I have to say that the vehemence of the whole Reverend Wright thing caught me off guard (which shows my ignorance). As a white person who grew up with African American friends, I saw many bigoted and shortsighted statements by religious leaders on both sides of the divide growing up and always believed that in the Protestant faith, ministers are supposed to be helping an individual do his own search for god rather than being a role model like a Catholic Priest in some ways is supposed to be. When I saw the quotes from the Reverend Wright, I compared them to the Pat Robertson’s and Jerry Falwells that had blamed national disasters on America’s sinful acts and people like that. Obviously a lot of people see it differently. It will be interesting to see the effect on primary votes.
On a different topic, the comments by some about Afghanistan and Iraq, I hope they remember that one of the biggest reasons for the destruction of the Soviet Empire was that the Soviets overextended themselves when they went into Afghanistan. No matter how rich and powerful we are, we do have limits.
