Bashing Wright is no worse than Bashing Clinton.

And many fell very comfortable doing that on here.

How else can you explain still using last month's talking points when even Barack has rejected, denounced and divorced himself from Wright?

Please keep up, Barack threw Wright under the bus and  you're no longer expected to defend him.

when she and Bill were going through Impeachment.  Who did they turn to for Prayer & Support?  Yes, the higly respected Rev. Wright!  And Hillary surrogates Sheila Jackson Lee & Rev. Dsyon all have strong ties to Rev. Wright, but you would know it by the MSM!

And do you believe the questions asked were softball questions, or truly difficult ones?

I agree it was a good interview and cast Wright in a more favorable light.  That was good.  

But even Wright himself acknowledged that Obama was doing what he had to do as a politician, leaving the door open that at least some of his views were held by Obama.

Your anger is misplaced, and should be placed on republicans who are using this against Obama.  That is the work you have to do, not bash HRC supporters because we dare to point out that Wright could be a problem for Obama.

I personally do not think Wright is something to celebrate... I think he is an embarassment and frankly an albatross around Obama's neck.  I wish Obama had been more forthcoming earlier, and I wish he had distanced himself way before this primary season began.

Bill Moyers makes Larry King look like a real hellraiser in comparison. btw, at the Press Club Monday, even the good Rev. admitted his more inflammatory statements were edited out in Moyer's slobberfest, errr interview last week.

We're back to defending Wright now?

I don't know if you got the memo, but your candidate said to disown him.  After pointing out that Barack was a politician who would say anything to get elected, it was time for Wright to meet the underside of the bus.

Hadn't you heard?

is an american treasure.

if only our politicians were as level headed and eleoquent.

he could teach diplomacy to the diplomats.

This is a legitimate issue and if Obama were running against a man, he would be running the kind of attack ads the Republicans will run in a few months. And the media would say well, this is politics.

Obama is easily charmed by monstrous men. And he thinks highly of his own ability to charm others. They have no qualms letting him believe he's charmed them while they play him till the cows come home.

and ponder my purity as a Democrat. from now on I'll blame us for 9/11, call Italians "garlic noses," say that blacks and whites learn differently, hate Jews, and top it all off with a chorus of, "God Damn America!"

and that Hillary was never called a n*%%er. He also said God Damn America.

But, its Obama who has put Wight down. He not only said he found his comments last week offensive, but he also criticized his body language.

If you want to admonish someone not to put Wright down talk to Obama.

But he did it only after he saw how his polls were affected. He threw his pastor under the bus because of polls.

Home to roost.

is going to get criticized.

Wright: "Bill Clinton rode her dirty"

It's not just off-color, its factually incorrect. Bill Clinton never rode her at all according to the record. To the extent that he "rode" her at all, he rode her clean.

If the Clinton supporters want to make Wright the central issue, that's their choice.

We also have choices.

Let's make Clinton's Bosnia lie our central issue. Let's write a dozen diaries every day about how Bosnia makes Clinton unelectable. Every day let's repeat the same message about how it goes to her character and is part of a pattern of dishonesty.

Let's bring it up in every thread as our first line of defense. Let's make it clear that should Clinton become the nominee, this lie will be seized on by the Republicans, and let's speculate that they will unearth even more lies. Let's remind people every day that the 527s will use clips of Bosnia in their ads.

I'm starting work on a couple of Bosnia diaries right now. If we work together, we should be able to have several Snipergate diaries up by mid-afternoon.

I know many Clinton supporters will find this idea ridiculous or contemptuous , but hey, we might as well get some more mileage out of it. Plus it's a stronger issue than Wright in many ways, because unlike Wright, Clinton is actually running for President. Personally, I don't think her Tuzla lie is a huge issue, but I'm happy to feign outrage about it for the sake of my candidate.

First of all, next time give some context for your criticism instead of requiring readers to watch a video to understand your point. Talk about a drive by diary.

But on Moyers...

I think he's right here for the most part. A couple things though. Yes, there is a double standard when it comes to Wright and Hagee but to say it's "all about race" is a simplification. People don't know Barack, people think they know John McCain so it makes sense they'd hold Barack's connections to Wright to a higher standard than they hold McCain's connections to Hagee. Also, we're used to white rightwing preachers saying crazy shit and we dismiss it. Wright represents something completely new so it actually makes sense that the media and voters would pay more attention to him. Now as for the media, yes they played up that initial Wright You Tube but when Barack gave his speech, the media covered that too and raved about it and played clips of it over and over. The net effect was to dilute the Wright story and leave Obama stronger. The problem has come when Wright re-appeared on his sabotage tour, the first stop on which was Moyers himself. So Moyers seems to be saying that the media covering his Wright interview was OK because it was dignified but covering Wright's next few appearances when he went off the rails was not. Umm, really?

Now you can criticize Hillary supporters for going after Obama for his connections to Wright in ways that echo the attacks Fox News and rightwingers levy on him if you want; it makes me cringe to see that as well. But I hope you'll also criticize all the Democratic Obama fans attacking Hillary in ways that echo how the Clintons were attacked in the 90s and how rightwing media attacks her today. It's happening on both sides, you'd be blind not to notice.

Wright was on is best behavior and now we know more about him. this interview is no longer relevant. He chose to give the interview and go in front of the press club  He proved he has some ridiculous and outlandish ideas.  Obama knew it and chose to stay at the church.  I am sorry that is inconvenient for you.

I'm an American I can be critical of anyone and anything I please

I am not watching the video.  I've had enough of Wright, but I notice Obama is bashing him, too. I imagine that if he wasn't running for president Obama would be a lot more candid and a little less nice, at that.