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Obama's Problematic Pastor

How the candidate should explain why he stood by his mentor, even while rejecting the reverend's views

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  • Posted By: joniross5 @ 04/16/2008 6:17:39 AM

    Mr. Mark Gellman, I disagree with you when you try to correct Barack Obama on what he should have said to his Pastor. Not everyone disarees with the Pastor and so keep your stupid advice to yourself since I and many others that voted Obama feel the same as the Pastor about our country. We have sunk very low ever since Bush became our President and many of us say "DAMN America" too

  • Posted By: lilipad @ 04/04/2008 7:13:17 PM

    The Rev Wright's comments have been most eloquently, adequately, and sufficiently addressed by Senator Obama. Let's get on with life! Focus on the REAL issues. How about Hillary meeting this Monday with Columbian politician to discuss a "free trade agreement," while at the same time vehemently LYING & denying she supported NAFTA, her and her husband's claim to fame and which was shoved down the throat of congress via fast track.

  • Posted By: Soujourn08 @ 03/27/2008 8:21:23 PM

    If Rev. Wright said, "U.S. policies in the Middle East and elsewhere were partly responsible for the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington," then USA Today implied the same soon after 9/11 reporting on why "they" might hate US so much. The media has yet to frame the conflicts in Europe with Islamic Bosnians or the troubles Russia has with Islamic Chechens the same way it does with the Middle East. There are European Muslims - White Muslims, just as there are African Jews. How many dark Jews do we see on T.V.?

    Is it anti-Semitic for Black people to take compassionate perspective from their slave pasts and decide Israel should be protected while Palestine is being created? How can the world have Palestinians and no Palestine? That doesn't sound safe for Israel. Black folks think about what happened after the Native Americans welcomed Europeans with open arms. US Jews might want to think about that too and encourage their brethren in Israel to "do the right thing" and recognize Palestine. Note: Native Americans weren't Muslim - just some more people of color. Shalom.

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