Obama spurns pastor's 9/11 jibe

by Amy Judd | March 15, 2008 at 03:12 pm

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In an effort to do some damage control, Obama has distanced himself from his pastor that made some stong remarks about his competition - Hilary Clinton.
Even though the video of the pastor's sermon is many years old, it started making the rounds of the press just this past week, and has caused quite a stir. But Obama has now gone on record with his comments of what he thought of the statments made by Rev Jeremiah Wright.

The Illinois senator said the 2001 comments, which have resurfaced on the web, were "completely inexcusable".

Mr Obama said he had not been present during Rev Jeremiah Wright's sermon, at the Trinity United Church of Christ.

The black Chicago pastor brought Mr Obama to Christianity, officiated at his wedding and baptised his daughters.

Mr Obama, a member of the church since the early 1990s, posted a blog on the Huffington Post about his relationship with the pastor, who is now retired.

"I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or serves to divide us from our allies," he wrote.