Originally Posted By: whomod
He said the same thing about his white grandmother and her anti black views too. He said you accept people while not agreeing with heir negative views. And this pastor has been like family to Obama.

You'd have him throw Wright under the bus for mere political expediency and to sate some racial score. Obama chose to place Wrights comments in their proper social context while soundly rejecting them.



"Accepting people despite their views", and listening to them spew those poisonous views virtually every Sunday for 20 years, are two very separate things.