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Originally Posted by Azure
You know....Oprah left that church years about because of the rhetoric. I wonder why Obama didn't take the same stand?
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Someone watches CNN.
Azure, you know perfectly well the context of the statements, and that you've completely twisted the context in which they were said.
The statements that Rev. Wright made that are the cause of this controversy were not statements I personally heard him preach while I sat in the pews of Trinity or heard him utter in private conversation.
Obama - 14 Mar 08
Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes.
Obama - 18 Mar 08
The bolded parts are the issue with your comparison. If Obama would have said, in the second statement, "Did I hear him make
those remarks. . .", then you would have had a case. He never denied the fact that the Rev. made the comments, he was saying he did not attend that specific sermon. If I remember correctly, the comment in the first part of your quote was a response to the question of 'why didn't you get up and leave if you disagreed with what he said?'
Obviously you cannot leave a lecture you did not attend. Point in case.