Obama Distances Himself From Rev. Wright

Obama has (finally) taken an unequivocal stance against comments from his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. These particular comments Obama is reacting against are ones Wright made over the weekend at some speaking engagements. If you haven’t seen Wright’s performances this weekend, I highly recommend you check ’em out. I saw his talk at an NAACP event, it was deep and had me cracking up at certain parts. The dude is very entertaining… I need to get him for my next birthday party. Anyway, Obama’s got beef with him now. NYT:

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Senator Barack Obama broke forcefully on Tuesday with his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., in an effort to curtail a drama of race, values, patriotism and betrayal that has enveloped his presidential candidacy at a critical juncture.

At a news conference here, Mr. Obama denounced remarks Mr. Wright made in a series of televised appearances over the last several days suggesting that the United States had been attacked because it engaged in terrorism on other people, that the government was capable of having used the AIDS virus to commit genocide against minorities and casting Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, in a positive light…

…“I’m outraged by the comments that were made and saddened over the spectacle that we saw yesterday,” Mr. Obama said. He added, “I find these comments appalling. It contradicts everything that I’m about and who I am.”