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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Sir...I would have less respect for Obama if he completely disavowed the man based solely on his words and at the exclusion of the 20+ years of service and commitment to the minority community in Chicago.
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Call me Seymour...Sir is so formal, don't you think?
Maybe he does have 20+ years of service to the minority community (which I respect, btw) but that does not change the racist spewings of his recent past. I cannot help but wonder if the recent past is more the norm and we are just not hearing about it because there were no cameras there. This is only speculation of course but the guy had to know there were cameras there and that he would be recorded. It is customary to tone the rhetoric down a bit, not dial it up, in those cases. At best his words show very poor judgment on his part, at worst he is the black version of a white supremacists.
I stand by my statement that the black community would be up in arms over this and hard to win over at this point no matter what measures were taken.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Just as I have loss respect for McCain (who I would not have voted for any way because of policy positions) for his hypocrisy regarding Robertson, Hagee, et al....calling them "agents of hate" in 2000 when trying to appear tolerant to the less self-righteous side of the GOP..then actively seeking their endorsements eight years later to secure the conservative GOP base.
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This is not a thread about McCain but I will say I am no happier with some of his actions in this regard then Obama.