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Obama's Wife and Their Spiritual Adviser

Many Republicans see clear proof of unfitness for high office in Obama's choice of spiritual adviser and his equivocations about why he condoned the reverend's vicious rhetoric for so long.

by Stuart Taylor Jr

Sat. Apr. 5, 2008


Weeks of brooding over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Michelle Obama eruptions have severely shaken the hope I expressed in January: "If Barack Obama can show he is tough enough and pragmatic enough to win the presidency and serve with distinction, it would be the best thing that could happen to America and the world."


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"Opening Argument" offers a legal perspective on current events ranging from White House policy matters to Supreme Court rulings and appointments.


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Previously in Opening Argument

  • 03 29, 2008 Supremes Whack World Court -- and Bush
  • 03 22, 2008 Executing 9/11 Murderers Would Backfire
  • 03 08, 2008 Mukasey Feeds the Prison Binge
  • 02 09, 2008 Opening Argument - The University Has No Clothes
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