tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post3793070375084141975..comments2023-06-30T07:20:59.834-05:00Comments on Beyond Me: Obama and WrightJaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208662198827344349noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-5161636555488292992008-04-30T10:02:00.000-05:002008-04-30T10:02:00.000-05:00I honestly don't know. You raise good and valid q...I honestly don't know. You raise good and valid questions. I admit I haven't let myself dwell on the question because I suspect the real answer is probably a very unsatisfying one... <BR/><BR/>Obama is the first candidate that I have ever become emotionally attached to - despite my best efforts not to let it happen.<BR/><BR/>Yet I still feel objectively that he is not only the best choice, but Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208662198827344349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-44068634942331905042008-04-29T18:50:00.000-05:002008-04-29T18:50:00.000-05:00I'm confident that Obama doesn't share Wright's ra...I'm confident that Obama doesn't share Wright's rather despicable and moronic opinions, but that is little consolation to me. The last two months can't be the first time that Obama has heard, or at least has heard about, unacceptably outrageous comments from Wright. I just don't believe that. He has to have known about this man before, and yet he continued not just to associate with him but toUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397974121751822684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-36872810964496261892008-04-29T17:52:00.000-05:002008-04-29T17:52:00.000-05:00It has certainly given me pause too - I don't mean...It has certainly given me pause too - I don't mean to suggest that it hasn't. <BR/><BR/>I'll even go so far to say that I imagine that part of Obama's association with this specific church might be due to its prominence in the community where he launched his political career. <BR/><BR/>I will also say that does not excuse him sitting silently in the pews if he heard this stuff before - Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208662198827344349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-30676207531879764752008-04-29T16:58:00.000-05:002008-04-29T16:58:00.000-05:00I'm an Obama supporter (though, admittedly, not as...I'm an Obama supporter (though, admittedly, not as fervent a supporter as you, Jared, since I'm more of an Edwards supporter who just prefers Obama to Hillary), and I have to say that his association with Wright is kind of a turn-off. Whenever a prominent Republican demonstrates a close relationship to the likes of Pat Robertson, I shudder, and the Wright situation seems fairly analogous. To Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397974121751822684noreply@blogger.com