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...Whether Obama survives now will depend on the most important and overlooked part of his speech-the final section, in which he challenged the public and, especially, the media to stow the sensationalism: "We can play Reverend Wright's sermons on every channel, every day ... and make the only question in this campaign whether or not the American people think that I somehow believe or sympathize with his most offensive words," he said. "But if we do, I can tell you that in the next election we'll be talking about some other distraction ... And nothing will change...
...simply declaring it transcended would be folly - even now, in the year 2008. That was the reality Obama both confronted and embraced today. "Race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now," he said. "We would be making the same mistake that Reverend Wright made in his offending sermons about America - to simplify and stereotype and amplify the negative to the point that it distorts reality...
...Obama himself who depicted Reverend Wright as inspiring his candidacy. The "audacity of hope" was Wright's very language. To the extent that these snippets from Wright were seen to contradict Obama's "transcending" language then the emotional heart of his campaign is compromised...
...right supporters; he is unabashedly trying to solidify his Republican base to win the presidency. Sacrificing principle for power is evidently a price Senator McCain is willing to pay. Indeed, torture isn’t the only issue on which McCain is willing to flip-flop. After criticizing Reverend Jerry Falwell for being an “agent of intolerance,” McCain delivered a commencement speech at the “Moral Majority” leader’s Liberty University, reaching out to religious conservatives. After claiming he “cannot in good conscience support?...
...cause of homophobia and misogyny—aids in the distribution of these attitudes. But Dash said that hip hop culture is changing. “The younger black men are a lot more evolved than people give them credit for,” said Dash. Reverend Eugene F. Rivers III ’83, a Boston-area pastor and co-founder of the National Ten-Point Coalition, agreed with Dash, saying that consumers are moving away from buying violent rap music. “There has been a shift in the consumer market that cannot be denied...