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Tom Tomorrow has written The evolving narrative:

From a purely strategic standpoint, it would have been wiser for Obama to distance himself from the fiery pastor at some earlier stage in the development of his political ambition. The entire situation has provided the right wingers with the Swift Boat narrative of 2008 and it’s not going to go away. Sean Hannity, who is exceedingly proud of the fact that he was the first major media figure to provide the Swifties with a platform in ‘04, continues to replay the pastor’s incendiary sound bites a couple dozen times each hour, and if that’s not enough, to draw further guilt by association — When is someone going to ask Barack Obama if he’s ever met with Louis Farrakahn?, followed by an incendiary Farrakahn sound clip.

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