Obama Says He’s Outraged by Ex-Pastor’s Comments

By Jeff Zeleny
NYT blog

Photo at left: Barack Obama during a news conference held after a town hall-style meeting in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Tuesday. (Photo: Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – For the second day in a row, Senator Barack Obama sought to distance himself from the remarks made by his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., and forcefully denounced the incendiary comments he feared would provide “comfort to those who prey on hate.”

“I’m outraged by the comments that were made and saddened over the spectacle that we saw yesterday,” Mr. Obama said, speaking to reporters here today. He added, “I find these comments appalling. It contradicts everything that I’m about and who I am.”

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