The major question regarding the upcoming election, is whether Obama's pastor's words will hurt his campaign. My mom and I have been arguing this issue for quite some time now and I wanted to blog about it and see what you guys thought. I personally believe that what Reverend Wright said and what he will say in the future, should not affect Obama in any way. Obama has clearly stated that he doesnt believe what the Reverend said about "God damn America" and all the rest of his speech. I quite frankly don't understand how anyone could put the Reverend's words into Obama's mouth, and how the Media continues to say that Obama's support is going down because of his comments. How would this one man's words and opinions affect how America is run? How we are going to pull out of Iraq? How we are going to stop global warming? They don't!! What is the big issue here? Black or white, that is not fair, and the media should stop addressing it as a problem.
3 comments:
It's a great question, Stephanie. I guess I need some clarification, first. Is your Mom saying that Obama should be held accountable for Rev. Wright's words OR is she saying that Obama will be held accountable for Rev. Wright's words? If it's the latter, then I'm afraid to say that she's probably correct, even though I agree with you that Obama should NOT have to be held accountable for every word his (former) minister utters!
I wonder if other candidates are held to the same standard? If not, why do you think this happening in this case?
Stephanie,
I could not agree with you more, that Obama did come out hind say that he disagress completely with what his reverand had said. And i think if people were smart enough just to look at Obama's viewpoints and what he would want to do if elected president. I would think they could see that Obama's opinions are very different from his Rev.
On the other hand it is sad that most people will just believe what is shoved in their faces by the media and I think it's so stupid, and this if America could really see some of the things that McCain, Clinton, and Obama have paid to keep disclosed, no one would trust nor like any of the candidates.
Stephanie,
Important questions here and a worthwhile debate! Great work on your blog posts (but more posts would help!)
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