To: Elroy who wrote (242986 ) 3/21/2008 9:17:33 AM From: Brumar89 Read Replies (1) | Respond to but if you heard from another person that your favorite dentist of 10-20 years had referred to someone in a racially insensitive way, would you then never go to that dentist again? This is essentially what is being demanded of Obama. Do you have any idea what % of Wright's sermon time over his 20 year career was what you'd call hate speech versus the normal religious education and worship? I don't. Obama has indicated for him it was more along the lines of normal church sermons, with the occassional disagreeable remark thrown in there, that the offensive stuff was more of an anomoly than the norm. You have data to indicate otherwise? I'd imagine some members of the church that were in attendance that day did walk away and find another place of worship. Others decided this one outburst did not outweigh years and years of what has probably been an extremely rewarding relationship for them, one which is not summed up in 10 minutes of cut and paste video created by the enemies of Barack Obama. Do you honestly think every single member of that church is a pig .. George Bush has plenty of edited montages of him screwing up the English language. Does this mean he is a complete idiot, and we are idiots for electing him? It means in unscripted public speaking there is always the possibility to make an ass or a fool of yourself. I believe Obama's statement's about Wright as the guy who spent most of his time in spiritual discussion and occassionally (it sounds like seldomly, but occassionally) went off the deep end on politics. And it seems the same to me as your barber who hates marines or your doctor who hates gays - it doesn't mean that you are a jerk because you use them to cut your hair and to get a check up. Guilt by association is a weak attack in a land of individuals.
