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It got hijacked. I don't know what kind of lives John McCain thinks that celebrities lead, but this has been mine.
Some will see this as an attempt to justify or excuse comments that are simply inexcusable. Legalized discrimination - where blacks were prevented, often through violence, from owning property, or loans were not granted to African-American business owners, or black homeowners could not access FHA mortgages, or blacks were excluded from unions, or the police force, or fire departments - meant that black families could not amass any meaningful wealth to bequeath to future generations. I understand those who protest that some countries have weapons that others do not.
In the following century, men and women of faith waded into the battles over prison reform and temperance, public education and women's rights - and above all, abolition. But the remarks that have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply controversial. Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition. So let me spell out exactly what that change would mean if I am President. But this much is clear: governments that protect these rights are ultimately more stable, successful and secure.
But she didn't. Let us keep that promise - that American promise - and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.
I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy. She knew that food was one of their most expensive costs, and so Ashley convinced her mother that what she really liked and really wanted to eat more than anything else was mustard and relish sandwiches. He said that our economy has made "great progress" under this President. That is why we welcome efforts like Saudi Arabian King Abdullah's Interfaith dialogue and Turkey's leadership in the Alliance of Civilizations.
Thank you, and God bless America.