Obama is an idiot who lies like the Clintons. Read this excerpt from ABC’s The View, where Obama claims that if Rev. Jeremiah Wright had not planned on retiring, he would have left the church. I’ll parse this to make it easier for any of you liberals out there who might be reading this. Note that the Associated Press is being uncharacteristically harsh on The Great Obama:

WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama seemed to suggest in an interview aired Friday that his former pastor has acknowledged that his controversial remarks were inappropriate and hurtful, although there are no public accounts of the minister having done so.

Pretty harsh last sentence by the Associated Press. I’ve searched the web and have found no evidence that Rev. Wright has repudiated his utterly stupid remarks. If I’m wrong, will someone please direct me to them.

Obama discussed his relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright on ABC’s “The View,” which was taped Thursday and aired Friday.

“Had the reverend not retired and had he not acknowledged that what he had said had deeply offended people and were inappropriate and mischaracterized what I believe is the greatness of this country, for all its flaws, then I wouldn’t have felt comfortable staying there at the church,” Obama said.

Yeah, right. Unfortunately, half the country probably believes this lie.

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the senator’s remarks did not imply that Wright has expressed misgivings about his statements.

“Sen. Obama was clearly saying that were Rev. Wright not retiring, he would need to be assured that the reverend understood why what he had said had deeply offended people and mischaracterized the greatness of this country,” Burton said.

I’ve never met this man in my life

Wright, who officiated at Obama’s wedding and his been his spiritual mentor for years, recently retired from the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. He became an issue in Obama’s presidential bid in recent weeks when videos circulated of Wright condemning the U.S. government for allegedly racist and genocidal acts. In the videos, some several years old, Wright called on God to “damn America.” He also said the government created the AIDS virus to destroy “people of color.”

Some of the videos were several years old? You mean Rev. Wright just didn’t all of a sudden go loopy right before his retirement, as Obama implies.

Again, Obama attended the church regularly for 20 years. In his book, Dreams of my Father, Obama describes Wright as his mentor. If I visited a church where the pastor preached against blacks and Jews, I would have stormed out the door before the first sentence was over. I sure wouldn’t describe a racist conspiracy theorist as my mentor.

Does Obama’s association with Wright make him ineligible for president. Yes, it does.