Originally Posted by
Gerry Clinchy
Franco, I think the "big deal" about these videos was that these were sections that were edited out during the 2008 election campaign.
The fact that Obama gave praise to Rev. Wright for being a great leader, his counselor and introduced him to Jesus ... then later denied knowledge of Wright's views and rantings from the pulpit, and disavowed Wright. Those two actions were diametrically opposite.
The rant about racism was also something he put in the closet by a year later. While I can agree that waiving the Stanford Act for NY and FL, but not for New Orleans was not level-handed, was the major cause racism? or was it more complex than that?