I don't need to post all of Jeremiah Wright's statements because they are all over the news. I'm also not one who places a lot of weight on guilt by association. That said I do see some differences here...

This was his Pastor for 20 years who he was very close with, married Barack and Michelle. and baptized their two children. He even worked with him on his book and gave him the title. This was more than an association, it was a close bond.

Barack claims that he never heard ANY of those sermons personally yet we know he knew of a couple of them from past news events. I find that hard to believe that you can be this close to a man and not know he is a racist man filled with hate.

Even worse...Obama seems to make excuses for Rev. Wright's words.

"If all I knew were those statements I saw on television, I would be shocked," Obama said".

In talking about America and not Rev. Wright:

"It reminds me: We've got a tragic history when it comes to race in this country. We've got a lot of pent-up anger and bitterness and misunderstanding. ... This country wants to move beyond these kinds of things."

Rev. Wright seems to be the one with pent-up anger and bitterness. Obama could have moved on from his church had he wanted to move beyond those kind of things.

Now Michelle Obamas comment for the first time in her adult life, she was proud of America. Makes perfect sense.

Sure sounds like someone who has been listening to Rev.Wright for 20 years.