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To: LindyBill who wrote (248281)	5/1/2008 7:34:36 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793986

My friend, the African-American conservative Armstrong Williams, told me, "It is not unusual to hear in many black churches the same language that Rev. Wright is being criticized for." I raised this with NPR reporter-Fox commentator Juan Williams (also black, but no relation to Armstrong). "Not at all," he replied. "It's ridiculous. I never have heard that in church." Is Wright the norm or an aberration for black ministers? Even black church-goers don't really know. Which probably means even black people really know their own experience based on one or a few churches (out of tens of thousands out there).

To: LindyBill who wrote (248281)	5/1/2008 8:04:43 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793986

Obama knows that the US is overwhelmingly Christian, which make this this issue important, but Trinity is the only contact he's ever had with religion (except for a madras when he was a kid - maybe or maybe not). So he has no idea if what he's hearing at Trinity is unique or typical so has no experience to judge how best to play this. Advisors have to tell him.