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PA Debate: The Morning After | 215 comments (215 topical)
Plus, the religious cadence is another (5.00 / 5) (#146)
by derridog on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 09:18:53 AM EST
example of Obama's fraudulence. He wasn't raised in the south. He is a very good mimic. Here he's miming MLK. Most of the things he says on the campaign trail, not to mention his policies, are lifted from others. He doesn't have a core set of beliefs, as far as I can tell from watching his actions and how he ducks and weaves when cornered to try to spin whatever he says in such a way as to placate his listeners.   Although Hillary sometimes does this too, i believe that she does have a core set of beliefs that she has been acting on   for the last 30+/- years.   I believe that because I'm a little older than her and have been watching her for the last 30 years.  Obama is just in this for himself. That's really the only subject he's comfortable with.

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Is it any surprise he identifies (none / 0) (#160)
by Fabian on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 09:32:49 AM EST
so strongly with black preachers?  If Obama wasn't a politician, it's easy enough to see him as a minister.

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You only think that because he speaks like a (none / 0) (#204)
by derridog on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 10:15:39 AM EST
preacher and he only does that because he is trying to associate himself with religion and with the Civil Rights movement and MLK, so he can get votes.

This doesn't make him likely to take up a religious vocation. The man is into power, not self-effacement and hard work on behalf of God and the poor and downtrodden.

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Donnie McClurkin? (none / 0) (#211)
by Fabian on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 10:28:44 AM EST
Being an entertainer is not an easy way to make a living.  Being a preacher with his own flock and his own church - that's stability and at least some power.

Look at the mega churches.  Look at the Right Wing Power of God machines.  There's power in it.  There's money in it.  No doubt.

The truth is that there is more potential in politics than religion.  You are right there.

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PA Debate: The Morning After | 215 comments (215 topical)

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