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Clinton stoops below McCain (who won’t criticize Obama for remarks his pastor has made) and takes on Rev Wright:

Clinton decided to weigh in on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy, telling the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “He would not have been my pastor,” Clinton said. “You don’t choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend.”

So, you can’t choose your family but you sure can choose what church you attend. With that said, here is the pastor at Clinton’s former church during her White House years defending Rev Wright:

“The Reverend Jeremiah Wright is an outstanding church leader whom I have heard speak a number of times. He has served for decades as a profound voice for justice and inclusion in our society. He has been a vocal critic of the racism, sexism and homophobia which still tarnish the American dream. … Dr. Wright, a member of an integrated denomination, has been an agent of racial reconciliation while proclaiming perceptions and truths uncomfortable for some white people to hear. Those of us who are white Americans would do well to listen carefully to Dr. Wright rather than to use a few of his quotes to polarize.”

More from Clinton’s ex-church here (read the full thing).

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