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Originally Posted by chassisman
As a presidential candidate, we can look at Obama's decision making process. Why would Obama wait until the 11th hour to make this type of decison? In the interest of keeping the black vote, he has not chosen which side of the road to stand on, so he has been run over by standing in the middle.
He should have washed his hands of this "church" years before a run for the white house. Beyond that, I cannot understand how this "church" can retain it's tax exemtion. It is obvious that politcal endorsements are an interegal part of their Sunday program.
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There seems to be a strange contradiction, not necessarily from your post, but from the mentality that stems from Obama's opponents. If he leaves the church now, many will say he is doing it for political reasons and that he shouldn't be commended for doing something for political reasons. On the other hand, they'll argue that he should have left years ago because he should have foreseen that this church would be politically damaging, hence, left for political reasons.
The point remains that Obama has, now, both denounced the remarks of his pastor and resigned from his Church. At this point, this is absolutely nothing more he can do. The people who aren't going to vote for him because of religion-related reasons should say as such, so the rest of us can stop bothering to reason with them. If someone had qualms about Obama's religious affiliations
before he resigned, and they still have problems with it
after he resigned, then they're never going to change their mind.