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You have to hand it to Sen. Barack Obama. The man can really whomp up a speech. The presidential hopeful from Illinois is obviously a brilliant orator whose recent reflections on the racial state of the union left many Americans, including the already infatuated mainstream media, more gaga than ever. But in spite of Obama's spellbinding speaking skills, red flags are still flapping over the racist and incendiary remarks made by the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., the senator’s longtime pastor, friend and spiritual mentor. By now you've heard the words and seen the spectacle — the reverend at his pulpit, calling on the Almighty to damn America, insisting the “government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color” and declaring America got just what it deserved in the 9/11 attacks. It's not that Obama hasn't denounced the pastor's racist and anti-American rants. He has, albeit belatedly. And it's not that Americans expect...
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