The Stew

I’ve got to say, I’m super-confused about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright dust-up. I’m saying this stuff through an Obama-colored lens, I’ll admit — but in no particular order:

• Obama didn’t say any of this stuff, his preacher did. Compare and contrast this with the Bosnian sniper fire incident that Hillary Clinton seems to have gotten away with. Since when does guilt by association trump actual guilt?
• Wright said 9/11 was caused by American foreign policy. Pat Robertson said it was caused by Internet porn, allowing secularism and the occult to appear on TV, abortion, and the U.S. judicial system. Jerry Falwell said pagans, abortionists, feminists, homosexuals and the ACLU were to blame. Who’s crazy?
• For the record, I don’t believe that AIDS was intentionally introduced by the government, as Wright does. Where in the world would a Black man in America get such an idea?
• Apply the Wright standard to each of the candidates running for president. Look for outrageous things said by the supporters of each. Anyone come out unscathed? I think not.

Folks, there are two wars raging and the economy is in shambles. If your vote is influenced by superficial crap like this, you’re giving it up cheap.