[purplefrog]

Fact: Obama attends the church of Rev. Wright for 20 years.

Fact: Obama has called him his advisor and mentor.

Fact: Obama cuts ties with this guy as soon as his (Wright's) sermons become publicly known and Obama decides to run for President.

Fact: Obama has a pattern of behavior along these lines (Ayers, Rashid Khalid, Tony Rezko) to varying degrees.

Conclusion: Throughout his life Obama has been willing to associate with people who have questionable agendas as long as no one is really paying attention. This may mean one or more of the following:

1) He is very naive (e.g. he doesn't realize the questionable agendas until someone from the outside tells him).

2) He is willing to use people for political gain regardless of their background or agenda.

3) He has radical views consistent with these past relationships and is trying (successfully) to hide this.

4) He is just one of those people who seems to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

5) The media is being too harsh on Obama because most politicians have similar relationships.

Imo, the truth is probably some combination of #1 and #2, but I sincerely fear #3 is also partly true.