Barack Obama contradicts himself, trying to minimize his relationship to Pastor Wright. On The View: I feel badly that he has been characterized in just this one way. But he was my pastor. I think people overstate this idea of mentor or spiritual adviser. He was my pastor."He formerly called Wright his mentor, spiritual adviser, moral compass and sounding board. That sounds like much more than a normal pastor/parishioner relationship.More artifice from the man who says he offers something "you can believe in." Update by Thomas Lifson:More shape-shifting by Slick Barry, from Kenneth Vogel of the Politico:  During his first run for elected office, Barack Obama played a greater role than his aides now acknowledge in crafting liberal stands on gun control, the death penalty and abortion - positions that appear at odds with the more moderate image he has projected during his presidential campaign. The evidence comes from an amended version of an Illinois voter group's...(Read Full Post)