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How to discuss the "Wright" thing with your conservative friends

Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 01:09:50 PM PDT

You've all got conservative friends, right?  Right?  Well, I live in Oklahoma, so I've got quite a few.  I am the token "Liberal Democrat" friend for most of them.

When the Jeremiah Wright controversy hit, I got quite a few people smugly asking me, "So, how are you going to vote now, huh?  McCain's looking pretty good now."

I've responded in various ways.  I've emailed links to Wright's full sermons and embarrassed a few of them into listening "in context."  I've had conversations about the prophetic voice (or lack thereof) in the Church, and what it means to be "patriotic."  But this is a region heavily influenced by Sean Hannity, et. al., so attention spans are not all that long.

So I developed my own quick response.  It has the virtue of being easy to memorize.  It also pushes the question back in their face:  why do you want four more years?  Check this out:

"4000 dead kids,
5 years,
3 trillion dollars,
no WMD,
no connection to 9/11,
no end in sight,
no exit plan,
an economy in the crapper,
and you want me to concentrate on Obama's pastor?"

What should I add or change?

(First time diary).

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