Obama on Wright

Posted: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:43 PM by Mark Murray

From NBC's Abby Livingston and NBC/NJ's Athena Jones
At his media avail in Indiana, NBC's Lee Cowan asked Obama about Rev. Wright's statement that the Illinois senator acted as a politician in giving his speech on Wright and race in Philadelphia back in March.

Here's Obama's response: "Well, look, I have commented extensively, most prominently in that speech in Pennsylvania on my profound disagreements with some of Rev. Wright's comments. And you know, I understand that he might not agree with me on my assessment of his comments. That's to be expected."

"So you know, he is obviously free to ... express his opinions on these issues. You know, I've expressed mine very clearly. I think that what he said in several instances were objectionable. And I understand why the American people took offense. And you know, as I indicated before, I took offense."

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CSH, IL

1 Obama lost Penn by 9 points. 9 is not a double digit number unless you include the leading zero. Come to think of it, if you include two leading zeros, 009, then he lost by triple digits. Wow! What an awesome win for Hillary!

2 Obama won Texas. Are you under the impression that if you repeat a lie often enough, it will become the truth? Check the numbers. Obama garnered more delegates from Texas than Hillary did. Obama won Texas.

3 I was going to list all of the states that Hillary lost, but that would take up to much bandwidth.

4 As an Obama supporter, I can assure you, I am not bitter at all. I am looking forward to Denver, when I can watch my candidate accept the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

5 I also live in Illinois. This is the only state that Obama and Clinton can both claim as their home state. Do you remember the Illinois primary result?

Obama in 2008. Integrity matters and the Clintons have none.

Sick of corruption, sick of the Clintons (Sent Friday, April 25, 2008 1:15 PM)

The media hype during this primary really has me concerned about the integrity of the Fourth Estate. What on earth has happened to responsible, ethical, objective journalism? Has the almighty dollar or ulterior motives ruined America's access to truth?

And, has anyone else noticed how Chris Matthews is practically orgasmic over Hillary? jeez, Chris. What's with that? Why have you become such a shill for the Clintons? Are you ramping up for your own political bid in PA and want the Machine behind you? I used to record Hardball so I could watch it after work but not any more -- It's one thing to tolerate Chris' constant interruptions and yelling but sucking up to Hillary is intolerable.

sara, mesa, az (Sent Friday, April 25, 2008 1:15 PM)

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