Posted on 05/29/2008 5:38:00 AM PDT by SJackson
This week's minor controversy about Barack Obama's claim that an uncle liberated Auschwitz was quickly put to rest by his campaign. They conceded that it was a great uncle whose unit liberated Buchenwald, 500 miles away.
But other, much more troubling, episodes have provided a revealing glimpse into a candidate who instinctively resorts to parsing, evasions and misdirection. The saga over Rev. Jeremiah Wright is Exhibit A. In just 62 days, Americans were treated to eight different explanations.
First, on Feb. 25, Mr. Obama downplayed Rev. Wright's divisiveness, saying he was "like an old uncle who sometimes will say things that I don't agree with." A week later, Mr. Obama insisted, "I don't think my church is actually particularly controversial," suggesting that Rev. Wright was criticized because "he was one of the leaders in calling for divestment from South Africa and some other issues like that."
The issue exploded on March 13, when ABC showed excerpts from Rev. Wright's sermons. Mr. Obama's spokesman said the senator "deeply disagrees" with Rev. Wright's statements, but "now that he is retired, that doesn't detract from Sen. Obama's affection for Rev. Wright or his appreciation for the good works he has done."
The next day, Mr. Obama offered a fourth defense: "The statements that Rev. Wright made that are the cause of this controversy were not statements I personally heard him preach while I sat in the pews of Trinity or heard him utter in private conversation." Mr. Obama also told the Chicago Tribune, "In fairness to him, this was sort of a greatest hits. They basically culled five or six sermons out of 30 years of preaching."
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I hear Obama is for change. Did you know John Kerry is a Vietnam Vet?
Larry Sinclair is in D.C. and you are about to see some SERIOUS revising of history.
Do the young college kids who are adamant about voting for Obama know that he will devalue their degrees????
A moron who can sit through 30 years of sermons and not have the slightest idea what was said???
A klunk--whose statements don't agree with each other from hour to hour, let alone day to day--who thinks there are more than 57 states in the Union--
When the Democrats call on God to damn America--maybe Obama is the method they're asking for!
With the nomination of Obama, the Marxist Left seems to have declared that the means justifies the end.
(And the end is the destruction of the United States.)
With the nomination of Obama, the Marxist Left seems to have declared that the means justifies the end.
(And the end is the destruction of the United States.)
Obama won’t use nuclear response. It is off the table. He might as well wave the white flag.
A loose cannon like Obama? Once empowered, for all we know he could start nuking everything in sight!
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