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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
But mac sweetie,
There have been others batchit crazy racist preachers who have actually been presidential candidates that yell all kinds of craziness from the bully pulpit that don't get nearly as much media attention...
Besides, my question was how come the media NEEDED to amplify this kind of thing--other than being politically motivated?
Was what Rev RUN DMC Wright all that life altering for say, someone such as yourself? It is not going to change who you are going to vote for, really?
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Yeah I agree with you. No, what he said was certainly not life altering, at least to me. I will say though, as a white Presbyterian I certainly am not used to that kind of a church environment, so the shock and awe factor was definitely there haha. It's not going to change who I am going to vote for either.
As far as media attention, other than for political reasons, I honestly think the media was right for giving this some attention. I think people deserve to know that a potential President of our country has involved himself for two decades with a guy who obviously has some very questionable beliefs and some very questionable ways in which he goes about expressing those belief, regardless of the good that he as done. That goes for anyone in this type of situation, not just Obama. You have to admit, for some this was extremely disturbing and I have a feeling that it would anger a good deal of people if this came out after the elections were said and done with.
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