{"id":503,"date":"2008-04-09T11:59:36","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T11:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/04\/top-clinton-supporter-slams-ob.html"},"modified":"2008-04-09T11:59:36","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T11:59:36","slug":"top-clinton-supporter-slams-ob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/04\/top-clinton-supporter-slams-ob.html","title":{"rendered":"Top Clinton Supporter Slams Obama on Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wrightwsj.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/211\/import\/wrightwsj.jpg\" width=\"136\" \/>To call Lanny Davis, former special counsel to President Bill Clinton, a supporter of Hillary Clinton&#8217;s presidential candidacy doesn&#8217;t really do his role justice. He&#8217;s more like an honorary member of Clinton&#8217;s campaign. So when he goes for Barack Obama&#8217;s jugular this morning in <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB120770107738700007.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> over Obama&#8217;s response to Rev. Jeremiah Wright&#8217;s controversial sermons, it&#8217;s hard to believe he doesn&#8217;t have Clinton&#8217;s official blessing:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[I]f Sen. Obama wins the nomination, he needs to understand that this issue goes well beyond Clinton partisans. Now is the time to address these questions, not later.<br \/>\nClearly Mr. Obama does not share the extremist views of Rev. Wright. He is a tolerant and honorable person. But that is not the issue. The questions remain: Why did he stay a member of the congregation? Why didn&#8217;t he speak up earlier? And why did he reward Rev. 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