Letters to the Editor
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Whew! Good dialog and I'm late, dammit!
Where to begin, because there is so much to add and respond to....
1 - The article is very good for what it highlights about patriotism being a bludgeon...but I would like to point out that it is mostly the hyperventilating media and people with different agendas but all of them with a desire to bring Obama down. If you are following the polls...and I am....an overwhelming majority of Americans have seen Wright's comments, have watched Obama's speech in its entirety, and overwhelming majority think that Obama handled it extremely well, he's back up in most of the polls, and he's now killing HRC in NC by 21 points [pollster.com, gallup, etc]. In other words, *Americans* have indeed moved beyond the bloviating having been presented with cogent reasoning. Would that Kerry had stood up for himself in '04...I would argue that Americans were ready for change then but the jackass they knew was slightly better than the jackass they didn't.
2 - So all the blind predictions that Obama is through or can't get elected are just so much bloviating. Because - and here's the point of the appeal for Obama - the man decided to talk to Americans like they were adults [- jon stewart]. It's not the "controversy"; it's how he handles it and he clearly handled it magnificently.
3 - jimmysanborn, I get that your thoughts are deeply held but in reading what you wrote I simply don't believe that you investigated any further what Wright said if you think that they were so hate-filled. Angry is different from hate. And I don't believe you watched/read Obama's speech. I just don't believe you could come away with that impression if you did...
4 - To the poster who asked for proof of Christian support for abuse of women and children, please check out the web site: christiandomesticdiscipline.com for what some apparently feel is Bible-sanctioned wife- beating.
5 - And to Madam Fauntleroy [sp?] - you keep at it and know that there are lurkers [and sometime posters] who are supporting you. Some of the folks on this thread are clearly trying to provoke and not actually engage in true dialog.