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Originally Posted by jon1856
A point he made just does not sit right with me:
He made a comparison between his pastor and his grandmother. He made a connection where I can not see one.
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The connection is that they are both people he loves, both shaped who he is, but on certain occasions both have made comments that offend him. Asking him to distance himself from his long-time pastor for a couple remarks that he disagrees with is like asking him to distance himself from his white grandmother who on occasion would make derogatory remarks about certain racial groups. I thought that it was a good illustration of why it would have been wrong for him to have to reject his pastor out of political pressure. I thought the comparison was helpful.
Here is the full 45-minute speech:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hisownwords
I highly recommend the speech in full, rather than the 5 minute clip that seems to be on most of the news sites.
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