Too Little Too Late?

'Barack's new campaign slogan should be WTF? Well, I guess he can keep the whole "Change" thing going considering this latest press conference regarding the good Reverend Wright marks the 4th strategy change. Here's a recap for you: Strategy 1 - The Ostrich (ignore the problem); Strategy 2 - The Philly (he's a crazy uncle); Strategy 3 - The Hindsight (I was going to leave if he didn't retire); and now Strategy 4 - The Mission Impossible (complete and utter disavowal).

The blogosphere, if it hasn't already, is going to explode with commentary about Obama's comments this afternoon, but there is really only one point that needs to be made. During The Philly stage of this crisis, Barack made it very clear (I'm talking Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men "crystal clear") that he could no more disown Reverend Wright than he could disown the black community.

The logical conclusion of Barack's press conference is that since he has effectively disowned Jeremiah Wright, he also disowned the Black community. While entertaining and fun to catch Obama in this conundrum, it's not the main point. The point here is that Barack's judgment is absolutely piss poor. I apologize for the crassness, but that's the best way to describe what Barack is doing.

I listened to part of the conference, and his tone and rhetoric were specifically designed to give one the impression that he was taken by complete surprise by Wright's comments this past weekend. Wright's comments "violate [Barack's] core beliefs" and "contradict everything [Barack] said or believed." If one had never heard of Barack Obama or Jeremiah Wright, one might actually believe what Barack was saying.

That would be great - IF Wright had said something new this past weekend. But he hasn't changed his tune one single note. From government created, genocidal AIDS to God damning America, Jeremiah repeated and even attempted to justify each one of the controversial comments. He even added some new ones that would get any white person lynched - black kids learn differently and are better at different things than white children.

The question becomes - what has changed? Why, all of a sudden, did Barack determine that Wright's speech was completely anathema to his core? Because an association with Wright finally became a serious political liability, and Barack was forced to cut him out less he completely ruin his chances for the Oval Office. The disavowal is a common occurrence - if you're a regular player in the world of DC politics. But wait, isn't Barack supposed to change how things work in Washington?

You get the idea. Barack should have held today's press conference about 38 seconds after the Reverend Wright story went national 2 months ago. We're really starting to see Barack's shocking lack of judgment and his inexperience in the political arena. The man isn't anything new. He's not going to change anything. Sure, the man can give a speech, as long as it's prepared in advance. But as a politician and candidate for President, outside of the corrupt political world of Chicago, he's dangerously ignorant.