[Image]"We don't want to have to answer for everything that's stated in the church... We also don't want the church subjected to the scrutiny that a presidential campaign legitimately undergoes."
Obama said he was resigning "with some sadness... This is not a decision I come to lightly..."
"That is why I am deeply disappointed in Father Pfleger's divisive, backward-looking rhetoric, which doesn't reflect the country I see or the desire of people across America to come together in common cause," he said in a statement Thursday. The rumor dominating media circles today is the supposed videotape that shows Michelle Obama speaking in church and pillorying "whitey".
[Image]If that really happened, I assume Barack Obama will claim he was never in church to hear his wife, either.
Put simply, Obama has now "swiftboated" his church. That is, he told the truth about it and its "divisive, backward-looking rhetoric."
Update: note that the flag pin made its reappearance on Obama's lapel.
"Barack Obama swiftboats his church"
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