On November 16, 2007 I wrote on this blog, “I personally dis-associated myself from a friend who showed himself to be a bigot and I would not be part of any group that stood for any bigotry.”
Today Barack Obama stated, “I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or serves to divide us from our allies,” Obama said. “I also believe that words that degrade individuals have no place in our public dialogue, whether it’s on the campaign stump or in the pulpit. In sum, I reject outright the statements by Reverend Wright that are at issue.”
Quoting from an AP report, “He said Wright’s controversial statements first came to his attention at the beginning of his presidential campaign last year, and he condemned them. Because of his ties to the 6,000-member congregation church – he and his wife were married there and their daughters baptized – Obama decided not to leave the church.”
On As an Independent I liked Barack Obama. I voted for him in the Democratic California primary. I must hold someone I would support for president of the United States to the same standards I set for myself. Hillary Clinton is no angel (playing the race card, playing on fear, and keeping too many secrets). John McCain has at least two faults (he opposes a national health care system and would fight a war in Iraq for a hundred years).
When I vote in November I will be holding my nose.
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