In the 8 Stages of Liberal/Progressive Discussion When Busted, The New Republic goes #5 (Concoct strange defenses based on wild psychological discourse, which no one understands, including the writer, but it sounds good, and allows a liberal/progressive to say there is no problem.)
Standing By His Man by Martin Peretz
Why Obama was right in not repudiating his pastor.
Go attempt to read the whole thing. Psycho-babble.