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Originally Posted by dalem
How does an incident about poor thinking and/or poor political decisionmaking get turned into a "discussion about race" by a candidate who doesn't want to talk about race?
This is silly.
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Dale, your characterization of the incident is an opinion. Many would agree with you. I agree to an extent, but surely you don't mean to criticize efforts to get below the surface.
As for Obama not wanting to talk about race before now, what's your point? Why should he have talked about race any more than Hillary? He was campaigning as an American, not as a black.
Well, of course, now race has been shoved to the forefront, and he has no choice. It didn't happen, so we are expected to believe, because he's black, but because his pastor is black and appears to be a delusional drama queen in his criticism of the US and the white power structure.
Now he has come out and disavowed the outlandish portion of his pastor's sermons but won't disown the religious connection he has with him. And that sticks in your craw because conventional political wisdom says he should have left the church a long time ago if he disagreed with his pastor's sermons.
I'd have to agree with you that appearances aren't in Obama's favor, but beyond appearances we simply don't know whether our suspicions are true. Is Obama a closet Wright? Is he a racist? Is he dangerous because he listens to far-out black pastors? That's what we're exploring now...silly as it may seem to you.