Barack Obama finally distances himself from Rev. Wright

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In a press conference today, Barack Obama finally distanced himself from his pastor. It appears Wright's performance at the National Press Club put Obama over the edge.

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[sockalexis]

Nothing to this degree. These are big world-view type of statements we are talking about here, not little secretive confessions that pop out from time to time. It's virtually impossible for me to believe that Obama did not know Reverend Wright's views on important political issues such as these until a couple of months ago.

[F716P]

i'm sure you know all of your friends and your pastor if you have one and nothing they could say would suprise you.

[sockalexis]

So, let's see, Obama has known Reverend Wright for 20 years..has been part of Reverend Wright's congregation for 16 years...had Reverend Wright officiate his wedding...had him baptize his kids, but now, oh well, "I may not know him as well as I thought." Obama didn't know Wright's stances on any of these issues prior to the last couple months? Yet he's know the man and has been his friend for the last 20 years? Come on.

[THEBLACKMANIZGOD7]

Rev Wright says "i'm gonna always keep it 100." And if Barack is President, i'll go after him because he represents the same opressive goverment that he has always spoken out against.

[THEBLACKMANIZGOD7]

Rev Wright basically said, " That nigga barack knows the science on me and what i'm all about." Wright says Barack knows me and knows what i'm about. don't try to front like you don't know me now nigga. So Rev Wright did what he did on purpose.

[THEBLACKMANIZGOD7]

Dude has no control over what comes out of his boys mouth or any of his people for that matter. all he can do is deal with it.

[JohnR22926]

I'm glad BO did this, but it's going to be hard for him to convince me he did this out of conviction and not because of political expediency. Wright's recent comments are no different than the things he said in the videos; why does BO now find them "unacceptable"? If the comments were so bad, BO would have rejected Wright when the videos were first released; but he didn't. IMO the recent heat was too great and BO made the decision to categorically reject Wright.

[donottake]

Too little too late Obama. You sat at the feet of Wright for 20 years and soaked up his crap. Now you feel there is a political advantage to dump on Wright. We are not all morons, I am not buying your excuse Obama. You mentioned your book Obama, I've seen it, it is full of anti-white statements. Obama, drop out you are a disgrace.

[just1mereally]

it's sad that barack even had to acknowledge comments made by wright. aesthetics and statements taken out of context have skewed perceptions. i feel that barack made his statement to appease the media, not the american public. no one is perfect, nor do i feel that the american public is looking for a perfect person to hold office. the candidacy would sit vacant for eternity if that were the case. it's disheartening to see that politics (media/the system) have once again reared its ugly head.

[Biafrans7]

Fuzzygoddess, Let me tell you, Obama wins or not (It will probably be McCain), African-americans as oppressed people in america cannot overlook that oppression. You should have sense enough to see that. What the US government needs to do is apologize, like the state of Virginia set the trail, and do something significant as atonement. The man quoted ambassador to Iraq, Whom I commend his boldness, no one is talking about him. Why don't you discuss the issues he raised? Its Jesus "white" then?