anothersta
11-03-2008, 10:37 PM
Rep. Jerrold Nadler's (D-N.Y.) remarks about Barack Obama's courage have earned him some unwanted attention just hours before Election Day.
Nadler, at a synagogue in Boca Raton, Fla., on Sunday, criticized Obama's decision to remain at the church of Rev. Jeremiah Wright despite the pastor's controversial sermons.
"My guess, knowing how politics works, what I'm about to say is not particularly complimentary towards Sen. Obama," Nadler says, according to the YouTube video posted by Atlas Shrugs, a conservative blog.
Nadler goes on to suggest that Obama, who came to Chicago as a political newcomer from an Ivy League school, got involved with community organizing and the Trinity United Church of Christ to build a political base.
Nadler acknowledged that it may have taken Obama "a couple years" to recognize that Wright was "a nut" and "a lunatic."
"But you don’t walk out of a church with 8,000 members in your district," Nadler said.
Nadler then said of Obama: "He didn't have the political courage to make the statement of walking out… Now, what does it tell me? It tells me that he wasn't terribly political courageous. Does it tell me that he agreed with the reverend in any way? No. It tells me he didn't want to walk out of a church in his district."
http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008/11/03/nadler-said-obama-lacked-political-courage-to-leave-church/
Nadler, at a synagogue in Boca Raton, Fla., on Sunday, criticized Obama's decision to remain at the church of Rev. Jeremiah Wright despite the pastor's controversial sermons.
"My guess, knowing how politics works, what I'm about to say is not particularly complimentary towards Sen. Obama," Nadler says, according to the YouTube video posted by Atlas Shrugs, a conservative blog.
Nadler goes on to suggest that Obama, who came to Chicago as a political newcomer from an Ivy League school, got involved with community organizing and the Trinity United Church of Christ to build a political base.
Nadler acknowledged that it may have taken Obama "a couple years" to recognize that Wright was "a nut" and "a lunatic."
"But you don’t walk out of a church with 8,000 members in your district," Nadler said.
Nadler then said of Obama: "He didn't have the political courage to make the statement of walking out… Now, what does it tell me? It tells me that he wasn't terribly political courageous. Does it tell me that he agreed with the reverend in any way? No. It tells me he didn't want to walk out of a church in his district."
http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008/11/03/nadler-said-obama-lacked-political-courage-to-leave-church/