Reply #29: I for one do NOT think Obama is morally required to apologize for McCLURKIN's views [View All]

[cloudythescribbler]

What WAS necessary, which he did adequately, was to clearly distinguish his own views on the issue from McClurkin's and make unambiguously clear that McClurkin's appearance and views were ENTIRELY independent of and not in any way endorsed by the campaign.

What I worry about are PATTERNS (eg the HRC campaign with several nearly simultaneous instances of race-baiting) from those gaffes or difficult situations that arise from time to time in the campaign (something Obama made clear).

I would similarly see ONE alleged instance of voter intimidation in NV to be in the same category roughly. A major presidential campaign is a massive development and these things DO happen. Obama has apologized plenty when the situation called for it (eg missing the vote on Kyl/Lieberman) and is clearly as supportive of gay rights as ANY of the leading Democratic contenders.

There is no doubt that Kucinich might very well be better than the three on gay rights as on so many other issues.