On Thursday, Barack Obama quit his controversial church, ending a decades-only relationship. Paraphrasing Bob Owens, the presumptive Democratic nominee admitted extremely questionable judgment for the past twenty years, as he attended services regularly at an institution famous for its outlandish, conspiratorial and racist sermons.
"We don't want to have to answer for everything that's stated in the church... We also don't want the church subjected to the scrutiny that a presidential campaign legitimately undergoes."
Obama said he was resigning "with some sadness... This is not a decision I come to lightly..."
"That is why I am deeply disappointed in Father Pfleger's divisive, backward-looking rhetoric, which doesn't reflect the country I see or the desire of people across America to come together in common cause," he said in a statement Thursday.
The rumor dominating media circles today is the supposed videotape that shows Michelle Obama speaking in church and pillorying "whitey".
If that really happened, I assume Barack Obama will claim he was never in church to hear his wife, either.Put simply, Obama has now "swiftboated" his church. That is, he told the truth about it and its "divisive, backward-looking rhetoric."
Update: note that the flag pin made its reappearance on Obama's lapel.
Update II: The Obama campaigns thinks Americans are really, really stupid. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs says, "I think what [decision] Barack Obama made in the past few days is a deeply personal, not political decision."
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