Ars Politica: April 2008 Archives
It's about time -- in fact, it was long past time:
Obama strongly denounces former pastor
It was remarkable how liberals and the Left generally missed the necessity of doing this (they miss a lot, but this should have been obvious), e.g.,
Liberal Values completely missed the political time bomb by seeing the Obama and Wright relationship as one distastefully based on religion rather than a reflection of Obama's character and judgment, which is where the real issues and questions lay:
Obama’s infusion of religion in politics was one major reason why he was not my first choice from the start . . . [however] I’ve been able to support Obama despite his mingling of religion in a political campaign to a degree far more that I would like due to his strong support for separation of church and state. (Liberal Values, Obama Responds to Controversy over Wright).
In response to the release of the initial Wright video, Obama gave a great speech, and it satisfied a lot of people, mostly liberals, e.g., Liberal Values's Obama's Speech, Charles Murry from The Corner, and, of course, Andrew Sullivan, however, it shouldn't have -- because it was a cop-out. It showed a lack of true leadership, true responsibility, and experience.
