Well, stick a fork in Reverend Wright.  It took Obama from February of '07 until April of '08, but he finally figured it out.  Wright is, among other things, an albatross.

So the questions are many - Are we supposed to believe Obama was clueless about Wright's views?  Should anyone trust his judgement going forward - you know, if you screw up a Supreme Court nomination there are no "Do Overs".  How do you get the choice of your "spiritual mentor" wrong for 20 years?  Is he so numb and disconnected to his surroundings that he could sit in a church for 20 years and not know what the pastor was saying?  Or is he counting on the Short Attention Span Theater of American politics and the spin cycle news media to wash away the memory of his support for Wright?

Frankly, I think it's more insidious than any of that ... it's the typical, elitist attitude of the typical career politician that they can manipulate public opinion with big media campaigns, spin doctors and enough money.  I wonder if Obama went to Wright's church because it served his political ends at the state level.  They knew way back when that Obama was going to have to throw Wright under the bus at some point - see the New York Tiimes from April of '07.  Obama stood by his pastor as long as the polling data said it was more advantageous than throwing him under the bus.  Apparently, the polling data now dictates tossing the good pastor to the wolves.

All this speaks to 2 larger problems:

1)  Wright apparently resonates with a substantial portion of black Americans.

2) The American political system has degenerated into nothing more than a media circus (luckily thay have elephants and donkeys).

Why should We The People expect any more loyalty from politicians than they show to one another?  We shouldn't.  Obama threw Wright under the bus when it was expedient to so do, Wright expected it and there are no hard feelings.  Indeed, to hear him tell it, We The People are to blame.  The bottom line is that Wright wants to ride Obama's coat tails "to the top" and if it's' a bumpy ride, so be it.  Hillary is no different - she expected the American people to believe the American military flew her and her kid into sniper fire - never mind how that might reflect on the American military;  it served her ends and that's all that mattered.

It's past time for something better.  We probably can't fix it this election cycle.  How about writing in Bungles The Clown for president?  You know, if Bungles gets 2% of the popular vote I bet the political "intelligentsia" (yeah, right) will start paying attention.

 Just a thought ...