I think the point here is that perspective is important. Clinton has Burson-Marsteller on her side, and McCain not only got the endorsement of Hagee but courted it, and won't back down from the endorsement while simultaneously distancing himself from the man's outrageous public statements. Choosing to ignore that and call Obama out because his minister once praised a man whom Obama has denounced looks off-balance when you consider the context.
Obama's church making a commitment to Africa and the black community does not mean that Obama would ignore other groups as a result, because the United States already has a passel of international obligations: Israel, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Eastern Europe... Basically, everywhere that we have a military base, we have a certain degree of commitment. And Obama would not necessarily take this church's mandate as a presidential mandate. I would expect him to support it to a certain degree, but it is simply not probable that he would let other issues fall by the wayside. The US government has more than enough resources to support multiple initiatives of international scope.
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