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Originally Posted by RFK1968
It seems there isn't going to be a lot of common ground here. I don't think people should be judged by the sermons of their pastor, others do. I don't think religious affiliations should condemn a man seeking public office, others do. Fair enough.
On a side note, I'm not sure this will be nearly as devestating as many people are assuming it will be. Unlike Gary Hart, Obama, himself, did nothing unethical. The people that feel there exists a direct connection between the sermons of Reverand Wright and the sentiment of Senator Barack Obama wouldn't have voted for Obama in the first place. Just examine the list of the people who have spoken on this thread. Almost all of them have been championing even the slightest slip-ups from the Obama campaign for weeks now (Mudwhistle, Alex, Imperator, Lost Soul, hairballxavier). There's nothing wrong with disliking Obama. But I think it's probably naive to suggest that the actions of his pastor are going to destroy his chances at the White House. This is a story-of-the-week that will be completely blown over by the Pennsylvania Primary (which Hillary would probably have won anyway).
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I disagree--this is a disaster.
And I am speaking as a former supporter & doner to the Obama campaign
We all have freedom of choice to the church we belong too. I have attended several in my life-time. In no instance would a pastor get away with the hate & distain for America that I have witnessed in these videos from the churches I have attended. If any pastor would have stood behind the pulpit & stated G-Damm America, the entire congregation would have walked out.
Presently, Obama's stated defense is he didn't know about these statements. It's obvious from the tapes that his pastor wouldn't be able to keep his racist, America hating comments to himself for 20 minutes, let alone 20 years.
Obama admits that he knew of some? Yet, he still attended & was a member of this church. On Obamas part, this is unbelievable ignorance, & exhibits extremely poor judgement.
The only way I see Obama saving himself, is to denounce his entire church, denounce the radicals within the black party, including Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, & many others whom are racist. Then appologize to the entire nation, with a very detailed explanation as to why he was a member of this church in the first place.
Too just say he didn't know that the church organization he has belonged to for the last 20 years was so anti-America & racist is completely unbelievable.