Obama's statement on Rev. Wright

Obama categorically rejects, denounces and disagrees with some of the more radical statements that Rev. Jeremiah Wright has made.

Rev. Wright sure hasn't made life easy for Obama since he decided to run for President. I wonder if that's conscious or not. His daughter is running Rev. Al Sharpton's organization in Chicago now, which might be why he's turned up the rhetoric on race. I don't really see what the big deal is, but I guess it could be a bit much for whitebread America.

Me'Shell Norris from NPR was on Meet the Press today and she made the exact point that I've been thinking. She said that it's a much broader statement than most people realize to condemn Rev. Wright for the statements he makes in his sermons. Most black churches preach very similar ideas and it only shows how out of touch people are if they don't realize that.