All you people who have been complaining about the Wright coverage might want to listen to the messiah, even he says that it’s fair for us to look into it:

Moderator Tim Russert asked Obama why he waited until last week to denounce Wright’s controversial comments instead of earlier in the campaign. Obama said he felt that Wright’s earlier comments about U.S. foreign policy, origins of AIDS and other issues “didn’t define him.”

“They were a bunch of sermons that had been spliced and that’s not who I thought he was,” Obama said. “I did what I thought was right, which was denounce the words, not denounce the man.”
But when Wright spoke at the National Press Club on Monday, “not only did he amplify some of those comments and defended them vigorously, but he added to them,” Obama said.
“I think what really changed was he was going to double down on the statements he made before,” the senator said. “He put gasoline on the fire.”
“He didn’t have much regard for the moment we’re in … we’ve got to bring the country together to solve problems,” Obama continued. “What he said did not bring the country together; it divided the country. I didn’t want my presidential campaign to be associated with that.”
Obama acknowledged that voters should examine his past relationship with Wright.
“I think it’s fair for people to look at this episode,” he said. “When you’re running for president, your life’s an open book. I think people have the right to lift the hood and kick the tires.”

It does go to his character and that’s all we have of him isn’t it? How do we know he would make a good president, his character is about all we got. And if he is saying that he wants to bring the country together but has attended a church that appears to be divisive than should we believe him? That’s a valid question.

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