Barack Obama has yet to explain why, when he knew about Jeremiah Wright’s hateful speech, he remained a part of Wright’s congregation for 20 years. Maybe he just has a tin ear for hateful speech? Maybe he has a heart larger than any of us and is able to forgive heinous comments that you and I would recoil at?
Apparently not.
Take a look at this video of Barack commenting on the Imus’ remark about female basketball players.
In case you missed it or don’t want to watch the link, here are the relevant questions and Obama’s answer:
David Gregory – "¦Do you think (Imus) should be fired?
Barack Obama – I don’t think MSNBC should be carrying the kinds of hateful remarks that Imus uttered the other day. He has a track record of making those kinds of remarks"¦
David Gregory"¦will you or would you be a guest on his show in the future?
Barack Obama – no I would not"¦.he was fine when I was on that show. I don’t want to be an enabler or be encouraging in any way of the kind of programming that results in the unbelievably offensive statements that were made just a few days ago.
So….Obama believes appearing on another Imus show, a show that Barack says has a track record for hateful remarks would be enabling or encouraging that kind of behavior.
Wow! 1 appearance or 20 years, 1 appearance or 20 years, 1 appearance or 20 years, 1 appearance or 20 years.
Revisions/extensions (11:24 pm 3/18/2008, steveegg) – Attempted to fix the embedded video.
I might give Obama a couple years to have found out about Wright’s racism. Of course, that doesn’t give him any excuse for the other 18.
Obama’s stance vis-a-vis Imus is par for the political course, especially the liberal end.