Letters to the Editor
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Wow an amazing amount of unification occurred since the speech
Enough already. Half the priests that I listened to as a child are now in prison, so was everything they said a fraud? -- MrEdCT
Well if the priests you were listening to were preaching child molestation, and explaining how to lie in order to coverup illegal and immoral acts, and you stayed in that church, you should be in prison also.
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Let's briefly forget about the lie that for 20 years he did not know about Wrights more extreme views, and look at what Elian puts concisely.
In any event, I thought the core issue was that Mr. Wright is in a position of authority and influence. ... If you disagree vehemently with the theology or politics, do you vote with your feet or remain in the pew?
For myself, this brouhaha isn't about race, toxic legacies or white grandmothers: it's about the decision to remain in the pew and for so long. -- Elian Gonzales
The issue is not Mr Wrights views, it is Obamas inability, by his own admission, to ACT on what he claims are his values and principles. His actions concerning Wright, and his campaign tactics, put a lie to his speech.
The Bush-man-child currently in the White House is embrassing at times - that America is represented by someone with such limited speaking skills is embarassing. However, that is not what has damaged the nation, it is Bushs actions. If Bushs actions lifted this country and moved it and the world into a positive direction, his speaking limitations are easily overlooked.
So while it was a nice speech (half about race and half about "vote for me"), NO the speech by itself is not enough.
Words are important, actions are what matter.