Before Obama tossed crazy Uncle Jeremiah under the bus

The video referred to below of Obama giving a "shout-out" to his pastor, the not-very-Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is gone down the memory hole, so how about a "greatest hits" video? I ain't forgot and never will.


Obama gives a "shout-out" to Rev. Jeremiah Wright:

CHICAGO (CBS) — While Sen. Barack Obama moved quickly to distance himself from his controversial former pastor this weekend, the presidential candidate offered a "special shout out'' to Rev Jeremiah Wright just last summer.

Last June, Obama was speaking to black clergy at Hampton University. In the video on posted at the time on cbs2chicago.com, Obama lavished praise on Wright, talking glowingly how Wright ''puts up with me, counsels me.''

About one minute into the video, Obama refers to Wright as "as a friend and a great leader.''

Obama's comments appear to indicate a deeper, more personal relationship than the Illinois senator disclosed just days ago when he denounced Wright's inflammatory sermons from the pulpit at the Trinity United Church of Christ.