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[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

And I will say once again that it does concern me that Obama has referred to this man as a mentor.

Interestingly enough, I was just reading a debate on another board and a cite was asked for a few days ago that contained a direct quote from Obama saying that Wright was a mentor. So far, none has been offered. Would you happen to have one?

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

Interestingly enough, I was just reading a debate on another board and a cite was asked for a few days ago that contained a direct quote from Obama saying that Wright was a mentor. So far, none has been offered. Would you happen to have one?

I admit, I have searched, and cannot find a direct quote of Obama calling him his mentor. However, I can find articles in the Chicago Tribune about Obama always consulting Wright before making a political move, found out that his book The Audacity of Hope was inspired by a sermon made by Wright, that the man married Obama and his wife and baptized his children, have found hundred s of references to a letter penned by Obama in which he referred to Wright as a "friend, mentor, and pastor".....such things are endless. sso while the word mentor may not have specifically come from his mouth, the shoe would indeed seem to fit.

[3894]

Re: Rev. Wright

Ever since this first appeared on the radar, I have thought the choice of this pastor has a lot more to do with Mrs. Obama than Mr. First, that's often the way things work. Second, remember what Michele Obama said after Barak's Iowa victory - for the first time in her adult life she was proud of this country.
That's someone who would be sympathetic to Rev. Wright's rhetoric.