DRS112

Not to Obama specifically but to American politics as a whole?

That maybe candidates will tend to distance themselves from churches and fundamentalism in fear that it may burn them down the road?

My hope is that religious does not equal virtuous anymore....

maybe?

Dr. Zaius

I had been thinking this but was not about to be the one to start the conversation....

You may not get many more comments but....I hope we have learned something from the whole thing.

TrueBlueAmerican

Either that or parties will start training 'party preachers'. Tone the fiery rhetoric down, politically correct statements only, and mindfullness of party policy.

Either you get rid of religion from politics entirely and make it strictly a private matter, or you deal with it.

Candidates from each respective party who wish to publicize their religion should choose the preachers they link the party to from the party's approved list of holy men. Not that I disagree with anything that Wright said; what he said though was politically damaging and could have been avoided by the above method.

HarperLee

Jeremiah Wright received more coverage than the Iraq War
or the economy for weeks because it was important to Fox News
and the Clinton campaign to make damn sure that the voters
understood that Barack Obama is black, really black.

I am the only person I know who was appalled to learn that George
W. Bush consulted with Pat Robertson on Supreme Court appointments, and that he talked to Ted Haggard every Monday.
But that is just me. I am so old I can actually remember when
there was separation of church and state.

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When an intelligent, truthful man appears, he will be easily identified by the confederacy of dunces arrayed against him. Jonathan Swift

CosmicRocker

If it helped get Religion out of Public Policy, I'm all for it.

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You need rhino skin
If youre gonna pretend
Youre not hurt by this world

If you listen long enough
You can hear my skin grow tough
Love is painful to the touch
Must be made of stronger stuff

You need rhino skin
To get to the end
Of the maze through this world

*Rhino Skin* -fr: Echo Tom Petty

Dr. Zaius

The only one? Really?

mudwhistle

The problem is not that Wright is a religious figure. The problem is that much like Obama's other friends and mentors, he hates America.

Not all religious people hate America. Wright's blessing should be sending the message to all Americans that if you hang around with people who do, you don't get to be President.

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ibex

You really are idiotic on such a wide range of topics Mudpie. While Rome aka the US is burning, you're worried about Wright and Ayers and yet you cheer the lying war criminals who got us into a war on false pretexts, and you fawn over a senile old geezer who wants to continue this madness for another century. Your stupidity and ignorance truly amount to a bottomless pit.

Jonesy

No chance. Religious people (especially Christians), are constantly and relentlessly attempting usurpation. They never stop developing new strategies and brain-washing children. They will stop at nothing less than complete slavery and oppression.

Jonesy

Mud, you make an outrageous accusation you should be ready to sustain in a court-of-law.