Spiritual <> Political

Presidential hopeful Barak Obama continues to have to answer the quite odd comments from his preacher Rev. Wright with the, ' I looked to Mr Wright for spiritual, not political, guidance.' statement.

I don't get it? For me, my spiritual values influence my political values. I can't separate them. Church stuff get over in that corner and political stuff get over in that one. Either one is true (spiritual) and the other (political) false or neither are true. Or maybe one is 'more true'? As an one who believes in absolute truths and laws that governor the universe that supersede my individual rights whether I like them or not, this division, strikes me as odd.