Do the Wright Thing

If we talk about Wright Can we talk about Palin's current church which among other things preaches that Jews who do not accept Jesus cannot be saved

My apologies to any "Rob Parsley" pastors out there. The bigots real name is Rod Parsley.

Why does the Mr. McCain shy away from hitting Mr. Obama about his relationship with Reverend Wright?

Probably because Mr. McCain's relationship with the pastor Rob Parsley is no better. Rob Parsley is a classic example of an insensitive fire and brimstone bigot pastor.

Hard to hit on Mr. Obama's association with Wright when you yourself have campaigned a fair bit with a pastor who calls for "Holy Wars" against the "False religion of Islam".

To djaymick
When you view Obama's comment "share the wealth" you apparently have visions of your hard earned money going to support some welfare queen. When I hear it, I have visions of some hedge fund managers ill-got gains going to the family where both parents work their fannies off and still can't quite make ends meet.
As for your youngesr, maybe it's a case of bad parenting. It's always easier to blame the other guy. My three kids were raised in a very liberal household and all got part-time jobs by the time they entered high school. All a grown now and productive members of society- and all are heading off to battleground states to campaign for Obama.

If McCain do the "Wright" thing, he will have to deal with the "Wrath" of "Racist" from the black electorate.
That is why McCain has piled the "terrorist" label on Obama's friend, Dr. Eyers, but he didn't dare to call
U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush of Illinois, an Obama friend and Black Panther activist in the 60s -like
professor Eyers- because Bobby Rush is black! He knows that if he did, there will be the blacks would-be-somebody like Alan Sharpton and Jesse Jackson running around and making speeches calling him a racist, so they can be noticed and be on the news. Especially now that they feel so much outclassed by Joe the Plumber's instant celebrity strike of lack.

I do not believe that McCain doesn't want to do the "Wright" thing on ethical reasons -as his insiders claim,
and that if he loses, he could claim the high moral ground and say "I did the right thing." He just CANNOT AFFORD to risk all his effort up to now on an accusation that would probably cause a tsunami-like wave of African American discontent, and label him a racist. If he did, his flagging campaign would certainly end before November 4. Plus, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright is one of the best orators of our time, and if he decides to go on the offensive, McCain stands no chance, and Joe the Plumber won't be of any help.

The Verdict of this story? McCain's aides leaked that story to the press to raise his moral and ethical standards status. And since it is phony, Obama won't even have to call Joe the Plumber to fix the leak.
Nikos Retsos, retired Pol.Sci. professor from Chicago, and on track with history, its radicals, and its orators.

My goodness, djaymick, how did you read all of that into what Obama actually said? Why don't you use the internet to study the facts rather than just accept what the political ads say (both Republican and Democrat). When the executives of some corperations make millions every year and pay little or no taxes, I have no problem with the idea of spreading a little of that wealth. But that is not what Obama was syaing. Look it up.

@djaymick
I don't know how you've come to associate Senator Obama's views with your poblems with your adult son.I was a charter member of SDS back in the 60s. My very first "job" was when i was 7 years old. I went to a local candy store and collated the Sunday papers and helped the owner clean up. For this help, he let me select some pennie candies and gave me a free Sunday newspaper, nad a pack of cigarettes for my Mom.
At 15, when i entered Brooklyn College, with a New York State Regent Scholarship, I worlked nights and Saturdays at RCA Factory sercie. I also played in a band, with payed gigs on Friday and Saturday nights. And I volunteered at Downstate Psychiatric Hospital in Brooklyn, while taing as mansy as 20 credits a semester. I look up to Obama, who probably had a schedule even busier than mine. (BTW, I had a Master's degree at 20.)
Now that I have my own businesses (that's right, I support Obama as a small business person, not a socialist), I just know that Obama will give all of us a fair shake.And how can one ruin an educational system that is failing miserably now? When I try to hire someone, I am always astounded that their English is horrible; they need a calculator to figure out what 10% of a price is! My father is an Obama supporter, too. He taught me and my brothers that hard work is the way to get ahead. Just like Barack Obama.
I am truly appalled at the vitriol being produced by McCain supporters. How dare you try to negate the accomplishments of Senator Obama? Midlessly yelling 'socialist' is not a very intelligent way to approach our civic duties as Americans. I guess you really believe what you have written, but I just don't get it. We finally have a candidate with character and discipline.

@djaymick
I don't know how you've come to associate Senator Obama's views with your poblems with your adult son.I was a charter member of SDS back in the 60s. My very first "job" was when i was 7 years old. I went to a local candy store and collated the Sunday papers and helped the owner clean up. For this help, he let me select some pennie candies and gave me a free Sunday newspaper, nad a pack of cigarettes for my Mom.
At 15, when i entered Brooklyn College, with a New York State Regent Scholarship, I worlked nights and Saturdays at RCA Factory sercie. I also played in a band, with payed gigs on Friday and Saturday nights. And I volunteered at Downstate Psychiatric Hospital in Brooklyn, while taing as mansy as 20 credits a semester. I look up to Obama, who probably had a schedule even busier than mine. (BTW, I had a Master's degree at 20.)
Now that I have my own businesses (that's right, I support Obama as a small business person, not a socialist), I just know that Obama will give all of us a fair shake.And how can one ruin an educational system that is failing miserably now? When I try to hire someone, I am always astounded that their English is horrible; they need a calculator to figure out what 10% of a price is! My father is an Obama supporter, too. He taught me and my brothers that hard work is the way to get ahead. Just like Barack Obama.
I am truly appalled at the vitriol being produced by McCain supporters. How dare you try to negate the accomplishments of Senator Obama? Midlessly yelling 'socialist' is not a very intelligent way to approach our civic duties as Americans. I guess you really believe what you have written, but I just don't get it. We finally have a candidate with character and discipline.

sen mccain also has his religios concerns, what with the cmoments so stridetly patronizing to the Jewish voters

Like Mccain hasn't had intreaction with nuts ,criminals , drug addcits and theifs.
start with G, Gordon Liddy, Keating Abramoff, His druga ddict wife and all ove the before mentioned.
Mccain can throw as much guilt by assi=coiation charges as he wants, to no avail. People see he's in the gutter with his campaign, won't spend much time on the issues and comes off as angry resentfull and will to stoop to any low concievable to get victory.
I did'nt quite get the gist of your column Holly Bailey, are you suggesting to McCain/Palin that they stop slinging mud and start slinging sh*t? If thats' the case you're nothing but a hack and it's no wonder you would be in the McCain mindset.

This is the first thing I've read about John McCain that I actually like. He's actually too classy to play the race card - a point apparently lost on the ding dong who's commented before me here.
I really get annoyed by uneducated attempts to "link" Obama to Muslims like it's a bad thing. What is bad about being muslim (though Obama is clearly not muslim)? Being muslim doesn't mean being a terrorist any more that being christian means being associated with Timothy McVeigh or other crazy white trash fundamentalists. The extremes of any religion or belief or culture don't speak for the whole. Using 'muslim' as a slur is like saying all Americans are gun-toting, racist, rednecks.
And Jim Johnson, are you aware you've written a comment articulating how Obama is naturally suspicious because of race and you seem entirely unaware that that's the same motive that caused you to write your comment?
I won't even get into the myriad of reasons that white people have given blacks to be naturally wary of them over the past 400 year...I pray Americans aren't actually as stupid as comment boards on political articles would lead me to believe.