Yeah? Well why didn't Obama decry what his pastor has been saying for years. Here's an assemblage of Obama statements from this AP story.
If all I knew were those statements I saw on television, I would be shocked," Obama said.
Well, yeah. So why are you surprised that we're shocked?
Obama suggested that more and more is being made of racial divisions as his contest with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton heats up.
"I noticed over the last several weeks that the forces of division have started to raise their ugly heads again. And I'm not here to cast blame or point fingers because everybody, you know, senses that there's been this shift," Obama said.
There's been a shift, Obama, because the mainstream media actually started looking at your background instead of being your biggest cheerleaders. And the race card has been played, as usual, by Democrats.
"It reminds me: We've got a tragic history when it comes to race in this country. We've got a lot of pent-up anger and bitterness and misunderstanding. ... This country wants to move beyond these kinds of things."
I agree with the tragic history of race in this country. I regret the part that my ancestors played. Racism -- at least white racism -- has pretty much been eliminated in this country over the past 40 years. Obama, the fact that you're so popular bears the truth of statement. However, why does your pastor continue to live in the past. And why have you associated with him for more than 20 years? If I attended a church pastored by David Duke and were running for president, don't you think that you would have a few questions?
The Illinois senator's comments came a day after he denounced statements in videos appearing on television and on the Internet of sermons by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor of the Chicago church Obama joined nearly 20 years ago.
So why the hell haven't you been denouncing his statement for the past 20 years? Why denounce your mentor now that you're running for president? If I visited a church that preached about the country being run by Rich White Joooooz (we can always blame the Jooooz, can't we?), that would be my mistake and I would never go back. But if I went to a church that blamed all of my problems on the Rich White Jooooz for 20 years, that would say something about me, wouldn't it?
"Most recently, you heard some statements from my former pastor that were incendiary and that I completely reject, although I knew him and know him as somebody in my church who talked to me about Jesus and family and friendships."
Obama said that pointing out racial differences only makes it harder to "deliver on the big issues we face in this country," which he said include health care, the slumping economy, terrorism and caring better for veterans
Okay, so it's time to change the subject. And if pointing out racial differences makes it harder to address the real issues, then why in God's name have you been attending a church for 20 years that does little else but point out racial differences?
Tell us more about your church's relationship with Louis Farrakhan, the man who called "Judaism a gutter religion." Not only did your church present Farrakhan with a Lifetime Achievement Award, but your your pastor once went to Libya with Farrakhan. Here's a little video about the man your church endorses:
Here's an interview with Louis Farrakhan declaring his support for Obama and continually denouncing "international bankers" who control the world. For those of you who don't know, "international bankers" has long been a code phrase for Jews.

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