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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (62642)	4/30/2008 2:40:58 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544430

But in the end, it was Wright showing “disrespect” by implying that Obama was a phony that sparked the candidate’s slow-burning temper. “What I think particularly angered me,” he said, “was his suggestion somehow that my previous denunciation of his remarks was somehow political posturing.” I'd rather Obama had been 'particularly angered' by something other than a slight to himself.:<( Also, in the waiting room yesterday at the dentist, two people were discussing the Wright situation in what I thought was an interesting context and POV. They were wondering why Obama, who's whole campaign is a presentation of himself as a uniter and above partisan politics...ready to forge a new way of doing business, would be drawn to the "black separatist" theology of Wright. While the black separatist label could be an overstatement, I did find myself wondering why he, an aspiring politician of mixed race, didn't join a moderate, mixed race congregation at some other church in Chicago. Obama does seem to be drawn to revolutionary types...Ayers and Wright. I've read that his campaign was kicked off in the living room of the Ayers. Nothing necessarily wrong with being intrigued by revolutionary dogma, but it's an image that doesn't sit well with mainstream voters and flies in the face of claiming to be a politician who's a uniter, not a divider.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (62642)	4/30/2008 3:21:55 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 544430

Mary - Once again, Maureen Dowd has never impressed me with her analytical skills. Instead of buying into her analysis of the situation, I will refer you to Obama's own words: "They [Wright's views] certainly don’t portray accurately my values and beliefs. And if Reverend Wright thinks that that’s political posturing, as he put it, then he doesn’t know me very well. And based on his remarks yesterday, well, I may not know him as well as I thought either." That and other statements from Obama himself over the past several weeks lead me to believe that they were not all that close. - Allen