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Originally Posted by eleanoraquitaine
I gain immediate respect for any black person who condemns wright, and there are plenty that do though a minority of the total. Juan Williams in my opinion has been on top of this from the start as well as plenty of others, pointing out that this guy is a racist evil prick who doesn't necessarily represent all blacks but unfortunately does represnt a lot of them and the dominant black culture of the moment.
Obama is doing the "wright thing" by disowning him now and saying it just the right way, music to my ears. I am gaining respect for him now that he is doing so, but it is too late to get my vote of course and I don't favor his policies anyway. Still, it says something good about Obama. He could have stuck by wright, as most blacks do, and still won the democratic nomination.
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I do not see it as doing the right thing. He had plenty of time to do the right thing over the last twenty years. Now he is doing what he has to do. Nothing more.
He knew that he would keep his core demographic by sticking with Wright, and he was thinking that this whole thing would be blown over and his charm and speaking abilities would win back what he lost but the media kept after it. He has made something like four different statements about it. When one did not work he made another that was just a bit more harsh. Now he finally realized that it was not going to blow over so he did what he did. But as the media got a taste of being able to push him, they will continue to do so.