There has been quite a bit of hyperventilating lately about Jeremiah
Wright, the former pastor at Obama's church. The media, led by
Fox News, has been searching through all of Wright's past sermons
to find something potentially controversial. They have found a
sermon he made back in
2003 where he pointed out America's poor record on race relations and
then said "God damn America".

Obama was asked about those words and here was his response:

Obviously, I disagree with that. Here is what happens when you just cherry-pick statements from a guy who had a 40-year career as a pastor. There are times when people say things that are just wrong. But I think it's important to judge me on what I've said in the past and what I believe.

I love this response. It makes clear that he obviously disagrees
with this sentiment from Wright and wants people to judge him based on
what he personally says, not on what his pastor may have said one time
almost 5 years ago.

Wright is just the latest name on a long list of people the media has
used to attack Obama
with, even when he's strongly denounced their actions or comments. It
started with Rezko, but has continued with the likes of Farrakhan and
Ayers. These are simply people he knew during his time in Chicago who
have had no significant role in his 2008 Presidential campaign. Their
controversial comments and actions all happened in the past, but since
the media can't find anything bad that Obama has said or done
personally, it's really the only thing they have.  While
guilt-by-associateion tactics have been a regular staple of politics,
I've never seen them employed to the extent they have been in this
election.  I'm glad Obama's calling them on it.



In the end, this election is about the candidates, not their supporters.