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	<title>Comments on: Obama Publicly Rejects Reverend Jeremiah Wright&#8217;s Statements</title>
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	<description>Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable.</description>
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		<title>By: Sarah Ruiz</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/03/14/obama-publicly-rejects-reverend-jeremiah-wrights-statements/comment-page-1/#comment-394690</link>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Ruiz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t say I&#039;ve ever heard a sermon in a church before, but I was under the impression that pastors say a lot of things in sermons about whatever they believe in, and even if you&#039;re in the audience listening that doesn&#039;t mean that you condone everything the pastor says. And say it is true that Obama heard Wright say inflammatory things about the black condition in America--the man&#039;s entitled to his own opinion, and I don&#039;t consider Obama the type of person to challenge someone&#039;s deeply held beliefs outright, even if they are racist. 

From what I&#039;ve found of Rev. Wright&#039;s statements, none seem so inflammatory to me that I would leave and protest his words. It&#039;s important to have freedom of speech, and while some call what he&#039;s doing hatemongering, I think he&#039;s simply echoing the beliefs of many in the black community (I don&#039;t wish to condone the beliefs that Wright advocates). I have found nothing Wright has said to be so flagrantly racist and anti-American that we would be considered an unusual American citizen. 

I think perhaps we ought to remember that everyone has their own beliefs, and simply tolerating the views of someone else does not mean that you condone them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;ve ever heard a sermon in a church before, but I was under the impression that pastors say a lot of things in sermons about whatever they believe in, and even if you&#8217;re in the audience listening that doesn&#8217;t mean that you condone everything the pastor says. And say it is true that Obama heard Wright say inflammatory things about the black condition in America&#8211;the man&#8217;s entitled to his own opinion, and I don&#8217;t consider Obama the type of person to challenge someone&#8217;s deeply held beliefs outright, even if they are racist. </p>
<p>From what I&#8217;ve found of Rev. Wright&#8217;s statements, none seem so inflammatory to me that I would leave and protest his words. It&#8217;s important to have freedom of speech, and while some call what he&#8217;s doing hatemongering, I think he&#8217;s simply echoing the beliefs of many in the black community (I don&#8217;t wish to condone the beliefs that Wright advocates). I have found nothing Wright has said to be so flagrantly racist and anti-American that we would be considered an unusual American citizen. </p>
<p>I think perhaps we ought to remember that everyone has their own beliefs, and simply tolerating the views of someone else does not mean that you condone them.</p>
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		<title>By: Justin Gardner</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/03/14/obama-publicly-rejects-reverend-jeremiah-wrights-statements/comment-page-1/#comment-394241</link>
		<dc:creator>Justin Gardner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jan, you&#039;re just plain wrong. If you&#039;re referencing Bill Kristol&#039;s column, it was debunked. If you&#039;re referencing something else, provide a link or go away. There&#039;s no room for conjecture and hearsay in this debate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jan, you&#8217;re just plain wrong. If you&#8217;re referencing Bill Kristol&#8217;s column, it was debunked. If you&#8217;re referencing something else, provide a link or go away. There&#8217;s no room for conjecture and hearsay in this debate.</p>
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		<title>By: jan</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/03/14/obama-publicly-rejects-reverend-jeremiah-wrights-statements/comment-page-1/#comment-394240</link>
		<dc:creator>jan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama is toast...He did hear Wright spewing his hatred...News reporters have attested to being in the church when Obama was there and Wright ranting his bigoted hatred FROM THE PULPIT...If I were in a church and heard that kind of garbage coming out of a Preacher&#039;s mouth...I would head for the nearest door...White America is going to dump Obama  like a hot potato...Guilt by association...Suddenly Obama is backing away from his &quot;mentor, friend and pastor, and spiritual advisor&quot;...He is done...Hillary is probably jumping for joy...Imagine...Hillary&#039;s pastor screaming the hateful messages this disgusting &quot;reverend&quot; was spewing or kudos for David Duke and the KKK from the alter?  Woah...Bye bye Barack...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama is toast&#8230;He did hear Wright spewing his hatred&#8230;News reporters have attested to being in the church when Obama was there and Wright ranting his bigoted hatred FROM THE PULPIT&#8230;If I were in a church and heard that kind of garbage coming out of a Preacher&#8217;s mouth&#8230;I would head for the nearest door&#8230;White America is going to dump Obama  like a hot potato&#8230;Guilt by association&#8230;Suddenly Obama is backing away from his &#8220;mentor, friend and pastor, and spiritual advisor&#8221;&#8230;He is done&#8230;Hillary is probably jumping for joy&#8230;Imagine&#8230;Hillary&#8217;s pastor screaming the hateful messages this disgusting &#8220;reverend&#8221; was spewing or kudos for David Duke and the KKK from the alter?  Woah&#8230;Bye bye Barack&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Donklephant &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Let&#8217;s Show Some Grace in the Obama Pastor Case</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/03/14/obama-publicly-rejects-reverend-jeremiah-wrights-statements/comment-page-1/#comment-393942</link>
		<dc:creator>Donklephant &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Let&#8217;s Show Some Grace in the Obama Pastor Case</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] weâ€™ve already covered, Barack Obama has condemned the controversial words of Rev. Jeremiah Wright. But what now â€“ [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] weâ€™ve already covered, Barack Obama has condemned the controversial words of Rev. Jeremiah Wright. But what now â€“ [...]</p>
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