On March 14, Newsday reported that Barack Obama, like Hillary Clinton, refused to comment directly on a general's comment that homosexuality was immoral. A day later, Obama and Clinton both came out and forcefully rebutted Gen. Peter Pace's assertion that homosexuality is immoral.
We have been happy to move on from the story, but it doesn't seem to want to go away. Wednesday on CNN, Wolf Blitzer asked him about our exchange and the senator seemed to indicate that it never happened.
Obama: "I'm not sure that the story got out there properly. I mean, what happened was I was leaving a firefighters' union meeting and trying to get in my car and did not respond to a reporter's query. At that point, I wasn't responding to reporters period because I was trying to make a vote."
It was a hectic scene and perhaps he misremembered. We asked him versions of the "immorality" question three times as he was leaving the convention, twice during a long ride on an escalator, and once at the door of his car.
He responded twice, then jumped in his car.
Contrary to the assertion that he wasn't answering reporters' questions, Obama did also respond to a Brazilian reporter quizzing him on ethanol.
Glenn Thrush
Comments (5)
Sounds like Obama lied on CNN... but he's had a very rough week... McCain, Biden and Dodd all got into the kick Obama act... Full rundown at http://www.solidpolitics.com
why don't you folks spend some time on the more important issues? it would do everyone a favor
When does not commenting constitute a lie?
Maybe he didn't want to answer you because he knows you're a petty person, Glenn Thrush.
Sexual orientation is genetic, which is neither moral nor immoral. It simply is.