
Politics – Prominent African-Americans are regularly called upon to explain or repudiate what other black Americans have to say, while white public figures are rarely, if ever, handed that burden.McCain has continued to embrace a prominent white supporter, Pastor John Hagee, whose bigotry matches that of Mr. Wright. McCain has not tried hard enough to stop
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Hagee is not John McCains personal Pastor. He is an endorser, nothing more. McCain didn't sit and listen to Hagee curse, and damn America for 20 years, or listen to him accuse America of making drug addicts out of black people, or giving them Aids. This is a matter of Obama's judgement, character, and credibility. First he excused Pastor Wright, and denied ever hearing him say any of those things, then he said he might have heard something controversial, then he admitted he did indeed hear those things, and was outraged. He should have ignored the whole thing much the way McCain is ignoring it.