In his harshest criticism yet of his former minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama said he was “outraged” by Wright’s comments at the National Press Club Monday, and “saddened by the spectacle.”

 

“I have been a member of Trinity Church since 1992. I have known Rev. Wright for almost 20 years,” he said at a Winston-Salem, North Carolina press conference Tuesday. “The person I saw yesterday is not the person I met 20 years ago.”

 

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ABC News' Ed O'Keefe Reports: Sen. Barack Obama strongly condemned recent comments made by his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, in a high-stakes gamble by his campaign to control a spreading political firestorm.

 

Reacting to what he called the "spectacle" of his former pastor at the National Press Club, Obama, D-Ill., denounced Wright saying, "What Rev. Wright said yesterday directly contradicts everything I have ever done or said in my life."

 

"Whatever relationship I had with Rev Wright has changed as a result of this," Obama said.

 

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ABC News' Ed O'Keefe Reports: Sen. Barack Obama strongly condemned recent comments made by his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, in a high-stakes gamble by his campaign to control a spreading political firestorm.

 

Reacting to what he called the "spectacle" of his former pastor at the National Press Club, Obama, D-Ill., denounced Wright saying, "What Rev. Wright said yesterday directly contradicts everything I have ever done or said in my life."

 

"Whatever relationship I had with Rev Wright has changed as a result of this," Obama said.

 

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Seems like it may have taken him a little too long to figure this out. He can't get far enough away from him now it appears.:walk:

Only time will tell.

I don't think he means it, I honestly believed Wright yesterday when he talked about Barak saying what he needs to say to the media because he's a politician. Barak is just saying what it takes to win Indiana and the future states in this primary.

Seems like it may have taken him a little too long to figure this out. He can't get far enough away from him now it appears.:walk:

 

I don't think he means it, I honestly believed Wright yesterday when he talked about Barak saying what he needs to say to the media because he's a politician. Barak is just saying what it takes to win Indiana and the future states in this primary.

 

:thumb:

So, was it because of what Wright said or because he was afraid of slipping in the polls?

It was sort of a darned if you do, darned if you don't type situation. Obama should have made his sharp criticisms before now. He is now crossing his fingers that this does not turn in to a crossfire with Wright responding to Obama.

It was sort of a darned if you do, darned if you don't type situation.

I agree.

It was sort of a darned if you do, darned if you don't type situation. Obama should have made his sharp criticisms before now. He is now crossing his fingers that this does not turn in to a crossfire with Wright responding to Obama.

Which is why it looks like it's for political reasons to me.

You know It is rather funny to hear some responses.

 

If Obama says nothing (or nothing you think is strong enough) its: "Well, he must agree with Rev. Wright."

 

If Obama says he is upset and that this is not like the Rev. Wright he knew years before some respond with: "Well, he's only saying that because he's a politician."

 

:lol:

 

It wouldn't matter if he had slugged Rev. Wright for some people's opinions, they would have found a way to criticize Obama irregardless of which way he flips.

You know It is rather funny to hear some responses.

 

If Obama says nothing (or nothing you think is strong enough) its: "Well, he must agree with Rev. Wright."

 

If Obama says he is upset and that this is not like the Rev. Wright he knew years before some respond with: "Well, he's only saying that because he's a politician."

 

:lol:

 

It wouldn't matter if he had slugged Rev. Wright for some people's opinions, they would have found a way to criticize Obama irregardless of which way he flips.

If he would have done what he is now when it first came out, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

If he would have done what he is now when it first came out, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

 

I seriously doubt that but it's okay if you choose to say it and believe it. :thumb:

I think Obama did the right thing....finally. I am not so sure this wasn't a set up deal however. Remember how shocked everyone was the Rev. Wright came out from which ever rock he has been under and just let loose again. I think this may have been a calculated move on the part of Wright (and possibly Obama) to give BHO a chance to distance himself politically for the duration of the election. Without this event, BHO would have faced much increased scrutiny in the fall during the General Election than he already has. Now the Rev. Wright think is essentially dead. BHO just has to say that he has renounced him and that is that.

Obama says this after just a short while ago he said that "he wouldn't throw him under the bus" . Could John Kerry be this guys running mate? :lol: They seem to have the same pattern of talking both ways on things.