| Rev. Wright, in spite of some of his loonie views, has done a lot of good work in the Afro American community. Is he Racist? Well possibly- although according to whites that have been there the congregation is welcoming to people of all colour. I'm not going to defend his loonie positions on AIDS and stuff- it kills plenty of whites too. Just take him as he is- Richard Nixon was a famous racist too, but we can credit him with diplomatically opening up China.
Obama is not his Pastor, and neither does he agree with a number of his views, as he made obvious. I think theres only so much political mileage out of this whole thing- there will obviously be the staunch Republican element, and the white racist element that will never stop harping on about it, but I just don't see how a majority of the US electorate are going to be spooked about it long term. Obama is no idiot, whatever your views of his politics- he can obviously think for himself.
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