ADL Head: Obama Distanced Himself From Farrakhan

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, welcomed Obama's remarks and issued this statement:

"We welcome Barack Obama’s condemnation of the anti-Semitic rhetoric of Minister Louis Farrakhan, and his making clear that he did not agree with his church’s decision to honor Farrakhan with the Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Trumpeter Award.

"Issues of racism and anti-Semitism must be beyond the bounds of politics. When someone close to a political figure shows sympathy and support for an individual who makes his name espousing bigotry, that political figure needs to distance himself from that decision. Senator Obama has done just that."

We suspect that many Jews will support Obama even if more issues like this pop up.