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Sean Wilentz (5.00 / 4) (#1)
by andgarden on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 12:02:00 AM EST
lays blame at the Obama camp's feet--again--for playing the race card. This time in the Philly Inquirer.

I think he's wrong to defend Bill Shaheen, but I generally agree with his premise. As a student of history, I've long admired Wilentz, and he shows his analytical mettle here. He wears his bias on his sleeve, of course, but that is better than pretending to be neutral, as others do.

The Wilentz piece is also linked (5.00 / 1) (#4)
by oculus on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 12:16:27 AM EST
at Huff Post.  Surprisingly.

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Ah, (none / 0) (#9)
by andgarden on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 12:22:13 AM EST
I don't read them regularly.

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The conclusion is right on the money (none / 0) (#8)
by Edgar08 on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 12:20:42 AM EST
Thanks for the link.


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If this is what you think will pass as a great (none / 0) (#24)
by halstoon on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 12:52:58 AM EST
defense of Clinton, I wish you luck. Personally, I don't see how this helps Clinton. But, Philly is a large, black city, so we'll see if Mr. Wilentz boosts her numbers or brings her more scorn.

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Philly proper is not the target (5.00 / 1) (#29)
by andgarden on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 01:02:57 AM EST
Who do you think reads the Inquirer?

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Ah, sorry. (none / 0) (#84)
by halstoon on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 12:48:27 PM EST
I suppose you mean this paper is more preaching to the choir? Well, that takes real courage, don't it?

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No, you have absolutely (none / 0) (#86)
by andgarden on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 01:05:38 PM EST
no idea what I'm talking about, obviously.

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Any thought you would care to (none / 0) (#89)
by oculus on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 01:52:46 PM EST
share on why the priest invited Wright to the Angelou celebration?  See my comment above also.

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Do you think the Catholic priest's (none / 0) (#26)
by oculus on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 12:58:45 AM EST
inviting The Rev. Wright to Maya Angelou tribute will help Obama in PA?  

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That priest was clearly a self-hating white man (none / 0) (#85)
by halstoon on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 12:55:32 PM EST
if you are already someone who shares the Sean Hannity view of Wright.

Dr. Angelou's celebration was not in PA. The column cited in the original comment ran in a Philly paper. I don't see how you equate the two.

But, I do hope that the messages from various pastors around the country will reach some people in PA. No doubt Dr. Wright harbors some extreme thoughts, and he should rightly be called out for his ignorance on AIDS, etc. But Dr. Wright is also a theologian who does not sugarcoat the Gospel. If you think God endorses America's past abuses and intolerances, then we simply view the Almighty differently. Israel is his chosen people, but He did damn them when their arrogance overtook their faith. Sometimes Christians need to know things like that.

I really wish the theology and the politics had been separated. I also wish his comments had been put in perspective by the GOP. Hannity acts as though Wright is hatemonger, but Drs. Dobson and Robertson and the late Dr. Falwell all said similarly extreme things about America. God is not an American in my view, and we should stop pretending to have the market cornered on piety.

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Chicago. Got it. I wasn't asking (none / 0) (#88)
by oculus on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 01:51:22 PM EST
for an overview of The Rev. Wright's theology.  It is interesting to me that a Caucasian Catholic priest who apparently serves a predominantly African American Catholic parish in Chicago decided to invite Wright to the Angelou celebration, in light of the fact Angelou has written a poem lauding Hillary Clinton and the fact Wright's spoke out strongly against the Clintons from his own pulpit in Chicago.  Did the priest have his finger in the air to check the wind/prevailing sentiment of his parish?  Who knows.

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