Buried in his eloquent, highly praised speech on America's racial divide, Sen. Barack Obama contradicted more than a year of denials and spin from him and his staff about his knowledge of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's controversial sermons.
Similarly, Obama also has only recently given a much fuller accounting of his relationship with indicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a longtime friend, who his campaign once described as just one of "thousands of donors."
Until yesterday, Obama said the only thing controversial he knew about Rev. Wright was his stand on issues relating to Africa, abortion and gay marriage.
In the case of his relationship with Rezko, Obama has also been slow to acknowledge the full extent of his relationship.
It was only last week that he revealed Rezko had raised some $250,000 in campaign contributions for him.
The campaign had initially claimed Rezko-connected contributions were no more than $60,000, an amount the campaign donated to charity. Then the figure grew to around $86,000, and there were additional revelations that put the amount at about $150,000. Obama's $250,000 accounting was a substantial jump and clearly contradicted earlier campaign statements that Rezko was just one of "thousands of donors." The sad part is that there are more tapes to come. This will not die down, especially, when more evidence comes out that Obama knew more than he is saying. Obama has surrounded himself with some question people, and it is starting to come out and hurt his credibility. But, worst is that he is getting caught not telling the whole truth about his relationships with these people. News of even worst tapes on the way will sink his Presidents race. Can Obama survive ? Is Obama starting to lose his credibility?
It was only last week that he revealed Rezko had raised some $250,000 in campaign contributions for him.
The campaign had initially claimed Rezko-connected contributions were no more than $60,000, an amount the campaign donated to charity. Then the figure grew to around $86,000, and there were additional revelations that put the amount at about $150,000. Obama's $250,000 accounting was a substantial jump and clearly contradicted earlier campaign statements that Rezko was just one of "thousands of donors." The sad part is that there are more tapes to come. This will not die down, especially, when more evidence comes out that Obama knew more than he is saying. Obama has surrounded himself with some question people, and it is starting to come out and hurt his credibility. But, worst is that he is getting caught not telling the whole truth about his relationships with these people. News of even worst tapes on the way will sink his Presidents race. Can Obama survive ? Is Obama starting to lose his credibility?
