I watched the interviews with Reverend Wright (over the past couple of weeks) and I was dissappointed in what he had to say. I watched his entire sermon and I agree that some of the quotes publicized in the past were taken out of context, but in context they were still highly inflammatory and IMHO, very anti-american and racist. I don't doubt that Obama was even more dissappointed. I don't know if his full sermons are still available, but you could download them from the church's website (warning they are 1.5 hours long). I was surprised that Obama didn't fire off a response then as Reverend Wright inferred that Obama knew full well what he was preaching all those years and Obama took a political stance to separate himself from Wright. I think Obama did the right thing responding as he did right now. To some he may be throwing the Reverend under the bus, but in my view, he is taking a stance that he should have taken long ago.


>Obama was responding to the comments Rev. Wright made yesterday, not earlier ones. He didn't just out of the blue decide to backtrack on what happened before. If you read what Obama said, I think it sounds reasonable.
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>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/29/obama.wright/index.html
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>The whole thing was a manufactured issue to begin with, the Clintons trying to tar Obama with guilt by association. I'm not sure what more they can try at this point. But they'll probably come up with something.