The Obama Saga Continues...

OBAMA STRUGGLES TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM PASTOR WRIGHT...

But he didn’t exactly express outrage over Wright’s comments. Instead, he seemed to write them off. From the story: "I noticed over the last several weeks that the forces of division have started to raise their ugly heads again. And I'm not here to cast blame or point fingers because everybody, you know, senses that there's been this shift," Obama said. "It reminds me: We've got a tragic history when it comes to race in this country. We've got a lot of pent-up anger and bitterness and misunderstanding. ...This country wants to move beyond these kinds of things." (AP) Another Chicago Sun-Times story managed to discuss the defense of the church without specifically mentioning the controversy. (Chicago Sun-Times) And yet, the press hounded George W. Bush for speaking at Bob Jones University. (SP Times)

Meanwhile, Obama is going after Hillary over accountability and ethics. (FOX News)

From Mark Steyn: Jeremiah Wright is not exactly peripheral to Barack Obama's life. He married the Obamas and baptized their children. Those of us who made the mistake of buying the senator's latest book, "The Audacity Of Hope," and assumed the title was an ingeniously parodic distillation of the great sonorous banality of an entire genre of blandly uplifting political writing discovered circa page 127 that in fact the phrase comes from one of the Rev. Wright's sermons. Jeremiah Wright has been Barack Obama's pastor for 20 years - in other words, pretty much the senator's entire adult life.” (OC Register)

From (Democrat) Harry Jackson, Jr.: “Should Mr. Obama be judged because of the acts of his pastor.” My answer is yes! Pastor Wright’s worldview and his understanding of race, culture, and religion of the bible will in some measure affect how Barak Obama views the world. (Townhall)

From (Republican) Michael Medved: In the Jeremiah Wright affair, Barack Obama is most certainly lying about something. He now insists that he is “shocked, shocked” (in the style of Claude Raines in “Casablanca”) to hear that anti-Americanism had anything at all to do with Wright’s ministry. He has also claimed to be a “devout Christian” who attends church every week and is deeply involved in the life of Wright’s congregation (where he’s been a member for twenty years). It’s simply not possible that he could be an active member in the church without hearing something about sermons in which the pastor blamed 9/11 on America’s past sins, or called down curses repeatedly (“God D---n America!”) on his own nation. (Townhall)

THERE IS A JOHN MCCAIN 'PASTOR PROBLEM' TOO...

John McCain’s campaign is pushing back on recent allegations that controversial Ohio pastor, Rev. Rod Parsley, serves as a “spiritual guide” for the GOP presidential nominee.

As Barack Obama continues to take heat for anti-American and racially divisive comments made by his longtime pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, some voices on the left are arguing that McCain should be receiving similar scrutiny for provocative remarks made by Parsley.

The Ohio-based religious leader has made a number controversial statements about Muslims, previously calling Islam an “anti-Christ religion” based on “deception.” In a recent book, he also wrote that the prophet Mohammad “received revelations from demons and not from the true God,” adding that “Allah was a demon spirit.” FOX NEWS 

There is a difference between being a 20-year member, and meeting a pastor over the past three-weeks. Plus, Parsley is preaching truth, that Islam is a man-created means to Father God. Yet, it is rhetoric that does push the envelope and could cause McCan some heat.

BARAK SAID HE WAS NEVER PRESENT WHEN WRIGHT SPOKE THESE WORDS...

From the August, 2007 story: Wright laced into America's establishment, blaming the "white arrogance" of America's Caucasian majority for the woes of the world, especially the oppression suffered by blacks. To underscore the point he refers to the country as the "United States of White America." Many in the congregation, including Obama, nodded in apparent agreement as these statements were made. (Newsmax) An updated story. (Newsmax) While Newsmax rarely gets much attention for their claims, this is an exception. (LA Times) From Ronald Kessler: Hearing Mr. Wright's venomous and paranoid denunciations of this country, the vast majority of Americans would walk out. Instead, Mr. Obama and his wife Michelle have presumably sat through numerous similar sermons by Mr. Wright. (WSJ)

PLANNED PARENTHOOD APOLOGIZES FOR TAKING MONEY TO ABORT BLACK BABIES...

Responding to a fake caller wanting to give money to abort black babies, the Planned Parenthood employee said “Understandable, understandable. ...Excuse my hesitation, this is the first time I've had a donor call and make this kind of request, so I'm excited and want to make sure I don't leave anything out." (Idaho Statesman) From the group that recorded the phone call. (LA Advocate) Whatever happened to the "civil rights" issue for the Black Church, as it relates to life in the womb?

Due to the heavy news coverage, we may have to cover the "Pastor and Member" rhetoric conversation again today...