Yet another contradiction has come to light about Barack Obama's judgment and his credibility is once again in question.

Back in April 2007, Don Imus was fired from MSNBC for the controversial remarks he made about the Rutgers University women's basketball team ("nappy-headed hos").  At the time, few came to Imus' defense even though it was made public that his contract had required him to do what he did best, be controversial.

Not even presidential candidate Barack Obama came to his defense or offered forgiveness and understanding.  No, Barack Obama insisted within one week of the incident that Imus be condemned and fired.


Obama: In his own words, Part 1 (MSNBC, April 11, 2007):

"I don't think MSNBC should be carrying the kinds of hateful remarks that Imus uttered the other day, and he has a track record of making those kinds of remarks.  Look, I've got two daughters who are African-American, gorgeous, tall, and I hope at some point are interested enough in sports that they get athletic scholarships."

MSNBC's David Gregory then asks Obama, "So [Don Imus] should be off the air, off MSNBC, and off CBS, off the air completely in your judgment?"

"Ultimately," Obama responded, "you guys are going to have to make that view.  He would not be working for me."

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Barack Obama's response to the many VIDEOS of REV. WRIGHT'S RACE-BATING, ANTI-AMERICAN SERMONS was much more relaxed.  He insisted that we need to understand where Rev. Wright is coming from and not forget to look at our own racist tendencies before we jump to condemn Wright.

As it turns out, Rev. Wright had actually been working for Obama's campaign on the African American Religious Leadership Committee.  After the controversy, Wright stepped down.  But Obama had known about Wright's controversial statements for a year!  Was Obama so lenient when it came to a joke made by Don Imus?


Obama: In his own words, Part 2 (ABC News, April 11, 2007):

“There’s nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group. And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude.”

Obama went on to say, “He didn’t just cross the line, he fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to deal with today in America.”

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For over a year now until this week, Barack Obama had dodged Rev. Wright's remarks that the 9/11 attacks against America were deserved ("Americas chickens are coming home to roost"), but political pressure forced him to address the reverend's statements head on.  Instead of being straight-forward and unambiguous, Obama condemned the reverend's words but not the reverend himself.  During the following 30 minutes of the now infamously "great" speech, Obama proceeded to blame Wright's comments on white people's lack of understanding of racism against blacks in America.

What it comes down to is that Obama believes the outrageous statements made by his long-time mentor and friend of 20 years, were actually reasonable arguments that could be justified by looking at society, but the delivery was questionable.  Right.

What do the polls say?

Nationally, according to the latest Gallup poll, Democrats now favor Clinton (49%) over Obama (42%).  Her lead over Obama in Pennsylvania has increased as well.


For those who don't know what has caused this shift in momentum, the video below is all the evidence you need: