I'm going to buck the conventional wisdom here that says Hillary Clinton crossed the line when she spoke today about Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

She was asked this question:

How would you have responded if your pastor had said some of the things that Rev. Wright has said?

Her response:

He would not have been my pastor.   You know, you don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend.  

I spoke out against Don Imus. I gave a speech at Rutgers University, saying that hate speech was unacceptable in any setting, and I believe that.  

So, for me, if I had been a member of such a church - Well, first of all, if I had sat there for twenty years, you all would have a lot to say, if someone had given comparable sermons.   I just think you have to speak out against that.  You certainly have to do it, if not explicitly, implicitly, by getting up and moving.

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