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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Xazy, did you read or watch the entirety of the speech?
I fully admit to my partisan hackery. That notwithstanding, I can't fathom that you could have fully read or watched it and still have that question.
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I read his speech could not listen to it. The key quote from him for me is this:
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Absolutely – just as I’m sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed.
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The answer to this is no I have never, I know some Rabbi's who would make remarks I would not agree with, but then again I would never go to their synagogue every week, nor have them preside over my wedding, and my kids Bris, naming etc..
To me action speaks louder then words, I know he sat there, and he went to his services for years and had him preside over all these personal things for him (wedding, baptisms, etc..) and until now never calling him out on his racial issues. To me that says a lot. As far as his speech, I take it with a grain of salt, he wants to be elected, there is a possible fire, so he gets his speech writer team together (and we all know every politician have them), not sure which were involved in this speech, but they wrote an amazing one.
Now do I think he full embraces his Rev opinion, no, but do I think that a part of it rings true in his personal values, that I do, or he would not sit there and listen to him for that many years. If he did not truly at some part of him agree / accept these views, he could have left, I know if it was me, I would. And for that part alone I judge him as a person.