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The hysteria over Obama's former pastor's attacks on America shows we're still in thrall to knee-jerk patriotism.
  • @ brunnhilde

    brunnhilde- I agree completely. It troubles me to no end that James Dobson and other right wing evangelical leaders are invited to the inner circles of the White House to discuss policy matters. It's this legacy that gives us all pause when something like the Rev. Wright dust-up arises, because we've been conditioned to assume that our politicians don't know the difference between theology and politics.

    I do, however, believe that Barack Obama is capable of separating the two and that his political positions are well-reasoned and not informed by divisive polemics.