'Rich Ancestral Blood'

The influential pastor of the Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, J. Alfred Smith Sr., all but endorsed Schwarzenegger after a two-hour visit Sunday. The media, he said, made too big a deal about the governor's recorded comments about "black blood."

Smith said:

"I wish he would have said that J. Alfred Smith is a dynamic little east Oakland leader because of the rich ancestral blood from the motherland of Africa that flows through his veins. I am not a European.... My nose is flat. My lips are thick. But I am proud to be a son of ebony hue."

Listen to audio from after the Sunday church service:

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