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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Dale Baker who wrote (60049)4/19/2008 3:00:40 PM
From: Katelew  Read Replies (1) of 542681
 
Theodore Wheeland, 21, a Penn State University senior from tiny Troy, Pa., population 1,200, said he was outraged when he first read that comment from Obama.

“It was deeply disturbing,” Wheeland said. “If you take it literally, it was bad stuff. I’m a Christian. I’ve got 39 guns in my house. My dad’s an avid hunter. I’m an avid hunter. I’d been volunteering for [Obama] for two months, and that was enough for me to drop out of the campaign.”

But then Wheeland read more stories that gave more of the context of Obama’s remarks. He read Obama’s responses. Then, he read Obama’s “call to renewal” from 2006, urging Democrats to embrace religion. Wheeland got back on board the campaign.

This is a pretty good example of the press follow-up changing someone's immediate impression. The press in general smoothed out that gaffe for Obama.
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