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Hillary: Wright "Would Not Have Been My Pastor"
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Race; Posted on: 2008-03-25 14:32:43 [ Printer friendly / Instant flyer ]
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Clintons Leave No Fingerprints
Ghettoizing Barack
By Greg Sargent
Okay, here we go. In an interview today with reporters and editors of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Hillary made what I think are her first extensive critical remarks about the Jeremiah Wright controversy, suggesting that Obama should have moved to another church in response to Wright's comments...
"He would not have been my pastor," Clinton said. "You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend."...
The Clinton campaign has refrained from getting involved in the controversy, but Clinton herself, responding to a question, denounced what she said was "hate speech."
"You know, I spoke out against Don Imus (who was fired from his radio and television shows after making racially insensitive remarks), saying that hate speech was unacceptable in any setting, and I believe that," Clinton said. "I just think you have to speak out against that. You certainly have to do that, if not explicitly, then implicitly by getting up and moving."
That is an implicit criticism of Obama for not "speaking out" or "moving" churches in response to revelations about Wright's views. Obama, however, has spoken out against Wright, denouncing his more controversial views in multiple interviews and in his speech on race relations, though he has not disavowed the church.
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News Source: talkingpointsmemo.com
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