Barack Obama is trying to distance himself from statements that his long time pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been reported making that to many think sounded racist. Wright who was the pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago recently retired, but was Obamas pastor for almost 20 years.
Barack Obama said in an interview with PBS that the statements Reverend Wright made were stupid and that letting those statements dominate the conversation distracted us from the possibilities of moving beyond some of these arguments.
Many people are taking Obama’s association with Reverend Wright and statements that he made to mean that Obama feels the same way. I say look at the man’s record and what he has done in the past to help people of all races. Does it look like he feels that way?
I think that no matter how much Barack Obama does to try to push past this it has severely hurt his campaign. People can be closed minded on these matters will look no farther then they are told to look and one thing you have to look at is why this has come out now when Barack Obama was making such a big leeway? That’s something to think about.
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Know the full story, not part of it
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-rev-jeremiah-wrights-911-sermon/
Thanks for the link.
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