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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Can't we all agree that this sort of "guilt by association" is foolish anyway?
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In a way, certainly.
In other ways he's been associating with him for 20 years. And not JUST going to church either.
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Just because Obama went to that church doesn't mean he automatically agrees with everything Rev. Wright says. Likewise, McCain's having been ministered to by an apocalyptic millenarian who believes that the conflict in the middle east is a holy war does not mean that McCain agrees.
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Agreed. Except McCain hasn't been ministered too for 20 years by that foolish idiot who believes in the apocalypse.
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Both of these guys are just about the most secular candidates this country has seen in years. Let's not try to manufacture a connection where there isn't one. Both men go to church.
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See, if McCain would be going to some crazy fundamental church....would you have a problem with that?
Because it seems a like numerous American voters have a problem with Obama going to a crazy black church.
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Neither of them looks to their pastor for policy advice.
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Yet, didn't Obama have Wright involved with his campaign?
Talked of him as a mentor? A sounding board? Even mentioned receiving political advice from him?
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Can't we just leave it at that? I don't like Rev. Wright any better than you do, but after reading Obama's speech I feel I have a better understanding of where those remarks come from--and to call them "black supremacist" is frankly inflammatory Bill O'Reilly stuff.
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You know, I could leave it at that if Obama would come out and say that it was a mistake to every associate himself with Rev. Wright.
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Honestly--I suggest you read the full text of Obama's speech. It's about the most nuanced and bold statement on race in American politics since the 1960s. No kidding. And I suspect you'll like what he has to say, if you give it a chance.
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I did read it. From start to finish.
And I liked it....long-winded perhaps...and not exactly what I was hoping for given the circumstances, but still a great speech.
He should have said it earlier in the campaign though....although that really doesn't matter.