"Preacher's" Anti-American Rants Taking Toll on Obama Campaign
New polls, and more information emerging of Barack Obama's association with the "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright, show that these revelations are taking a toll on his campaign. Clarification: The Obama campaign has told members of the press that Senator Obama was not in church on the day cited, July 22, because he had a speech he gave in Miami at 1:30 PM. Our writer, Jim Davis, says he attended several services at Senator Obama's church during the month of July, including July 22. The church holds services three times every Sunday at 7:30 and 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Central time. While both the early morning and evening service allowed Sen. Obama to attend the service and still give a speech in Miami, Mr. Davis stands by his story that during one of the services he attended during the month of July, Senator Obama was present and sat through the sermon given by Rev. Wright as described in the story. Mr. Davis said Secret Service were also present in the church during Senator Obama's attendance. Mr. Davis' story was first published on Newsmax on August 9, 2007. Shortly before publication, Mr. Davis contacted the press office of Sen. Obama several times for comment about the Senator's attendance and Rev. Wright's comments during his sermon. The Senator's office declined to comment. Most voters, 56%, said Wright’s comments made them less likely to vote for Obama. That figure includes 44% of Democrats. Just 11% of voters say they are more likely to vote for Obama because of Wright’s comments.
Also according to the same poll only 8% of those polled approved of what Jeremiah Wright said.Pastor Jeremiah Wright, who has become part of the national political dialogue in recent days, is viewed favorably by 8% of voters nationwide. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 58% have an unfavorable view of the Pastor whose controversial comments have created new challenges for Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign.
Prominent Democrats are starting to question Obama's judgement by his association with the Pastor.
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The Obama campaign is questioning a Newsmax article about whether Obama was present during some of Wrights controversial sermons.
Obama is trying to convince us that after being a member of this congregation for 20 years that he did not know about Rev. Wrights controversial statements? That goes beyond credibility and goes to the heart of Barack Obama's integrity and judgment, thus calling into question his worthiness to be President of the United States.
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