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According to a man who interviewed Rev. Wright, Obama came to Wright and said, "I need some spiritual advice. I don't know exactly who I am."[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZsbWxUBc0w]   
 
According to a man who interviewed Rev. Wright, Obama came to Wright and said, "I need some spiritual advice. I don't know exactly who I am."[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZsbWxUBc0w]   
 
Obama may essentially be in the same place now. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 09:37, 30 May 2017 (EDT)
 
Obama may essentially be in the same place now. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 09:37, 30 May 2017 (EDT)
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== Funeral Blues ==
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I'm removing the part insinuating Obama doesn't attend Christian funeral services held in a church. The WaPo has a [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/06/22/a-list-of-the-prominent-funerals-president-obama-has-and-has-not-attended/?utm_term=.939d00e7f3dc handy guide] to the funerals / memorial services he's attended up to Feb. 2016.
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In anticipation of any silly lawyering over this, these three were unequivocally Christian funeral services held in a church:
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#[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/29/edward-kennedy-funeral-president-obama Funeral of Ted Kennedy, Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston, Aug. 29, 2009]
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#[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/29/AR2010042901014.html Funeral of Dorothy Height, Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC, Apr. 29, 2010]
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#[http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/06/politics/beau-biden-funeral/ Funeral of Beau Biden, St. Anthony of Padua Church, Wilmington, Jun. 6, 2015]
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The full list, including memorial services, reads:
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*Ted Kennedy
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*Walter Kronkite
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*Dorothy Height
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*Robert Byrd
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*Daniel Inouye
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*Tom Foley
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*Nelson Mandela
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*Beau Biden
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*Clementa Pinckney
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I trust this will suffice as sufficient proof of the absurdity of this particular insinuation. [[User:JohnZ|JohnZ]] ([[User talk:JohnZ|talk]]) 15:49, 30 May 2017 (EDT)
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