And these concerns would be legitimate since, at least where the already born are concerned, Republican politicians typically invoke the old time religion in the name of exclusion and intolerance. If some politician wants to (occasionally) humbly cite Jesus's teaching as informing his message of brotherhood and charity, I'm not going to have too much of a problem with it. I believe the vogue phrase these days is "Red Letter Christian."

The first two parts of the equation are just assumptions on your part, not facts.

I would argue that at least the second part of the equation is true enough to most people has caused Obama to react as he has in order to stop the tremendous tide of negative public opinion. I don't think anyone here (perhaps I'm wrong) thinks Obama distancing himself from Wright is anything but political expedience.

Based on Wright saying that Cone and his philosophy are what he based the philosophy of his church on, I would think the first part is relative sound as well.

That's fuzzy math.

I don't get the controversy - I mean, so are we supposed to be worried that Obama will stop the infect African americans with aids program, or spoil the next 911 conspiracy?

James Cone, eh? I wonder if I'm related.

Personally, I think it speaks to poor judgment.

Eh, I'm not the biggest Obama fan ... but if this is the worse that can be flung against him ... say hello to the next President of the United States.

I've rarely seen so much ado about nothing.

I dunno - Bush fell for the whole Weapons of Mass Destruction conspiracy theory and we made him president

Bush indeed did, as did his predecessor, but we're talking about Obama.

If this is no big deal, however, why did Obama feel the need to suddenly "see the light" when only a day or two before he had said he could not abandon Wright? It was a political decision made to limit political damage.