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To: NAG1 who wrote (58915)	4/13/2008 8:02:45 AM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542927

Darn good questions Neal. "How much other stuff exists but wasn't in video form? Before I give the good reverend a pass on this, his passion for Farrakhan also needs to be explained. That, to me, potentially speaks volumes about his orientation towards divisiveness." I am sure by October the subject will be well researched. Of it all - I find Wright's retirement life style most interesting. His rhetoric was sure profitable!

To: NAG1 who wrote (58915)	4/14/2008 2:29:17 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542927

>>Do we really know how many of the reverend's sermons were about love and how many were other social commentary? What percentage is occasional? 1%, 5%, 20%? What percentage crosses the line? You are assuming that all the bad stuff is in the videos shown. How much other stuff is there, if any? How much other stuff exists but wasn't in video form? Before I give the good reverend a pass on this, his passion for Farrakhan also needs to be explained. That, to me, potentially speaks volumes about his orientation towards divisiveness.<< Neal - A few points. I am absolutely not assuming that everything Wright ever said that some people might find objectionable is on video tape. I do know that there is far more stuff on YouTube that is of the garden variety Christian sort of sermon. I don't really know for sure what the percentages are, but from reading and seeing interviews with both white and black members of his church I can gather that the overwhelming majority of Wrights sermons were not controversial. But what I think is most important here is that you and others are making the assumption that Obama has been influenced by Wright's more radical views. Yet there is no evidence of this, based on Obama's own writing and his many years of public speaking. Now you want to talk about Farrakhan as well. So we are to judge Obama harshly not only because of someone with whom he has associated, but also by people that person has associated with. Where does that chain end? Why not judge Obama based on his own words and deeds? - Allen