Well, Obama is now in the midst of a messy divorce from the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. As tough as it must have been to do, he had to do it. Unfortunately, the issues this association has raised aren't just going to disappear... indeed, this is just the kind of thing Hillary's campaign has been hanging around for, after insinuations (including pictures) suggesting that Obama may or may not be Muslim and Geraldine Ferraro and Bill C. trying to marginalize him as a black candidate.
We can see how living through the hypocrisy of Jim Crow could make someone disillusioned to the point where they WOULD believe the US would spread AIDS in the black community, and how the combination of being highly educated (as Wright is... and seems anxious to demonstrate) with the above skepticism probably could lead said person to believe some of the out-of-the-mainstream things he has read, and being a pastor spreading the word of God could lead one to an over-important view of oneself and one's views of the world, and take the whole locomotive off a cliff.
Recall our "(Dis)Qualifying Question" for the presidency.
The sad thing is, the valid points Wright does have (on America's chickens, its racist history, and the Palestinians) are discredited when lumped together with his wackier views.
