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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (89883)10/13/2008 8:07:20 PM
From: thames_sider  Read Replies (2) of 543162
 
To be fair, I also see a difference between Wright and Ayers. I still don't see either as particularly relevant to the campaign, mind you.

However, Wright does seem to have gone off on a fairly unjustifiable tangent. I don't know how much choice people in the US have over your preacher - personally I could care less, but then I'm less religious than the average pebble - but I can see how people already inclined to take religion seriously could have major concerns if your habitual priest is way out there on an extremist limb. And someone preaching an excuse for terrorism, after 9/11, has gone way beyond any Xtian requirement for understanding: and however carefully I read the quotes provided I can't say he isn't excusing their actions.

I'd agree with Obama's stance: criticism and disavowal is exactly what is merited, and no more, as it's simply not his own view or anything he could have espoused. But I can see how it would be understandable as the basis of an attack ad targeted at people whose religious/nationalist beliefs are their most important tenets. And if that's truly 25% of the US electorate then it explains a lot, including Wright's significance and that is was actually very decent of McCain to rule him off-limits.
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