exactly that. Then, he revised his comments, claiming he "used the wrong words" but that the "sentiments" were correct. Then he claimed he put it inartfully, and then by Saturday afternoon he said "if anyone was offended by the remarks, he regretted it" He did not say he was sorry for the remarks. I thought this was striking and very revealing.

All along, Obama has been pounding Hillary Clinton for her Iraq vote, claiming she never acknowledged her mistake. Why did he not take his own advice and admit he made a mistake when he made his now famous "bitter" comments? I would suggest that perhaps he can't. Mr. Obama has never acknowledged or taken any responsibility for anything that has been unearthed about him, including the Rezko connection, Reverend Wright, his handwriting on a document in which he pledged to accept public financing. It is always someone else's fault and not his, or he has a "plausible" explanation for the predicaments in which he finds himself.

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