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Originally Posted by Gozer
Q: Do you regret accepting his endorsement?
McCain: It’s nonsense. I don’t have anything more to say about that. Of course–I apologize for that. It’s nonsense. I reject that categorically and I would point out there’s a lot of people who have endorsed me. They support my views. That does not mean that I support–would I consider repudiating his endorsement? I certainly condemn those parts of his remarks. I continue to appreciate his support for the state of Israel and for many of the good things that he and his church has done. But I repudiate as strongly as possible those remarks and those of the Catholic church as well.
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McCain is pretty good at pandering, I'll give him that. The problem is he has a history of repudiating these types and then un-repudiating them when it's convenient.
However, the gist of what he says, I agree with. He's not responsible for the beliefs of people who endorse him, or even people who are close to him. He's responsible for his own beliefs. Period. I'm not sure I know what those beliefs are any more, but that's a whole other issue. I don't think we can condemn McCain for what somebody else believes any more than we should do that for Obama.
As for Wright's having presided over Obama's wedding.... so what? Someone presided over my wedding too. Am I responsible for her beliefs? This is really a non-controversy that's being kept in the news for reasons that I don't get. But pointing out that Wright's race is a factor in the obvious double standard here is not "playing the race card"--it's recognizing the reality of race in American politics today.