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Originally Posted by agoodfella
This whole Pastor situation does not change my opinion about Obama.
Show me a clip, quote, interview, et. al where Obama has taken an extreme or hateful or racist position.
Let's be real for a second. I have no idea who YOU are. But whoever YOU are, whenever you are in like company (be YOU white or black or brown or gay or straight or conservative or liberal) you are going to have heard or said comments that you would otherwise NEVER say in "polite company" as it were.
Who here hasn't ever told or passed on a joke that you wouldn't be caught dead telling in "polite company"? He who has not sinned, please, cast the first stone.
The real question is simply IS OBAMA A RACIST? And I do not believe that he is. I believe that he is a uniter NOT a divider. That has been and continues to be a centerpiece message in his campaign. Pastor Wright isn't running for office last time I checked.
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Obama has presented himself as a uniter, and he has done a good job until very recently in presenting himself that way.
But this issue is painful and ugly and optentially explosive. Wright is his mentor and his guide and his spiritual advisor. Obama himself has made his faith a significant part of his campaign. The connection with Wright is there - it is up to Obama himself to end it.
Wright is not just an eccentric who goes too far. He is a true fanatic. Obama MUST denounce him. Or else he is toast.
He is running for president of the entire nation, not a small group. He must at least make an attempt at understanding the viewpoint of others. He failed to do so in his speech. He attempted to make an analogy with Ferraro, and then made references to "angry" whites who voted for Reagan. That was an attempt at making a comparison with Wright - but the result was a startling failure. I watched the speech with a group of people, and when he made those comments, a lot of heads were shaking in bewilderment.
Obama will have to win over at least a few of these voters if he is going to win. He has shown no understanding of moderate conservatives in his recent comments. He makes anti-business references at a time of recession and makes comments about angry Reagan voters. This is not helpful or smart.