Conservatives have frequently complained about the media's anti-conservative bias. That's why it's worth commending ABCNews for this article about the contradictions highlighted in Obama's J-Wright speech. Here's the opening of their article:
Buried in his eloquent, highly praised speech on America's racial divide, Sen. Barack Obama contradicted more than a year of denials and spin from him and his staff about his knowledge of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's controversial sermons.This msut be one of the worst weeks anyone's ever suffered in the history of American politics. The biggest problem currently facing Obama is the Pastor J-Wright problem. Sen. Obama initially told FNC's Major Garrett that he hadn't heard any of Pastor J-Wright's inflammatory speeches. Yesterday, he admitted that he'd heard them but did nothing about them.Similarly, Obama also has only recently given a much fuller accounting of his relationship with indicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a longtime friend, who his campaign once described as just one of "thousands of donors."
Until yesterday, Obama said the only thing controversial he knew about Rev. Wright was his stand on issues relating to Africa, abortion and gay marriage.
The question I have is this: Why didn't Sen. Obama chastize Pastor J-Wright for his incendiary commentary? That's the minimum he should've done. Sen. Obama would've been perfectly justified in leaving TUCC. I suspect that that would've been the politically smart move, too.
That's awful enough but that isn't all. Last Friday, Sen. Obama also admitted that Mr. Rezko was more than "just one of 'thousands of donors.'" I told a friend last Saturday that "You know it's a bad week for Sen. Obama when his admitting to having close ties to Tony Rezko isn't the worst news of the week for him.
His initial reaction to the initial ABC News broadcast of Rev. Wright's sermons denouncing the U.S. was that he had never heard his pastor of 20 years make any comments that were anti-U.S. until the tape was played on air.That giant sucking sound you're hearing is Sen. Obama's credibility disappearing down the drain. While he might not get hurt by his contradictions in the Democratic nomination process, I'll bet the proverbial ranch that they'll destroy him in the general election.But yesterday, he told a different story.
"Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes," he said in his speech yesterday in Philadelphia.
In the case of his relationship with Rezko, Obama has also been slow to acknowledge the full extent of his relationship.Sen. Obama can't afford any more hits to his credibility. He created an image of transcending race and political affiliation. Now it's verifiable fact that he's attended a racist church pastored by an America-hating pastor. If it gets any worse, he can forever kiss his presidential ambitions goodbye.It was only last week that he revealed Rezko had raised some $250,000 in campaign contributions for him.
The campaign had initially claimed Rezko-connected contributions were no more than $60,000, an amount the campaign donated to charity. Then the figure grew to around $86,000, and there were additional revelations that put the amount at about $150,000. Obama's $250,000 accounting was a substantial jump and clearly contradicted earlier campaign statements that Rezko was just one of "thousands of donors."
The bad news is that I'll be posting something later tonight that'll add to Sen. Obama's troubles. Sen. Obama's ugly week is about to get uglier.
