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Obama's speech on race
Responding to the "divisive turn" the campaign has taken on racial issues, the candidate calls for Americans to "come together and say, 'Not this time.'"
[2008-03-18]

  • An insulting assertion

    Obama first states:

    Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely – just as I'm sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed.

    Then Obama states concerning Wrights words:

    "They weren't simply a religious leader's effort to speak out against perceived injustice. Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country -- a view that sees white racism as endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with America above all that we know is right with America.

    Obamas assertion that since "we" all occasionally disagree with our spiritual advisors, we also then continue to associate with said spiritual advisors regardless of any profoundly distorted views they have, is false. Most people do not continue to associate with people with profoudly distorted views of anything, and most people do not even dream of attempting the moral gymnastics he feels proud of.

    BTW, is Obama now acting like Wiley-Coyote, backpeddling from his initial claims of not knowing about Wrights more extreme sermons?

    -- sajwan
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    Tuesday, March 18, 2008 01:31 PM
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