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Obama Pastor Faulted for Farrakhan Rave

Posted Jan 15, 08 4:38 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – Barack Obama’s controversial pastor is back in the press—and the blogosphere—this time for praising Louis Farrakhan in an issue of the church's magazine, calling him "an unforgettable force, a catalyst for change and a religious leader who is sincere about his faith and his purpose." The Washington Post's Richard Cohen has a beef with heralding the "integrity and honesty" of the man he deems an archetypal anti-Semite, and says Obama must distance himself.

Election Central’s MJ Rosenberg immediately accused Cohen of "swiftboating” Obama to scare Jews away from voting for him. For his part, Obama responded aggressively—“I decry racism and anti-Semitism in every form and strongly condemn the anti-Semitic statements made by Minister Farrakhan”—but conspicuously didn't mention the pastor, Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.

Sources: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Politico

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Democratic presidential hopeful and Illinois Senator Barack Obama responded to his church's past praise of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, saying: %u201CI decry racism and anti-Semitism in every...   (Getty Images (by Event) Individuals)
US Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama addresses responded to his church's past praise of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, saying: %u201CI decry racism and anti-Semitism in every...   (Getty Images)
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan holds his bible as he speaks at Saint Sabina Catholic Church Friday, May 25, 2007, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)   (Associated Press)
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