Obama's Preacher - Does it Matter?

All the crap with the preacher was dying down, but Rev. Wrong stirred it all up again.

Before it was just a bunch of random sound bites taken (perhaps) out of context over the course of 20 years. But NOW, he’s saying it all again – fresh & new and scaring the hell out of people.

Do the lunatic ravings of his preacher reflect badly on Obama? Initially, I thought not. But he has been attending this man’s church for many years and he’s certainly heard these vile remarks. You can’t say that Obama just napped on the pew on the occasional Sunday and didn’t really know the guy; this man was a spiritual advisor to Obama – they prayed together the day Obama announced his candidacy for president.

I don’t care for it when ANYONE spouts that sort of racist, anti-American, inflammatory BS. If I attended a church or was part of any organization whose ideological leader expressed those sorts of opinions I would definitely leave.

So, it seems to me that the choices are these:
- Obama agrees with his preacher and is just now denouncing him to get elected
- Obama doesn’t agree with his preacher but didn’t have the strength of character to
speak up for what’s right until it became politically necessary

Neither is very appealing to me. Especially not in a presidential candidate.