and if Daily Kos wasn't down right now I'd get you the link to my diary.
Basically I said he should compare his preacher to people he'll have to deal with throughout the world. He can say that he didn't agree with all the views of his minister but thought him a complex enough man that he was worthy of intense character study.
Part of the problem in our foreign policy has been this black/white thinking that opponents are completely evil instead of seeing the full evolution of their anger towards our policies. If a man like his preacher can generate such intense feelings about the problems in this country and he can understand what drives that, he'll be more capable of understanding what pushes people to become enraged at us.
He could then go on to say that people like Hillary and McCain, because of their years away from the passions of the street, have lost that connect with other humans and thus are not as capable of understanding the intricate human nature that drives our foreign entanglements.
I think he can turn something like this into a winner with that tactic.
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I had the answer the other day
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- Obama's Preacher, Elephant in the Living Room?
- He's not getting away easy on this one
- Obama's burnt toast.
- Read this!!
- I did
- "Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, 'Not this time.'"
- I did.
- So in other words, you'd give this man a pass on anything.
- Sorry, forgot the link
- Interesting interview
- Obama can overcome this... He has an easy way out...