OBAMA LEAVES CHURCH
June 2nd, 2008, 7:57 am · Post a Comment · posted by Dan Lehr
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Yes, we’ve been meaning to blog about the above clip since it broke last week (a station-wide crackdown on overtime & my writing 2 newscasts at the same time hampered the efforts to be as up-to-date here as I would have liked).
It’s unfathomable to me that this “reverend” thought his ’stand-up’ comedy routine would have been appropriate. When your man is the apparent victor, it never helps to gloat or dance in the end-zone. That’s exactly what’s going on above.
So Obama chose a Saturday evening, with intentions of burying the story & its implications, to announce he’s breaking with his church:
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Obama had little choice to do this, but it diminishes the impact of his chance to make inroads among evangelicals this year significantly. The fact that John McCain is that rare Republican (rare these days anyway) who is not comfortable wearing his faith on his sleeve was an advantage; the fact that Obama must now go in search of a new church will not play as well among the faithful. Still, anything could happen.
What do you think? We have faith that you’ll post a comment!
