I've noticed that whenever the Obama campaign is called upon to
criticize someone's decision to say something controversial,
whether it is Rev. Wright or Jimmy Carter, they say something like
this: This is a free country and we cannot control Person X or
prevent them from speaking. Do they really think when they are
being asked to comment on these things that people expect the Obama
campaign to send thugs to stop controversial people from speaking?
More likely it's the free country dodge.