After weeks of buildup as a firebrand, President Barack Obama's former pastor focused on the need to address voting inequalities, lingering segregation in schools and an unjust justice system.
"We resolve to learn how to live together with our different pasts as we walk together into our common future," he said at the Glen Burnie event.
Wright, who gained national notoriety last year after several comments about race and U.S. policies prompted an...
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The Wrong Reason - 2009-11-21 23:10:40
The only reason Obama boycotted Wright is because it was bad for his image. If he did so on his own without his advisors telling him to do so it would hold more credibility.
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Is this the first - 2009-11-21 07:25:35
time Republicans have joining Obama in boycotting something?
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