Legal Commentary

Obama?s Speech

Read it here. It?s much better than my partial draft. I think it was a great speech, and if a speech can save his candidacy my bet is that this one will.

It left some questions unanswered, such as why he dissembled in implying that he didn?t know of Wright?s ?incendiary? remarks until he began his campaign, or why he said (I believe falsely) that ?typical? black churches applaud ministers telling congregations to sing ?God Damn American,? and a few other decidedly un-new politics of hope evasions and misdirections, but I suspect these will be forgiven. In any event, we?ll see.

UPDATE [1:35 p.m.]

Before all the responses pour forth, I?m struck by one delicious irony: Obama is a candidate whose entire campaign rests on the meaning and power of ?just words,? and yet he implores us not to judge Wright by his words.

Full post as published by Discriminations on March 18, 2008 (boomark / email).