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Location: Pantego, Texas, United States

Monday, March 17, 2008

I'm surprised at the brouhaha that has developed recently over Obama's pastor, Reverend Wright. The fact that Obama belonged to a black racist Church has been known for several years. The Reverend Wright's comments about the CIA created AIDS to kill off black people, etc. have been on the internet for some time. (The idea that Reverend Wright's comments are cherry-picked, or taken out of context is ridiculous; how can there be any context for the AIDS remark, or that the government imports drugs to addict black people.) What I'm wondering about is why the TV networks started playing the comments on TV at this time. It seems unlikely that McCain and the Republicans would have caused this at this time. Far better for them to wait until just before the election in October. Also, if the Clintons did it, the timing also seems wrong. It would have been better for them to have started this just before the primar in Texas and Ohio. It is now over five weeks until the important primary in Pennslyvania. So, there is plenty of time for Obama to overcome the bad press. Thus it seems most likely to me that the Obama campaign is responsible. THis is the best time for this story to be publicized from their perspective. It was bound to happen sometimes, so now the campaign has time to innoculate itself against future major damage.

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