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Originally Posted by Mikeyy
Your right. But lets not pretend that this conversion didn't have something to do with politics.
And lets not forget McCain accepted Hagees support before this conversion.
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Didn't say anything towards the otherwise...
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Originally Posted by Mikeyy
I don't tie either one of these candidates to these religious leaders. But they both are. They both knew what they preached. And they played along for political reasons.
I am not using these stories to make my choice. And I hope nobody does.
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Wrong...
A MAJOR question voters will think of is this...
"Does the candidate BELIEVE the rhetoric made by the religious leaders?"...
With McCain, that answer is easy...Hagee's remarks were against Catholics, and McCain IS a Catholic...
Just based on that alone, people can conclude that A) Hagee doesn't cling to his remarks against Catholics because he's actually endorsing a Catholic...and B) Nobody would think McCain has the same disgust shown in Hagee's original remarks about Catholics because he's a Catholic himself...
These are 2 points that can't be considered when the public asks themselves "Does Obama believe in Wright's statements?"...In fact, the opposite...Sitting in that church and listening to it for 20 years gives the appearance that Obama does have (at least)
some belief in the pastor's remarks...
From
Rasmussen two weeks ago...
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A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 30% of the nation’s Likely Voters believe Barack Obama denounced his former Pastor, Jeremiah Wright, because he was outraged. Most—58%--say he denounced the Pastor for political convenience. The survey was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday night. Obama made his statements about Wright on Tuesday.
Wright held a mini-media tour last weekend capped by a press conference at the National Press Club on Monday. Only 33% of voters believe that Obama was surprised by the views Wright expressed at Monday’s press conference. Fifty-two percent (52%) say he was not surprised.
Fifty-six percent (56%) say it’s at least somewhat likely that Obama “shares some of Pastor Wright’s controversial views about the United States.” That figure includes 26% who say it’s Very Likely Obama holds such views. At the other end of the spectrum 24% say it’s Not Very Likely that Obama shares such views. Just 11% say it’s Not at All Likely.
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