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Originally posted by taxwonk
What you're suggesting is perfectly valid on a "want to get together again for dinner next week?" level. However, what Obama was saying was that we can't just say "well, these people aren't "real" Americans, so we can ignore them" on a macro level.
We all share a country. That means that we need to find ways to function together and find some common ground.
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I don't get it. will he be going to a klan rally next week?
90% of what he said I think was great. equating a minster to his grandma was bullshit. people asking him to justify the minister might be Bullshit- I haven't really read into it enough. BUT saying the minister at the church i go to I'm tied to, warts and all, like I'm tied to granny is bullshit.
You can't choose family/ you can choose friends- which is a minster closer to? or is it okay to have racist friends*? I don't think it is. AND before today I would have thought almost everyone on this board would have agreed. So I don't get the distinction.
*allowing for the argument that a black minister cannot be racist, but that wasn't BO's argument.
