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.


I already said it was a well done speech. However, the crazy Reverend isn't family. You can't choose your relatives. You can choose your minister.

Furthermore, Obama was trying to accomplish something very specific by dragging his "white grandmother" into this political mess. He was trying to diminish Wright's hateful theology by implying that it too is a private matter. That's not really the case. His grandmother's comments were made in private, not in a sermon delivered to a congregation of thousands and recorded on DVD.

So here we have, on the one hand, an old prejudiced white woman who would be completely anonymous but for her grandson's political ambition. And, on the other, a leader in the black community who uses his pulpit to preach hate.

They really aren't comparable and, if there was one truly regretable aspect of his speech it was the way he threw his grandmother under a bus in order to excuse his association with a racist.