Posted by
reasonmclucus on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:58:00 PM
Barack Obama's ongoing dispute with his former pastor Rev. Jeremiah
Wright raises serious doubts about his fitness for the presidency.
If he had disagreements with his pastor he should have resolved the
dispute before he decided to run for president instead of interrupting
the campaign for a personal dispute.
If he attended the
church for 20 years and didn't know what the pastor was saying how can
we expect him to know what his advisors are telling him? We need a
president who knows what is going on around him, not a president who is
oblivious to what those around him are saying.
Obama made a bad
situation worse by deciding to condemn Rev. Wright's statements.
Obama should have admitted he made a mistake by continuing the attend
the church considering the pastor's views instead of blaming Wright for having such views.
Politicians who attempt to tell preachers what views they
should or shouldn't have are not desirable in a nation that prohibits
the state from dictating to the church.
Perhaps Obama's relatively young age and lack of experience
could explain his use of the media to argue with his former pastor. If
so then we should wait for him to mature before choosing him as
president.