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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (54563)	3/20/2008 3:16:21 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542233

Thomas - I think that if anyone believes they know the true Barack Obama because they've seen a few minutes of video of Jeremiah Wright speaking, then they are mistaken. That few minutes of video isn't even enough to say that you know Jeremiah Wright. This is not exactly contempt prior to investigation, but it certainly is contempt prior to a reasonable amount of investigation. I must admit that I know little more about the Rev. Wright. I have seen those few minutes of video, and have read his "Audacity to Hope" sermon. As far as it goes, the latter sermon would take much longer to deliver than the few minutes of speech everyone is so exercised about. Thus, the majority of Wright's words that I have read or heard are very much in the Christian tradition. If you haven't taken the time to read that sermon, then you don't know Rev. Wright as well as I do. Of course you have every right to have any opinion you choose to have, and to form that opinion based on as much or as little information as you feel you need. But I would submit that if we judged everyone based on so little information, we would make a lot of mistakes in judgment. Consider the case of a chronically unemployed man who spent a lot of time with a known prostitute. If I gave you just that much information about him, would you feel qualified to judge his character? - Allen