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Obama In 1995
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
A blogger has dug up an interesting television interview with Obama on his first book from thirteen years ago. Fascinating to see how many themes remain the same, and how, even at that young age, Obama seems preternaturally composed. It's also striking to me, given how so many have raised questions about his membership inTUCC, that his determination to confront racial polarization and his cultural centrism (as well as liberal politics) have always been front and center. Here's one clip. Judge for yourself: ...
Obama, unchanged
Ben Smith's Blog —
A pro-Obama blogger turns up this 1995 video which reveals that Obama was...exactly the same 13 years ago.
He tells the story of his grandmother visiting his African-American Chicago world for the first time, and speaks warmly (as he does in Dreams for My Father, which he's promoting) of Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Andrew Sullivan sees the consistency in "his determination to confront racial polarization and his cultural centrism (as well as liberal politics)." There's also, though, an analytical detachment, even when talking about himself, that he's shaken off as this campaign cycle progressed.
Amanda Carpenter: Video Surfaces of Obama Praising Wright
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Philip Klein of the American Spectator is highlighting an old video of Barack Obama praising his controversial friend and former pastor Rev.Jeremiah Wright. Oddly enough, the vids ( there are actually three ) are being praised on liberal blogs for showing Obama's steadfast commitment to his values and ideas. In this video, around the 2:40 mark, Obama says: "Wright, who is my pastor, and he is a wonderful man…He's a pastor of a large congregation in Chicago, and one of the interesting things that I discover in my journey to discover what my identity is and who my father is, is also discovering my own faith, which is not necessarily a traditional faith. ...
